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)
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
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
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
 If you have a problem with spelling in English, it doesn’t have to mean you are dyslectic or dysgraphic. I’ve had several students who were able to spell perfectly in their native language, but as soon as they had to write English they went to pieces. None of these students was dyslectic! It’s very… Continue reading Read This if You Have a Problem with Spelling – Practice Programme
Pedro Ribeiro Simões We’ve spoken about contracting words when you speak here. If you don’t do this, English speakers will know immediately that you are foreign. What do you remember about this? Do you say you have, or you’ve? The answer is: when you speak you usually say “you’ve,” unless you need to put extra… Continue reading Improving Your English Fluency – Speak Faster and More Like a Real English Speaker – Using Contractions
I’ve had some questions about the log in on the website of http://www.englishwithasmile.net. People especially want to know whether it costs money to log in and do the exercises. The answer is no. It’s free. You need to log in to give you your free membership. With your membership you get the newsletter sent to… Continue reading Log In to Do the Exercises on Englishwithasmile.net
Uh-oh, the dog is loose There are a number of adjectives that have a verb ending in –en. Or the other way around: there are a number of verbs ending in –en that have a corresponding adjective without the –en ending. Sometimes there is a noun with the same root, such as: strong (adjective), strength… Continue reading Sharp Sharpen, Hard Harden and Other Words Like Them – Learn How to Use Correct Vocabulary while Distinguishing between Adjectives and Verbs Ending in -En
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