English Tips&Tools
40.4K subscribers
1.55K photos
11 videos
101 files
16 links
A daily dose of new English words, grammar and phrases to speak fluently.


Bot: @EnglishTipsandTools_bot
Download Telegram
Realize ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ = Realise ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

Analyze ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ = Analyse ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

Recognize ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ = Recognise ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

Apologize ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ = Apologise ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
โžก๏ธ Expressions like "in three hours' time" refer to the FUTURE.

โ˜‘๏ธ - I'll see you in two days.
โ˜‘๏ธ - I'll see you in two days' time.

- He wrote the book in a month. โœ”๏ธ
- He wrote the book in a monthโ€™s time. โŒ
- different from - different than - different to
- take / make notes
- note-taking versus note-making
โœณ๏ธโ€œAll butโ€ =

1. everything except for: Iโ€™ve eaten ALL BUT two doughnuts. ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿฉ

2. almost: The match is ALL BUT over; weโ€™re going to win! โšฝ๏ธ๐Ÿ†

#Vocabulary
โžก๏ธ interest (noun)
โ–บ interest in something:
- My parents encouraged my INTEREST IN science. โœ”๏ธ
โ–บ interest in doing something:
- What makes these footballers LOSE INTEREST FOR PLAYING in their own countries? โŒ
- What makes these footballers LOSE INTEREST IN PLAYING in their own countries? โœ”๏ธ

๐Ÿ’  ๐Ÿ’  ๐Ÿ’  ๐Ÿ’  ๐Ÿ’  ๐Ÿ’  ๐Ÿ’  ๐Ÿ’  ๐Ÿ’  ๐Ÿ’  ๐Ÿ’  ๐Ÿ’  ๐Ÿ’  ๐Ÿ’  ๐Ÿ’  ๐Ÿ’  ๐Ÿ’ 

๐Ÿ“Œ๐Ÿ› ๐Ÿ”INTERESTED IN versus INTERESTED TO ๐Ÿ“Œ๐Ÿ› ๐Ÿ”

โžก๏ธ interested (adj.) - wanting to know about or take part in something
โ–บ interested in something:
- Joeโ€™s always been INTERESTED IN politics. โœ”๏ธ
โ–บ be interested to hear/know/learn/see/ find out etc:
- Iโ€™d be INTERESTED TO HEAR what you think. โœ”๏ธ
๐Ÿšซ Donโ€™t use โ€˜interested toโ€™ with verbs such as โ€˜haveโ€™ or โ€˜buyโ€™. ๐Ÿšซ

#Grammar
โ–ถ๏ธ Showing order of events โ€“ which happened first - past perfect + simple past โ—€๏ธ
๐Ÿ†˜ Tag questions - Under falling intonation on the tag question, negative sentences take affirmative tags, and vice versa:

โœณ๏ธ 1. Tom is happy about his job, isnโ€™t he? [ NOT is he? ]
โœณ๏ธ 2. Tom is unhappy about his job, isnโ€™t he? [ NOT is he? ]

โœด๏ธ 3. Tom is NOT happy about his job, is he? [ NOT isnโ€™t he? ]
โœด๏ธ 4. Tom is NOT unhappy about his job, is he? [ NOT isnโ€™t he? ]

#Grammar
- phrases - 1a) not the least - not in the least - not the least bit 1b) in the least 2) to say the least 3) least of all 4) not a bit = not one bit 5) not a bit of it
๐Ÿ–Œ - idiom - ruffle someone's feathers๐Ÿฆ‰
โ–ถ๏ธ Conditional words and expressions - IF, SUPPOSING, IF ONLY, WHAT IF + 1. simple past / 2. past perfect โ—€๏ธ
๐Ÿฌ WISH + 1. simple past / 2. past perfect / 3. would+infinitive ๐Ÿณ
๐Ÿ‘1
๐Ÿ†˜ mistakes with "WISH" ๐Ÿšซ