ENGLISH has two emphatic tense forms that emphasize actions or states happening in the present and those that occurred in the past. Before discussing them, however, we must strongly keep in mind that ...

In this episode we will learn about sentence types: simple, complex, compound and compound-complex; and how to use them in your writing. Examiners will look at the range of sentence types you use in ...

Mastering English grammar is crucial for clear communication. Common errors among new speakers often follow predictable patterns. Key rules include using only one subject per sentence, employing ...

English typically uses a strict SUBJECT VERB OBJECT (SVO) word order in simple sentences, as in Students (S) read (V) books (O). This SVO word order becomes altered in many other English sentence ...

f you’ve ever tried to write in a language that isn’t your own, you are probably well aware of at least two things: first, writing requires much more time than usual and, second, even online ...

Do speakers of different languages build sentence structure in the same way? In a neuroimaging study, scientists recorded the brain activity of participants listening to Dutch stories. In contrast to ...

Sentence comprehension by children between 2 and 5 years of age was examined in the first of 2 studies. 3-year-olds consistently applied extra-syntactic strategies resulting in many errors of ...

In this episode we will learn about some of the criteria the examiner uses when assessing the IELTS writing and speaking test. Knowing what the examiner is looking for can help improve your results ...