Feb 16
AGAIN!!! YOUR (possessive pronoun) instead of YOU’RE (contraction of you + are) TWICE!!! Can you think of any more? If you have any questions or doubts, please ask in the comments or send me a private message. Follow me on Instagram: @englishyourwaybr or look for the hashtag #LearnEnglishWithCarlo
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Feb 16
OMG – Seriously???!!! Another common one confusing THAN (conjunction, preposition) with THEN (adverb of time) Can you think of any more? If you have any questions or doubts, please ask in the comments or send me a private message. Follow me on Instagram: @englishyourwaybr or look for the hashtag #LearnEnglishWithCarlo
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Feb 16
A classic that makes me go AHHHHHH! They have confused THERE (adverb) with THEY’RE (contraction of they + are). Can you think of any more? If you have any questions or doubts, please ask in the comments or send me a private message. Follow me on Instagram: @englishyourwaybr or look for the hashtag #LearnEnglishWithCarlo
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Feb 16
Oh boy! This one is quite common – confusing YOUR (possessive pronoun) with YOU’RE (contraction of you + are) Can you think of any more? If you have any questions or doubts, please ask in the comments or send me a private message. Follow me on Instagram: @englishyourwaybr or look for the hashtag #LearnEnglishWithCarlo
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Feb 16
STILL, YET, and ALREADY are adverbs of time that tell us WHEN something happened or will happen (or not). They can be confusing, so I’m going to explain how to use them. Still is used to express that a situation that began in the past continues until now without change. It is placed in the …
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Feb 09
When we want to know the quantity or amount of something, we use HOW MUCH or HOW MANY. We use HOW MANY when asking about countable nouns. How many animals are there? How many cars can you see? How many slices of pizza did they order? We use HOW MUCH when asking about uncountable nouns. How …
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Feb 09
It’s easy to confuse these two sets of words because they are very similar but perform different functions. POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVEPossessive adjectives are used to indicate ownership or possession of nouns. They are placed before nouns to show to whom or to what something belongs. In English, the possessive adjectives are: my, your, his, her, its, …
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Feb 08
JOB – NOUN A regular activity that a person does, an occupation, a profession. You usually receive money for doing a job. EXAMPLES: Do you have a full time job? I love my job. WORK – NOUN/VERB The word WORK is more general then JOB. Work refers to the activities done to accomplish a goal. …
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Feb 06
GRAMMAR – Adjectives that quantify. The words in this image can be adjectives, pronouns, or determiners. FEW vs. A FEW Few is a quantifier used with plural countable nouns. Without the article “a,” few emphasizes a small number of something. Adding the article removes the emphasis—a few means some. FEWER Fewer is a comparative adjective. It is only used with …
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Jan 27
These three words are often confusing for Portuguese speakers. Stairs (escadas) usually connect floors in a building. Ladder (escada) is a moveable structure used for climbing up or down. Steps (degraus) are usually found outside a building, and are also the individual levels on a ladder or stairs. If you have any questions or doubts, please …
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