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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

Write, Draw, Sketch, Paint

6 October 2014 by Marc

Here is a guide to using the verbs write, draw, sketch and paint which are commonly confused.

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Posted in: Vocabulary Tagged: commonerrors, draw, drawup, idioms, paint, sketch, sketchout, verbs, write

Done It versus Got It Done

29 September 2014 by Marc

When you move up to the pre-intermediate stage in your learning there are some tricky bits of grammar that are very useful to learn. One of the main pre-intermediate obstacles is the confusion between ‘you have done it’ and ‘you have got it done/you have had it done’. Here’s how they work.

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Posted in: Grammar Tagged: a2, b1, b2, causative, do, done, get, verbs

Talk About Decisions

16 September 2014 by Marc

It is useful to be able to talk about decisions that you or other people have made. It causes difficulty for some people but really it is straightforward. In today’s post I’ll help you talk about decisions. The Patterns The patterns are (SUBJECT) (VERB) (PREPOSITION) (OBJECT) (SUBJECT) (VERB) (INTERROGATIVE) (INFINITE VERB) [MAYBE A PREPOSITION] [MAYBE … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Grammar, Vocabulary Tagged: decisions, verbs

Irresistible English

8 September 2014 by Marc

There are times when your brain tells you that you have to do something that you don’t want to do, and times that your brain says to stop doing something but you feel like that’s impossible. Well, here is some vocabulary to help explain those situations.

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Posted in: Vocabulary Tagged: adjectives, b1, b2, concentrate, desire, focus, givein, help, irresisistible, nouns, resist, verbs, willpower

Discuss Risk and Danger

14 August 2014 by Marc

In today’s post I’m going to teach you how to discuss risk and danger. It’s useful for business and also for general situations.

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Posted in: Vocabulary Tagged: adjectives, b1, b2, danger, inherent, nouns, probability, risk, takeheed, threat, urge, verbs

Regrets

19 June 2014 by Marc

Regrets are difficult for students to talk about. What’s a regret? It’s wishing you could change the past by doing an action you didn’t do or by not doing an action you did do. You can express regrets by using the verb ‘regret’ in the following way. Using a gerund (‘~ing’ verb) and object: “I … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Grammar, Vocabulary Tagged: gerund, pasttense, regret, verbs

English for Banking

9 June 2014 by Marc

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…]

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Posted in: Situation, Vocabulary Tagged: banking, money, phrasalverbs, verbs

Nouns Used as Verbs

22 May 2014 by Marc

Sometimes nouns (words for things) are used as verbs (words for actions). They are rather easy to understand although some of them really get on my nerves due to the fact that there are existing verbs that can be used for the same job. I also prefer the sound of the longer expression of the … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Grammar, Vocabulary Tagged: fax, inbox, medal, nouns, toy, verbs

Phrasal Verbs with ‘Drop’

20 May 2014 by Marc

Last week I showed you some phrasal verbs with ‘pop’. Today I’ll show you some phrasal verbs with ‘drop’. Drop off Fall asleep I can never fall asleep at night but I have no problem dropping off in college classes. It takes me an hour before I drop off to sleep at night. Take someone … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Vocabulary Tagged: by, drop, drop in, drop off, drop someone a line, idioms, phrasalverbs, verbs
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