Almost Everybody Loves This Site
‘Almost’ is a tough adverb to use. It describes similarity or quantities. However, it is often confused with ‘almost all’ and ‘almost everyone’.
I’d like to help you use ‘would like’.
It should be simple to use ‘would like’ but this is taught and checked so badly that many students can’t use it accurately. In this post I’ll use the contracted form ”d like’ because this causes most of the errors I encounter.
Podcast: Summer
Today’s episode is about Summer. What does summertime mean to you? Are you enjoying Summer now, or is it winter where you are now? 20140806_summer.mp3 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.
Don’t Have an Apostrophe Catastrophe!
The apostrophe (‘) is one of the most difficult punctuation marks for native speakers to use correctly. Here is a simple guide to its use. You may also want to check out this punctuation guide, too.
Describe Things Using 3D Shapes
When you describe things it can be very useful to use shape vocabulary. Flat shapes such as square and circle are used as loanwords in a lot of languages but 3D shapes are not as common.
The Digest: 2nd August 2014
Here are some of the posts on Get Great English you might not have seen this week.
Basic Punctuation Guide
This is a very basic punctuation guide. It should help you with academic English and also English for general purposes.
Check Understanding by Paraphrasing
When you need to check that you understand what someone said it is useful to paraphrase them. There are several ways to do it and I’ll provide some examples that are simple enough for you to try next time you speak English.
Your English Role Models
Everybody has heroes and people they admire. We want to emulate successful people. English students want to be like English native speakers. In my opinion, as an English teacher, here are some great role models for your English.
Podcast: Self Correction
Today’s episode is all about self correction, or correcting your own mistakes. 20140730_selfcorrection.mp3 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.