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One HACK to Understand FAST English

The simple hack to better understand native English speakers, is to realise that they (I should say ‘we’ as I am also a native...

Useful Language for IELTS Graphs

In this lesson we'll look at some useful language for IELTS graphs. This will be language useful for introducing graphs, so it can be...

All You Need to Know

You can now take IELTS at home in some countries, with the new 'IELTS Online' Test.IELTS Online is a secure online English language test...

What are objective complements?

We're tackling a grammar topic that you've probably never heard of: objective complements. Be sure to take the short quiz at the bottom of...

How Many Verb Tenses Are There? | Ginseng English

2 Verb Tenses in EnglishOccasionally you might hear someone say “technically, there are only two verb tenses in English.” This is not...

What is a comma splice?

Comma splices are a common error. Do you know what they are and how you can avoid them? It's time to learn!  This lesson is...

5 Tips to Learn English Online | Ginseng English

The internet makes it possible to learn a language online like you never could before. But make sure you are using your...

Sentence Diagrams & The One Question You Should Be Asking

As you probably know, I LOVE sentence diagrams. But helping people diagram sentences isn't my goal. My goal is to help people develop a...

The Most Frequent Freshman Writing Errors | Ginseng English

Quotation and citation errorsIncorporating ideas, findings, and quotations from the work of other scholars is an essential academic writing skill. Doing it...

There is… There are… Expletive Construction

Can you find the subjects in the sentences below? (Remember that subjects tell us whom or what a sentence is about.) There is no place like home.There are many...

Future Perfect Tense

Home Grammar Verbs Future Perfect The future perfect is an English verb form used to describe...

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