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Free posts from the archive
Reading practice, vocabulary, phrasal verbs and British culture:
Two posts with lots of speaking tips:
Top lessons for paying subscribers
NEW LESSON:
Test your knowledge of prepositions so you can avoid these common mistakes:
Present simple - not just for beginners:
When to use “-ing” and when to use “to”:
Complete list of lessons for paying subscribers
Verb tenses
Learn about all the different verb tenses and try my grammar exercises to test your knowledge.
Present simple - Present continuous - Present perfect - Present perfect continuous
Present simple vs present continuous
Present perfect vs present perfect continuous
Past simple - Past continuous - Past perfect - Past perfect continuous
Present perfect vs past simple
Future forms (will, going to etc) - Future continuous - Future perfect -
Future perfect continuous
Phrasal verbs
Learn the most common phrasal verbs in English and try my practice exercises.
Clothes - Travel - Education - Money
Telephoning - Daily routine - Sleep - Food and eating
Relationships (free lesson)
Phrasal verbs with up part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3
Reading lessons
Learn about life in England throughout the year, practise your reading skills and learn new vocabulary, including phrasal verbs.
These lessons are taken from my e-book “A Year in England”, which you can buy here.
January - February - March - April - May - June (free lesson)
July - August - September - October - November - December
Easter - Christmas (free lesson)
Common Mistakes
These exercises will help you correct some of the most common grammar and vocabulary mistakes that English learners make.
These lessons are taken from my e-book “Common Mistakes in English”, which you can buy here.
Exercise 1 - Exercise 2 - Exercise 3 - Exercise 4 - Exercise 5 - Exercise 6
Gerund or infinitive
Learn all about when to use the gerund (the …-ing form) and when to use the infinitive (the to … form).
These lessons are taken from my e-book “I like to cook or I like cooking?” which you can buy here.
Lesson 1 - Lesson 2 - Lesson 3 - Lesson 4
Lesson 5 - Lesson 6 - Lesson 7 - Lesson 8
Other
NEW: Common mistakes with prepositions
Test your knowledge of prepositions so you can avoid these common mistakes.
NEW: Say, tell, speak and talk
Learn the difference between these commonly confused words
Used to, be used to and get used to
Learn the difference between these commonly confused verb phrases.