Month: July 2019
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10 Phrasal Verbs for a Casual Conversation
➡ Be up to ● Definition: Doing something. Example: What have you been up to lately? Example: What are you…
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SOME PHRASAL VERBS YOU CAN USE IN FORMAL WRITING
Hello ladies and gentlemen, we know that phrasal verbs are used informally. BUT… there are a handful which you will…
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FUTURE FORMS easily explained
Maybe some of you like this form (notice I don’t say tense ☝). Not only do I hate teaching it…
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10 WATER IDIOMS
● Watery grave – If someone has gone to a watery grave, they have drowned. Example: They went to a…
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EXAMS vocabulary
● GENERAL ➡ To take/sit/write/have an exam/test I have my driving test tomorrow. All students will be sitting their exams…
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TEACHING Expressions
● You can’t teach an old dog new tricks If you try and teach an old dog new tricks, perhaps…
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Apologizing in English
➡ Ever so sorry! – quite formal It’s a stronger apology than just ‘sorry’. ➡ Sorry! – a general short…
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Some COMMON IDIOMS with examples
“An arm and a leg” – very expensive. ● The taxi trip home cost me an arm and a leg.…
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10 USEFUL TIPS ON PASSING YOUR FCE, CAE, CPE
1) You MUST spend some time DAILY reading and listening to authentic sources! Choose boring themes you wouldn’t normally read…
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5 WAYS TO KNOW YOU REALLY DO LIKE TEACHING
1) You can have a really terrible day, a splitting headache, your partner has disowned you and your cat has…
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