Home » Advanced English » Tom is driving the helicopter and john is jumping out of the helicopter. A coordinating conjunction is a word or phrase used to connect other words or phrases that have the same grammatical function. Conjunctions: and Sentence Structure: …
Home » Advanced English » “Let’s have a party?” If you would like to suggest an action that you would like to do in the future, you can use let’s, why don’t, shall we, or shall I. Rules: Let’s always comes before the …
Home » Advanced English » “When this tree is finished growing, I wonder if it will grow oranges?” Using when, after, as soon as, before, or until to discuss the time is called a time clause. These clauses are used …
Home » Advanced English » He will be learning how to fly. Degrees of certainty in the future tense means how confident you are that a specific topic is true or not true – in the future. This means you …
Home » Advanced English » She was younger than him. Degrees of certainty in the past tense means how confident we are that a specific topic was true or was not true – in the past. This means that the …
Home » Advanced English » Degrees of certainty in the negative means how confident we are that a specific topic is not true. Rules: If you are 100% sure the topic you are discussing is not correct, use is not or isn’t. Remember, …
Home » Advanced English » He is upset. In American speech degrees of certainty means how confident you are about how correct a statement is. Rules: If you are 100% sure about the topic you are discussing, use is. Is is used for a …
Home » Advanced English » Definition: Imperative sentences are sentences without subjects. Imperative sentences do not use subjects because the subject in the sentence is known. Note: imperative sentences are used to make requests and orders. Examples: 1. Close the door. 2. Open the window. …
Home » Advanced English » Rules: Would you mind or do you mind is a polite request. It is used to describe an action that you would like to do in the future. Would you mind or do you mind is either …
Home » Advanced English » Rules: Would you or will you is a formal way to ask a question. You use it to ask a person if he/she can perform a certain action. It is considered to be more polite than can you …
Home » Advanced English » “Do you mind if I use your bathroom?” Rules: May I or could I in American English is a polite and formal way to ask permission. *Note: both are common in American English. Examples: 1. May I …
Home » Advanced English » “I’m about to leave. I should not answer it.” Definition: Modals are words used to explain a speaker’s emotions or attitude towards an object or idea. The modal auxiliaries in the American English language are can, could, …