by Adam David Broughton | | Grammar
I’m a huge fan of learning the absolute minimum that is required to actually understand and be able to use something. When I say something, I mean a language point or grammar point in English. When you learn the absolute minimum, you maximise what you learn. “Eh..?”...
by Adam David Broughton | | Grammar, Practice
There are a few things that many English learners try to avoid for as long as possible. The first thing that comes to mind is phrasal verbs. The second: question tags. Can you live without them? Well, yes, you kind of can. Can you make good progress without them? No,...
by Adam David Broughton | | Grammar
There’s no avoiding it. You can’t live without grammar. Grammar is the glue that holds everything together, like the mortar that holds the bricks of a house together. Without the mortar, the house falls apart. Without grammar, language falls apart. Most people hate...
by Adam David Broughton | | Grammar, Language analysis, Vocabulary
My poor Spanish students always complain that “prepositions don’t make sense in English!” They have a hard time learning them, and I’m not surprise to be honest. Not because they don’t make sense (they do make sense), but rather because they’ve been learning them the...
by Adam David Broughton | | Grammar, Language analysis, Vocabulary
Do you remember the first time you went abroad? How about the first time you drove a car? Your first kiss? The first time you do anything that has an impact on your life, you remember it forever. Not only do you remember it forever, but you also have very complete...
by Adam David Broughton | | Grammar, Language analysis, Practice
There’s the old fable that talks of two friends, Bill and Ben, out camping in the wilderness. They have dinner by the campfire, then head to the tent to sleep for the night. After a while, Bill wakes his friend up and asks, “Look up and tell me what you see”. Ben...
