Just a short notice to tell you I’ve put a few new gap songs onto the website. Three songs, to be precise. Raissa Viza This is very good as a listening exercise! 1) Madness – Driving in my Car. Follow this link. 2) Bob Dylan – She Belongs to Me Follow this link. 3) The… Continue reading Gap Songs – Listen to these songs and fill in the missing words
Not a great subject for many people, but might come in handy when you’re abroad and you need a dentist. Or when you’re a dentist and your patient speaks English. Here are three sample dialogues: Dental Check-up – Dialogue 1 Patricia: Hello, Doctor. Dr. Allen: Good morning, Ms Lumley. Good to see you. What can I do… Continue reading What do you say when you’re at the Dentist? – Three Dialogues
When do you use of and when do you use to? Here are some rules to keep in mind: “of” 1 belonging to someone or something: This is the house of William Shakespeare. I like the cover of this book. She lives in the north of London. It’s kind of you to help me.… Continue reading Of and To – A Few Quick Rules
By Natasha Nixon Often, going to a business meeting can be daunting (= seems difficult) for English speakers of all kinds. It can be very challenging, however, if English is not your first language. But never fear! Here, I have a couple of meeting tips for ESL students. Put these to use when you are… Continue reading Meeting Tips for ESL Students: Some Tricks to Make Meetings in English Easier
by Jacqueline Schaalje Writing your CV (or Resume if you’re an American) can be a real pain. It’s bad enough that a CV confronts you with your own limitations and makes you realize that you wasted your time back in 2005-2008 taking a useless degree or working in a job that didn’t interest you at… Continue reading CV/Resume Writing: How to Make Sure your CV/Resume Won’t be Rejected by a Computer
I showed this wonderful sonnet to a student of mine. He’s not a very advanced student, but he loves literature. He has read lots of famous books in his native language, which happens to be Russian. While we were reading the underneath sonnet, I realised that he didn’t understand one iota (= nothing) of it!… Continue reading The Darling Buds of May – A Short Explanation of Shakespeare’s Famous Love Sonnet
Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Tsahi Levent-Levi I thought you might want to have a list with examples of questions with question words. (Question words are also called wh-words.) These words are: What, Where, When, Why, What time, Who, Whose. You may have noted that there is also… Continue reading Wh-questions – Easy Grammar
By Miranda Carter Evil Erin Every sentence has a verb, or a word used to describe an action. It is important for English speakers to be able to identify verbs so that they can speak properly. Can you identify a verb? Great! If not, maybe you have time to do a little review? Can you… Continue reading Verbs Verbs Verbs – Verb Conjugation Quiz
By Miranda Carter ®Mary Vertulfo We speak differently online. Words can be shortened, replaced by symbols, and sometimes spelled differently. Each language has its own unique online personality. In English, many acronyms are used to make typing less time consuming and more convenient. An example of an acronym is this: BRB, where each letter stands… Continue reading Txt Me WYDT, K? – How to Understand and Use the Right Online Lingo
®Ros A simple rule is that you can put time expressions such as “Tomorrow,” “Last week,” or “Two days ago” at the beginning of your sentence or at the end of your sentence. Here are some correct examples: 1 Tomorrow we’ll have an important meeting. Or: We’ll have an important meeting tomorrow. Not: We’ll tomorrow have… Continue reading Word Order (Easy) – Where to Put Time Expressions in Your Sentences
English with a Smile 