Quick question Hi guys, please, explain me one thing: Sometimes, you can hear when people speak sentences like that - for example: "I do need more wine (...)" instead - "I need more wine", or "I do understand" instead "I understand". Please, tell me the difference :) Is it a way to emphasize something?

Past Simple or Past Continuous? Hi! Should I say: 1. I was at my home (or IN my home?) this time last week. OR 2. I was being at home this time last week? For instance: „I was at home, when it happened” or „I was being at home, when it happened”. It makes me a little trouble, cause I’m sure the correct form is Past Continuous when I want to say e.g. „I was having breakfast when the phone rang”. But what about this sample above? Are the rules the same with „to be” verb?

Which form is correct? Hi guys! I need some help. I’m doing some English excercises right know and I’m wondering which of these form is correct: 1. Who is your the biggest fan? or 2. Who is your biggest fan? And another one - can I ask a question in this way? 1. Who do you think is the best player in the world? or rather I should ask: 2. Who is the best player in the world in your opinion? Thanks in advance!

I've watched 'After Life' on Netflix I've just watched TV series called 'After Life' on Netflix. It is a story of a man - Tony, whose wife - passed away due to cancer disease. Tony lives in a small English town and works in a local newspaper as a journalist. Tony is in pernament pain, because he has lost a love of his life but he is also frustrated at other people around him. A lot of people's behaviours annoy him. However, there are many funny scenes in this series and I can say after watching it, that I love a British sense of humour! The first season has 6 episodes and the second one is going to be published next Friday on Netflix.

Liverpool FC championship story.. Hi guys, is anybody here, who is a fan of English football and supports Liverpool FC? Or maybe any other team of Premier League? What do you think about current season? Will it be fully cancelled, finished or maybe authorities of English football (The Football Association) will decide that "The Reds" will be champions after already played gameweeks? Liverpool's fans have been waiting for championship title since 1990... It's a very long time.

My activity during a quarantine Hi! This is my first post here on Italki. I'd like to share with you, what I do during my quarantine caused COVID-19. I'm totally healthy, but I start to feel strange, sitting all the time at home. I have a resolution to improve my English skills, especially my "active English skills" - I mean speaking and reading. So I signed up for Italki! I listen some English podcasts too. I've just finished listening the new episode of "Luke's English Podcast" about learning English from TV series and films. I think it was very useful and I'm going to try out his advices in my own practice. Are you LEPsters too? I know, relations with other people are not permissible right now, but I start to miss them. During this time, I read a few books, e.g. "Inferno" by Dan Brown. Now, I'm reading a book about aviation, written by Polish captain Dariusz Kulik - it's named "Turbulencja" (btw, the author is also a YouTuber and he has a channel on YouTube with the same name - "Turbulencja". If you like planes and journeys, check this channel out. I hope, we all will have a possibility to fly somewhere away very soon. Stay safe, stay positive :)