Grammar questions and answers

In this subsection

• Grammar: have got

  Scott Thornbury explains how 'have got' came to have its modern meaning and usage.

• Grammar: mood and modality

  Jonathan Marks explains the difference between mood and modality.

• Grammar: passives

  Some advice and suggestions for practising the passive in a conversation class.

• Grammar: passives in conversation

  Lindsay Clandfield offers some advice and suggestions for practising the passive in conversation classes.

• Grammar contrasts 1: 'used to' and 'would'

  An article explaining the difference between 'used to' and 'would' when talking about the past.

• Grammar contrasts 2: past simple vs present perfect

  An article explaining the difference between the present perfect and past simple tenses.

• Grammar contrasts 3: will vs going to

  An article explaining the difference between 'will' and 'going to' when talking about the future.

• Grammar: adverbials and phrases

  Further examples of stance markers and adverbials.

• Grammar: affixes

  An article offering advice and suggestions on how to teach affixes in a contextualized way.

• Grammar: differences between could and can

  An article discussing the differences between 'could' and 'can' when expressing possibility.

• Grammar: frequency adverbs

  A discussion about frequency adverbs and word order.

• Grammar: gradable and non-gradable adjectives

  An article offering advice and teaching suggestions on the subject of gradable and non-gradable adjectives.

• Grammar: -ing forms and post modification

  An article discussing -ing forms and post modification.

• Grammar: modal verbs 'may' and 'might'

  An article explaining the difference between the modal verbs 'may' and 'might.'

• Grammar: practising the present and past simple tenses

  Imaginative suggestions for teaching the present and past simple tenses to children.

• Grammar: regular and irregular verbs

  Practical suggestions for teaching regular and irregular verbs.

• Grammar: reporting verb patterns

  A discussion and teaching suggestions for reporting verb patterns.

• Grammar: stance markers and adverbials

  An article giving examples and explaining the usage of stance markers and adverbials.

• Grammar: teaching children grammar

  An article discussing a communicative approach to teaching children grammar.

• Grammar: teaching conditionals

  An article talking about confusion with conditionals and the phrasal verb 'to put off.'

• Grammar: teaching the modals 'ought to', 'should', 'must' and 'have to'.

  Suggestions for teaching the modals 'ought to', 'should', 'must' and 'have to' when talking about suggestion or advice.

• Grammar: the article in English

  An article discussing the rules of the definite article.

• Grammar: the syntactic function of -ing forms

  An article discussing the syntactic function of -ing forms.

• Grammar: the verb 'to be'

  A discussion answer to the question "what is the verb 'to be'?"

• Grammar: 'them' and 'they'

  An explanation of the use of 'them' and 'they' in different contexts.

• Grammar: two-syllable comparatives

  An article discussing the usage of comparative and superlative forms of two-syllable adjectives.

• Grammar: 'unless' and 'if'

  An article explaining the difference in meaning between 'if' and 'unless' in conditional sentences.

• Grammar: verbal adjectives

  An article talking about the existence of verbal adjectives.

• Grammar: word order in passive questions

  An article offering an explanation and teaching suggestions on word order in passive questions.