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Structure: ‘Articles: a, an, the — or nothing?’
A, an, the — or nothing at all? Articles are the small words before a noun: a, an and the. English also uses no article at…
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Structure: ‘Past continuous vs past simple’
Past continuous vs past simple, practised through last week's Ryanair engine-failure emergency — a gap-fill quiz plus a real-use writing task.
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Structure: ‘Modals of possibility’
The FAA could scrap its 53-year supersonic flight ban. Practise could, might and may for speculating about the future.
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Structure: ‘Used to’
The UK, Italy and Japan used to have separate fighter jet plans — now they share one. Practise used to for past habits and states that…
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Structure: ‘Fronted adverbials’
Moving an adverbial phrase to the front of a sentence changes its emphasis and flow, not its meaning. Practice spotting fronted adverbials using a real FAA…
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Structure: ‘On time vs in time’
On time means punctual; in time means before a deadline. Practice the difference with a Raleigh-Durham taxiway collision as the backdrop.