Today's English lesson is about DISCOURSE MARKERS and how we use them in English when we want to change the topic when we are speaking or writing. A discourse marker is a word or phrase like 'by the way', 'incidentally' or 'right'. We use them to manage, connect or segment what we say or write. In other words, when we want to break up long pieces of speech. They … [Read more...] about Using Discourse Markers in English to change the topic
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Using the Present Simple as a future tense
In this English grammar lesson you will learn how we use the present simple tense when we talk about the future. Now, I imagine you are all familiar with other future tenses in English like 'going to' and 'will', right? They are the more common future tenses in English. However, we can also use the present simple to talk about the future. There are three main ways to … [Read more...] about Using the Present Simple as a future tense
Using Emphasizing Adjectives in English
In this English lesson you will learn about using Emphasizing Adjectives in English. We use this type of adjective to show strong feelings and we use an adjective - noun combination. Emphasizing adjective examples Some examples of this type of adjective are: absolute, complete, outright, pure, real, total, true, and utter. Let's have a look at some example … [Read more...] about Using Emphasizing Adjectives in English
Using Stative verbs in English
This English lesson is about stative verbs and how we use them in English. What are stative verbs? Verbs are normally either action verbs or a state (stative) verbs. For example, verbs that talk about feelings, thoughts, senses, possession and measures are state verbs. The main characteristic of stative verbs is that they are not used in continuous tenses. … [Read more...] about Using Stative verbs in English
Although and though
How to use Although and Though https://youtu.be/TjMb8RE4em0 This English lesson shows you the ways we can use Although and Though in English. The objective of this lesson to help you perfect your English and not commit silly mistakes. Although and though are used three ways in English. To mean in spite of and despite The first use is as a substitute for in spite … [Read more...] about Although and though