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I try not to eat on evenings

I try not to eat in the evenings (In the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening)

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They gave us this 2 options

these

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Maybe that's why they won us

Maybe that's why they won or maybe that’s why they beat us

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I listened two of them

I listened to two of them

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According to me, this is fake .

We use according to when the information comes from somebody else

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Correct or incorrect? I`d rather you not talk about it

I`d rather you didn`t talk about it - would rather+infinitive without to when there is no change of subject I`d rather not talk about it

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I want that Barça wins

A that clause is impossible after want (ask, plan, wait, arrange). We use for + to + infinitive

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It is not allowed to take phones into the exam room

We do NOT use it is not allowed to

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When I was younger I would have much longer hair...

We do NOT use would with stative verbs

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My grandparents had got a lot of animals.

We use had for the past, not had got.

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To hear from you was great

it+be as a preparatory subject before adjectives - It was great to hear from you

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It used to be a cinema in that street

we use there+be+noun if people or things are present or exist (or not anymore) There was a cinema...

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I would play the violin

we do not use would without a time reference

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Correct or incorrect? I have never ridden a motorbike, but I would love to ride one

Reduced infinitive. We can leave out a repeated verb phrase after the infinitive with to

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Correct or incorrect? Laura has never been to the States, but her sister has.

We often leave out a repeated verb phrase or adjective and just repeat the auxiliary or modal verb, or the verb to be

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My brother, that does not like sports, would like to take up football.

you can`t use that instead of who/which if the clause is separated by commas, or between a comma and a full stop.

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