by Phil Williams | Oct 7, 2014 | Definitions, Vocabulary, Words
To get in the mood for Halloween, a favourite holiday in the UK and America, here’s a list of some useful adjectives to describe creepy scenarios! Perfect for building a scary scene and setting some devilish ambience – these are all adjectives with descriptions and...
by Phil Williams | Oct 19, 2013 | Books, Exercises, Grammar
“If you are a non-native speaker intending to write in English, YOU NEED THIS BOOK!” – Amelie Chaloux , Amazon review Word Order in English Sentences teaches effective sentence structure in English. It explains how and why English word...
by Phil Williams | Sep 23, 2013 | Exercises, Grammar
Adjectives describe nouns, and are usually placed either before a noun (as part of the noun phrase) or after a noun, pronoun or verb. Their place in a sentence, and in noun phrases, is explained briefly in the ELB Word Order in English Guide, where the general rules...
by Phil Williams | Mar 12, 2013 | Definitions, Exercises, Grammar
Adjectives and adverbs are describing words. They add details to other components of a sentence. They can be used in a variety of ways, and some uses have regional variations. Generally, however, the simplest way to think of them is that adjectives describe nouns...