Grammar

The third conditional (or conditional 3) is probably the trickiest grammar structure in English. If you’re taking an exam like IELTS, CAE or CPE, this is a really useful conditional to know. You’ll really impress your examiners if you use it correctly. In this video you’ll: – see third conditional examples in action in a […]

We use the English second conditional to talk about imaginary, hypothetical or unreal possibilities. In this video we’ll show you how to form the second conditional and when to use it. We look at: First vs second conditional First and second conditionals are similar because they’re both about present and future possibilities. The difference is

Learn the difference between who and whom in this English grammar lesson. Who is a subject pronoun and whom is an object pronoun. We’ll show you: – how who and whom work – a test to see if who or whom is correct – when it’s appropriate to use whom in formal writing – when

The first conditional is a useful English grammar structure for talking about future possibilities. If you watch this video, you’ll see lots of first conditional examples. Hey – we just used a first conditional there! It’s such a useful structure! First conditionals have two clauses: the condition and possible result. We’ll show you how to

Zero conditionals are a really useful and simple English grammar structure. We often use them to talk about scientific facts, but that’s not their only use. In this video your see lots of zero conditional examples and learn how you can also use it to talk about habits and routines and even the past. Zero

Learn how to use the past possibility modals may, might and could. This is the second of two videos on 3 useful modal verbs that we use to talk about possibility and certainty in English. The first video was about how we use them in the present and future and you can see it here.

May, might and could are really useful English modal verbs. We use them in lots of different ways but an important one how we use them to express uncertainty when we’re not sure. You can use may might and could with the same simple structure if you’re talking about the present or the future. They

‘There is’ and ‘it is’ are really common and useful phrases. In some languages, you can translate both these phrases with just one phrase, so they can be confusing. We show you how to use them in this video lesson and you’ll also learn how to use it and there as dummy subjects in lots