English Grammar Lessons And Worksheets
Present ability We use can to talk about present or general ability. I can swim. She can read Italian, but she can’t speak it. Past ability We use could to talk about general ability in the past. She could read when she was four. Note that was/were...
Asking for things If you need to buy food, clothes, gadgets, or things for your house, you will find the phrases given in this lesson useful. Asking for things Use I would like… or...
Rental costs are pretty high in countries like the US and the UK. So if you share an apartment with your friends, you will be able to save money on rents and other utilities....
Some phrasal verbs are separable. That means we can put an object between the two parts of the phrasal verb. Note that the two parts of a separable phrasal verb must be separated when the object...
These expressions have very similar meanings and they are both used in informal contexts. Let’s start with the first one. To see a man about a dog is to go to the bathroom. It is an...
To tell your friends or colleagues what you have to do, use I have to… I have to make a call. I have to drop my kids at school. I have to pick up...
Any day that is very important for some reason can be described as a red-letter day. The day my twins were born was a red-letter day for me and my family. Today is a red-letter day for our cricket...
If something is going to cause trouble, you can describe it as a recipe for disaster. Being good friends with your best friend’s ex can be a recipe for disaster. Being overweight and leading a sedentary...
If something (for example, a piece of information) brings happiness to you, you can describe it as a ray of sunshine. New stem cell therapy could offer the much needed ray of sunshine for cancer patients. After...
You can say that you got a raw deal when you feel that you were not treated fairly. This idiom is often used with the verbs give and get. She quit the job because she felt that she was getting...