practicing english grammar

English lessons: rules, use, and practice Reported speech in English: reporting questions Reporting questions In reported speech, we not only report statements but also questions. We have two kinds of questions: open and closed questions. Open question: What are you doing? Closed question: Are you in school right now? The open question is a question […]

English lessons: rules, use, and practice Reported speech in English: reporting statements  In English grammar, reported speech is how we represent the speech of other people or what we say or said. There are two kinds of reported speech: direct and indirect. The speech we report basically includes two clauses: the reporting clause and the

The most commonly used phrasal verbs in English language classrooms A phrasal verb is a combination of words (a verb + a preposition or verb + adverb). When used together, phrasal verbs’ meanings are, most of the time, different from the original verbs. When we use a certain phrasal verb, we use it like normal verbs in a sentence,

The most commonly used irregular verbs in English A →   Irregular verbs in the table B →   Affirmative phrase → 1st person singular   C →   Affirmative phrase → 3rd person singular   D →   Negative phrase → 1st person singular   E →   Negative phrase → 3rd person singular