http://singularenglish.com Making the most of the English in you Tue, 26 May 2020 20:41:37 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.1 https://i0.wp.com/singularenglish.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-dragonfly-one-color-flat-512-242518.png?fit=32%2C32 http://singularenglish.com 32 32 122187149 http://singularenglish.com/deal/ http://singularenglish.com/deal/#respond Sun, 01 Sep 2019 16:01:16 +0000 http://singularenglish.com/?p=3232 What's the deal with the word deal? It appears in trade, business, politics and colloquial expressions.

The post Deal first appeared on Singular English.]]> http://singularenglish.com/deal/feed/ 0 3232 http://singularenglish.com/get-understand-other-verbs/ http://singularenglish.com/get-understand-other-verbs/#respond Sun, 23 Apr 2017 18:09:04 +0000 http://singularenglish.com/?p=1126 GET is sometimes confusing because in conversations it can replace a number of verbs. As always, you can download a free Study Sheet with explanations and examples at the end of this post. Do you get it? Ellen is talking to Tom: A one-sided phone conversation about understanding. Hey, yes, it’s me. I’m calling about… Read More »‘Get’ 4: Understand | Other verbs

The post ‘Get’ 4: Understand | Other verbs first appeared on Singular English.]]> http://singularenglish.com/get-understand-other-verbs/feed/ 0 1126 http://singularenglish.com/get-movement-arrive-phrasal-verbs/ http://singularenglish.com/get-movement-arrive-phrasal-verbs/#respond Thu, 02 Mar 2017 16:53:07 +0000 http://singularenglish.com/?p=740 In combination with prepositions of place or movement, ‘GET’ forms PHRASAL VERBS that describe a MOVEMENT, or talk about arriving. For a list of phrasal verbs with ‘GET’ that speak about movement, download my free Study Sheet as a PDF. GET_Movement_PDF Read about George’s typical day and see how these phrasal verbs are used. Getting… Read More »‘GET’3: Movement | Arrive | Phrasal verbs

The post ‘GET’3: Movement | Arrive | Phrasal verbs first appeared on Singular English.]]> http://singularenglish.com/get-movement-arrive-phrasal-verbs/feed/ 0 740 http://singularenglish.com/get-nouns/ http://singularenglish.com/get-nouns/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2017 21:25:12 +0000 http://singularenglish.com/?p=471 ‘GET’ in front of a noun can mean obtain, buy, receive, catch or fetch. See how ‘GET’ is used with nouns, and meet George, Ellen and Tom, the three protagonists of the series ‘Get a Life!‘ You can download a PDF at the end of the post. What did you get? a. obtain My name… Read More »‘GET’ 1: Obtain | Buy | Receive | Catch | Fetch

The post ‘GET’ 1: Obtain | Buy | Receive | Catch | Fetch first appeared on Singular English.]]> http://singularenglish.com/get-nouns/feed/ 4 471 http://singularenglish.com/get-seven-facts/ http://singularenglish.com/get-seven-facts/#respond Sat, 07 Jan 2017 19:25:24 +0000 http://singularenglish.com/?p=186 ‘GET’ is the protagonist of the series “Get a Life!”. In order to get to know it better, let’s take a closer look at it. My students frequently ask me, What is GET about? I just can’t make sense of it. I feel native speakers use GET for everything – but what does it even… Read More »The verb ‘GET’: 7 facts

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