ADJECTIVES & VERBS WITH PREPOSITIONS

More examples of how prepositions are used in English, this time how they are combined with adjectives.

Link to British Council page on adjectives+prepositions page with exercises.

Links to British Council pages on:
- Verbs & prepositions with exercises.
- Prepositional phrases with exercises.

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE vs PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

VOCABULARY TO EXPRESS FEELINGS

Here a selection of charts with vocabulary to express feelings:

1) ANGER

2) FEAR

3) HAPPINESS

NEGATIVE & QUESTION FORMATION IN ENGLISH

Two charts to show you the structures of negative sentences and questions in English. Remember that in English you need AUXILIARY VERBS to make negative sentences and questions. Each auxiliary verb is different depending on the VERB TENSE the sentence is. Check below in each chart with the auxiliary verb forms of each verb tense and the examples.

1) NEGATIVES

2) QUESTIONS

More about making questions HERE.

PADDINGTON

There's a new film with London as the background. The adventures of a bear that came all the way from the jungle in Peru to London to find a home and get his new name after one of London's famous railway stations: Paddington.

All about this character Paddington:
- at its website.
- Paddington Bear, a brief story.

The video trailers of the film:

THE (5) VERB TENSES MIND MAP

Here's a mind map for you to distinguish 5 basic English verb tenses and their time reference.

8 RESOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH THIS YEAR

Welcome back! Here eight resolutions to improve your English learning in 2015.

+ info Motivating to learn English

PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE & DIRECTION

Check on prepostions to express place and direction with these two charts.

WORD CLIPPING & PORTMANTEAU WORDS

Shortened forms of words like automobile (auto), examination (exam), mathematics (math),common in conversation and informal writing, are usually used in their entirety in formal contexts. These shortened words are called clippings.

Sometimes a clipping drives out its longer original and becomes a standard word in its own right.

Back-Clipping - When back-clipping occurs, the beginning of the word is retained. 

Fore-clipping - When fore-clipping occurs, the end of the word is retained. 

Back-and-Fore-Clipping - When back-and-fore-clipping occurs, the middle of the word is retained. 

Here are some examples:

To end this post, here's a joke, which could be actually right, don't you think?

TINY LONDON

Here's a nice video of a tiny (=very small) London.

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS

We all propose to change our lives every January, 1st, but we don't always succeed with them. They are our New Year's resolutions.

Video:

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2015!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2015, WITH ALL OUR BEST WISHES!