Grammar

COMPARISONS Like / as “like“: to express similarity (when describing similarities). He can write very fast like him. She looks like her mother. “As” (when describing a person’s role or function) He works as a manager for this company. Comparatives and Superlatives We use the comparative to compare one person or thing with another. We […]

But, however, though / Linking sentences In English, these are the phrases we use more in formal, that is, official speeches. They are also used in daily conversations to express personal opinions. We can use the phrases above in formal situations and to give personal opinions. But When we want to express a contrast ideas

He is so trendy! In English, we use the connectors ‘so’ and ‘such’ to specify a certain amount, much like ‘too’ and ‘enough.’ So Let’s note that ‘so’ is used with adjectives: He is so good that he could be professional. He plays so well that he could play in the National team, too. These

Intermediate Irregular Verbs and Past Tense Expression As explained in the previous lessons, we use verbs in two categories when making sentences in Past tense in English 1.Regular verbs : It is made by bringing -e, ed and ied to the end of the verb. like – liked love-loved clean – cleaned watch- watched carry-

Past Perfect (Had + Past Participle) Past Perfect is used to express actions that happened before other past events. It is formed with “had” followed by the past participle of the verb. When two events occurred in the past, and one happened before the other, we use this structure to indicate the sequence of events.

SO: SUCH: In summary, “so” is used before adjectives, adverbs, and quantity expressions to intensify them, while “such” is used before nouns and noun phrases to emphasize them. Both “so” and “such” can be followed by “that” to explain the cause or consequence of a situation.

Direct and Indirect Speech (Reported Speech) When we want to convey what someone else has said or expressed, we use two methods: Direct and Indirect Speech. For example, if John says, “I like swimming”: Let’s look at more examples: Here are some tense and modal verb changes when reporting speech: Modal verbs change as follows

GERUNDS (-ING) A gerund is a verb form used as a noun. It can function as the subject of a sentence or as an object. For example: Here are some common verbs and expressions that are followed by gerunds: Some prepositions (on, at, in) are followed by gerunds: Additionally, the following expressions are followed by

I ran as fast as he could. tall – taller – the tallest Jane is taller than Lusie. Jane is the tallest in our class. short – shorter- the shortest nice – nicer- the nicest wide – wider- the widest big – bigger- the biggest hot – hotter- the hottest pretty – prettier- the prettiest