✖️Don't say: We arrived to the village at night.
✔️Say: We arrived at the village at night.
Note : Use "arrive in" with countries and large cities: Mr Smith has arrived in London. (Or New York, India, etc.)
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✔️Say: We arrived at the village at night.
Note : Use "arrive in" with countries and large cities: Mr Smith has arrived in London. (Or New York, India, etc.)
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All these words mean : very good
👌Great
👌Fantastic
👌Wonderful
👌Splendid
👌Excellent
👌Amazing
👌Incredible
👌Awesome
👌The best
👌Impressive
👌Breathtaking
👌Marvellous
👌Unbelievable
👌Remarkable
👌Astonishing
👌Extraordinary
👌Fascinating
👌Mind blowing
👌Unimaginable
👌Magnificent
👌Tremendous
👌Great
👌Fantastic
👌Wonderful
👌Splendid
👌Excellent
👌Amazing
👌Incredible
👌Awesome
👌The best
👌Impressive
👌Breathtaking
👌Marvellous
👌Unbelievable
👌Remarkable
👌Astonishing
👌Extraordinary
👌Fascinating
👌Mind blowing
👌Unimaginable
👌Magnificent
👌Tremendous
⭕️Top 10 Most Common Idiomatic Expressions with ‘Like’
💥Sleep like a log
✅Sleep very deeply, sleep very well
💥Sell like hotcakes
✅Sell very well, very quickly
💥Like a fish out of water
✅Completely out of place, not belonging at all
💥Feel like a million
✅Feel very happy
💥Like a bump on a log
✅Do not react in a useful of helpful way to the activities around them
💥Read someone like a book
✅Know exactly someone’s thinking or feelings without having to ask
💥Watch someone like a Hawk
✅Watch someone very carefully, especially because you expect them to do something wrong
💥Fit like a glove
✅It fits exactly
💥Eat like a bird
✅Eat only small amount of food
💥Know someone or something like the back of one’s hand
✅Know very well, in every detail
💥Sleep like a log
✅Sleep very deeply, sleep very well
💥Sell like hotcakes
✅Sell very well, very quickly
💥Like a fish out of water
✅Completely out of place, not belonging at all
💥Feel like a million
✅Feel very happy
💥Like a bump on a log
✅Do not react in a useful of helpful way to the activities around them
💥Read someone like a book
✅Know exactly someone’s thinking or feelings without having to ask
💥Watch someone like a Hawk
✅Watch someone very carefully, especially because you expect them to do something wrong
💥Fit like a glove
✅It fits exactly
💥Eat like a bird
✅Eat only small amount of food
💥Know someone or something like the back of one’s hand
✅Know very well, in every detail
🍭Grammar extra 🍭
Time expressions with the past Perfect
✨You can use the following time expressions with the past perfect. ✨
👉already / still / yet 👈
By the time I got to the restaurant, most people had already eaten.
When I left for class, I still hadn't completed my assignment, so I finished it on the bus.
My best friend hadn't arrived yet, but I couldn't wait any longer, so I went home.
👉(not) until after 👈
I didn't find my watch until after I'd bought a new one.
👉By the time 👈
I was exhausted by the time I'd finished cleaning the house.
👉never....before 👈
She was a great teacher. I learned things that I'd never understood before.
👉earlier / previously / years ago 👈
I got a stomachache from something I'd eaten earlier.
It was a problem I'd had previously, so I knew what caused it.
I knew exactly what to do because I'd seen a doctor about it years ago.
Time expressions with the past Perfect
✨You can use the following time expressions with the past perfect. ✨
👉already / still / yet 👈
By the time I got to the restaurant, most people had already eaten.
When I left for class, I still hadn't completed my assignment, so I finished it on the bus.
My best friend hadn't arrived yet, but I couldn't wait any longer, so I went home.
👉(not) until after 👈
I didn't find my watch until after I'd bought a new one.
👉By the time 👈
I was exhausted by the time I'd finished cleaning the house.
👉never....before 👈
She was a great teacher. I learned things that I'd never understood before.
👉earlier / previously / years ago 👈
I got a stomachache from something I'd eaten earlier.
It was a problem I'd had previously, so I knew what caused it.
I knew exactly what to do because I'd seen a doctor about it years ago.
👉I wasn't born yesterday ! 😒
☑️I'm not stupid; I'm not naive
Example :
I just got an e-mail from a company promising to send me $10 million next year if I send them $10,000 now. Too bad for them I wasn't born yesterday !
☑️I'm not stupid; I'm not naive
Example :
I just got an e-mail from a company promising to send me $10 million next year if I send them $10,000 now. Too bad for them I wasn't born yesterday !
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🔴Causation Verbs🔴
The use of the causative verbs "let," "make," "have," and "get."
✳️Let
[let + person + verb]
♦️This construction means "to allow someone to do something."
♦️John let me drive his new car.
♦️Will your parents let you go to the party?
♦️I don't know if my boss will let me take the day off.
✳️Make
[make + person + verb]
♦️This construction means "to force someone to do something."
♦️My teacher made me apologize for what I had said.
♦️Did somebody make you wear that ugly hat?
♦️She made her children do their homework.
✳️Have
[have + person + verb]
♦️This construction means "to give someone the responsibility to do something."
♦️Dr. Smith had his nurse take the patient's temperature.
♦️Please have your secretary fax me the information.
♦️I had the mechanic check the brakes.
✳️Get
[get + person + to + verb]
♦️This construction usually means "to convince to do something" or "to trick someone into doing something."
♦️Susie got her son to take the medicine even though it tasted terrible.
How can parents get their children to read more?
♦️The government TV commercials are trying to get people to stop smoking.
Get vs. Have
✳️Sometimes "get someone to do something" is interchangeable with "have someone do something," but these expressions do not mean exactly the same thing.
♦️I got the mechanic to check my brakes.
♦️At first the mechanic didn't think it was necessary, but I convinced him to check the brakes.
♦️I had the mechanic check my brakes.
♦️I asked the mechanic to check brakes.
🔴Causation Verbs🔴
The use of the causative verbs "let," "make," "have," and "get."
✳️Let
[let + person + verb]
♦️This construction means "to allow someone to do something."
♦️John let me drive his new car.
♦️Will your parents let you go to the party?
♦️I don't know if my boss will let me take the day off.
✳️Make
[make + person + verb]
♦️This construction means "to force someone to do something."
♦️My teacher made me apologize for what I had said.
♦️Did somebody make you wear that ugly hat?
♦️She made her children do their homework.
✳️Have
[have + person + verb]
♦️This construction means "to give someone the responsibility to do something."
♦️Dr. Smith had his nurse take the patient's temperature.
♦️Please have your secretary fax me the information.
♦️I had the mechanic check the brakes.
✳️Get
[get + person + to + verb]
♦️This construction usually means "to convince to do something" or "to trick someone into doing something."
♦️Susie got her son to take the medicine even though it tasted terrible.
How can parents get their children to read more?
♦️The government TV commercials are trying to get people to stop smoking.
Get vs. Have
✳️Sometimes "get someone to do something" is interchangeable with "have someone do something," but these expressions do not mean exactly the same thing.
♦️I got the mechanic to check my brakes.
♦️At first the mechanic didn't think it was necessary, but I convinced him to check the brakes.
♦️I had the mechanic check my brakes.
♦️I asked the mechanic to check brakes.
➖Most common phrasal verbs➖
84. eat out
🔅 Meaning:
eat at a restaurant
🔅 Example:
I don't feel like cooking tonight. Let's eat out.
#phrasal_verb
84. eat out
🔅 Meaning:
eat at a restaurant
🔅 Example:
I don't feel like cooking tonight. Let's eat out.
#phrasal_verb
✖️Don't say: I make my prayer before I go to bed.
✔️Say: I say my prayers before I go to bed.
Note: "To say grace" is to ask God's blessing before beginning a meal.
✔️Say: I say my prayers before I go to bed.
Note: "To say grace" is to ask God's blessing before beginning a meal.
✖️Don't say: My mother can to swim very well.
✔️Say: My mother can swim very well.
Note: Always write the negative form "cannot" as one word. Alternatively, the short form "can't" can be used informally.
✔️Say: My mother can swim very well.
Note: Always write the negative form "cannot" as one word. Alternatively, the short form "can't" can be used informally.
✖️Don't say: I could not to see you yesterday.
✔️Say: I could not/couldn't see you yesterday.
✔️Say: I could not/couldn't see you yesterday.
✖️Don't say: For this he wants to leave.
✔️Say: For this reason he wants to leave.
The phrase "for this" is incorrect. Say "for this reason" or "for that reason". Also "owing to that" or "because of that".
✔️Say: For this reason he wants to leave.
The phrase "for this" is incorrect. Say "for this reason" or "for that reason". Also "owing to that" or "because of that".
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