Adjectives & adverbs

Our language expert answers a question from Pasan in Sri Lanka

If you don't know what an adverbial is, you'd better read this immediately

A question about the use of the word 'almost' from Jamal in UAE

Roger Woodham explains the similarities and differences between these words

Samad from Iran wants to know the differences between these words

Find out about the different uses of 'as well'

Sanjay Khumar Bhola from India asks about the difference between 'besides' and 'beside'

If you are not busy with anything at the moment, perhaps you should read about 'busy'

Are you completely sure why can't you say 'utterly excited'?

Babak Bagheri asks for an overview of comparatives and superlatives, including hyphenated adjectives

Roger Woodham explains when, and when not, to use 'more' with two-syllable adjectives

Learn about the different grammatical uses of 'as'

Tomokje lives in a 'densely-populated' country and asks about compound adjectives

Eunice Cheung from Hong Kong is concerned about how to use 'concern'

Do you know the difference between these easily confused words?

Catherine Chapman explains how to use these two words

You absolutely must read this question about words such as 'absolutely', 'completely' and 'surely'

Celine from France asks about the difference between these words

Learners continually ask about the differences between these similar words

A fun overview of how to form and use adjectives

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Roger Woodham explains how the negative meaning of 'hardly' affects a conversation

Pual from Thailand wonders whether 'rarely' and 'hardly' are always the same in meaning

Learn about the similarities between these words

Only on this page can learners find out about inversion

Rarely has there been such a good answer to the question of inverted word order

Professor Michael Swan answers this question about inversion in negative phrases

Adjectives and adverbs with confusing spelling: Are 'hard' and 'hardly' both adverbs?

You are likely to understand the grammar and meaning of 'likely' if you read this

Tutul Rahmen from Bangladesh asks when to use participles as adjectives

If you are interested in the difference between 'bored' and 'boring' you should read this answer

Roger Woodham explains how to form adjectives from some verbs

A detailed look at 'interesting' and a general view on participle adjectives

Sandro from the U.S.A. asks: 'How can I use the word pitiful in a sentence?'

Hwang Minsu from Korea asks when we put adjectives before or after nouns

Roger Woodham gives an overview of where to place adverbs in a sentence

Is there a difference between 'perhaps' and 'maybe'? What about 'may' and 'might'? Perhaps

Steven Tan from Singapore asks about the two different meanings of quite

Halimatus from Malaysia is so confused that he decides to ask this question

This is such a good answer about a grammar point that is so important

Tamas from Hungary asks about the use of 'though'

Song Sang-Hoon from South Korea asks which tenses to use with these words

Tiffany Teng from Singapore asks why you can't say 'I've ever been to London.'

Roger Woodham deals with a range of expressions, such as 'late', lately' and 'instantly'

Andrea from Italy has always wanted to know about the difference between 'always and 'ever'

Learn about the meaning and use of these words

Katie Burton is well and truly confused by this phrase. Can Karen Adams help?

Roberto Miguel from Argentina asks about the difference between these words