Prepositions of Place

Prepositions of Place (Position and Direction)

English	Usage	Example
in	room, building, street, town, country book, paper etc. car, taxi picture, world	in the kitchen, in London in the book in the car, in a taxi in the picture, in the world

Grammar: Imperative

We can use the imperative to give a direct order.

• Stand up straight.

We can use the imperative to give instructions.

• Open your book.

Basic Personal Questions

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What is your (first) name? What is your Last (family) name?

Where are you from?

Grammar: Both either and neither

The words either, neither, and both are all used to talk about how two objects relate to each other.

• “Either” means “X OR Y” (but not both). If you do not quote specifically X and Y, make sure to write of+the+something or of+pronoun as in the first example. Notice that the verb is always singular.

Present Simple

The Structure of Present Simple changes based on the type of sentences: Positive, Negative and Question

• Positive: Personal Pronoun + Conjugated Verb + rest of the sentence

i.e.: She works at home

• Negative: Personal Pronoun + To Do Conjugated + Not  + Verb + rest of the sentence

i.e.: She does not (= doesn't) work at home

• Question: To Do Conjugated + Personal Pronoun + Verb + rest of the sentence

i.e.: Does she work at home? 

#1 Excercise: Find an exercise here: EXERCISES PRESENT SIMPLE POSITIVE
#2 Excercise: Find an exercise here: EXERCISES PRESENT SIMPLE POSITIVE
#3 Excercise: Find an exercise here: EXERCISES PRESENT SIMPLE QUESTION
#4 Excercise: Find an exercise here: EXERCISES PRESENT SIMPLE QUESTION
#5 Excercise: Find an exercise here: EXERCISES PRESENT SIMPLE QUESTIONS NEGATIVE 
#6 Excercise: Find an exercise here: EXERCISES PRESENT SIMPLE QUESTIONS NEGATIVE  

Linkers in English

Contrast

.     In spite of / Despite Link two contrasting ideas. Followed by a noun phrase. 

.     Although / (Even) though Link two contrasting ideas. Followed by a sentence. 

.     However / Nevertheless / Still / Yet / Even so / On the contrary / In contrast. Introduce a new idea which marks a contrast with previously stated ideas. Introduced by a comma. 

.     On the one hand ... On the other hand. Links two contrasting ideas / paragraphs. 

.     In contrast to / Contrary to. Link two contrasting ideas. Followed by a noun phrase. 

.     Whereas Link two contrasting ideas. Not separated by commas. 

Reason and cause

.     Because / As / Since / Seeing that Introduce a sentence. Subordinate sentences introduced by because always appear in final position. 

.     Because of / On account of / Owing to / Due to. Introduce a noun phrase. 

Purpose

.     In order to / So as to Introduce an infinitive of purpose.

.     In order that / So that Introduce a sentence. 

Consequence

    . Consequently / As a consequence / As a result / Therefore   

    . As a consequence of / As a result of Followed by a noun phrase. 

.     So Introduces a sentence. No commas.   

Addition

    . Moreover / Furthermore / In addition / Besides / What's more Used after a strong pause and separated from the sentences. They are introduced by a comma. 

    . As well as / In addition to / Besides Used to add  one more piece of information. Followed by a noun phrase. 

. Exemplification

      For example / For instance Introduces an example referring to previously stated ideas. 

.     Such as Introduces an example referring to the last idea