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English Adjectives: Describe People and Things
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or pronoun. It gives specific information about size, appearance, quality, age, or feeling, helping a listener know which person or object you mean.
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Then or Than: Choose the Right Word
Use then to show sequence, a specific point in time, or a consequence following a condition. Use than to introduce the second element in a comparison of size, price, speed, quality, or amount.
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Where, Were, or Wear: Choosing the Right Word by Meaning
Where identifies or asks for a place. Were serves as the past form of be with you, we, and they. Wear describes having clothes, shoes, or accessories on your body.
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Choose I, me, my, or mine when sharing plans
A pronoun can replace a name or a thing already understood. Subject forms such as she name who does an action. Object forms such as her name who receives it. Ownership forms show who something belongs to.
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Threw or through? Listen at the new flat
Threw tells us that someone did the action throw in the past. Often, someone sends an object through the air: “Ben threw a soft toy to Lea.” Through can describe a route. In “Lea carried a box through the kitchen,” the kitchen is part of her path. Ask yourself: does the word tell me what someone did, or where something moved?
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Regular past verbs: report what happened and what is ready
A regular verb adds -ed to make both its past simple and its past participle. Use the past simple for a finished time (I packed it yesterday) and have or has plus the participle for a result now (I have packed it). After did or didn't, use the base form.
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Video · 8 min Choose and, but, because, or so
And adds information. But marks a contrast. Because introduces a reason. So introduces a result. The facts may stay the same, but your linking word tells the listener how to understand their relationship.
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