A preposition of place is a word which helps to describe where something or somebody is. A preposition of place describes the location of something. There are many prepositions of place in the English language and each of them has several uses. In this lesson, we will study 3 prepositions of place: at in on at Specific point or place We can use "at" to … [Read more...]

"borrow" and "lend" often confuse English students. Even some native speakers make mistakes with these 2 words! Both words describe the action of somebody temporarily giving something to somebody else. "borrow" and "lend" describe this same situation but from different perspectives. lend Definition to give something to somebody for a temporary period of time. The … [Read more...]

"besides", "except" and "apart from" are all prepositions. We use them to define what we want to include or exclude in a discussion. besides We use "besides" to add something to the discussion. It has a similar meaning to "with" or "plus". When we use "besides", we are including something in the discussion and then adding to it. Besides a cat, I also have a dog … [Read more...]

"can't help doing something" is an interesting English expression. The form is: can't help + gerund (spoken form) cannot help + gerund (more formal written form) Here is an example of its use: Sarah often shouts at me but I can't help liking her. This means that I can't stop liking Sarah. It is not intentional, but I like her. Something is making me like her. I … [Read more...]

“get” is a difficult verb for English students because it has lots of different uses and meanings. We use "get": as a main verb with many different meanings in several idioms (expressions) that are difficult to translate literally. in several phrasal verbs Form Present simple form I get you get he / she / it gets we get you get they get ing … [Read more...]