How to use the following phrases in advanced English. I wish, if only, I’d rather, don’t you think… 1. It is common to…
Advanced Grammar – Verb + object + infinitive or gerund ADVICE: These types of grammar classes are amongst the worst in the whole advanced…
Before we deal with mixed condfditionals let’s first do a quick review of the regular conditionals 1. FIRST CONDITIONAL: We use sentences in the…
The five verbs of the senses are HEAR… smell… FEEL… taste… SEE… 1. Although they are often used to describe actions that occur at…
© frederick lynch Basic: infinitives & gerunds When we have 2 consecutive verbs, some verbs lead to an infinitive and some to a gerund.…
Present Continuous to talk about the future We already know that the verb ‘go’ is used when it was already decided to do something.…
Ellipsis comes from the Greek ἔλλειψις, “omission”. In linguistics it is the omission from a clause of one or more words that are deemed…
Apostrophe S 1. The classic use of ‘s is known by all students and not only those who study advanced English grammar. It is…
A cleft sentence is used to add emphasis to what the speaker wants to say. This emphasis is created by adding certain phrases or…