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Today’s post looks at phrasal verbs and prepositional verbs relating to studying, learning, and taking exams.
Let’s start with some useful verbs for reading.
Continue reading “Skimming through and writing up (Studying phrasal verbs)”
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by Liz Walter
In my last post, I discussed the importance of learning verb patterns. In this post, I will look at a few slightly more advanced points.
I’ll start with verbs of perception, such as feel, see, watch and notice. These are most often followed by -ing verbs, but bare infinitives (infinitives without to) are also possible:
I felt the sun warming/warm my skin.
We watched the children playing/play in the park. Continue reading “Forget doing it or forget to do it? Avoiding common mistakes with verb patterns (2)”
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by Liz Walter
Look at these two English sentences:
I agreed to pay for the damage.
He denied stealing the money.
You will see that each sentence has two verbs, but that the form of the second verb is different. In the first sentence, it is an infinitive with to (to pay), and in the second, it has an -ing form (stealing).
So how do you know which form to use? Continue reading “Infinitive or -ing verb? Avoiding common mistakes with verb patterns (1)”
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By Dr Heike Krüsemann
Motivation for language learning has changed during the pandemic – mainly because a lot of it has moved online. But how do students feel about the changes – and what is motivation anyway? Continue reading “How to stay motivated during the pandemic: What you told us, and why it matters”
Many of you are still confined to your homes as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Studying or working on your own can be tough. We at Cambridge Dictionary are also working remotely and we feel your pain!
Without the presence of teachers and classmates, it’s sometimes hard to get motivated. One useful strategy is to set yourself an achievable daily or weekly objective, for example, ‘I’m going to learn ten adjectives that describe food.’ Another approach is to persuade yourself that you’re not actually studying, but having fun. With Cambridge Dictionary +Plus, you can do both of these at the same time! Continue reading “Learning from home with Dictionary +Plus”
