Here’s an easy gap song. Listen to the song here, and fill in the words. No cheating! 🙂 “Amid The Falling Snow” Enya  How I remember sleepless ____________ When we would read by candlelight, And on the windowpane outside A new world made of _____________; A million feathers falling ____________, A million stars that… Continue reading Gap Snow Song – Enya: Amid the Falling Snow (Easy)
In this article we’ll practise making the future progressive. It’s not very complicated. You use: will be + verb ending in –ing. When to Use? We use the future progressive when something is sure to happen. Here is an example: A) I can say: I will go to the movies tonight. B) I can also… Continue reading I Will Be Studying for my Exam This Weekend – Future Progressive (Continuous)
Seth Mazow In many cases anyone and everyone means the same. It means everybody in a group. You can replace them by anybody and everybody. However, please note that there can be differences in some situations. First of all, let’s have a look at a couple of examples in which anyone and everyone mean the… Continue reading The Difference between Anyone and Every One
In a previous post I discussed a student essay. I showed you how to clear up the most glaring problem in that essay, which was that a lot of sentences ran on and on. They were connected by the connecting word (conjunction) “and.” I may have given the impression that it’s never good to use “and”… Continue reading Improve Your Writing by Using the Right Connectors (Conjunctions: And, But, However)
Judging from the emails that you’re sending me (thanks!), a large number of the readers and users of my blog and website are students. If you don’t have a smartphone, not to worry. There are plenty of internet sites that are pretty similar to these apps. Let’s see what’s new in the app market. Well,… Continue reading Best English Learning Apps
The Right Position for Pronouns A common mistake for learners of English is to put pronouns in the wrong place in the sentence. Pronouns are words like you, I, he, she, we, they, me, your, his, him, her, us, our, etc. Let’s do a quick test to see whether you have this problem. Is this… Continue reading Using Pronouns in the Right Way: Give Me My Pen – Give that Pen to Me
Simon Baile When you like something it means you always like it. Or usually. When you would like something it means you want it (now). Here are a few examples, so you’ll see what I mean. 1 I like dancing. 2 I’d like to go dancing tonight. Sentence one means I like dancing in general.… Continue reading The Difference Between Like and Would Like
You can use these tips for letter and email writing as well as for essay writing. I want to tell you about a student I’ve been working with in the past weeks, because we did some interesting stuff that I think you might learn from as well. This student came to me because he needed… Continue reading How to Improve Your Writing: Making it More Effective and Getting a Higher Grade
Do you know how to use verbs such as absorb and insert? Or adjectives such as flexible, fragile and high end? Take a look at my two new vocabulary quizzes on Englishwithasmile.net. The first quiz practices technical verbs and the second quiz is about technical adjectives. Both quizzes are for advanced learners of English (but… Continue reading For Techies: Two New Quizzes on Technical Vocabulary
I’ve had some questions about what your email should contain. So I’ve made a check list of the things that should be in your email. What You Should Include in Your Email The basic structure is like this: 1.      Greeting: Hi John, Hello Deirdre, Dear Ms Smith If you’d like to learn more about greetings,… Continue reading Basic Email Course: The Structure of Your Email
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