Nouns

Hi Nagie23,

Yes, right. These are the most natural-sounding ways to say it.

If you say you are "giving lessons", it will normally be understood that it is for a price and it is not free, just because it's rare to find people giving lessons for free (where I live, at least). The meaning comes not just from the word but also from the context in which the word is used.

Also, it's common that a message advertising lessons will mention the price somewhere in it, or will invite the reader to contact the teacher to discuss the price. So even if the phrase "giving private math lessons" does not necessarily mean for a price, readers will look at the whole message and understand that it's not for free.

Jonathan

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Hello Nagie23,

Since 'school' can refer to both a place and what you do in that place there is no difference here. If you were asking about something that is clearly only a physical location then you would need 'at' rather than 'of':

How was your first week at the factory? [not 'of the factory']

Conversely, if you were referring to something which is an activity and not a place then you would need 'of':

How was your first week of teaching? [not 'at teaching']

Peter

The LearnEnglish Team

Hello Nagie23,

A morning person is somehow who naturally feels more energetic and awake in the morning and less so in the evening or at night. So if you like waking up between 7 and 8 am, then yes, that's a good sign that you are a morning person.

These expressions have to do with your energy level and how you feel at a certain time of day, not with the time that you get up.

We don't really say 'afternoon person' -- only 'morning person' or 'night person'.

All the best,
Kirk
LearnEnglish team

Hello Nagie23,

I'd say using 'morning or afternoon' is more common than 'mornings or afternoons', but both are used.

In informal situations, it's also possible to say 'mornings or afternoons' (without 'in the').

All the best,
Kirk
LearnEnglish team

Hi Nagie23,

Yes, it's correct. However, maybe you can delete "oral" because conversations are normally understood to be oral. I think I would only say "oral conversation" if I wanted to distinguish it from a written conversation e.g. by text message.

Jonathan

LearnEnglish team

Hello Nagie23,

We have several pages that deal with the topic of resumes and CVs. Could you please post this question on one of them? Just use the 'Search' feature and you'll find one I'm sure.

Thanks in advance.

Best wishes,
Kirk
LearnEnglish team

Hi Nagie23,

For sentence 1, you could say I am offering private lessons and group lessons, or ... and lessons in groups.

For sentence 2, it should be one-to-one. Otherwise, it looks good!

Jonathan

LearnEnglish team

Hello Nagie23,

I'm not sure I'd say the first one is wrong, but I'd recommend the second one.

All the best,
Kirk
LearnEnglish team

Hello Nagie23,

When a person is a patient we generally do not use an article with 'hospital', so you could say 'she has gone to hospital' or 'she is in hospital' here.

Other institutions which follow this pattern include schools (when someone is a pupil), universities (a student), courts (the accused) and prison (a criminal).

Peter

The LearnEnglish Team

Hello Ahmed Imam,

I agree with what your book says and so yes, both words are possible in that sentence. I think 'accident' is better, however, since there were severe injuries.

It's not impossible for an incident to involve injuries or even deaths, but when there clearly are some and the incident is indeed an accident, then I'd be more specific -- in other words, I'd use the word 'accident'.

All the best,
Kirk
LearnEnglish team

Hello Nagie23,

To some degree, that depends on the terminology used in the place the child is a student (i.e. if they say 'grade', 'class', etc.), but in general I think 'What grade is he/she in?' should be clear most anywhere.

All the best,
Kirk
LearnEnglish team

Hello Nagie23,

Both are grammatically correct. Generally, we use 'what' when we have an open choice and 'which' when the choice is limited in some way. For example, 'What sport...?' would ask about any sport in the world - the person has a free choice. 'Which sport...?' would suggest there is a particular set to choose from, such as the sports being shown on TV at a given moment, or the sports available at a club, or else the sports taking place on a day of competition.

Note that the distinction is not a firm one but more a tendency.

Peter

The LearnEnglish Team

Hello Widescreen,

We talk about varieties of apples. See point 3 in this dictionary definition.

All the best,
Kirk
LearnEnglish team

Hi Nagie23,

If this is about the factual accuracy of the information, you can use all of these words.

If this is about accuracy of the language (e.g. correct grammar or grammatical errors), it should be "which is correct or incorrect" (not "true or false").

I hope that helps.

Jonathan

LearnEnglish team

Hi Nagie23,

"An apple pie is a dessert" is correct. You can also say "An apple pie is a pastry", or "Apple pies are pastries."

I hope I've answered your question!

Jonathan

LearnEnglish team

Hello Nagie23,

The first one is correct, though I'd put the letter s in italics (s) or inverted commas ('s'). If it were me writing that, I'd probably slightly reword it: 'The nominative form of 'Panos' ends in 's'.

I'm honestly not sure what to say about the second because it seems to be using Greek declensions (it's Greek, right?) in English; if I understand correctly, there's no 's' in Greek, but in English it's needed to indicate the genitive. And if we're saying this is English, shouldn't it be in English? 'This is Panos's desk' (or 'Panos' desk').

If you're trying to explain the Greek form in English, then I might say something like: 'In the Greek genitive, there is no 's' after 'Pano', so you have to say the equivalent of 'This is Pano desk'.

Hope this helps. My apologies if my I've misunderstood Greek grammar.

All the best,
Kirk
LearnEnglish team

Hi Nagie23,

It means the exact hour, e.g. 12:00 is 12 o'clock. It is an adverb and is a shortened form of "of the clock" (which is no longer used).

Jonathan

LearnEnglish team

Hi Nagie23,

"Early November" does not have a standardised definition. I think most people understand it as meaning the period that you said (1st to 10th), roughly. But it is not universally agreed. Some people might consider 10th November to be more "mid-November" than "early November", for instance. If you want to specify the time period more exactly, it would be better to use precise dates (e.g. "I will send you the email by 10 November").

To me, "the beginning of November" sounds much earlier than "early November". I would understand it to mean the first few days of November, or perhaps the first week of November. But this also does not have a precise definition, so understandings may vary.

I hope that helps.

Jonathan

The LearnEnglish Team

Hello Nagie23,

There is no agreement on this, and since there is no single authority recognised by all English speakers, you can find different forms.

I'd say adding 's to the end (Andreas's, Achilles's, Ektoras's -- though in English, we call the latter 'Hector') is what most people do, but many others will add an apostrophe ' without another s (Andreas', Achilles', Ektoras').

All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team

Hello Nagie23,

As the comment is written, it seems to suggest progress in the course of a single lesson rather than over a longer period of time. I would suggest one of the following:

Hello. I would Iike to inform you/let you know/pass on a few comments about his progress to date/thus far/to this point in the semester/school year/course.

Please note that comments are pre-moderated on the site to weed out spam and the like, so when you post a comment there is always a delay before it appears on the page. There's no need to post multiple times - your comment will appear in due course.

Peter

The LearnEnglish Team

Hello Nagie23,

Both sentences are fine, apart from needing to say 'presents' (plural) in the second sentence.

Peter
The LearnEnglish Team

Hello Nagie23,

Could you explain the situation a bit more? I have understood that you own a flat that you rent to other people, but do you rent it long-term (to people who live in it for at least a few months) or do you rent it short-term (for tourists who are there for days or a week or two)?

Also, who are you explaining this to and for what purpose? For example, are you explaining it to the town council? Or is it something you're putting on a website where people look for flats?

I'm sorry to ask all of this, but I need to understand the situation better to make a good recommendation.

All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team