The Comparative
When comparing two objects or activities we often add -er to the adjective + “than”, e.g. higher than.
The Superlative
When comparing one with many the order is: the + adjective + -est, e.g. the highest.
Most / The Most
Every month we ask our newsletter readers to send their English language questions to Tim, a teacher at EC Brighton. Here are this month's questions:
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Thanks to Chimeg from Mongolia for the winning question of the month:
Present Continuous is used to describe an action that’s happening at the moment, but it’s also sometimes used to talk about a future plan.
The form of the Present Continuous is:
Articles (the;an;a) can often cause a lot of frustration. See how spot-on you are by matching them to these everyday idioms. How well do you know these idioms. Do you have the same ones in your language?
Links: Submitted by Jozua van der Lugt. Teacher at EC Cape Town.
Articles (the;an;a) can often cause a lot of frustration. See how spot-on you are by matching them to these everyday idioms. How well do you know these idioms. Do you have the same ones in your language?
Only use a, an, the
Submitted by Jozua van der Lugt. Teacher at EC Cape Town English language school
Carefully read through the four choices for each question and choose the sentence with the correct grammar. Good luck!
Today's lesson is from Milli Kubach, EC Cape Town English language school.
DO suggests an action of some kind and has a very strong connection with work. Therefore almost all household chores use the verb “do”. The exception is "make the beds".
MAKE gives the idea of constructing something with your hands and creating something that wasn’t there before. In the home you use “make” with cooking for eg. make a cup of tea, make a cake, make a sandwich, make supper.
Let's take a look at the most popular lessons on https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish in 2009. These top five lessons were the most visited over the last 12 months. Time for you to take them too or review them.
Happy New Year everyone! Good luck with your English in 2010 and thanks for coming to our site.
Choices, choices, choices...superlatives are great for these! Practice your superlatives by looking at the information table below and completing the sentences.
| INFORMATION | Live@Five | Rafiki’s Internet | Hot Wire Internet |
|---|---|---|---|
Opened: |
In English should and shouldn’t (should not) are used to give advice. Type in the correct word for each sentence.
Today's lesson is from Sebastian E'Silva, EC Cape Town English language school.
