How to End a Conversation Politely
In the past few months I’ve looked at starting conversations and continuing conversations. Today I’m going to show you how to end a conversation politely and smoothly so you can avoid hurting people’s feelings.
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Describe Graphs – Part 1
When you give presentations you might need to describe graphs. You also need to describe graphs in TOEFL and IELTS tests sometimes. Bar Charts Let’s look at bar charts first. This is the most common type of graph to appear on tests and in business or news media. It’s normal to compare the figures for … [Read more…]
Book Hotel Rooms
When you book hotel rooms, it is important to know what kind of rooms you need. A single room has one single bed. A twin room has two single beds. A double room has one double bed. A suite usually has a double bed and a living room facility and often also has private dining … [Read more…]
English for Banking
This post has the Business English graphic but really, it’s for anybody who needs to use banks in English. Vocabulary open an account When you want to start using a bank you have to open an account, which is a section of a bank database that says how much money you have available. close an … [Read more…]
Making English-Speaking Friends
One of the things a lot of students worry about is making English-speaking friends, or how to find them. It is much the same as finding friends that speak your own language. Don’t look to people just because they are native English speakers This is a big one. Nobody wants to feel used but this … [Read more…]
Video: Talking About Experiences
Today’s video is about talking about experiences using the present perfect tense and simple past tense. Finding out if you have common experiences is a great way to make friends.
Describe Games
People love playing games. Human beings and dolphins are the only animals with a sense of leisure. We love to play because it is a way to develop rapport, or a way of dealing with each other. If you want to play with someone, you have to be able to describe games. To do this … [Read more…]
How to Talk About Predictions
This Summer the Football World Cup will take place in Brazil. Now, most of the provisional squads have been named so people are starting to make predictions. To make a prediction you need to use an adverb of probability. Certainly/Definitely This is 100% probable. It will happen. Brazil are certainly going to make it to … [Read more…]
Useful Phrases for Chairing Meetings
Chairing a meeting means that you have to be in charge of keeping the meeting on topic and on schedule so that important information can be given and decisions can be made. Here are some useful phrases. Starting the meeting You need to make sure that everybody knows it is time to start and it … [Read more…]
Talk about Events
In the first ever Get Great English video post, you can learn how to talk about events. What do you think? If you have any suggestions, please leave a comment.