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30 March 2018 by Marc

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Posted in: Students, Vocabulary Tagged: extraction, orthodontics

Links: Apps 4 EFL

28 July 2015 by Marc

I went to a conference about teaching English a couple of weeks ago and saw a presentation by Paul Raine, the owner of a great website Apps4EFL.com. It’s a free website for students and teachers.

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Posted in: Listening, Reading, Speaking, Vocabulary Tagged: computers, internet, resources

Absolutely or Exactly?

15 January 2015 by Marc

The adverbs ‘absolutely’ and ‘exactly’ can sometimes be used in the same way but they do have different meanings; they are not exactly the same. Read on to find out how to use them.

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Posted in: Vocabulary Tagged: absolutely, adverb, adverbs, exactly

Are You Into English?

8 January 2015 by Marc

It is easy to talk about likes and dislikes in English: “I like this” and “I don’t like that” are OK. Sometimes you want to say something a little different and ‘love’ and ‘hate’ are not what you were thinking about.

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Posted in: Vocabulary Tagged: detest, dislike, enjoy, hate, into, like, prefer, rather, verb, verbs

Say Something

23 November 2014 by Marc

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.

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Posted in: Listening, Speaking, Vocabulary Tagged: a2, b1, b2, circumlocution

Are You Tired?

11 November 2014 by Marc

There are so many ways to say you are tired in English. Why not use more interesting vocabulary when you’re worn out?

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Posted in: Vocabulary Tagged: a2, adjectives, b1, sleep, tired

Contraction distractions

1 November 2014 by Marc

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…]

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Posted in: Grammar, Vocabulary Tagged: apostrophe, apostrophes, b2, colloquial, contractions

Words That Mean Food Is ‘Posh’

25 October 2014 by Marc

English changes all the time and some recent changes have taken even native speakers by surprise.

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Posted in: Vocabulary Tagged: adjectives, artisan, artisanal, authentic, compoundnouns, craft, food

‘While’ or ‘During’

20 October 2014 by Marc

Talking about periods of time and what goes on can be tough. Should you choose ‘while’ or ‘during’? As a general rule, use ‘during’ when you follow with a noun or short noun phrases but ‘while’ for something longer.

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Posted in: Grammar, Vocabulary Tagged: during, prepositions, while

Do I Have To Learn Phrasal Verbs?

14 October 2014 by Marc

Yes, you do, eventually. If you never learn phrasal verbs there are going to be huge gaps in your vocabulary knowledge. This could cause you to be unable to express yourself properly or to misunderstand other people. “But you could just use normal verbs, couldn’t you?” You could in some situations but not in others. … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Input, Reading, Vocabulary Tagged: news, phrasalverbs. verbs
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