Cambridge: a university / an university?
You were probably taught at school ‘an’ should be followed by a vowel (a,e,i,o,u) and a should be followed by a consonant:
an elephant
a car
Unfortunately, this is not always true!
Its confusing, or it's confusing?
Do you know when we should use its and it’s?
The word it's is always used as a short form of it is.
‘It’s a red umbrella.’
'Try not to make too much noise.'
'Make' is a useful English verb that can often be found with the words shown below. These are all common uses of the verb 'make'.
Make a note of any new words and try to write them out in sentences and use them when you are speaking.
'Make' Collocations
This is a large question mark, isn't it?
Question tags are often used in spoken English. A rising intonation is used to show that the question is real, whereas a falling intonation shows that the speaker just wants confirmation from the person being spoken to.
Read the following text. There is one mistake in each of the nine parts. Each part has an extra word which is not needed. While reading, try and find the extra words and then check your answers at the bottom of the page.
less hair than I used to have.We use less of something with non-countable nouns: 'less sugar, less hair, less time'. You can only have fewer items of a plural/ countable nouns: 'fewer people, fewer cars, fewer shops'.
