Hi Friend, Wanted to talk to you about English that is not English. Someone drew my attention to a website that is made up of lists of the 10 best of something. Here it is. This website isn’t very original in content, but what is worse is that the English is terrible! I think the… Continue reading Terrible English
By Yuri Worrell ®Mary Vertulfo Business English is something that is becoming more important every day. The world uses English more and more for trade and business. Even for doing business with regions as China and Europe, English has proven itself to be invaluable. So it is important that you improve your Business English, so… Continue reading You Could Make a Jump in Your Business English Using These Tips
A reader of the newsletter asked me to write about this subject. Contrary to what you might think, you don’t need to write complicated language for emails. The opposite is true. Many people receive hundreds of emails every day, and they need to understand quickly what you want. What makes an email easier to understand… Continue reading How to Write Great Sentences for Emails – Using Connectors
By Evan Parker As you are preparing to learn English there are many different facets of the language that you will need to know. An important part is writing. You will find that writing is a major part and being able to do it properly will help you in your work and in your studies. Quick… Continue reading What Are the Most Important Things in Writing?
If this is your first time practising passives, have a look at some earlier articles on the blog. A basic explanation of passives is here. Now we’ll have a look at how passives work in the perfect tenses. Present Perfect First Present Perfect. Have a look at the picture above. The active of this is: The… Continue reading Passives for Advanced Students: You May Never Have Asked Yourself This: How Do Passives Work with Perfect Tenses?
In other articles (also here), I explained the basics of passive sentences. A quick recap what this is about: There are active sentences. And there are passive sentences. It could be helpful if you looked up in your own native language what these two things mean. In most languages there is something similar as to what… Continue reading Passives, Again – Now with Different Tenses
Of course you can make passive sentences in any tense, and as a question or a negative sentence. Negatives are easy. All you need to do is follow the rule for passives (use be + V3) and add “not.” For questions, put your first verb before the subject. Here are all the possibilities in the… Continue reading Passives Part 2 – Questions and Negatives
Examples of passives sentences are the following: Dinner is served. The plan was abandoned. The decision has been made. Twenty jobs will be cut. What are passive sentences used for, do you think? Well, usually, if someone uses a passive sentence it’s because it doesn’t matter who did something. The passive voice makes what… Continue reading The Passive Tense – A Basic Explanation
By Natasha Nixon ®Ros Webb Have you ever wondered how you can build on your English vocabulary? There are some excellent ways for you to try. These can be used every day. The more you do these the better your vocabulary will become. Vocabulary Tips You could start an English learning blog. You could utilize… Continue reading 99% of English Learners Need This: Building Your Vocabulary
When you buy additional exercises at the English with a Smile website you will find exercises that you can only find on English with a Smile. You can’t find them anywhere else. Yet you need these exercises to speak and write English well. Let me help your English make better as fast as we can!… Continue reading Accelerate Your Learning
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