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A passive voice can be found in many languages. Here, we will discuss the passive voice in English. Let’s take a look at its structure and usage. What happens in “the passive”? Active and passive In English there are two grammatical voices: active and passive. Active: They will eat the cake. Passive: The cake will
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Englisch ist eine globale Sprache, gesprochen von Millionen von Menschen in verschiedenen Teilen der Welt als Muttersprache und Zweitsprache. Es ist auch die Lingua Franca unserer Zeit geworden, d.h. es dient als Vermittlungssprache in Situationen, wo die Gesprächspartner unterschiedliche Muttersprachen haben und trotzdem kommunizieren möchten.Englisch ist die Amtssprache in ganz vielen Ländern und Territorien, Handels-
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Let me share one more little trick with you that helped me a lot when I was struggling with a language… Visualise yourself speaking the language fluently. Close your eyes and imagine that you are in a real conversation with someone in the target language. Make it feel and seem as real as possible: imagine
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Picture credit: https://www.medlink.com/handouts/brain-anatomy Let’s see what works and why. What does neuroscience (the study of the brain) tell us? 1. Spaced Repetition 2. Learning in Context 3. Speaking Out Loud 4. Chunking Information Chunking in linguistic contexts means to group things together into a smaller unit. We do that with words that go together so
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There are numerous different ways in which people learn languages: I’m sure there are many other ways, but these are probably the best-known ones. Now, whichever way you choose (or it chooses you), there is one thing that will make the learning process faster: immersion. Immersion means that you surround yourself with the language you
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In English, when a verb is followed by another verb as object, this second verb can have different forms: verb + infinitive: He helped carry the bags. verb + to + infinitive: They managed to solve the problem. verb + gerund (-ing form): I enjoy cooking. Some verbs that are followed by the to+infinitive construction
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We cannot use will in time clauses with when, as soon as, after, before, until. We use a present tense to talk about the future in this case. In the main clause we use a will-future. This is very similar to the First Conditional. e.g.#1: I will call you when I get home. e.g.#2: I’m
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Conditionals are an important part of everyday English, we simply need them in a lot of situations. Therefore, let’s take a look at them. Conditional Sentences Clauses with “if” in English can seem complicated because of the rules that apply to the tenses used in each case. We’ll discuss the conditionals in English here. 0.
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In ‘normal’ questions the subject (Tom, you, they, my mother, etc.) is always present. But what does the subject question look like? What happens when we ask about the subject, that is, ask about WHO/WHAT performs the action? The subject is the missing information here. I. Present Simple and Past Simple Tense Study these examples:
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The word order changes in questions but other things might also happen. I. The ‘easy’ cases where ONLY the word order changes: 1. Sentences with the verb “be” (am, are, is, was, were) as predicate: only the word order changes, the verb “be” comes first and then comes the subject e.g.#1: She is nice. –
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