A time clause says when something happens. We often use before or after at the beginning of a time clause. Here, the question is about the tense used in the time clause of a sentence about the future? Does it come in a future form too? Don't worry! You’ll get the answer in a second through this short lesson.
What are the main physical benefits of getting a good night’s sleep? In what ways do you think modern life interferes with sleep? Listen to part of a podcast to see if any of your ideas are mentioned and improve your listening skills and vocabulary on the topic.
Sometimes, we talk about a past event and want to refer to something that happened in a future compared to that particular point in the past. In other words, when we want to express a future time seen from the past, we use the past of the regular future forms. But, how do we do this? You’ll master it in a second.
Many people are worried that robots and machines will take everyone's jobs away. How about you? Do you feel excited about the way technology is changing the workplace or do you think it's terrifying? Read the article below to practice your reading skills and improve your vocabulary on the topic.
Today, we are going to learn about a particular situation in which we can reduce a whole sentence including because to a shorter one. This is linguistically higher-level and what we call a Reduced Reason Clause.
In this lesson, Danielle Mistretta gives you 11 practical ways to describe someone’s personality using popular movie characters to help you remember the words. So, join us at the movies and learn 11 useful character adjectives.
Words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently are called heteronyms. For instance the word 'close' can be pronounced with a /z/ or an /s/, depending on part of speech. As a verb use a /z/ and as an adjective or adverb use an /s/. Do you know any other heteronyms? Here's a list of examples.
Listen to a news feature about the revival of local stores and improve your listening skills and vocabulary on the topic.
Even people at the same age are different, although they have some similar qualities too. What adjectives do you use to compare yourself to people around the same age? Do you know someone who fits any of the ‘adjectives for age’ in this lesson?
The past perfect is made up of two elements: had + past participle. The past perfect is used for a number of common purposes. But, don't worry! You can learn it all studying this short PDF file.