Direct Speech The exact words that someone says are called direct speech. Quotation marks“ ” are used to set off …
IELTS Basic Grammar – Sentences
A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. Sentences always have a subject and a verb. …
IELTS Basic Grammar – Conjunctions
Conjunctions are words used to link words, phrases or clauses. Some common conjunctions are and, but and or. ‘And’, ‘But’ …
IELTS Basic Grammar – Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
Prepositions are words that show a connection between other words. Most prepositions are little words like at, in and on. …
IELTS Basic Grammar – Adverbs and Adverb Phrases
Adverbs and Adverb Phrases: Adverbs are words that tell you more about verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. Many adverbs end …
IELTS Basic Grammar – Auxiliary Verbs
Auxiliary, or helping verbs, are used before infinitives to add a different meaning. For example, you use auxiliary verbs to …
IELTS Basic Grammar – Verbs and Tenses (Part 2)
The Present Perfect Tense: The present perfect tense shows action in the indefinite past. The present perfect tense is also …
IELTS Basic Grammar – Verbs and Tenses (Part 1)
Most verbs describe actions, so they are called action verbs. Action verbs tell what people or things are doing. Here …
IELTS Basic Grammar – Determiners
Determiners, or noun signals, are special adjectives used before nouns. There are different kinds of determiners. The Articles The words …
IELTS Basic Grammar – Adjective
Adjectives describe nouns and pronouns. They give you more information about people, places, and things. Kinds of Adjectives Some adjectives …