Stun People By Exaggerating
When you speak sometimes you need to say exactly what you mean but at other times you need to make an impact. When you need to be dramatic, exaggerate.
Month: November 2014
Say Something
When you are talking and can’t find the words you need, you need something. I’m going to tell you how ‘something’ can help you when you can’t remember vocabulary.
You Need To Talk, You Know!
In today’s post we’re going to look at the filler ‘you know’. You can use it at the start or the end of a sentence.
Use ‘There’ to Talk About Things in a Place
This post is for beginners to use ‘there’ to talk about things in places.
Leave Space to Guess in Your Reading
Lots of students read as much as they can, all at once, to take in as much information as possible. However, sometimes it is better to leave space to guess in your reading.
Are You Tired?
There are so many ways to say you are tired in English. Why not use more interesting vocabulary when you’re worn out?
‘What?!’ Is Wrong
When you talk to someone and cannot understand what they say, you need to ask questions. There are right ways and wrong ways. ‘What?!’ is wrong. So are ‘Huh?’, ‘Eh?’, ‘Come again?’ and ‘One more time.’
Podcast: English Around Us
Today’s podcast is about the English around us thanks to globalisation. It is inspired by #KELTChat English Around Us – November 5th 2014 The podcast is also available in the iTunes Store by searching for Get Great English or clicking here. Also, you can stream it on Stitcher here or in the sidebar.
Find Love Using English
A lot of people studying English find that as they grow to love English-speaking culture they find English speakers more attractive, too. This post cannot guarantee anything but it may help your search for love.
Contraction distractions
When you read English for fun you might see some words you cannot find in the dictionary. Some of these have apostrophes (‘). This means they may be contractions, words made shorter by missing out letters and replacing them with apostrophes. Ol’ ‘Ol’‘ just means ‘old’, doesn’t it? Yes, but not in the way you … [Read more…]