COMPARING ITALIAN AND ENGLISH VERBS – PART 2

These charts provide a quick comparison between Italian and English verb tenses and modes; they may be useful to keep at hand at all times since they allow you to find immediately the right type of translation you may need depending on the type of sentence or expression.

COMPARING ITALIAN AND ENGLISH VERBS – PART 1

These charts provide a quick comparison between Italian and English verb tenses and modes; they may be useful to keep at hand at all times since they allow you to … Continue reading COMPARING ITALIAN AND ENGLISH VERBS – PART 1

RELATIVE AND OTHER PRONOUNS

A relative pronoun is a word that introduces a dependent (or relative) clause and connects it to an independent clause.

THE SENTENCE STRUCTURE

ENGLISH BASIC GRAMMAR 1
Parts of Speech: The Sentence Structure

THE PAST CONTINUOUS

The Past Continuous

MODAL VERBS – part 2

MODAL VERBS part 2: WILL-WOULD, SHALL-SHOULD, MUST – OUGHT TO (HAVE TO – NEED TO).
Mastering them is an important step towards mastering the language.

THE NOUN

Basic English 1 – THE NOUN
A brief overview of the most important basic rules to master the use of nouns in English.

THE ARTICLE

Basic English 1 – THE DEFINITE AND INDEFINTE ARTICLES
Simple slides to meaningful knowledge for beginners’ English learners. You can read through them, take your own notes, or copy them down (which I strongly recommend to learn in a quicker and more solid way). There’s even a very short audio with different pronunciations that are useful.

THE FUTURE

The Four Different Verb Tenses to speak about future actions:
1. Will/Shall
2. Be going to
3. Present Continuous
4. Present Simple

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

A quick and thorough way to learn how to make comparisons. It includes some tips for Italian students.

ADJECTIVES AND ADJECTIVE ORDER

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The neutral pronoun “IT” and spelling skills

This short video is meant to help those who want to learn English with few essential tips. In this specific case I discuss why the third person singular pronoun “IT”, the neutral pronoun, is so important; why short answers are important too and why (especially for Italians) is it crucial to learn spelling skills.