In today’s lesson we are going to compare two verbals: the gerund and the infinitive. From previous lessons, you learned that a gerund is a verb form that acts like a noun. And an infinitive is also a verb form that can take the form of...

A gerund is a type of verbal that has the form of a verb but acts as a noun. In fact, because a gerund looks identical to the present participle some grammarians refer to it as the gerund-participle. This is because both the gerund and...

In today’s lesson, we’ll look at phrasal verbs from a grammatical perspective. You’ll learn about the syntactic features of phrasal verbs, particles as adverbs or prepositions, and the difference between phrasal verbs,...

What happens if you want to express past real life situations? What if you want to express a habit that happened in the past or things that were true in the past? These are things or events that used to happen but do not happen any more....

Conditional Sentences have two clauses: the conditional clause and the results clause. The conditional clause is a subordinate adverbial clause usually known as the “IF” clause. The IF clause expresses the condition. The results clause...

The implied main idea is not clearly stated in any one sentence in the passage, but it is always there. You just can't take your finger and point at it or take a highlighter and highlight it. The implied main idea comes together in your...

Have you ever encountered the words “had had” in a sentence and thought you were seeing double? Well, rest assured that your eyesight is all right and what you were seeing was a perfectly correct grammatical construction called the past...

Today, you’ll learn how we define true causative verbs The causative verb structure of the sentence The Causative verb structure of the sentence. (Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative) Using modals with the causative structure The...

An adjective clause, also known as an adjectival, or relative clause is a dependent clause that modifies a noun or a pronoun. In effect, this clause functions as one part of speech: the adjective. Why would you want or need to reduce the...

In today’s video we’ll continue with our lesson on Reduced Adverb or Adverbial Clauses. This is an advanced lesson so students will need to be familiar with the present and past participle as well as the perfect aspect of verbs. This...

Possessive pronouns and possessive adjectives can be easily confused as both refer to possession. But their usage is quite different. Possessive pronouns are also called absolute possessive pronouns because they do not need to be used...

An infinitive is a verb that is not bound by time. An infinitive is a base verb, or a verb in its basic form. This is called the bare infinitive. But when you think of the infinitive you probably think of the verb form called the full...

This English language learning video covers the basic use of numbers in everyday language. It introduces ordinal numbers, simple words, expressions, and tips.

This video aims to help people improve their English and learn to confidently pose questions and talk about jobs – what they do and what others do for work.

This English language learning video explains how to understand and explain rules, as well as how to use appropriate adverbs and quantifiers to talk about degree and frequency.

This English language learning video demonstrates how to explain responsibilities and use the second conditional to express possibilities.

In this video, the speaker discusses various actions and activities happening in different situations. They talk about people working, walking, using technology, and even discussing body language and appearance. The video provides...

This English language learning video covers simple language about work and going to work. It introduces the use of questions like "What do you do?".

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In this lesson, we review the controversial pronoun NONE. Some believe that NONE is always singular and takes a singular verb, but this is not always the case. Examples<br/> are given.

English at Work 20 – Considering Options is an entertaining video that explains how to discuss various options and improve your conversation skills using subordinating conjunctions. The video covers grammar, idioms, vocabulary and...

This is an English language learning video that covers exact clock time and expressions of time. It introduces time expressions and asking about time, simple words, expressions, and tips.

This English language learning video aims to help people confidently offer help to other people, asking how they can help and what they can do. It also covers basic grammar, useful everyday expressions and new vocabulary.

This English language learning video explains how to compare and contrast people and situations. It also covers the use of "what" as the subject of the sentence rather than as a question.

This English language learning video aims help people talk confidently about things that happened in the past tense.