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Tear and desert ‘Tear’ and ‘desert’ are words that are pronounced differently to indicate their meaning. The noun tear, which is a drop of f...
Gonna and Gotta In informal English conversation, we often use shorter, versions of common word combinations. One of the most common is ‘gon...
Practising contractions Pronouncing contractions can be tricky - let’s practise some: ‘I am’ becomes ‘I’m’. I’m I’m going to the beach. I’m...
Doubt or Question? Many English learners confuse the nouns ‘doubt’ and ‘question’. A ‘question’ is something you ask when you want to find o...
How to join a conversation If you hear an interesting conversation, it’s a good idea to listen in and make sure it’s appropriate to join. If...
Carnivores, herbivores and omnivores A ‘carnivore’ is a meat eating animal. It eats other animals. ‘The lion is a carnivore, as is the leopa...
The final ‘s’ sounds in words can be confusing as there are three different ways that we can pronounce ‘s’ endings. Listen to the following...
More tongue twisters Tongue twisters are an excellent way to practise your pronunciation. Listen to the following tongue twisters and follow...
Word Pairs ‘Wine and dine’; means to entertain someone with food and drink - often with a motive in mind. The only way to win the new contra...
Up ‘Bring up’ means to take care of and educate a child. Some people think it is better to bring up a child in a small country town. The pas...
Wander or Wonder? To ‘wander’ is to walk around without a clear purpose. An elephant wandered into the garden. ‘Wonder’ refers to feeling cu...
Advice or advise? ‘Advice’ is the noun. 'You should follow your doctor’s advice.' ‘Advise’ is the verb. 'I advise you to listen carefully.'...
'Used to' or 'Used for'? ‘Used to’ refers to something that was true in the past. 'I used to ride to work every day, but I live too far away...
Lend and borrow Borrow something [from someone] Lend something [to someone] Lend someone [something] We use borrow to say that we take somet...
‘Stay in touch’ means to keep contact. I will be leaving today to go camping and will be away for a month, but don’t worry I will stay in to...
Loud / aloud / allowed ‘Loud’ is an adjective and means to make a lot of noise. Turn the music down, it is so loud. And it can also refer to...
Starting a conversation To start a conversation in an informal social situation - like a party - it’s a good idea to find light, friendly to...
Tongue twister A tongue twister can be a fun way to practice the different sounds of English. Try these tongue twisters, how well can you sa...
Get We the verb 'to get' in many different ways. Here are some of the more common usages. 'Get' meaning to acquire or come into possession o...
Syllable stress A syllable is a word, or part of a word, which contains a single vowel sound. Every word contains at least one syllable, Som...
Keeping a conversation going To keep a conversation going it is important to show you are listening and want the conversation to continue. H...
Past continuous You use the past continuous tense to talk about something that occurred in the past. Past continuous tense is used when the...
Asking for advice. There are many ways to ask for advice, here are some of the more common ones: What do you think I should do about _____?...
Concern and Sympathy There are many ways we can express concern and sympathy. We could say: ‘That’s terrible.’ I had a car accident on the w...
Debate and discussion A discussion is a detailed conversation. ‘We had a long discussion about which school I should go to next year.’ ‘The...
English has a large number of similar sounds with only very small minor variations. Today, we are going to practise two similar vowel sounds...
Certainty and uncertainty ‘Certainty’ is the firm belief that something is true. ‘Do you think it will rain today?’ ‘I am certain it is goin...
Ed Regular verbs in the simple past end in ‘ed’. There are three ways that we can pronounce a word that ends in ‘ed’ Can you hear the differ...
Complimenting food There are a number of ways that we can compliment food, or the person that prepared the food. Here are some of the most c...