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Greetings Dear Students! It's the Festive Season now for many of you: end-of-year party time; the beginning of summer holidays for the southern hemisphere; and Christmas celebrations and festivities. As requested last Christmas, this year I am including some Christmas stories and Christmas-related activities and recommendations. Hopefully, the Christmas stories will be informative, and the…
Greetings English Learners! Do you remember when you first learned the meaning of 'must'? Must = Rules and Obligation. You must obey the road rules! You must not be late! Doctor: You must take two pills with food daily for a week! How often have you heard people speak like this? Not sure? Can't recall?…
Greetings Advanced English learners! Today, I am looking at how you can improve your fluency with a simple technique and you can start today. Yes, today! Ready? Let's start. Have a look at the painting below. What do you think? Do you like it? You might reply, It's good. Perhaps, you would say, Yes, I…
Happy Christmas! It's that time of year again when many of us prepare to celebrate Christmas. Traditionally, for Christians, it is about celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ approximately 2,000 years ago. However, Christmas has become an important time for celebrating with family and friends for both Christians and non-Christians. Let's have a look at…
First, read the earlier posts on Relative Clauses, especially #3 and #6. Advanced non-defining Relative Clauses are not as difficult as their name suggests. There are only two Relative Clause Pronouns used, whom & which, and the Relative Clause is usually at the end of the sentence. If you are studying for an IELTS or CAMBRIDGE …
GERUNDS Gerunds are usually nouns but they are different from other nouns because they are made from verbs. ∗ Changing verbs into other forms: nouns or adjectives, for example, is common in many languages. Think about how your language changes verbs into other forms as you continue reading. ♦ Gerunds are always singular: Cooking dinner…
Photo by Mimi Thian, Unsplash Greetings English Learners! This will be my last Post for this year and I have decided to focus on common English words that many of you find difficult to pronounce. My students can usually pronounce these difficult words if I give them an easy keyword containing the same sound. For example,…
English spelling is not easy for anyone learning English as a second language. It may surprise you to learn that many native English speakers are not good at spelling in their native language. They know that spelling is very important for writing a job application or an essay for university exams and bad spelling can…
Greetings English Learners. It's not always easy to find good examples of English writing to show you. Actually, 'good' is not good enough! I want 'brilliant' examples, and you shall have them! Of course, there are numerous excellent authors around the globe. However, for short reads in newspapers, magazines, and on the Internet, there is…
Hello English Learners! It's time for some English Listening! Well, it's always time for listening. If you enjoy what you are listening to, learning a language is more fun, and more productive. Don't you agree? Songs are a fantastic learning tool and today I have a cheerful song for you: Following the Sun by Neeka…
When English students first learn Possessive Adjectives, they should feel encouraged. There are only seven forms: my, your, his, her, its, our, & their. That's all! Many European languages have 14 - 20+ forms, depending on whether the noun is singular, plural, male or female. The rules are simple: ♦ Possessive Adjectives always go before…
Weak words are commonly used in everyday English speech. Perhaps we are a little lazy. Perhaps we know that we convey meaning using our tone of voice. No doubt, you have similar common words in your language which are used often in speech. I don't have a problem with this. However, weak words are to…
Nick Cave is a is an Australian singer, songwriter, author, and screenwriter. On his website, The Red Hand Files, he answers questions from fans, any questions about anything. In this post, I'm featuring his eloquent response to the questions: What is mercy for you? What do you think of cancel culture? ∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼ The Red Hand…
Here’s another post from Vocabulary in Chunks that I hope you'll enjoy. Listening to videos like these is easy English practice. I know that studying a language can be hard work so you need to find a way to enjoy it whenever possible. If you enjoy these videos, have a look at their other videos.…
The English language is full of collocations and idioms. By collocations, I mean words that naturally go together like 'high hopes', 'heavy rain', and 'make friends'. We don't say 'tall hopes', 'huge rain' or 'produce friends'. Idioms are expressions whose meaning cannot be predicted by the words in the expression; for example, 'to kick the…
Dua Lipa sings a song, Don't Start Now, in which she tells an ex boyfriend very clearly that their relationship is finished and she is not interested in seeing him again. Her life is so much better without him. Her message to him is clear: If you don't want to see me with another man,…
FORM (have / has + past participle) Look at these sentences: Leo’s English improved when he started a course at Langports English College. His English is improving. His English has improved since he started at Langports. The first sentence gives information about the past, only the past. So we use the Past Simple: improved. We…