Affirmative sentence is used with negative tag, while negative sentence is used with affirmative tag, at the end of the sentence. He could have bought something to eat, couldn't he? I think it’s time. We must leave now, mustn’t we? Your son is collecting stamps, isn't he?
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A or an? „An” umbrella but „a” University
Have you ever wondered when do we use "a" and when "an" in front of words starting with "u"? Or even with "e" or "h"? Look at these: an egg, a euro, an uncle, an umbrella, a university, an hour, an honest student, a house, They are all correct. Let's see the rules:
Indefinite pronouns – singular or plural?
all totul, toată, toți, toate, toată lumea singular/plural (după înțeles) All you see here is mine. They are all my brothers. another un altul, încă unul singular Another one is my friend. any (+) oricare, (-) nici unul, nici unii, (?) vreunul, vreunii, (?-) nici unul, nici una, nici unii, nici unele. singular/plural (după înțeles) I can’t see any of you here. Is there any food in the fridge? anybody (+) oricine, (-) nimeni, (?) cineva, (?-) nimeni singular This…
Compound words
Here are some compound words for your daily use: into = to the inside of; in toward, I walked slowly into my room. Put your coat into the wardrobe, please! Pour some milk into that bowl then a cup of musli! onto = to a place or position on, or when we change the topic of discussion I put my bag onto the chair and I lied on the bed. I fell down when I stepped onto the stage. How…
Idioms and verbs for business
1. Bear markets – perioada în care bursa de valori prezintă scăderi serioase, cu mai mult de 20%, ale prețurilor instrumentelor financiare, încrederea investitorilor este foarte mică. 2. Get something off the ground – a porni ceva de la zero (un proiect, o afacere) (It means to start a project or business) Iată un exemplu: I am so happy that this partnership contract is signed. We are going to get the project off the ground and open our language school.…
Collocations with DO and MAKE
DO is used for actions, obligations, and repetitive tasks, while MAKE is used for creating or producing something, and for actions you choose to do. The most Common English Collocations with DO are: do anything / everything / nothing Are you doing anything for tomorrow’s party? I will do everything you want to make you happy. He is doing nothing to help us. do business We do business with many companies around the world. do a course (take a course)…
Single-word and multi-word prepositions
Prepositions can be used as single-words or as a group of words. The most common single-word prepositions are: about Do you know anything about Mike? above She rented a flat above the market. after Let’s go to the cinema after work.
Prepositions or conjunctions?
As we already know, a preposition is a word used to link nouns, pronouns or phrases to other words within a sentence. Prepositions are words like: about, at, in, on, for, from, opposite etc. that can appear as single-words or pair of words and they express time, place, movement. Conjunctions are also connecting words, but they can do much more than a preposition because they can connect verbs together and even more, they can connect two sentences together. There are…