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Prepositional Phrases Phrases with AT I could see at a glance that something was wrong. We have no solutions at hand. They started singing at once. The whole area is at risk of flooding. Phrases with IN  Let me know in advance. There were sixty of them in all. Who’s in charge here? I’m the boss. Have we got anything in common? Phrases with ON  How much do teachers…

Perfect Infinitive In the past  It often indicates an action that occurred before the time of the main verb. For example, “I am glad to have finished the project” suggests the completion of the project happened before the feeling of gladness.  The perfect infinitive is used after verbs such as: claim, expect, hate, hope, like, love, prefer,…

backlash – a strong negative reaction by a number of people against recent events, especially against political or social developments // There was a conservative backlash against the feminism of the 80s. // The government is facing an angry backlash from voters over the new tax. censorship – цензура; is the censoring of books, plays,…

Adjective Order Express Opinions, Then Facts Opinion + Fact + Noun ✘ A sunny lovely day in the park. ✔︎ A lovely sunny day in the park. (“Lovely” is an opinion and “sunny” is a fact.) Other examples:  A delicious Japanese meal. A beautiful yellow dress. Horrible rainy weather. Expressing Facts Adjectives must be placed in this order: Size + Age + Shape + Colour +…

Family life is changing. Two-parent households are on the decline in the United States as divorce, remarriage and cohabitation are on the rise. And families are smaller now, both due to the growth of single-parent households and the drop in fertility. Not only are Americans having fewer children, but the circumstances surrounding parenthood have changed. While in the early 1960s babies typically…

So what if…? So what if she doesn’t have a traditional education? She’s still incredibly skilled. Who cares if…?  Who cares if she dresses differently? What difference does it make if…? What difference does it make if he has an accent? It doesn’t matter whether… It doesn’t matter whether she speaks with an accent; her ideas are excellent. No…

1. Have + Object + Past Participle This structure is often used to describe situations where you arrange for someone else to perform a service or action for you. “Have” acts as a causative verb, meaning you caused or requested the action to be done. The object refers to the thing the action is performed…