Questions Come After Reading and Listening
Reading and listening are excellent ways to learn new vocabulary but they can also help you learn more about a subject if you ask yourself questions afterward.
Author: Marc
‘While’ or ‘During’
Talking about periods of time and what goes on can be tough. Should you choose ‘while’ or ‘during’? As a general rule, use ‘during’ when you follow with a noun or short noun phrases but ‘while’ for something longer.
If You Don’t Know
One of my junior high school students asked me this week, “How do I use ‘if’?” There are four main ways, as I’ll explain below.
Podcast: Background Noise
Today’s podcast is about listening with background noise. I recorded it in a metro station. Background Noise – 15th 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.
Do I Have To Learn Phrasal Verbs?
Yes, you do, eventually. If you never learn phrasal verbs there are going to be huge gaps in your vocabulary knowledge. This could cause you to be unable to express yourself properly or to misunderstand other people. “But you could just use normal verbs, couldn’t you?” You could in some situations but not in others. … [Read more…]
What’s It Like?
There are two common questions we ask friends and acquaintances about other people. “What’s she like?” “What does he look like?” In this post I’ll take a look at these questions and possible answers when talking about people and also things.
The Digest: 12th October 2014
Here are some posts you might have missed this week on Get Great English.
Do, Go or Play
Here’s a quick rule when talking about sports and physical activities.
Speculate About The Future
Nobody knows the future for sure but in spite of this it is still possible to talk about it. Here is a post to help you speculate about the future.
Podcast – Nuance
Today’s podcast is about nuance, which is the slight difference in meaning between words. It can be a bit tricky sometimes. I’ve explained some that are to do with clothes. Nuance- 8th October 2014 The podcast is also available in the iTunes Store by searching for Get Great English or clicking here. Also, you can … [Read more…]