Jay and Vicki are in Egypt and they want to take a photo of themselves in front of a pyramid. They need some help so they ask a passerby. Notice the way they make their request. They use the verb mind which is followed by a gerund – a noun form of the verb. And […]
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Vicki invites Jay to play a game. He wants to so she explains the game’s rules. They’re both going to put a sweet in their mouths at the same time. (Sweet is a British English word. Americans call it candy.) The winner will be the person who can make their sweet last the longest. Conversation
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Nobody likes giving bad news. If we have to deliver it, we often like to give some good news too. But what happens if the news is all bad? Click here to see some more short conversations for speaking practice. Good news bad news joke Oh hi doctor. What’s up? I’m afraid I have some
At your first meeting with a new business contact, you’ll want to make a good impression. What could go wrong? Well quite a lot. First impressions count so here you’ll learn English phrases and expressions to make yours a great one. Click here to see more everyday situations where you’ll want to be polite. Click
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Deadlines! They’re so hard to meet when you’re busy. Here we see Vicky and Jay asking for a deadline to be extended so they can have another week. Click here to learn about the difference between the prepositions by and until. Click here to see more short conversations for speaking practice. Click here to see
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You need to attend an English meeting. Are you going to understand what everyone is saying? And are you going to be able to manage everyone’s time effectively and make good decisions? We can help! Here is a series of 3 videos designed to help you manage discussions and communicate clearly in business meetings. They
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In this video we look at two meanings of like and fix a common mistake. We’ll compare the verb like with like as a preposition and you’ll learn how to use two useful English questions: Do you like…? and What’s it like? Click here to learn how to use the phrase looks like Click here
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The English words sympathetic and nice are false friends in many languages, so English learners might think they mean one thing when in fact they mean another. Let us help you get them right. The meaning of sympathetic is more specific than kind or nice in English. It involves understanding other people’s feelings, especially when
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Worth – you’re going to love this adjective. It’s surprisingly useful and you can use it to make new words like trustworthy and untrustworthy. It means ‘having value’ and you just need to know how we use it. We put it in front of nouns and gerunds (-ing forms) and numbers, so we say things
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Say and tell – English learners often make mistakes with these verbs. There are situations where we can use either, but there are also situations where only one is correct. Another tricky thing is the grammar patterns tell and say follow. Tell is followed by and object but say isn’t, so we say something but
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