by Ford Prefect | Sep 17, 2016 | Advanced, Elementary, Intermediate
If you’re interested in improving your English pronunciation online, then let us help you with a free lesson and an interactive game! Today, we’ll show you the secret to pronouncing English words. First, let’s look at the basic idea. Every word in...
by Ford Prefect | Feb 25, 2016 | Elementary, Intermediate, Recent
English is a funny language, as we know. What other language has such a strange spelling system, different pronunciations for the same letters – and different meanings for the same words? Take these 5 words. You probably know them, but do you know that they have...
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 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...
by Admin | Dec 24, 2015 | Elementary, Recent
If you want to GET AHEAD in English, you’ll need to BRUSH UP on your phrasal verbs! Do you know what we mean? LISTEN UP and READ ON as we DIG INTO some new vocabulary! WHY DO I NEED PHRASAL VERBS? Phrasal verbs are unique to English: no other language has them. Nobody...
by Admin | Dec 24, 2015 | Elementary
What will you do this weekend? What are you going to do, and what are you doing? Why do we use future tenses? It’s not just to talk about the weekend. We use it in social English to talk about any plans or to make small talk about the weather (“Do you...
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