by Roisin O'Flaherty | Jan 21, 2016 | Elementary, Intermediate
“Nice” is such a boring word – but we use it in English all the time! Look at these sentences for example: “I met a guy yesterday. He was nice. We took a walk in the park. It was nice. I bought shoes that day. They were nice. Then we had...
by Ford Prefect | Jan 18, 2016 | Advanced, CAE
When David Bowie died, the English-speaking world mourned the loss of one of the world’s most famous singers on social media and websites. In order to help Advanced students practice listening skills and CAE Listening Part 4, we have collected some of these...
by Ford Prefect | Jan 18, 2016 | Advanced, Recent
What’s the best advice you’ve ever received? Who gave you that advice, and why was it so important? We asked some native-English speakers this question. To practice CAE Listening Part 4, you can listen to their replies and answer some difficult questions....
by Ford Prefect | Jan 16, 2016 | Intermediate
Oscar season is a time when everybody in Hollywood (and movie lovers around the world) get ready for the Oscar awards ceremony in Los Angeles. Many excellent movies are released, and everybody talks about them online. Most of these people are speaking in English, so...
by Ford Prefect | Jan 13, 2016 | Business, Elementary, Intermediate
Words like “a”, “an” and “the” are called articles in English. They can be very difficult for some students. If you’re from a country that speaks Arabic, Russian, Chinese, Korean or Japanese (for example), articles are...
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