Prepositions
1. AT 1. Used to say where sth/sb is or where sth happens: at the corner of the street we changed at Crewe. They arrived late at the airport. At the roundabout take the third exit. I’ll be at home al…
Prefixes - Suffixes
I. Prefixes a- (in nouns, adjectives and adverbs) not; without: atheist, atypical, asexually. Aero- combining form: (in nouns, adjectives and adverbs) connected with air or aircraft: aerodynamic, aer…
Personal Pronouns
I Used as the subject of a verb when the speaker or writer is referring to himself / herself: I think I'd better go now. He and I are old friends. When they asked me if I wanted the job, I said y…
English Novels
Grimm's Fairy Tales - The Brothers Grimm
The first volume of the first Grimm's Fairy Tales edition was published in 1812, containing 86 stories; the second volume of 70 stories followed in 1815. For the second edition, two volumes were …
English Grammar
New Round-Up 2 - Verginia Evans and Jenny Dooley
Grammar can be fun! Students will find grammar practice enjoyable with New Round-Up. Clear grammar tables and explanations combined with lots of practice make understanding the language easy for youn…
Simple Past Tense
a. Spelling: The normal rule is to add "_ed" after regular verbs. Ex: Work => worked, start => started, play => played... If the verb ends in "_e", add "_d". Ex…
Past Perfect Tense
a. Form: S + Had + Past Participle (PP) b. Uses: The past perfect is used to express an action in the past, which happened before another action in the past. Ex: when I got home, John had cooked a m…
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
a. Form: S + Had + Been + Ving b. Uses To express an action was happening before another action in the past. Ex: by 9 o'clock last night, the pilot had been flying nine hours non-stop. They had …
Past Continuous Tense
a. Form: S + BE (Is/Are/Am) + Ving b. Uses: We often use the past continuous in sentences together with the past simple when this happens; the past continuous refers to longer, background activitie…
Passive Voice
a. Form: S + BE + Past Participle (PP) b. Uses: The object of an active verb becomes the subject of a passive verb. Notice the use of "by" in the passive sentence. Ex: Shakespeare wrote Ha…
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