Alpha College Blog

Usually, you don’t use “practise” when talking about sport.  The three verbs you should normally use when talking about sport are: “play”, “go” and “do”.  Mick explains when you use one or the other.

Many students of English get confused when using the words For, Since & Ago.  Choosing the correct word depends on the focus you want to give to your sentence.  Today, Liliane explains when and how we use each of these words.

Meet “Maggie”… She is going to help Rachel to explain how we use “Used To” to talk about habits in the past…

Today Rachel explains when we use “Say” and when we use “Tell” in English.  They both mean verbal communication but we use them in different ways.  Here we give you a simple way to remember which to use when you are speaking with someone.

Today we look at the verbs “come” and “go”, which often confuse English language students.  We are also going to look at how to when we use the word “back” with these verbs.

Some students get confused with when to use “Me too” and “Me neither”.  Katie explains the difference between the two. We use “me too” when we agree with a positive sentence and “me neither” when we agree with a negative sentence.