By Jacqueline Schaalje My story book with quizzes for English learners is free the next three days: 5 May is the last day. So hurry and get your free copy. 1) The price won’t stay $0.00 forever. You can download it free until midnight 5 May. After that time it will cost $2.99. 2) You… Continue reading Summer Stories – Free Download until 5 May
Check out this infographic and article, then answer the questions in the Reading Comprehension Quiz! From Marco Polo to Dagobert Duck who swam in his pool full of gold coins, to Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, people have been dreaming about riches. But instead of green bills or long lists of winning stocks, what… Continue reading The Fascinating World of US and UK Coins – Reading Comprehension & Quiz
Make this your best English learning year with these tips. I’m not saying these tips are original, but sometimes you just need to try something small to make a big change. EwaS Read? Really? People read more than ever, but it’s mostly social media and personal messages. As you’ve probably noticed when you read snippets in… Continue reading English Learning Tips for 2016
Another extraordinary poem by John Keats that reminds us of the best things of autumn. Or fall, if you prefer your fall in American English. This poem has lots of hard words in it and some grammar difficulties, so you can learn a heap of English from this. Underneath I’ll try to explain everything line… Continue reading Poetry Line-to-Line Reading: To Autumn by John Keats
Your task is to read a short story, “The Dwarf,” which you can find here. Then answer the vocabulary questions. I’ll tell you briefly what the story is about and what you can expect. About the writer Ray Bradbury: Alan Light Ray Bradbury (died in 2012) was an American writer best known for his surrealist… Continue reading The Dwarf by Ray Bradbury: Story + Vocabulary Quiz
By Jacqueline Schaalje Lots of people believe that when you get up early in the morning you will be more successful than other people who sleep in. In other words: successful people get up early. Or do people simply work harder in the mornings? Well, turns out this is all completely untrue! You can be just as… Continue reading Morning Routines + Grammar Quiz
Some of the Best Natural Remedies for the Cold, Flu and Muscle Aches By Kris Cooper & Jacqueline Schaalje Struggling with the spring season and the changing weather? Instead of rushing to the drugstore the next time you are experiencing a cold, flu or have muscle aches, you can try looking in your kitchen cabinet.… Continue reading Remedies Reading + Vocabulary Quiz
By Jacqueline Schaalje Just when you’ve grown your hair long and luscious (= full), the new spring fashion calls for short hair. Wait, it’s not completely short, but a bob. What’s a bob? That’s the kind of hairstyle that first became popular in the 1920s with the emancipation of women, who also stopped wearing corsets around that time… Continue reading Hair Styles Vocabulary: (Almost) Everything You Need to Know about Hair in English
The most common English exams that are taken by foreign students are IELTS and TOEFL. I’m often asked how you can study for those. The two exams are pretty similar. They both contain reading, writing, listening and speaking assignments. TOEFL is a little bit more specific because it will test whether your English is good… Continue reading The Best Way to Study for TOEFL and IELTS – Very Quick Tips
By Jacqueline Schaalje Read this article about holidaying in Austria and then do the travel vocabulary quiz. Not hard at all! Marc Siegert Enjoy the Amazing and Unforgettable summers in Mauterndorf Mauterndorf is one of the finest summer destinations you can think of. Located in Austria, in Central Europe, tourists love this place. Known for… Continue reading Summer in Austria, Plus Travel Vocabulary Quiz
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