Order of adjectives
He said, she said: Reported speech and backshift of tenses
When you report what someone has said, you need to turn the direct speech, i.e. the actual spoken words, into indirect speech. In doing so, there are some rules you need to keep in mind that will be explained in the following. Let’s have a look at an example in...
Commas save lives
While most of us have certainly intensely discussed the comma rules that govern German punctuation in German class at school, fewer students have talked about guiding principles of English punctuation and when to use commas in written English. There is the...
What the heck is a stative verb? I’m loving it!
Languages constantly change. Every year new words make it into the dictionary and sometimes there are even changes that are more significant than just the addition of a few new words. When I went to school, I learned that not every verb can take an –ing at the end;...
Active vs. Passive
When it comes to the active voice vs. the passive voice, it is helpful to ask the question who is the agent in an action. Who does what? Is the focus on someone who is doing something? Or is the focus on someone who is experiencing an action, i.e. someone who is being...
Conditionals (if clauses)
Lesson English conditional forms can be quite tricky! Check out this presentation for a first overview of the different kinds of conditionals and their forms. Wondering if you have understood it all? Click here to...Gefördert vom
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