Using Commas with Adverbials
Reaching the end of my series on commas, here’s another brief extract from Advanced Writing Skills for Students of English to look at how commas are used with adverbial phrases. This fits into my wider guide to commas that I’ve been adding to on the site;...
Festive Christmas Language: a Mixed Tenses Exercise
It’s that time of year again: Festive Season, meaning festive articles on ELB! Adding to my collection of seasonal Christmas articles which you can find here, today I’ve got another mixed tenses exercise. As we did in October for Halloween, this exercise tests...
How to Master Commas in Use
I know a few people would like a proper introduction to commas and how to use them, so I’ve compiled a guide here based in part on the chapter on commas in Advanced Writing Skills for Students of English. Some of the specific areas I’ve gone into more detail on in the...
Creepy Halloween Mixed Tense Exercise
It’s October, so Halloween is coming and it’s Spooky Season, which we are a fan of here on ELB. I’ve got lots of seasonal articles on the website, and you can find all my Halloween features here. Today I’m going to share a new mixed tenses exercise using...
When to use advanced vocabulary
I felt like it was time for a look at some vocabulary for once, so today I’m sharing some thoughts on how to develop and use an advanced vocabulary, from a chapter originally published in Advanced Writing Skills (which celebrated some big milestones last...
Massive Milestones for Advanced Writing Skills!
This month I’m proud to announce Advanced Writing Skills for Students of English has become my third book to pass 10,000 global sales! It’s an especially important milestone for me and English Lessons Brighton for a few reasons, not least because the book also had its...
Mixed Past Perfect Tense in Use Exercise
Continuing from last month, today I’ve got another gap-fill exercise to share, this time looking at the past perfect in use. Again, this is an exercise adapted from The English Tenses Exercise Book, where you can find many more. For the simple tenses exercise,...
Exercise: Mixed Past Continous Tense in Use
It’s been a while since I’ve shared any exercises, and as I’m a bit busy for the next few months I thought this would be a good time to do some lighter articles with material taken from the ELB books. So, today I’ve got a mixed past continuous...
Do we write “for ever after” or “forever after”?
“For ever after” is a phrase I found curious recently, as it highlights some interesting points about how English works as a flexible, evolving language. The phrase can be written in two different ways, changing the meanings of the words, with no real agreement on the...Want to Master English?
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