Peartree Life: English grammar

Getting your head around!

Last week, in English for Lunch, we got back to those dreaded phrasal verbs. And, guess what? We had a look at possible constructions with ...

Last week, in English for lunch, our students were asking about a common problem students face when learning English: the dreaded phrasal v...

Have you ever heard about the schwa /ə/? It’s the most common sound in English! English is a stress-timed language, which means that s...

There are many ways we can tell the same story. We might emphasise different points, we may pause before an important or funny part to crea...

Our new topic this week is the adjective order in English phrases. It is a very interesting feature of the English language that can actua...

Not only is Limerick a major city in the Republic of Ireland with a population of nearly 100,000 people, it is also a form of 5-verse humor...

Last week, in English for Lunch, we had already finished our series of common collocations in the English language. We had seen preposition...

Last week, in English for Lunch, we finished our series of lessons on how suffixes can be used to change a word class. We had seen how to u...