English Novels
Grimm's Fairy Tales - The Brothers Grimm
The first volume of the first Grimm's Fairy Tales edition was published in 1812, containing 86 stories; the second volume of 70 stories followed in 1815. For the second edition, two volumes were …
English Grammar
New Round-Up 2 - Verginia Evans and Jenny Dooley
Grammar can be fun! Students will find grammar practice enjoyable with New Round-Up. Clear grammar tables and explanations combined with lots of practice make understanding the language easy for youn…
Simple Past Tense
a. Spelling: The normal rule is to add "_ed" after regular verbs. Ex: Work => worked, start => started, play => played... If the verb ends in "_e", add "_d". Ex…
Past Perfect Tense
a. Form: S + Had + Past Participle (PP) b. Uses: The past perfect is used to express an action in the past, which happened before another action in the past. Ex: when I got home, John had cooked a m…
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
a. Form: S + Had + Been + Ving b. Uses To express an action was happening before another action in the past. Ex: by 9 o'clock last night, the pilot had been flying nine hours non-stop. They had …
Past Continuous Tense
a. Form: S + BE (Is/Are/Am) + Ving b. Uses: We often use the past continuous in sentences together with the past simple when this happens; the past continuous refers to longer, background activitie…
Passive Voice
a. Form: S + BE + Past Participle (PP) b. Uses: The object of an active verb becomes the subject of a passive verb. Notice the use of "by" in the passive sentence. Ex: Shakespeare wrote Ha…
Writing and Saying Numbers
Numbers Over 20 Are written with a hyphen: Ex: 27 (twenty - seven); 54 (fifty - four). When writing a cheque we often use words for the pounds or dollars and figures for the pence or cents. Ex: $99.9…
Negative Statements
No Used to give a negative reply or statement: Just say yes or no. "Are you ready? No, I'm not." Sorry, the answer's no. "Another drink? No, thanks." It's about 70 - n…
Modal Verbs: Need - Used to
Need To require sth/sb because they are essential or very important, not just because you would like to have them: [vn] Do you need any help? It's here if you need it. Don't go - I might need…
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