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Answering Questions With Questions

27 January 2015 by Marc

One of the first things students are taught when they are learning writing skills is not to answer questions with further questions. In conversations, however, it does happen.

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Posted in: Speaking Tagged: b1, b2, c1, questions, rhetoricalquestions

What’s It Like?

12 October 2014 by Marc

There are two common questions we ask friends and acquaintances about other people. “What’s she like?” “What does he look like?” In this post I’ll take a look at these questions and possible answers when talking about people and also things.

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Posted in: Grammar, Situation Tagged: a1, a2, descriptions, like, look, questions

Guess Responses Correctly in TOEIC Tests

9 September 2014 by Marc

In the part II of the TOEIC test you need to listen for the best answer to a question and you choose from three possible answers. It’s easy for some people but more difficult for others. Here are some tips to help you guess responses correctly in TOEIC tests.

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Posted in: Listening Tagged: a2, b1, part2, questions, responses, tests, toeic

Use question tags to check information

12 August 2014 by Marc

Question tags are a part of English that a lot of non-native speakers make mistakes with. Here’s a quick guide to some of the most common tag questions.

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Posted in: Grammar, Output, Speaking, Writing Tagged: b1, b2, questions, questiontags, tagquestions

Giving and Asking Opinions: Podcast

23 April 2014 by Marc

Today’s podcast is about giving and asking opinions. It can be difficult to give your opinion or to ask for somebody’s honest opinion and in today’s podcast I’ll give some examples of how to do it. 20140423_opinions.mp3 The podcast is also available in the iTunes Store by searching for Get Great English or clicking here.

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Posted in: Podcast Tagged: opinions, questions

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