Mind is such a useful English word. We can use it in lots of different ways and it’s often just the verb we need to be polite. But mind has some peculiar ways of behaving grammatically that you should know about. And knowing how to reply if someone asks you a question with mind is […]
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Telephone English is just like normal English with a few special phrases, but many learners find English calls stressful. Watch this funny English telephone conversation with Barack Obama and you’ll learn some practical expressions you can put to use in your conversations. You’ll have fun along the way. Learn more useful expressions for everyday situations.
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Play, go and do are the verbs we use most to talk about sports in English. In this video you’ll learn when we use each one, along with lots of other sport words. Watch and see. How many different sports and games can you name? Have you checked out our Grammar Videos? You’ll find information
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We don’t always use a future tense to talk about the future in English. We often use a particular word or expression instead and the word due is one of them. In this video you’ll learn three of its meanings. This word is particularly useful for business English students. We also use the verbs wait,
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For and Since – we use both these prepositions to talk about time in English, so how are they different? Learn how to use these English prepositions correctly in this video. Thank you for calling Pattersons. Your call is very important to us. Please hold. Sorry to keep you waiting. This is Rachel speaking. How
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Wait, hope, expect and look forward to – they’re very common and useful verbs that you’ll need to talk about the future in English. The thing is, we don’t always use a future tense. In fact technically speaking, English doesn’t have a future tense. You’ll find that very often we use a particular verb to
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Ground Control to Major Tom is the first line of ‘Space Oddity’ – a David Bowie classic. It tells the story of an astronaut in space and it’s a fantastic song to practice your English with. My students love it! Hope you will too. The copyright on the music has been cleared by YouTube, so
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Do you need to know how to sell in English? Then this English sales training video is for you. When you want to describe your product or idea, you need to describe its features. But if you want to sell your product or idea, you’re going to need to explain its benefits – the things
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Jay and Vicki think paper airplanes are great fun. (Vicki calls them aeroplanes in British English) Perhaps they’re having too much fun? What are you making. Oh. A paper airplane. Oh cool! Do you want to make one too? Yes. Here. Oh thank you. Well, that’s true. But you know it took…. Who did that?
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This short English conversation demonstrates the difference between the words interesting and interested. Notice that Vicki is surprised when Jay says ‘I am very interesting in this book’. It’s a strange thing to say. It only makes sense if Jay is one of the characters in the book or the book is about him. Interesting
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