When something belongs to a person or a thing, we often add an apostrophe (’), with or without an “s”, to the word for that person or thing (a noun). One owner If one person or thing owns something,...

Much and many both mean “a lot of,” but we use them with different kinds of words. When to use “many” Use many with things you can count one by one (countable words). How many books do you read...

Some and any both talk about an amount of something when the exact number is not important. We use them before plural words (books, apples) and before things we cannot count (bread, money). But we use...

Too and enough both talk about how much of something there is. They work in opposite ways, and they go in different places in a sentence. When to use “too” Too means “more than needed” or “more than...

In English, some adjectives (describing words like good or afraid) are followed by a fixed preposition (a small word like at, in, of). You can’t always guess the right one with logic, so you have to l...

In English, the small words a, an and the (called articles) show if we are talking about something general or something specific. Sometimes we use no article at all. 1. A / An We use a or an with on...

In English, some verbs are followed by the -ing form of another verb (called the gerund: reading, driving), and others by to + verb (called the infinitive: to read, to drive). The choice depends on th...

Some words look plural but take a singular verb. This is often true with indefinite pronouns: words like everyone, somebody, each, none that talk about people or things in general, without saying exac...

In English, we use comparatives to compare two things, and superlatives to show the highest or lowest degree among three or more. Mixing these up is a common mistake for English learners. 1. Comparat...

In English, some nouns are countable (we can count them) and some are uncountable (we treat them as a mass or whole). Knowing which is which helps you choose the right words around them (a/an, many/mu...

A preposition is a small word that shows how other words in a sentence are linked. It often shows direction, place, time, or other links like with, for, about. Common uses of prepositions Directi...

An adverb is a word that gives more information about a verb, adjective, another adverb, or even a whole sentence. It helps answer questions like how?, when?, where?, and how often? Adverbs Modifying...