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Interesting one

It was interesting to read this article, and also it was fun to put the right word into it.

Traditional ​farming ​methods are going out of/coming into use (= used less and less/more and more) in many ​areas.

In ​anaerobic ​respiration, ​sugar is ​broken down to ​lactic ​acid without the use of ​oxygen. And a more ​efficient use of ​resources.

You can post your search message on the messageboard. I understand that it is difficult for a person who don't know Russian (there is a Russian interface there), but you can try.

how can i see my scores

Hi!

Did you mean you don't know how to use this site? You can choose what you want to learn from the bar of top of this site and then you will see many topics show on the page , click "read more" to read it all.

My English is not very well but i hope my advice helps. bye

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I am Indian. I love this sit vere much, I am new in this sit.
I want to know How I remember word mening, I want lot of word stock.

Please Help me, I am very weak in english but I am very interest in spoken english.

Thank you
Regard

Pintu

I am pakistani and related to fore flung area of pakistan.i loce this site greately but iam new one. I intend to know how i can icrease my vocabulry and improve my spoken english.
Would you help me, I am very weak in english especially in speaking and writting.

Thak you

Regards
Muhammad

HI
AS YOU KNOW I'VE JUST JOIN YOU.NOW I WILL NOT SUGGEST YOU SOMETHING. B'COS I DON'T KNOW MUCH MORE ABOUT THIS SITE. WHENEVER I'LL FEEL TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU I'LL DEFINITE DO IT.
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suggestions

A few suggestions from me :

1 - If you add numbers before each questions, it will be easier for us to calculate our score.

2 - We see our mistakes after we push "check answer".
It will be better if we can see also the correct answer of our mistakes.

3 - I think the main page is too crowded. I don't want to see my completed lessons on the main page. I can also see them with another button.

Thanks for this useful site.

Hi

I am Rajesh Kumar from India. This site is realy very good for exercise on grammer.

good and useful

Hello, I'm italian and I'm learning English. Last July I've been in Malta in holiday, so next year I'm going to retunr to go to school.
I'd like knowing what subjects are been already done, but there isn't an index. I do confusion with tenses verbs and modal verbs (must, should, might), I don't know when to use them.
I love very much this site and I enjoy spending some of my time doing the exercises.
Thank you for all.

Hi everybody!
I hope you are all well.
I.m new hear so I have to see more of this site but I think it is very good with a little exeption.I'll see. Thank you.

Some suggestions

First of all I would like to say thanks to all of this beatiful site team!
It's really a good place to learn English, may be the best for the moment!

But...

1. I'd like to have not only quizes and tests, but some more explanations. For example, I and my friend both have chosen "What Italian..." instead of "Which Italian...", so it would be nice to explain why "What Italian..." is a bad form.

2. The same with phrasal verbs. May be it would be helpful to have some lesson before the test, because many of the verbs are difficult and I had to press "Check Answers" many times to know what is the right answer for "BEING FRIENDS" (get on) or "STOPPING" (hang on). VOMIT (throw up) is almost impossible to guess!

May be some text with almost the same words and expressions BEFORE the test would be helpful.

And again the nicest words to all the team. You are the best!

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I'm a new applicant to learn English from your website. I haven't any idea about the topic. But I wish find what I want in this subject.
Please tell me how to begin my studies

Thank u very much to all team. I see this site today . I want to improve my nglish knowledge. Pls help me. if u van e-mail me lessons.

thanks.

Is it possible that you can create a lesson about future tenses.
Daiyry, timetable, allready decided, perhaps, intention........
I didn't yet find an easy explenation that stays in my head.

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hallo.
my name is vladimer.i am from georgia.
my english is poor and i tray to stady english.this sait is veri good for me but i need mor.exempl:comunicacion samvere,ho know english.
please send me eglish text sms and i will be thenks for you.

modal verbs

Hi, my name is Anastasia, I'm from Russia. Could you help me with modal verbs? I need more practice and I'd like some interesting exercises. my main interest is modal verbs with have construction, like
His math may have improved by the time the exam comes round
Thanks

Shout box

It will be very useful if this site has a shout box. If I need instant help, I just put it in the box and hope somebody online willing to give the answer. Anyway, this site is great!

Another hopefully useful suggestion!

I often don't know how to use correctly the prepositions with verbs. Desuming the preposition to be used after the verb from my own language very often leads me to mistake.
Another problem is the pronunciation of the words!Is there a rule to know in advance where the accent is to be put?

Thank you in advance

suggestion

I am Jigme from Tibet.!! Lhasa.
First of all, i would like to offer my deepest thanks for all teams.I have been signing in your website for a month now.I can see some improvements in my grammar.Everytime i sign out, i leave with a feeling of satisfaction.Learning something.Thanx.

I am happy to get this wonderful chance to give suggestion.

There is many cases when I have to explain a situation with long sentence as i don't get the exact word of the thing i wanted to say.This sometimes result in confusion.

For example. He put the car in the house where he usually puts the car.
He put the car in his garage.

Because i understand that word for house where we keep cars is garage.So This helped me make second sentence sounds better in more shorter sentence.

It would be very helpful if you could make a dictionary or provide a link, where we can write in description of words we are interested in knowing and your website will provide the exact word or suggestion of words.

My english is not very good.I am not really able to express what i wanted to say well.Hope you get me.If you do not get me, i will write the same suggestion in future after using your website for another few months.I am sure that time i can express anything i wanted to write.
Thanks

plesae advice how i impriove my writing skill

dear sir ,
my name is rajeev garg . i have one problem i speak english very well but in writing i very poor . hw i impriove my writing skill please give your suggestion . i am very thank full to u .

regards
rajeev

How are u all I am Shirish.

Hi,

My name is Shirish belongs to India, I had join one english tutorial class, I don't want to say it was not good for me, I realised my english improved well compartively my past but there is still lots of hazitetion with speking in English front of people, there is still lots of things left to improve.
When surffing Internet I got this usefull site but I am unable to get benifit of this site, let me know how can I get benifit of this site ? How can I completed my lesson ?

For made this comments if I am making some mistakes regarding speling & grammer, so pls let me know.

Thanks,

my opinion

hi!i am new member of this site.when i join in this site i want to improve my english skills,i mean all english skills by doing exercises and learn from my friends .so i think the exercises need to be more academic and there should be a chat-room for all of the members who are online to discuss and learn from each other.i hope my opinion is not too bad!

we want conversation dialogues in english

hai, am a new user of this forum.
i know tenses and forms of tenses .the problem is when we are using in them conversation we are little bit of tensed wheather we are using correct or not. we have no circle perticularly who speaks english. we are facing a lot of problem in out side. pls send some conversational dialogues in various situations.this forum is very useful to us .thank u

Better site

Here are some suggestions for improving the site.
Add more lessons a day
The lessons must be oriented to better writing .For example
There are two sentences as below;
1.He talks as if he knows everyuthing.
2.He talks as if he is knowing everything
Proper explanations are needsd.The team can try
to explain some common mistake arise while writing.
It will be of great help to us for writing better english.
As suggested a chat room facilities may be provided to the
members.
However my BIG thanks for the team for enr5iching us with
good knowledge of English.
altaf

Hi, I'm Yulia. First of all

Hi, I'm Yulia. First of all I want to join Mann 777, if it's possible make your lesson from easy to hard, and before studing check our knowlege. After studing I'd like to see my progress. My english is very poor, I've never spoken to foreign people and lessons from "listening" are quite difficult for me.
Thank you for your site, you're the best!

Regarding grammer check...

Allow visitor to write some sentences and find out any mistake in that e.g. I Wrote "how do you do?"...then your team can highlight me my fault as it should be" How"...Means "H" in capitals....Remembers mind learns from its mistake faster.

It would be very useful

I think it would be very useful to have more lessons about phrasal verbs such as put on, give up, write down, look up, take off, take on, and so on.

And even some other lessons on idioms!

You can't teach an old dog new tricks
This expression means that it is difficult to get someone to change the way they do something after they have been doing it a different way for years.

'I can't get my grandmother to use a computer. I guess you can't teach an old dog new tricks!'

Why do not you can not teach an old dog new tricks?

In addition, here are a number of very common collocations with tell, where it would be incorrect to use say. For example, we tell the truth, tell lies, tell jokes, tell stories, tell secrets and tell someone news.

I believe that in Mr. Horseman's next post he will discuss some other common verbs connected with talking and explain how to avoid making common mistakes with them.

I've learned a lot about ​computers since I ​started ​work here.

I'm learning to ​play the ​piano.

They learn ​Russian at ​school.

Note that British speakers of English often say have got to instead of ‘have to’. When speaking, they usually abbreviate the ‘have’ part:

I’ve got to (= I have got to) finish this essay this afternoon.

Hi!

I ​live in London now, but my home (= where I was ​born) is in Greece.

I ​stayed in Montreal for two ​weeks then ​flew home.

I'm ​sorry, he's not home ​right now. But don't ​worry, I'll be home ​soon.

The ​radio said it was going to be ​hot and ​sunny ​tomorrow.

Hi) I'm Olga from Ukraine. I am going to pass exam soon. I am quite good in all sessions but in speaking. As English is not my first language and can’t manage to speak often with other peoples around me. I need a buddy in order to improve the fluency.
My Skype ID is “000020”
Awaiting to hear you.
Olga

Hi Olga... I am Jida, from Indonesia. Nice to meet you. I have the same problem with u huhuhu...
-Amajida H Budiman, INA-

Blended learning is a way of ​learning that ​combines ​traditional ​classroom ​lessons with ​lessons that use ​computer ​technology and may be given over the internet.

Going to a class is not the only way to learn English. Millions of learners around the world are becoming autodidacts – literally self-taught.

The number of apps and self-study online resources has mushroomed. They’re not all great – you get what you pay for, usually – but it is possible to make considerable progress, given the right motivation, without a teacher. This, together with the classroom developments mentioned above, is an area where edtech – or educational technology – is thriving. Here the buzzword is gamification – the ​practice of making ​learning activities more like ​games in ​order to make them more ​interesting or ​enjoyable. It beats learning irregular verbs!

Scotland is effectively a trilingual country, speaking Gaelic, the dominant language in the Middle Ages, Scots, the dominant language in the Early Modern period, and a distinctive Scottish variety of English, Scottish English, increasingly dominant since the union with England. Each of these three is still spoken today and each has had an impact on the speech of all the people of Scotland, as well as the English spoken by the world at large.

One of the best known is loch, thanks to the fame of the Loch Ness Monster. Loch comes from the Gaelic word for lake. Other Gaelic-derived words include skean dhu and sporran (both parts of traditional Highland dress), but not kilt (which is Scandinavian in origin).

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Learning english and making new friends from all over the globe isn't that amazing!!!!

Mother Teresa's ​goodness is an example to us all. She was an ​inspiring example to her ​followers.

What will you be doing this time next week?

Last week we looked at the most basic tenses and structures that are used for talking about the future. This week, we’re considering some more future tenses and structures and thinking about exactly how they are used.

Let’s start with the present simple. Like the present continuous, this tense can be used for talking about future events that are planned, or ‘in the diary’:

We leave for France next Tuesday.

Term starts next week.

Her plane gets in at three in the morning.

Notice that two of the above examples relate to events that are not only planned, but planned by someone else, as part of an official diary or timetable. This is a typical use of the present simple for future events.

I should mention another important use of the present tense for relating the future, and one that students sometimes get wrong. A present tense – often the present simple – is used for talking about future events in phrases that contain words relating to time, such as when, after and until.

We’ll come and stay with you when the weather gets nicer.

Not: We’ll come and stay with you when the weather will get nicer.

Wait in the café until I come

Not: Wait in the café until I will come.

Another tense that we use to talk about the time to come is the future continuous (will be v-ing):

Sure – come round at nine. I’ll be working, but Tim will be in.

This time next week, we’ll be flying over the Atlantic.

Here, we are talking about something that will already be happening (I’ll be working/we’ll be flying) at a point that is referred to in the future (nine/this time next week).

Yet another future tense is the future perfect (will have v-ed). We use this tense for an action that will be completed by a particular point in the future:

By Thursday, I’ll have finished this report.

I’ll have left the party by the time you arrive.

Note that we often use the preposition by with the future perfect, (by Thursday/by the time you arrive).

Of course, not everything in the future is certain! We need a way of talking about future events that are only possible. For this, we have the modal verbs may, might, and could:

We may be there by six, but I can’t say for sure.

I might leave a bit early – it depends.

It could be a success.

If we think that something probably will happen, (though we are not completely certain), we can use the modal verb should:

We should be back by eight.

It should be ready by then.

Whatever your plans for the future, certain or uncertain, I hope this post helps you to talk about them with confidence!

The future in English is complicated. The problem is that there are so many different ways of talking about it, and the differences between those various ways are sometimes quite slight. Now, we’re looking at the range of tenses and structures that we use to talk about the period of time that is to come.

We’ll start with a really useful tense – the present continuous (be v-ing), (Notice, by the way, that we’re not starting with ‘will’ – more of that later…):

We are having dinner with friends tonight.

I’m seeing the dentist tomorrow.

What are you doing this weekend?

I’m starting my course next month.

We use this tense for talking about the planned future – things that we have already arranged to do. We use it both in statements and questions, and we use it a lot. It may be useful to think of the present continuous as the ‘diary’ tense – the tense that you use to talk about meetings, appointments, etc. that need arranging – the sort of future events that you might write in your diary.

I’ll start with a really useful tense – the present continuous (be v-ing), (Notice, by the way, that we’re not starting with ‘will’ – more of that later…):

We are having dinner with friends tonight.

I’m seeing the dentist tomorrow.

What are you doing this weekend?

I’m starting my course next month.

We use this tense for talking about the planned future – things that we have already arranged to do. We use it both in statements and questions, and we use it a lot. It may be useful to think of the present continuous as the ‘diary’ tense – the tense that you use to talk about meetings, appointments, etc. that need arranging – the sort of future events that you might write in your diary.

Now let’s move on to a structure that looks similar and, in fact, is used in a fairly similar way: be going to. Like the present continuous, this structure is used for talking about things that we intend to do in the future. The difference is that we usually use it for those things that we probably wouldn’t write in a diary – things that we intend to do but which do not need us to make arrangements:

I’m quite tired- I’m going to have an early night tonight.

I’m going to call Louisa tonight and see how she’s doing.

I think she’s going to speak to Dan about it.

What are you going to get for Sophie’s birthday?

(There is another use of ‘going to’ that I’ll come to in a moment.)

And so to will. It’s important to note that we generally don’t use ‘will’ to talk about our plans. We do often use it to talk about the future, but in two quite particular ways and neither has to do with plans or intentions. Here’s the first one:

I think he’ll (= he will) be pleased to see you.

I’m sure Sophie will do well in her exams – she’s really clever.

I never see anyone in that shop – I bet it will close soon.

‘Will’, then, is used for predicting events, for saying that, based on what we know, we think that something will happen in the future. Note how we often use phrases such as ‘I think’, ‘I’m sure’ and ‘I bet’ before ‘will’. These can make our comments on what will happen in the future a little less certain. Likewise, we often use ‘probably’ after it:

I’ll probably be home before midnight.

We also use ‘going to’ to predict events. There is a difference here, but it is quite slight. If we think that something will happen because of something that we can see at the time, we often use ‘going to’:

It’s going to rain, isn’t it? Look at those clouds.

You’re going to fall off that chair! Come on, sit up properly!

Returning to ‘will’, the other big future use of ‘will’ is for talking about things that we have just decided to do:

A: The train takes three hours.

B: Does it? In that case I think I’ll drive there.



A: I don’t have enough time to go shopping.

B: Don’t worry – I’ll do the shopping.

Note that the second of these is also an offer. ‘Will’ is used for suddenly making offers that we have not planned.

Well, I hope that helps with the future tenses.

Present perfect or past simple?

This is a tricky area of the English language for low-level learners, so let’s look again at the rules.

When we start studying English, we learn that to talk about an action that started and finished in the past, we use the past simple tense, (for regular verbs, the base verb -ed):

I finished the course a month ago.

I cooked dinner.

We saw Jamie yesterday.

Notice that we naturally use time expressions with the past simple – yesterday, a month ago, 2005, etc. Remember that when we use one of these words or phrases, we do not use the present perfect tense:

Not: I’ve been to the USA in 2008.

I went to the USA in 2008.

So when do we use the present perfect tense to talk about past events? (The present perfect is the verb have the past participle of a verb.) There are a number of uses, but the one thing that joins them all together is that they in some way relate the past to the present. Let’s look at some examples:

1 I’ve lived here since 2006.

2 I’m not hungry, thanks – I’ve already had dinner.

3 I’ve been to New York.

4 I’ve seen that film four times.

5 Rebecca has had a baby girl.

Example 1

The speaker is talking about a period of time in the past right up until the present. The present perfect here expresses the way in which the action started in the past, but did not finish in the past.

Example 2

The action of having dinner was in the past, but there is an effect on the present – the speaker is not now hungry. Here, the present perfect describes a past event that has a result now.

Example 3

The speaker means that at some point in the whole of their life, (from when they were born right up until the present), they went to New York. They do not tell us exactly when they went. This is an important use of the present perfect.

Example 4

As with Example 3, the time period here is the past right up until the present. Note here the use of the present perfect for talking about how many times something has happened until now.

Example 5

Here, the speaker uses the present perfect to say what has just happened – to announce news. The action is in the past, but it is the very recent past and the effects of the action are still being experienced now. (Remember that when the speaker has announced the news and they then give more information about the event, they usually change to the past simple tense):

Rebecca has had a baby boy! He was born at three o’clock yesterday. It all went really well, apparently.

It is worth noting that American speakers of English use the present perfect less than British speakers to talk about a past event with a present result (Example 2):

(British)

I’ve hurt my leg and I can’t walk properly.

(American)

I’ve hurt my leg and I can’t walk properly. or I hurt my leg and I can’t walk properly.

Another difference is that in British English, the words just, yet and already are often used with the present perfect tense. In American English, these words are also used with the past simple tense.

(British)

I’ve just seen him.

Have you called your mother yet?

I’ve already invited him.

(American)

I just saw him or I’ve just seen him.

Did you call your mother yet? or Have you called your mother yet?

I already invited him or I’ve already invited him.

thanks a lot.i want more lessons on time and tense.kindly give lessons for voice.

Having spent many years learning other languages myself, I would like to suggest a simple tip: the more you read, the more you learn. The more familiar you become with the patterns of a language, from reading, the easier it becomes to follow them in speaking.

Also, as a native speaker in a very cosmopolitan city (New York), I can tell you that most of us are tolerant of the occasional error. Try your best and, I know from personal observation, at least six New Yorkers will try to help you.

Thank you for your lesson.Very useful and clear explanation.

Because the public transport system is so good, it's uncommon for me to drive to work.

The ​snow came down during the night.

We had such terrible weather on our holiday. But you should also remember, it was winter in Tasmania when we went there.

We’re learning ​algebra and writing at ​school.

How to form the past perfect tense?

What are compound words?

The weather has gotten colder this week and we’re expecting snow.

The ​wind is ​expected to shift to the ​east ​tomorrow.

Are you having a New Year's ​Eve ​party in London?

The ​weather ​forecast said ​rain, so take ​your ​umbrella (with you) when you go out.

I ​suggested that you should take her some ​chocolates.

When they got ​divorced, his ​wife took everything.

She's a ​classic example of a ​kid who's ​clever but ​lazy.