Adverbs of time and definite frequency say when or how often something happens. Examples are: today, yesterday, in the afternoon, last night, last week, last… Continue reading
Position of adverbs of time and frequency
Lessons
Ordinary tense use in if-clauses
There are mainly three common sentence patterns with if. These are often called the first, second and third conditionals. In the first conditional, we use… Continue reading
Using know
Know cannot be followed directly by an infinitive. Instead we use the structure know how to. He knows how to operate a computer. She knows… Continue reading
Three ways of expressing the same idea
In many sentences you will find an agent (the person or thing who does something) and a recipient (the person or thing that something is… Continue reading
Some adverb phrases in common use
Above all: before all other considerations Above all, be honest. After all: in spite of every fact to the contrary We should let her do… Continue reading