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Skip to primary content Songs can be an effective way to introduce or reinforce a grammar topic. Click on the topics below for companion songs and activities. Adjectives in the Song “True Colors”Adverbial Phrase “At All”Comparisons with LikeFeel LikeGerunds as Objects of PrepositionsGet to Do SomethingGotta: Informal Spoken English for Got ToInfinitives as AdjectivesMust Have + Past ParticipleNoun ClausesParticipial PhrasesReflexive PronounsShould Have + Past ParticipleUsed to + a Verb in the Simple FormUsed to vs. Verb Tenses: Future with Gonna: Questions Beginning with Who’s gonna…Future with Gonna: Talking About the WeatherFuture with Gonna: Talking About PlansFuture with Will: Offering to HelpFuture with Will: Making PromisesFuture with Will: Contractions I’ll and It’llPresent Perfect: It Was vs. Share this: Like Loading... %d
Difference between DO and MAKE – 60 common English collocations
DO for actions; MAKE for creating Do you know the difference between DO and MAKE? These two words can be confusing, but I’ll teach you the difference – and teach you 60 common collocations with example sentences to help you! Basic Difference between DO and MAKE Use DO for actions, obligations, and repetitive tasks.Use MAKE for creating or producing something, and for actions you choose to do.DO generally refers to the action itself, and MAKE usually refers to the result. Common English Collocations with DO do the housework After I got home from the office, I was too tired to do the housework.do the laundry I really need to do the laundry – I don’t have any clean clothes left! EXCEPTION: make the bed = putting blankets, sheets, and pillows in the correct place so that the bed looks nice and not messy. do anything / something / everything / nothing Are you doing anything special for your birthday? Common English Collocations with MAKE EXCEPTION: Don’t say “make a question.” Related lessons:
Simple Past vs. Present Perfect Simple
Exercises and Tests Form See also explanations on Simple Past and Present Perfect Simple Use In British English, the use of Simple Past and Present Perfect is quite strict. Note that the following explanations and exercises refer to British English only. Certain time in the past or just / already / yet? Do you want to express that an action happened at a certain time in the past (even if it was just a few seconds ago) or that an action has just / already / not yet happened? Certain event in the past or how often so far? Do you want to express when a certain action took place or whether / how often an action has happened till now? Emphasis on action or result? Do you just want to express what happened in the past? Signal Words Exercises on Simple Past and Present Perfect Simple Tests on Simple Past and Present Perfect Simple
DO AND MAKE | My English Blog
Basic Difference between DO and MAKE Use DO for actions, obligations, and repetitive tasks.Use MAKE for creating or producing something, and for actions you choose to do.DO generally refers to the action itself, and MAKE usually refers to the result. For example, if you “make breakfast,” the result is an omelet! Common English Collocations with DO do the housework After I got home from the office, I was too tired to do the housework.do the laundry I really need to do the laundry – I don’t have any clean clothes left! EXCEPTION: make the bed = putting blankets, sheets, and pillows in the correct place so that the bed looks nice and not messy. do work I can’t go out this weekend – I have to do some work on an extra project.do homework You can’t watch any TV until you’ve done your homework.do business We do business with clients in fifteen countries.do a good/great/terrible job She did a good job organizing the party. Common English Collocations with MAKE via
Uncountable Nouns
wine joy music sugar happinesshairfun Types Uncountable nouns often fall into the following categories: Human feelings and qualities: joy, anger, cruelty, happiness, honesty, deceit, prideAbstract ideas: hope, peace, beauty, death, fun, life, musicSubstances: sugar, food, water, wine, salt, bread, iron, blood, money, gasActivities: work, help, sleep, travel, shopping Quantifiers We can use the following quantifiers with uncountable nouns: some, a little, a lot of, not much He has a lot of money.I don’t have much luggage.Do you need some help? Make them Countable We can make uncountable nouns countable with the following expressions: a piece of, a bit of, a bowl of, a cup of, a drop of, a game of etc. All I need is a drop of water.Please can I have two cups of coffee.Shall we play a game of tennis? Verbs Uncountable nouns normally take the verb in the singular. Travel in Europe is very expensive.This furniture isn’t mine.The money wasn’t used properly.Your information is accurate. end in -s Group Nouns
Make or Do
It can be hard to decide when to use 'make' or 'do' in English. Here's some help. 1: We use 'make' when we create or construct something. For example: She made a cake.I've made us some coffee.Did you really make those trousers? 2: We use 'do' for general activities. 3: There are many, many fixed expressions with 'make' and 'do'. Here's a list: (download this list in PDF). And click here for 'make' or 'do' exercise 1. Download this list in PDF. Do some exercises!
Simple Past - Grammar for Kids
(Past Simple of Regular Verbs) (Past Simple of Irregular Verbs) (Regular/Irregular Verbs) (Interactive Book by Mrs Haquet) (Present and Past Tenses) (a Ramadan story) Bradley´s Matching Pairs- Irrregular Past Tense JigWord-Bradley´s English School English Grammar Lessons English Grammar Games
Lay vs. Lie (vs. Laid) - Grammar Rules
Q: In the battle of lay vs. lie, when do you use each and can you provide examples? —Annemarie V. Don’t forget about “lain,” my friend! All these verbs have two things in common: They begin with the letter “L” and confuse the bejeezus out of many people. But here’s a simple breakdown that will hopefully help you decipher when to use each one and when to use their past-tense equivalents (I’ve also included a handy chart at the end to help, but we’ll get to that later). The difference between Lay vs. Lay Lay and lie are both present-tense verbs, but they don’t mean quite the same thing. [Do you underline book titles? Lie Lie, on the other hand, is defined as, “to be, to stay or to assume rest in a horizontal position,” so the subject is the one doing the lying—I lie down to sleep or When I pick up a copy of my favorite magazine, Writer’s Digest, I lie down to take in all its great information—and not acting on an object. FREE DOWNLOAD: Debunking 10 Grammar (and Novel Writing) Myths Laid vs.
Make Do - Practice Make Do with interactive English exercises
Make - Do The difference between make and do For many English learners Make and Do is a difficult topic. When to use Make? Exceptions Make We don’t say to make damage, but TO DO DAMAGEWe don’t say to make a favour, but TO DO A FAVOUR When to use Do? Cases of Make and Do *The correct expression is to make a phone call”, but if you talk about it as a routine task you can say do.
