No native English speaker says this – Do you know the grammar?
What have these following verbs got in common? feel, taste, smell, sound, look Yes, they are all verbs to do with the 5 human senses. When we think about how…
English writing exercise – Adjective Alphabet for amazing video
Are you ready for an English writing exercise to test your written skills? You have to watch the video at the bottom of the page below (or some of it)…
Common English Errors
Native speakers don’t realise it, but anyone learning English as a foreign language will know that it can be a hard language to learn. A certain period of self-study may…
Character Adjectives: Enter the Dragon
Adjectives describing people's character are highlighted in the text and then explained in the vocabulary glossary below. The New Year officially began on Monday 23rd January. Well, for the Chinese…
Adjective + Noun/Music Band vocab: Will Oasis get back together?
Read the article about a possible OASIS reunion. Phrases and vocabulary about bands are printed in bold throughout the text and then explained below to help you. There’s also a…
So / Such…that Grammar: The X factor is so bad that…
Look out for sentences containing 'so...that/such...that' highlighted in bold. Can you work out why we use them? If you can't, don't worry because there is a grammar explanation below the…
Feelings Adjectives: Who’s that outside the school?
Lots of adjectives to do with feelings are highlighted in bold throughout and there is a glossary to help you understand them below the article. There was a lot of…
Compound Adjectives: Tintin is now three-dimensional
When I was growing up, I used to read the much-loved Tintin comic books – I remember having all of them. I used to love reading all about his action-packed…
Adjectives + Prepositions: St Paul’s unhappy with Occupy London
Is everyone fed up with demonstrations in London yet? It seems that all we are good at is protesting nowadays – but I’m not saying that it’s a bad thing.…
Remember, Remember 11th September
This emotive event means that there will be lots of adjectives describing 'feelings' in the article. There is a glossary below to help you with definitions for each adjective. As…