This is a fast reference card. If you’ve already learned the longer rules, use this page to drill the patterns until they’re automatic. Three prepositions […]
Reported Speech in English: How to Tell Someone What Was Said
Reported speech (sometimes called indirect speech) is how you tell someone what another person said, without using their exact words. She said she was tired. […]
Modal Verbs: Must, Have To, Should, Might — and How to Use Them
Modal verbs are how English expresses obligation, possibility, advice and permission. They’re short, common, and they sit in front of the main verb. The good […]
Articles in English: A, An, The (and When to Use Nothing)
Articles are short. A, an, the. Three tiny words. They also cause more small mistakes for English learners than almost anything else, because many languages […]
Superlatives in English: The Best, the Worst and Everything Between
Superlatives let you say something is at the top, or the bottom, of a group. The cleanest beach. The most beautiful sunset. The worst day […]
The Second Conditional in English: Imagining the Unreal
The second conditional is one of English’s most useful structures. It lets you talk about unreal or unlikely situations in the present or future: a […]