Possessive Adjectives

A table to understand them.

 

And some exercises here:
http://www.grammar.cl/english-games/possessive-adjectives.htm

Easy News in English

Easy news, adapted, in 3 levels. Who could ask for anything more? 😉

News in Levels

It's or Its

"It is", "it has" or the possessive adjective? Try to do this exercise, substituting the gap for "it is" or "it has. It could help you a lot!!


https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/confusing_words/its.htm

Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Clothes Vocabulary

I have a headache (song)

I have a toothache (A visit to the dentist)

Another - Other - Others

Another - Other - Others

My pupils often ask me about these three words. It seems to be a tricky topic. Let's see if we can understand it! Take it easy, read carefully and do the exercise at the end. 

ANOTHER is a determiner or a pronoun.



Determiner:

It goes with countable SINGULAR nouns.

It means 'one more'.

Examples:
Can I have another cup of coffee?
I want another glass of water.
Would you like another piece of cake?

It also can mean 'alternative' or 'different'.

I would prefer another colour. (I would prefer a different colour)

Pronoun:
It takes the place of a SINGULAR noun, but with the same meaning: 'one more' or 'different'.

Examples:
Can I have another? (Can I have one more?)
I want another. (I want one more.)
Would you like another? (Would you like one more?)
I would prefer another.

OTHER is a determiner or a pronoun.
It can go with SINGULAR and PLURAL nouns.

It means 'alternative', 'different'.

Examples:
I don't want this one. I want the other one.
He can do other things.
Are there any other alternatives?
No other man can do what he does.

Pronoun:
It takes the place of a SINGULAR noun, but with the same meaning: ‘alternative’ or ‘different’. Usually with ‘the’.

Examples:
I don’t want this one. I want the other.
No other can do what he does.

OTHERS is a pronoun.

It takes the place of a PLURAL noun, but with the same meaning: ‘alternative’ or ‘different’.

Examples:
He can do others. (He can do other things)
Are there any others? (Are there any other alternatives?)

Exercise: fill in the blanks with another, other or others.

1. I want _______________ cup of coffee.

2. Would you like ________________ piece of cake?

3. I think we should make __________________ plans just in case.

4. We need some chairs. I’ll take these ones and you can take the ___________.

5. Do you have ______________ types available?
6. A: Have ____________________ sausage.
    B: No, thanks. I’ve had enough.

7. You take one bag and I’ll take the ________________ one.

8. I really hope there are ___________________ alternatives.

9. This bike might be slow but ______________ are much faster.

10. We really need to buy ________________ car, so that we can have two cars at home.

11. I’m going to sell this car and get ______________ one.

12. She had an umbrella in one hand and her purse in the _________________.

13. This is just __________________ day in my life.

14. How many _________________ people are coming?

15. Would you like this one or the _______________ one?

16. I’d like __________________ vacation right now. It’s not enough!

17. They’re not for you., they’re for ___________________.

18. This is my sister Mary. I have _______________ three sisters too.

19. I don’t want these shoes, I want the _________________ because they go with my dress.

20. Are there any __________________ questions?

KEY: another/ another/ other/ others/ other/ another/ other/ other/ others/ another/ other/ other/ another/ other/ other/ another/ others (or 'another' or 'the other')/ other/ others/ other

Two funny dicitionaries

Looking for a simple and easy definitions dictionary, with a pronunciation tool? This one can be of great help. Click on the link below:

Vocabulary. com


Sometimes word meanings and definitions are a bit hard to find. Especially when we are talking about slang, street language, constantly changing. Here you have a good help to make you understand and learn those words that are not in a standard dictionary:

Urban Dictionary

Ordinal Numbers/ Los números ordinales

Present simple or Present continuous?

Recuerda: Present Progressive y Present Continuous significan lo mismo/ Remember: Present Progressive and Present Continuous mean the same:


Explicación/ Explanation

Simple Present or Present Progressive/Continuous (I)

Simple Present or Present Progressive/Continuous (II)

Simple Present or Present Progressive/Continuous (III)

Expresando nuestros gustos y preferencias (hobbies) / Expressing our taste and preferences (hobbies)

Recuerda/ Remember

'love', 'like', 'hate', 'prefer', 'enjoy', 'don't mind' + verb '...ing'


Pulsa en el enlace de debajo para practicar/ Click on the link below to practise:


Like / Love / Not like / Hate   + Activities

Adverbs of frequency and their position in the sentence/ Adverbios de frecuencia y su posición en la frase

Recuerda:
- Van detrás del verbo 'to be'
- Van delante de los demás verbos.
- Suelen ir con el 'present simple'. Es por lo que decimos que son la 'palabra clave' a la hora de adivinar (por ejemplo, en un ejercicio de llenar huecos) qué tiempo verbal será necesario.

Pulsa sobre el enlace de debajo para hacer un ejercicio.

Remember:
- They go after the verb 'to be'
- They go before the rest of the verbs.
- They usually go with the present simple. That's why we say that they are the 'clue word' when we have to  guess (for example, in a 'fill in the blank' exercise) which tense is necessary.

Pulsa en el link de debajo para hacer un ejercicio/ Click on the link below to do an exercise.

 
Position of adverbs of frequency

Present Simple/ Presente Simple

Click on the link below/ Pulsa sobre el enlace de debajo:


VERBS IN PRESENT SIMPLE

Prepositions of Place/ Preposiciones de lugar

Click on the links below/ Pulsa sobre los enlaces de debajo:


- Ejercicio 1

- Ejercicio 2

Be/ Have got

Click on the link/ Pulsa en el enlace:

'To be' or 'to have got'?

Have got/ Has got Questions

Click on the link below/ Pulsar en el link de debajo:


'Have got' or 'Has got' Questions

English Alive! 2- Aula Virtual

Click on the link below to do some grammar exercises. First of all, you must click on 'acepto' to have full access/ Pulsa en el link de debajo para hacer algunos ejercicios de gramática. Primero debes pulsar sobre 'acepto' para tener acceso.

English Alive! 2-Aula Virtual

Confusing Words and Common Mistakes/ Palabras que nos pueden llevar a confusión y los errores más frecuentes

Confusing Words


Common Mistakes


Advice and Advise

Clothes Vocabulary

Clothing and Personal Items