by Martin Burke | Sep 15, 2019 | Everyday grammar
One common error made by learners of English is the tendency to use adjectives as nouns. Consider the following example; A customer is visiting a car showroom and looking at cars of different colours. In French, the customer can say to the salesperson; ‘Moi, je...
by Martin Burke | May 15, 2019 | Everyday grammar
We use ‘it’, ‘this’ and ‘that’ to introduce further information about a topic already mentioned. However, the words have different uses. In my last blog I talked about how for French learners of English, it’s not easy to know when to translate ‘ça’ into ‘it’, ‘that’,...
by Martin Burke | Mar 27, 2019 | Everyday grammar
Prepositions are short words (on, in, to, etc.) that usually stand in front of nouns (sometimes also in front of gerund verbs). A number of my students sometimes have difficulties selecting the correct prepositions but, don’t worry, even advanced learners of...
by Martin Burke | Mar 25, 2019 | Everyday grammar
For those wishing to ‘brush up’ on their English basics, here’s a simple guide to forming questions in English in all of the main tenses and when using auxiliary verbs; Forming Questions In English Yes/No questions follow ASM (Auxiliary verb...
by Martin Burke | Feb 21, 2019 | Everyday grammar
‘During’ one of my lessons today, ‘while’ I was talking to my student, we talked ‘for’ about ten minutes about how to decide when to say ‘during’, ‘while’ or ‘for’. Here’s a little guide which should help… How to use ‘during’ (pendant) ‘During’ is a preposition which...
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