Grammar

This article explains the core meanings of can: ability, permission, and possibility. It shows how to use it for skills, daily permission requests, and informal general possibility, plus question and negative forms, common phrases, typical learner mistakes, and practice tasks.

Explains what collocations are and why they matter, then lists verb collocations for everyday topics, work and business, study and research, and travel and services. Shows how to avoid unnatural combinations, fixes common learner errors, and ends with homework practice tasks.

This article explains the bare infinitive vs the to infinitive, why modal verbs take the base form, and how subject + modal + bare infinitive works. It gives examples like can see, should study, might happen, shows object/adverb placement, flags common confusions, and includes practice exercises.

Learn what verb idioms are and how set expressions differ from literal phrases. Review common verb idioms by topic, their meaning and real-life usage, and how register and tone affect them. Spot common mistakes, use memorization strategies, and finish with homework practice tasks.

Learn why true modal verbs take the base verb directly, which modals always use the bare form, and how adding to after a modal makes sentences wrong. See correct examples like can go, must finish, should try, plus cases with to from non-modals, common errors, and practice exercises.

This article explains what fixed verb expressions are, shows common everyday patterns, and focuses on set phrases with do, make, have, and take. It breaks down the grammar inside them, compares informal vs formal options, flags common learner mistakes with fixes, and ends with study tips plus homework practice tasks.

Explains why modal verbs don’t change for any subject, why they take the base verb, and why they never add s, ed, or ing. Includes examples across subjects, how English shows past meaning without changing modals, when another modal replaces a missing tense, plus exercises and homework.

This article explains which particles appear in multi-word verbs and how they change meaning. It covers common particles, how the same verb shifts with different particles, literal vs idiomatic uses, word order and pronoun placement, common learner mistakes, and practice homework.

Covers what auxiliary verbs do in English, which verbs are modal auxiliaries, and how modals differ from be, do, and have. Explains tense-building vs meaning/attitude, shows modals with auxiliaries together, flags common mix-ups, and includes practice ID exercises.

Covers what multi-word verbs are, then compares phrasal vs prepositional verbs and explains phrasal-prepositional verbs. It lays out word order and object placement, separable vs inseparable rules, meaning shifts, common mistakes with fixes, and homework practice tasks.