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Look at the following sentence: I am making myself a cup of coffee. "myself" is an example of a reflexive pronoun. In this lesson, you will learn: the 8 reflexive pronouns and intensive pronounshow to use reflexive pronounscommon mistakes with reflexive pronounshow to use intensive pronouns The 8 reflexive pronouns / intensive pronouns  Personal object … [Read more...] about Reflexive pronouns and intensive pronouns

In the above picture, Mark is talking to Jane. The words inside the blue box are the exact words that he speaks. Here is how we express this: This is direct speech. Direct speech is when we report the exact words that somebody says. In this English lesson, you will learn: The rules for writing direct speech.The correct punctuation.Vocabulary to report direct … [Read more...] about Direct speech writing rules in English

What are adverbs? An adverb is a word that modifies a verb (action). The adverb gives more information about the action. Example: Jane is walking (Without an adverb)Jane is walking quickly. (With the adverb "quickly") "quickly" modifies the verb "walk"."quickly" gives us more information about the action. In this instance, it is telling us the degree of speed at … [Read more...] about Adverbs of frequency

“a”, “an” and “the” are articles. There are 2 types of articles in English: Indefinite articles and definite articles. “a” and “an” are indefinite articles. Indefinite means "not specific". Usually, we use “a” and “an” to talk about non-specific nouns. I explain what that means later on in this lesson. “the” is the definite article. Usually, we use “the” to talk about … [Read more...] about Indefinite article “a” and “an”

Certain English nouns only have a plural form. The form is always plural. Never singular. There are 3 types of nouns where the form is always plural: Let’s look at each type in detail. Certain articles of clothing The following articles of clothing only have a plural form: trousersknickerspyjamasshortstightspants Examples: I like your trousers. I like … [Read more...] about English nouns that only have a plural form