03/29/2021
It's important to understand why you can't always translate directly from your own language into English. The translation of a word might have a different meaning in English (a 'false friend'), the word order can be different (English usually puts adjectives before a noun object for example), and some phrases are more 'idiomatic' in meaning or very specific to the context in English. If you want to improve your English skills and to avoid relying on translating from your language, try a course of one-to-one lessons with us where we can focus on the specific parts of English that you want to practice and improve.
When we want to increase the degree of emphasis on an adjective + noun combination we use such before the adjective. In this case, the noun queue is singular so needs the article a.
When we talk about regular habit or routine in English, we use the present simple tense form.
Here, we are using the second conditional (if) form to talk about an ‘imaginary’ situation. The second conditional is formed using If + past tense form, then would + infinitive verb.
In English, we often use the ‘dummy’ subject pronoun there to show the existence of an object (or an amount of the object). We use many to show an indefinite quantity of a countable noun. As thing(s) is countable, we can’t use ‘much’. We use ‘much’ with uncountable nouns.
We use the present perfect simple to talk about the length of time that an action, or state, exists from the past up to the present time.
We use an article before most nouns (a/an when we aren’t specifying one particular thing). The ‘phrasal verb’ thinking about is followed by another verb in the ing form.
We use the present simple to talk about regular routines and habits. We need an article before the noun shower (a countable noun). Hair is an uncountable noun so does not add an ‘s’.
The verb to tell (past tense, told) is preferred when we inform someone of something. The verb avoid is followed by another verb in the ing form.
The sentence starter I hope is followed by another subject pronoun (I, he, it etc). We use the verb make with the noun mistake.
The simplest way to say a negative present simple tense sentence: Subject + don’t + infinitive verb!
The Present Continuous Tense - In which of these situations do you think we use the present continuous (progressive) form..? To talk about..
In which of these situations do you think we use the simple present form in English..? To talk about...
Directly translating from your language to English can result in some ‘classic’ word choice or word order mistakes, and often some ‘missing’ words! Are you making these mistakes?