Active and passive forms in English
Active We use an active sentence when the subject of the verb is doing the action. The active is used … Continued
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Spanish words of the week: gira or giro?
Our tour through the commonest meanings of similar-looking nouns that differ in ending, gender and usage turns to gira (feminine) and giro (masculine).
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French word of the week: chaque / chacun
This series of weekly blogs takes a closer look at words from our French dictionaries. The words we’re focusing on this week are the French words ‘chaque’ and ‘chacun’.
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Using the passive in English
We use the passive to direct our listener’s attention to the important part of our message. The passive can be
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Burns Night and Burns Suppers
Some hae meat and canna eat, This 25 January, as every year, people in Scotland, Britain and the worldwide Scottish
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Spanish words of the week: resto or resta?
Today we’ll be examining the commonest meanings of two more similar-looking Spanish nouns with different genders, endings and the rest: these are resto (masculine) and resta (feminine).
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French word of the week: apporter / amener
This series of weekly blogs takes a closer look at words from our French dictionaries. The words we’re focusing on this week are the French verbs ‘apporter’ and ‘amener’.
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Forming the passive in English
Passive verbs are made from a form of be + the past participle of a main verb. In the passive, the form of the
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Spanish words of the week: cuchillo or cuchilla?
Our task today is to cut through the meanings of two more similar-looking Spanish nouns with different genders, endings and usage: these are cuchillo (masculine) and cuchilla (feminine).
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