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A Great Deal of, a Large Amount of or a Large Number of?

5 February, 2020 By Susana Ríos Leave a Comment

  They are used in similar ways to a lot of and lots of, but they are more formal. A great deal of and a large amount of are generally used with uncountable nouns. I have spent a great deal of time thinking of the design. You have got rid of a large amount of old clothing. A large number of is used before plurals, and the verb … [Read more...]

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They Are Tasting the Food – Stative Verbs

24 September, 2019 By Susana Ríos Leave a Comment

Some verbs are NOT frequently used in the continuous form, even when we are talking about temporary situations or states. They are called stative verbs. Stative verbs help us describe states, conditions and situations. For example, we cannot say: “I’m sorry, I am not understanding what you say” Dynamic Verbs on the contrary, can be used … [Read more...]

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The – Definite Article

23 October, 2018 By Susana Ríos Leave a Comment

Some  tips for the use of the Definite Article - THE. I hope you'll find it useful. THE DEFINITE ARTICLE   … [Read more...]

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OPEN and OPENED

11 October, 2018 By Susana Ríos Leave a Comment

OPEN is used as an adjective: “The shop is open until 7.00.” “We don’t know who left the door open.” We used OPENED as the past tense and past participle of the verb open, to talk about the action of opening. “They opened the door and entered the house.” “She opened her eyes and left the room.” We cannot use OPEN when we refer … [Read more...]

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Is Your Cat More Intelligent than Mine?

16 February, 2018 By Susana Ríos Leave a Comment

Some practice for beginners on comparative and superlative forms . I hope you'll find them useful.   COMPARATIVE FORMS 1 … [Read more...]

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Some or Any?

12 February, 2018 By Susana Ríos Leave a Comment

An exercise for beginners.... I hope you'll find it useful.   some and any … [Read more...]

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Not, No and None

9 February, 2018 By Susana Ríos Leave a Comment

NOT is mainly used to make verbs negative and is often contracted to n’t: You have not/ haven’t understood my question. That isn’t / That’s not what I want. She told me not to phone her because she was very busy. He was silent, not knowing what to say. It can also make other negative words or phrases: I want to have tea, not … [Read more...]

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Writing is NOT Difficult!

8 February, 2018 By Susana Ríos Leave a Comment

Writing is not easy, in fact, many pupils feel a great sense of failure when they have to write. I've realised some exercises, similar to the one I propose in this post, may be very helpful for them. I hope you'll find it useful.   WRITING A DAILY ROUTINE   … [Read more...]

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Irregular Verbs?

2 February, 2018 By Susana Ríos Leave a Comment

Any doubt with irregular verbs? This is a basic list you can resort to....   IRREGULAR VERBS - LIST … [Read more...]

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How to Write an ARTICLE – FCE

1 February, 2018 By Susana Ríos Leave a Comment

I hope you'll find it useful...   What is an ARTICLE - FCE … [Read more...]

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