You can hear somebody talking but you need to listen to them to understand what they are saying (Click the picture below to see the full explanation from ESLBuzz.)
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Common errors: foreign countries
to foreign countries —> abroad foreign countries —-> other/different countries foreigners / foreign country’s people —-> people from other countries * It was the first time I had been to foreign countries * There were many foreign country’s people at my school * Foreign country’s people give their opinions freely * I talked with foreigners […]
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I could learn lots of things I could enjoy my trip overseas I could make a good friend COULD = WAS ABLE TO The most common use of ‘could’ is when we talk about something that MIGHT happen (but has not happened yet), IF some condition is present If I went overseas I could learn […]
Continue ReadingPast Perfect – ‘had been’ , ‘had done’ , ‘had V+ed’
I had studied in the US for six months. I had made many friends there. I had been to England for six months. It had been my first time there. Past perfect is for when you are talking about the past (using simple past tense) and then you talk about something that happened BEFORE that […]
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Most and Almost Almost Canadians are friendly Almost days I get up at 7 Most + NOUN ‘most’ means the majority, >70-80%, a little less than ‘all’ Examples Most Canadians go to work by car Most days I get up at 7 She’s very busy, like most students Almost + NUMBER WORD (+ a/the) (+ […]
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Common errors – ‘I thought’ I learned about many new cultures. I thought that I couldn’t learn these in Japan. At first I was nervous, but I tried to talk English everyday and bit-by-bit I got better. I thought that communication was very important. ‘I thought’ is PAST TENSE, so we use it to describe […]
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See, look, and watch Hear, listen and understand I thought Most and almost Past perfect: had done ; had been ; had …~ed Could Foreign countries ; foreign countries’ people Much many little few some any The twelve tenses of English
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We use see when you notice an image without specially intending to. The image just enters your eye by chance. I saw a beautiful bird on the tree outside my house this morning We use look when you deliberately move your eyes towards something (when you try to see something). I looked out of the window this […]
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