A useful English teacher makes the lesson goal clear, gives you chances to use English, notices specific points to improve, and helps you decide what to practise next. Choose a teacher whose class fits your goal and gives you enough active practice.
Match the quantifier to the noun first. Use countable-noun forms with separate items, uncountable-noun forms with substances and ideas, and shared forms such as some, any, enough, and all when their meaning fits the sentence.
Use many, few, and a few with countable plural nouns. Use much, little, and a little with uncountable nouns. Use enough with both when the amount meets a need.
Match the tag to the statement's verb and subject, then usually switch positive and negative form. Say ‘The room is ready, isn't it?’ but ‘The room isn't ready, is it?’
Use the statement's auxiliary verb and a matching pronoun in the tag. Usually reverse positive and negative form: ‘The café is open, isn't it?’ and ‘The café isn't open, is it?’
Put exact spoken words inside quotation marks. Use a comma to introduce a quotation after a reporting clause when the sentence needs one. Keep a question mark or exclamation mark with the quoted words when it belongs to the direct speech.
Use raining cats and dogs when you want to say that rain is falling very heavily. The usual pattern is It is raining cats and dogs or It was raining cats and dogs. For a forecast, warning, or practical instruction, say heavy rain or describe the expected conditions directly.
Use a reflexive pronoun when the subject and object are the same: Leo blamed himself. Choose the form that matches the subject: I use myself, she uses herself, and they use themselves.
Use who for people and which for things. In a defining clause, that can often replace who or which. Use whose before a noun to show that something belongs to a person, animal, or sometimes a thing.
Say resign from a job, position, organization, or committee. Use on only when it begins a time expression, such as resign on Monday or resign on June 3.
Use so before an adjective, an adverb, or an amount word. Use such before a noun phrase. Add that and a complete clause to say what happened: The room was so cold that we closed the window.
Use short, specific phrases for a resume. Name the task, tool, subject or result where you can support it. Keep verb tense and date style consistent, and match your skills to the job you are applying for.