Don't put a comma between subject and verb

 

EXPLANATION

EXCEPTIONS (LONG SUBJECT)

Gerund (-ing) after prepositions

 

EXPLANATION 

Singular or plural? Collective nouns, general statements

 

WORDS ENDING IN -A: media, data, bacteria

EXPLANATION 1

EXPLANATION 2

INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: everybody, everyone...

WORDS ENDING IN "-S": news, series...

FAMILY IS or FAMILY ARE? POLICE is or POLICE ARE?

EXPLANATION 1

EXPLANATION 2

GENERAL STATEMENTS

The absence of a determiner before plural countable nouns

Specific vs General statements

Negative infinitive

 

EXPLANATION 1 (with written and video explanation)

The causative passive: have / get something done

EXPLANATION WITH PICURES (Spanish)

EXPLANATION (ENGLISH)

EXPLANATION + EXERCISES (English)

EXERCISE 1 : choose

EXERCISE 2: write

ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

Exercise 1: rewrite the sentences with the adverb.

Exercise 2: write the words in the correct order.

Exercise 3: write the sentences with the adverb of frequency in the correct order.

Word Order: subject+verb+manner+place+time

 

EXPLANATION IN SPANISH

EXERCISE:  Click on words to put the sentence in the correct order.(1)

EXERCISE: Click on words to put the sentence in the correct order.(2)

EXERCISE: Click on words to put the sentence in the correct order.(3)

EXERCISE: Click on words to put the sentence in the correct order.(4)

EXERCISE: Click on words to put the sentence in the correct order.(5)

EXERCISE: write the words in the correct order.

COMMA ABUSE . COMMA SPLICE

What's a comma splice?  Incorrect use of a comma to connect two independent sentences.

 

When you want to join two independent clauses, you need a conjunction or a semicolon. A comma alone isn’t strong enough to join them. This kind of mistake is called a comma splice.

INCORRECT: We were out of milk, I went to the store.

INCORRECT: The experiment was unsuccessful, the temperature was not controlled sufficiently.

INCORRECT: The opening paragraph was incredibly moving, it touches on the common fear of losing a loved one.

INCORRECT: Money is not the only motivating factor for people to work, self-worth and the need for more social interaction can also be reasons for working.

>> There are three ways to correct comma splices:

1. Replace the comma with a conjunction:

 CORRECT: We were out of milk, so I went to the store. 

CORRECT: The experiment was unsuccessful because the temperature was not controlled sufficiently.

2. Replace the comma with a semi-colon:

CORRECT: The opening paragraph was incredibly moving; it touches on the common fear of losing a loved one.

CORRECT: We were out of milk; I went to the store.

3. Replace the comma with a full stop:

CORRECT: We were out of milk. I went to the store.

CORRECT: Money is not the only motivating factor for people to work. Self-worth and the need for more social interaction can also be reasons for working.

The method you choose will depend on your particular sentence and how closely you want the two clauses to be associated.

(grammarly 1) (University of Hull)

QUESTIONS WITH PREPOSITIONS AT THE END

EXPLANATION WITH PICTURES (SPANISH)

EXERCISE 1: drag the preposition into the correct sentence.

EXERCISE 2: fill in the correct preposition.

EXERCISE 3 (WRITING)

 

QUESTION TAGS / TAG QUESTIONS

 

QUESTION TAG ELICITATION (WHOLE CLASS)

EXPLANATION + EXERCISE

EXPLANATION IN SPANISH + VIDEO

EXPLANATION IN SPANISH + EXCEPTIONS + EXERCISES

MANY EXERCISES + VIDEO EXPLANATION

The Definite Article THE

 

Explanation 1: Spanish

Explanation 2: with a table

Explanation 3: with exercises


Exercise 1: easy. Choose THE or nothing.

Exercise 2 choose THE or nothing.

Exercise 3: Choose THE or nothing.

Exercise 4: Choose THE or nothing.

Exercise 5: choose THE, AN, AN or nothing

Exercise 6: choose THE or nothing. (intermediate)

Exercise 7: matching exercise.

Exercise 8: choose A /AN /THE

MEET versus KNOW

 

EXPLANATION 1

MEET / MEET WITH

Present Perfect Continuous

 VIDEO PRESENTATION OF THE TENSE IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS

EXPLANATION 1 (Spanish)

EXPLANATION 2 British Council, Spanish

EXPLANATION 3 (Spanish, with pictures and charts)