Let's Learn Modal Verbs Modal verbs are special verbs that help express a speaker’s attitude or opinion. Modal verbs are verbs that express necessity, possibility, permission, ability, obligation, advice, expectation and deduction. The main modal verbs in English are: can could, may, might, must, have to, should, ought to, need. The Types of Modal Verbs
Learn to Use Negative Prefixes A prefix is a letter or group of letters added to the beginning of a word to make a new word. Negative prefixes create a new word with an opposite or negative meaning. Sometimes adding a prefix to a word to make it negative isn't as simple as it seems. There are
Inversion after Negative Adverbials What is an inversion? An inversion is when we put a verb before the subject in a sentence. A very effective way to make our language more emphatic is by inverting the order of a sentence.We can use inversion to add emphasis, especially in formal English. It is common, for example, in
Do Test 3 Level A2 Pre-Intermediate Test 3 Level A2 Pre-Intermediate is for students of the ninth and tenth grades learning English as a foreign language. Task 1. Read the passage and answer the questions 1–5 (only one answer is possible). Alfred Nobel When Alfred Nobel invented dynamite, he became a very rich man. However,
Grammar Time: Many Much A Lot Of Let's learn how to use quantifiers many much a lot of. We use MUCH with uncountable nouns. It's often used in negative and interrogative sentences, but it can also be used in the affirmative: There isn't much lemonade in the jar. How much money do we have? Play as
Grammar Time: Quantifiers A quantifier is a word or phrase which is used before a noun to indicate the amount or quantity.'Some', 'many', 'a lot of', 'a little' and 'a few' are examples of quantifiers. Quantifiers can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns. Examples of Quantifiers With Uncountable Nouns much There is much butter
Grammar Time: Wishes and Regrets We often speak about our wishes and regrets. We use wish to say that we regret something, that something is not as we would like it. Regret is a feeling of sadness about something sad or wrong or about a mistake that you have made, and a wish that it could
Grammar Time: Subordinating Conjunctions Let's learn how to use despite and in spite of, although and even though. Exam in Mind Level B1/B2 Despite in spite of although even though Although, even though, despite and in spite of can all be used to express the same thing. In other words, they have the same meaning. Although
What Are Phrasal Verbs? A phrasal verb is a verb which consists of a basic verb + another word or words. The two or three words that make up a phrasal verb form a short "phrase" that is why they are called "phrasal verbs". Exam in Mind Level B1/B2 Learn these phrasal verbs: bring up
Present Continuous vs Be Going to We use both going to and present continuous to speak about future plans. Exam in Mind Level A2/B1 What do Going To and Present Continuous have in common? Both going to and present continuous are used to express the same idea. Going to and present continuous are used to
