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Grammar Lesson: Articles and Determiners

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Before almost every noun, English asks you to make a choice: a, an, the, some, many, or nothing at all. Three questions settle most of these choices. Two are about the noun itself, and one is about what your listener already knows. 关于本指南: 冠词与限定词 有两件不同的事决定名词前面用哪个词。有些选择取决于名词本身：它是可数还是不可数，是单数还是复数？另一些取决于读者已经知道什么：它是否已被提及，读者能否判断你指的是哪一个？本指南分为五个部分，与诊断测试的五个部分完全对应。 你可以先做诊断测验，看看这个主题的哪些部分需要复习，也可以直接进入练习活动，其中包含复习幻灯片。 阅读中文版指南 → 本指南本身为英文。这些翻译只是额外提供的便利，可能不够完美。 このガイドについて: 冠詞と限定詞 名詞の前にどの語を置くかは、2 つの異なる要素で決まります。1 つは名詞そのものによるもので、可算か不可算か、単数か複数かです。もう 1 … Read more

Present Perfect in English: Form, Uses, and Past

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Grammar Lesson: Present Perfect

The present perfect connects the past to the present: an action happened at an unclear time but still matters now, or a situation started in the past and continues now. Two parts of this unit are about the form and about periods linked to now, one is about choosing based on finished time, and two … Read more

Gerunds and Infinitives in English: The Full Guide

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Grammar Lesson - Gerunds & Infinitives

Gerunds and infinitives are the -ing form and the to form of a verb. Which one follows another word is mostly a matter of learning patterns, and a few verbs change meaning with the form. Three parts of this topic are about the form that follows a verb, one is about prepositions and the two … Read more

English Conditionals: Zero, First, Second, Third Type

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Grammar Lessons: Conditionals

Conditionals talk about what happens if something is true. The tense you choose shows how real you think the situation is: a fact, a real possibility, an imagined situation, or a past that cannot change. One part of this topic is about real situations, two are about unreal ones, and two mix both. This guide … Read more