The Adjective Page – Focus on Adjectives 2 – The Receptionist

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I was followed
I was stopped
I was arrested - the arrested man
I was interrogated
I was imprisoned – the imprisoned man

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The Nature of English – The Future – Planned

Written by on December 30, 2011 - 1 Comment

We use “future going to” tense for planned statements about what we are going to do in the future. I am going to go home I am going to go home and cook dinner. I am going to go home and cook dinner and go to bed early. i am going to read a book. [...]

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Adverbial Phrases

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“Having little or no money in my purse” is an adverbial phrase. Adverbial phrases tell you how, when, where or why (like adverbs). If you use an adverbial phrase in the spoken IELTS test your score will be higher. Adverbial Phrases in a Story in the fields towards the woman at the woman in the [...]

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Time Expressions

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Some years ago is a time expression. Here are some more: whenever two years ago last year many years ago once upon a time when I was young once Long Complex Time Phrases whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth whenever it is a damp drizzly November in my soul whenever I find [...]

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Easy English 101 – Trees are brothers

Written by on October 30, 2010 - 25 Comments

Download audio file (treesarebrothers.mp3) at M J M I think trees are like brothers and sisters. They’re like brothers and sisters. Trees are like brothers and sisters. I was watching television. I was watching television and I saw a programme about a man. I was watching television and I saw a programme about a man [...]

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The Grammar Page

Written by on October 30, 2010 - 189 Comments

at M J M Are you interested in grammar? Do you think grammar is interesting? Write and tell us what you think about it in the comments section below. Link to an overview of the tenses Interested Look at the two forms: “interested” and “interesting”. We always say: “Are you interested in grammar?” We never [...]

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Easy English 100 – Grammar is Music

Written by on April 25, 2010 - 32 Comments

Download audio file (grammar is music.mp3) at M J M I think grammar is beautiful. I think grammar is beautiful. I think it’s beautiful. Grammar is music. Music. Words are music. Music. Everything has music. I was watching television. I saw a programme I saw a programme about a Finnish guy. I saw a programme [...]

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Be Aware

Written by on November 17, 2009 - 99 Comments

Be Aware is a free English language course. It comes by by email. It consists of five lessons. Each lesson is about one of the free recordings on this site. With Be Aware, you can improve your English speaking and listening. You can also become more aware of English grammar in context. To get these [...]

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Water Car 4 – an Example of an Interactive Story

Written by on August 31, 2009 - 3 Comments

Download audio file (watercar4.mp3) at B G Johnson Note: This is an OLD recording of Episode 4. It is NOT from the new and improved full version of The Water Car, which you can download now. 4. The Change  (present continuous tense) Daithi: It is early in the morning in a Japanese guy’s apartment. Mark: [...]

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An Explanatory Note – “to be held responsible”

Written by on May 30, 2009 - 6 Comments

At what age should people be held responsible? (passive) At what age should we hold people responsible? (active) From what age should society hold people responsible? (active) Sentence Variations Children are generally not held to be criminally responsible for their actions until they are mature. Children are generally not thought to be criminally responsible for [...]

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