English Tips&Tools – Telegram
English Tips&Tools
43.2K subscribers
1.55K photos
11 videos
101 files
16 links
A daily dose of new English words, grammar and phrases to speak fluently.


Bot: @EnglishTipsandTools_bot
Download Telegram
When EACH follows a noun or pronoun in certain sentences:

► The women each gave her approval.
► The women each gave their approval. ✔️

► The words are and there each ends with a silent vowel.
► The words are and there each end with a silent vowel. ✔️
Realize 🇺🇸 = Realise 🇬🇧

Analyze 🇺🇸 = Analyse 🇬🇧

Recognize 🇺🇸 = Recognise 🇬🇧

Apologize 🇺🇸 = Apologise 🇬🇧
➡️ Expressions like "in three hours' time" refer to the FUTURE.

☑️ - I'll see you in two days.
☑️ - I'll see you in two days' time.

- He wrote the book in a month. ✔️
- He wrote the book in a month’s time.
- different from - different than - different to
- take / make notes
- note-taking versus note-making
✳️“All but” =

1. everything except for: I’ve eaten ALL BUT two doughnuts. 🍩🍩

2. almost: The match is ALL BUT over; we’re going to win! ⚽️🏆

#Vocabulary
➡️ interest (noun)
► interest in something:
- My parents encouraged my INTEREST IN science. ✔️
► interest in doing something:
- What makes these footballers LOSE INTEREST FOR PLAYING in their own countries?
- What makes these footballers LOSE INTEREST IN PLAYING in their own countries? ✔️

💠 💠 💠 💠 💠 💠 💠 💠 💠 💠 💠 💠 💠 💠 💠 💠 💠

📌🛠🔐INTERESTED IN versus INTERESTED TO 📌🛠🔐

➡️ interested (adj.) - wanting to know about or take part in something
► interested in something:
- Joe’s always been INTERESTED IN politics. ✔️
► be interested to hear/know/learn/see/ find out etc:
- I’d be INTERESTED TO HEAR what you think. ✔️
🚫 Don’t use ‘interested to’ with verbs such as ‘have’ or ‘buy’. 🚫

#Grammar
▶️ Showing order of events – which happened first - past perfect + simple past ◀️
🆘 Tag questions - Under falling intonation on the tag question, negative sentences take affirmative tags, and vice versa:

✳️ 1. Tom is happy about his job, isn’t he? [ NOT is he? ]
✳️ 2. Tom is unhappy about his job, isn’t he? [ NOT is he? ]

✴️ 3. Tom is NOT happy about his job, is he? [ NOT isn’t he? ]
✴️ 4. Tom is NOT unhappy about his job, is he? [ NOT isn’t he? ]

#Grammar
- phrases - 1a) not the least - not in the least - not the least bit 1b) in the least 2) to say the least 3) least of all 4) not a bit = not one bit 5) not a bit of it
🖌 - idiom - ruffle someone's feathers🦉
▶️ Conditional words and expressions - IF, SUPPOSING, IF ONLY, WHAT IF + 1. simple past / 2. past perfect ◀️