Use ‘There’ to Talk About Things in a Place
This post is for beginners to use ‘there’ to talk about things in places.
Author: Marc
Leave Space to Guess in Your Reading
Lots of students read as much as they can, all at once, to take in as much information as possible. However, sometimes it is better to leave space to guess in your reading.
Are You Tired?
There are so many ways to say you are tired in English. Why not use more interesting vocabulary when you’re worn out?
‘What?!’ Is Wrong
When you talk to someone and cannot understand what they say, you need to ask questions. There are right ways and wrong ways. ‘What?!’ is wrong. So are ‘Huh?’, ‘Eh?’, ‘Come again?’ and ‘One more time.’
Podcast: English Around Us
Today’s podcast is about the English around us thanks to globalisation. It is inspired by #KELTChat English Around Us – November 5th 2014 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.
Find Love Using English
A lot of people studying English find that as they grow to love English-speaking culture they find English speakers more attractive, too. This post cannot guarantee anything but it may help your search for love.
Contraction distractions
When you read English for fun you might see some words you cannot find in the dictionary. Some of these have apostrophes (‘). This means they may be contractions, words made shorter by missing out letters and replacing them with apostrophes. Ol’ ‘Ol’‘ just means ‘old’, doesn’t it? Yes, but not in the way you … [Read more…]
Podcast: Vanquish Monsters
Today’s podcast is Halloween themed. It is about how to vanquish monsters; that is get rid of them. Vanquish Monsters – 30th October 2014 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.
Easy Offers
When you’re talking to someone, there are times when you want to offer something, even if it’s just a little bit of help. In this post I’ll give you three different ways to make offers and examples that include ways to accept or decline them.
Words That Mean Food Is ‘Posh’
English changes all the time and some recent changes have taken even native speakers by surprise.