you and they
We use you to talk about people in general including the speaker and the hearer:
You can buy this book anywhere > This book is on sale everywhere.
You can’t park here > Parking is not allowed here.
They don’t let you smoke in here > No smoking here
We use they or them to talk about people in general:
They serve good food here.
Ask them for a cheaper ticket.
… especially about the government and the authorities:
They don’t let you smoke in here.
They are going to increase taxes.
They are building a new motorway.
They say it’s going to rain tomorrow.
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Its hard.who give us the Clue.Any body.
Many thanks for support in advance.
And I don't understand how to do this? Who can explain?
team
Hello barmalejus!
Don't worry – you're not alone! Lots of people find this exercise difficult. Click to go to my explanation of the exercise. Don't forget that you can press 'finish' to see the answers.
Hope that helps!
Jeremy Bee
The LearnEnglish Team
i am new user. please guide me so that i can start step by step.
Regards
team
Hello Imran Abbasi,
Welcome to the site!
I'm afraid there's no step by step guide for using LearnEnglish. It is designed for you to pick and choose the areas you wish to study. For example, you can use the Grammar & Vocabulary tab to review or practise a particular area that is causing you difficulty. Or, you could try listening to our Elementary Podcasts to develop your listening skills.
Try taking a look around to find something that will help you. You can also ask a specific question about what you would like to improve about your English, and the team, or one of our site users, will try to guide you to a useful page.
Regards,
Stephen Jones
The LearnEnglish Team
It is the first time I have seen this website it's appear easy. I hope it can help me to improve my english. I don't know what is the best way, tell me if you know. My other problem is that I live in a country where people don't speak english.
I've no idea how to answer this
team
Hello mizztrizzy!
You're not the only one finding this exercise difficult!
It shows you how you can use you and they to make general statements. For example, the first sentence is “English is spoken here”. This means people speak English here. You can use they instead of people:
They speak English here.
For the second one, the tickets are sold at the door, you need to add a pronoun (You) and change the verb to get (though you could use buy).
You get the tickets at the door.
Don't forget, you can use 'finish' to see the right answers!
Best wishes
Jeremy Bee
The Learn English Team
It's hard, who can show us the exact answers, please?
team
Hello Cynthia!
A lot of people find this exercise difficult - you're not alone!
If you have a look through the comments, you'll see my explanation of the exercise. Remember that you can press the 'finish' button to see the answers.
Hope that helps!
Regards
JeremyBee
The LearnEnglish Team