Read the following sentences and try to guess the meaning of the idioms.

1.       If an activity takes a back seat

Read the following sentences and try to guess the meaning of the idioms.

1.      It is raining cats and dogs.

These words have similar meanings. In fact, in many non-English languages there are no separate equivalents for these three words.

Soon

Soon means ‘a short time after now’.

More is a quantifier. It can be used directly before a noun or noun phrase.

I need more time. (NOT I need more of time.)
Would you like to have some more cheese? (NOT Would you like to have some more of cheese?)

Ask for: ask somebody to give something
Ask without for: ask somebody to tell something

Compare:

Expecting is rational. When you expect something to happen, you have a good reason to believe that it will happen. Hoping, on the other hand, is emotional. When you hope for something to happen, you would like it to happen, but you don’t know whether it will.

Whose is a question word. It can be used with a noun.

Whose bag is this?
Whose daughter do you think looks the cutest?

Whose can also be used alone.