Here’s a conversation that goes wrong because of three British and American English differences. Can you spot them? (See below for the answers.) I made this video with my friend Jennifer ESL. Check out her awesome YouTube channel here. A confusing phone call script Hey Jennifer! Hi Vicki! I’ve got something for you. That’s terrific! Can […]
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Used to – this can be a confusing structure in English. We can use it to talk about past habits, and then we follow it with a verb. (used to do) And we can also follow it with a noun, and then it means ‘accustomed to’. (be used to something) Similarly we can say get
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We can use if and in case to talk about future possibilities. If is about what might happen. In case is about precautions that we take now to avoid problems in the future. See examples and learn the difference in this video. Click here to learn about the verbs avoid and prevent Click here to
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When do we say high and when do we say tall? What’s the difference? Learn the different meanings and uses of these English adjectives in this video. Click here to learn the difference between the adjectives interesting and interested Click here to see more vocabulary videos High Tall Video Script I’m taller than you. No,
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Many English phrasal verbs are separable. Separable means the verb and the other little word (the preposition or particle) can be separated. This video’s about eight very common separable English phrasal verbs. Watch and learn how they work. You can see these exact verbs used in rap which we recorded with Jason R Levine, Fluency
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There are fixed expressions where we use the verb do in English. For example, do research, do you good. And there are lots more expressions where we use the verb make. For example, make a mistake, make a reservation. In this video you’ll learn some common fixed expressions and collocations with make and do. We
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Brrr. It’s so cold today. Yes. It’s a bit chilly. It’s twenty five degrees. What would that be in England? Oooh, minus something. But how did you know I was English? Well, I could tell by your accent. Oh!
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Click here for more hang out and Q & A videos This week’s lesson is a Q&A – we’re going to answer some of the questions you’ve sent us. Hey, we’re back in our room with interesting things. Yes, they come from all over the world, like your questions. So what’s this lesson about? We’re
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Click here for more hang out and Q & A videos Hey, they’re here. Oh good. You can open them later. Later? Yeah. Hey, we’ve got a new set design. Yes. We’ve got things from all over the world. Can you spot what they are and where they come from? In today’s lesson we’re going
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Click here for more hang out and Q & A videos So this week’s lesson is a little different to normal. We’re just going to chat and hang out. Now Vicki’s been in New York City all week and she’s gonna tell us about that. Yeah, I’m going to tell you about that, and then
