Some Common Idioms (1)

In this post I am going to introduce some common idioms and explain their meanings. (Continued)

血液型 - Blood Types

In this post we are going to look at different blood types and the characteristics that are commonly associated with them.

characteristic - 特質・特徴・特性 / associated with - ~と関連する (Continued)

久しぶり - Long time no see!

I think most Japanese students are familiar with the expression ‘Long time no see!’, used to mean 「久しぶりですね」 in English. (Continued)

Phrasal Verbs - Type 4

This is the last post in this series about phrasal verbs. This time we will be looking at Type 4 phrasal verbs. (Continued)

Phrasal Verbs - Type 3

This time we are going to look at Type 3 phrasal verbs. (Continued)

Phrasal Verbs - Type 2

In this post I am going to continue my series on phrasal verbs by looking at Type 2 phrasal verbs - these are verbs which always take an object. (Continued)

Phrasal Verbs - Type 1

I am going to write a short series of posts about phrasal verbs. Phrasal verbs are formed with a verb and a preposition (前置詞). For example :

look = 見る / look + for = look for = 探す (Continued)

Reported Speech

We use reported speech when we tell someone what another person said to us. (Continued)

Reported Questions

When you tell someone about something that someone else asked you, you need to use a ‘reported question’. (Continued)

Indirect Questions

In this post I want to present a way to ask questions ‘indirectly’. (Continued)

See if…

In this post I want to introduce a special use of the verb ’see’. (Continued)

するつもりだったが - was going to

‘Be going to’ is used to talk about future plans. But you can use ‘was going to’ to talk about past plans that did not happen. (Continued)

Negative Questions

Using negative questions can make your English sound more natural. (Continued)

Subject & Object clauses

In this post I want to introduce subject and object clauses. If you can master this topic you will be able to make longer sentences. (Continued)

I wish & I hope

In this post we will be looking at the verbs ‘wish’ and ‘hope’, as well as other expressions which can have the same meaning. (Continued)