The Digest: 16th August 2014
Here are some posts you may have missed on Get Great English this week.
Month: August 2014
Taking a Break from Study
It can be easy to study too hard and feel like you’re tired of English. Don’t do it! You need to take a break and allow yourself to relax. There are still ways to do this and get English exposure.
Discuss Risk and Danger
In today’s post I’m going to teach you how to discuss risk and danger. It’s useful for business and also for general situations.
Podcast: Use chunks to read aloud more fluently
Today’s episode is about a way to help you read aloud more fluently. You’ll need this PDF file: podcast_chunks.pdf 20140813_chunking.mp3 The podcast is also available in the iTunes Store by searching for Get Great English or clicking here. Also, you can stream it on Stitcher here or in the sidebar.
Use question tags to check information
Question tags are a part of English that a lot of non-native speakers make mistakes with. Here’s a quick guide to some of the most common tag questions.
Reschedule your plans
Everybody needs to change a time to meet sometimes. In this post, I’ll show you some formal and informal ways to reschedule your plans.
The Digest: 9 August 2014
Here are some posts you might have missed on Get Great English this week. On Monday I put up an infographic about 3D shapes vocabulary. On Tuesday I wrote a post about apostrophe use. The podcast was about Summer. On Thursday I showed you how to use ‘would like’. On Friday I wrote about how … [Read more…]
Almost Everybody Loves This Site
‘Almost’ is a tough adverb to use. It describes similarity or quantities. However, it is often confused with ‘almost all’ and ‘almost everyone’.
I’d like to help you use ‘would like’.
It should be simple to use ‘would like’ but this is taught and checked so badly that many students can’t use it accurately. In this post I’ll use the contracted form ”d like’ because this causes most of the errors I encounter.
Podcast: Summer
Today’s episode is about Summer. What does summertime mean to you? Are you enjoying Summer now, or is it winter where you are now? 20140806_summer.mp3 The podcast is also available in the iTunes Store by searching for Get Great English or clicking here. Also, you can stream it on Stitcher here or in the sidebar.