Joanne Reilly 
English Academy
 

Should Should is a word used to give advice , we believe that it's the right thing to do: You should go and wash your hands now, it's...

It all depends on the time you are writing about. Can Can is used to talk about abilities in the present . It is used to make a...

May and might are used to say whether something is possible. Let's look at the following dialogue: "Has anyone seen Joe?" "He might be...

Learning a new language should be an adventure filled with excitement and challenges! Is the reality though that it's something you have...

We use 'said' so often in English, but there are many more words we could use! Not sure which ones? Read on. It is important to look for...

Will is used to talk about the future: The weather forecast says it will be sunny tomorrow, let's go for a picnic. I'l l be home this...

We know we can use the present continuous to talk about what we are doing at the moment (note the shortened version in brackets). I am ...

We use 'used to' to talk about things that were true in the past, but are no longer true today. I used to play football every Saturday....

We use the present perfect to talk about something that happened in the past with a result now (the present). Examples: The windows were...

Travel opens doors to new experiences and cultures, but language barriers can sometimes dampen your adventure. Being able to communicate...

The past continuous tells us what was happening, at the same time as another event, in the past. When you called me, I was watching...

The present continuous is used to talk about what is happening now, in this moment. The construction of the present continuous is as...

This tense is perhaps the least 'simple' of all! We use it to talk about something that happened in the past where both the start and end...

This was probably the first tense, or time period, that you learnt when you started studying English grammar. For this reason it's...

Will is used to talk about the present or the future. Would is the past tense form of will, so is used to talk about the past. It can...

Adjectives are the words used to describe a noun (a person or thing), for example: the red box, the quiet mouse, the big cat, the fast...

Are you doing something? Or is something being done to you? This is the starting point for deciding the subject or object of a sentence....

Which word means you do something more; often or sometimes? Do you often go to the gym in the evening? Or do you sometimes read a book?...

Few or a few? Little or a little? What's the difference you might ask? Let's start with few and little. Few is used with countable nouns,...

This is something that I hear people getting mixed up quite often, so I decided to look into the rules for when to use little and when to...