In today’s podcast I’m telling you about the things that annoy me and how you can talk about what annoys you. What gets on your nerves? Let me know in the comments! 20140604_annoyances The podcast is also available in the iTunes Store by searching for Get Great English or clicking here. Also, you can stream … [Read more…]
Words with two plural forms are rare in English but it is so difficult to understand when to use the correct form. Fish ‘Fish’ is for general use. The kinds of fish are unimportant. “There are plenty more fish in the sea” “How many fish did you catch?” Fishes ‘Fishes’ is used when talking about … [Read more…]
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…]
Quite a busy week, this week. On Monday I talked about weather and how to describe it like the British. On Tuesday I gave some examples of how to use ‘whatever’ and ‘however’ and such. I made a podcast about football on Wednesday. I told you how to make yourself study English on Thursday. And … [Read more…]
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.
This is how to make yourself study English. Change your phone’s settings to English if you haven’t already (or if you can). Change your computer’s OS language to English (if you can). In your work or college bag, take out any books, magazines or anything else that you don’t need that is not English and … [Read more…]
I’m talking about football today because I’m excited about the World Cup in Brazil. There are some special football words and a lot of enthusiasm. Who are you supporting? Let me know in the comments! 20140528_football The podcast is also available in the iTunes Store by searching for Get Great English or clicking here. Also, … [Read more…]
Pronoun determiners using interrogative roots (‘whatever’, ‘however’, ‘whoever’, ‘whenever’, ‘wherever’) can be used to dismiss alternative options or state that different options have the same outcome. “I will always love you whatever you do.” “Whatever you decide to do tomorrow, you know you have to study English, too.” “However you study is unimportant as long … [Read more…]
The British love to talk about the weather, probably because it’s so changeable in our country. Today, I’m going to give you some weather vocabulary. Sunny If the weather is sunny, we often say that it is bright. If there is going to be a change in the weather, we may also say that there … [Read more…]
Wikipedia in English has been very complex and scientific, and very difficult for a lot of students to understand. However, now, there is Simple English Wikipedia. Don’t be afraid to use Simple Wikipedia; it’s worth looking at topics you know in your own language to build intermediate-level vocabulary (and even some common technical vocabulary).