Test your prepositions
Another language challenge in the form of an interactive quiz, this time an opportunity to test your prepositions. Suitable for students who are intermediate and higher. Are you up for […]
Continue readingAnother language challenge in the form of an interactive quiz, this time an opportunity to test your prepositions. Suitable for students who are intermediate and higher. Are you up for […]
Continue readingA lot of students find English pronunciation tricky and are put off by its inconsistencies, but as a teacher I have always advocated placing a lot of emphasis on this […]
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Continue readingThe verbs MAKE and DO may be similar in meaning, but when it comes to collocations, they are not interchangeable. In English, you do business and make money, do vocabulary exercises and make progress. […]
Continue readingTalking about Australia without mentioning sport is like talking about the Vatican without mentioning the Pope. Sport is religion and if you don’t follow either AFL, cricket or rugby you […]
Continue readingRegardless of whether you’re a meat-lover, a vegetarian, a vegan, a follower of the keto diet, the paleo diet or the see-food diet – you see food, you eat it, […]
Continue readingUnless exam preparation is involved, both teachers and students tend to shun writing as for the former it means extra time spent marking and for the latter it’s hardly as […]
Continue readingThere’s this theory I have explaining why the population of Oz stands at a mere 25 million considering the size and the merits of this country. In my opinion, the […]
Continue readingMany students of English find phrasal verbs hard to learn and confusing but phrasal verbs are part and parcel of the language and being able to use them correctly and […]
Continue readingLift or elevator? /tə’mɑː:təʊ/ or /tə’meɪtəʊ/? Whichever version of English you choose, it is important to stay consistent. In this short video a British comedian, Michael McIntyre, explores the consistently […]
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