24 Common Prepositional Phrases with UNDER (Meaning & Examples) Prepositional phrases with under are extremely common in English. At first glance, under seems to mean only below, but in reality it is often used metaphorically to describe: conditions and states pressure, control, or authority legal situations processes that are not Read more
Adjective-Infinitive Collocations (a clear and practical guide for confident English) English often sounds most natural when we don’t focus on single words, but on patterns. One extremely common and useful pattern is adjective + to-infinitive. Native speakers use it constantly to express feelings, opinions, difficulty, reactions, and behaviour — especially in Read more
Come, Get, Arrive, Approach, Reach – How to Use Them Correctly English has many verbs for talking about movement, travel, and destinations. And that’s great… until you realise that words like come, get, arrive, approach, reach all seem to mean “to go somewhere” — but they don’t work in the Read more
Gerund and Infinitive Hello, English learners. Welcome to a new lesson. Today, we will learn about gerunds and infinitives. As you probably know, a gerund is a verb form that ends in -ing (swimming, walking, running), while the infinitive is the base form of a verb. It can be used Read more
Subject and Object Questions in English (with Clear Examples) Some grammar topics look simple on the surface… and then quietly steal points from students in exams. Subject and object questions are exactly like that. Many learners know the difference between who and whom (at least in theory), but in real Read more
Expressing Preference in English Hello, English learners. Welcome to a new lesson. It is a fact that there is no easy way to learn a foreign language; however, if you are a foreigner living in an English-speaking country, the easiest thing to learn would definitely be conversational English, which is Read more
Hello English learners. Welcome to a new lesson. We will talk about the difference between the verbs let, allow and permit. Follow the link to read the blog post.