Let’s revisit a basic English concept:  Adverbs modify—describe or alter the meaning of—a verb, adjective or another adverb. These modifiers can add depth and/or indicate

It’s difficult to find a newspaper article, book, essay, or just about any piece of English writing that doesn’t contain some form of the dash

If you’ve spent any time studying English grammar, you’ve probably heard about subjects and objects. A subject is a person or thing doing the action

English statements and questions can come in a wide variety of formats. However, when you break sentences down to their most basic form, there are

Compound nouns and words are essential parts of any English speaker’s toolbox. The sentence you just read even contains an example of one (hint: the

We use helping verbs, or auxiliary verbs with a main verb to help support and express the mood, tense, or voice of a main verb.

We touched on—briefly talked or wrote about—tag questions in our article about answering questions in English. But there’s a lot more to learn about this

Communicating in English requires the natural exchange of information. The standard method of making a statement or expressing your opinion is to form a declarative

Exchanging information is one of the main reasons people use the English language (or any language for that matter). To exchange information, we often need

English sentence structure refers to the different ways in which you can use word order and parts of speech to form sentences. Learning how to

There are many situations in which you might want a person to do something for you. In English, it’s customary (and polite) to ask or

  Adverbs describe a verb, and adjective or another adverb. And they’re very important in language because they often help identify or express key information

  Asking and answering questions is a key ability for English learners.  If you’re having difficulty going beyond yes or no questions, then pay attention

Figuring out how to use sentence structure in English is vital for improving both your speech and writing abilities. If you only use one kind

When people speak in English, people don’t always use perfect grammar. This is true whether you’re a native English speaker or someone learning the language

Welcome to the next lesson in this series of Magoosh’s free English classes.  Goals: Learn new words related to television Explain why Stranger Things is