Improve your pronunciation FAST! One student said she has difficulty with –STS at the end of words, as in costs and guests – how can she pronounce it better? …
600+ Confusing Words E-Book Are the words clever, smart, and wise the same? Not exactly. “Smart” simply means intelligent. Someone who is smart knows a lot and is usually …
Take your grammar to the next level! A student asked, “Why do people say ‘a beer’ or ‘a coffee’ if beer and coffee are uncountable?” Great question! Liquids are …
English speaking courses Today’s question is from a student who says, “I don’t understand the expression ‘take someone for granted.'” It means you don’t appreciate the real value of …
600+ Confusing Words E-Book What’s the difference between incoming and upcoming? We use upcoming to talk about events or things that will happen soon: the upcoming elections an upcoming …
Improve your pronunciation FAST! Today’s question is about how to pronounce acronyms – terms like CEO – do we say their letters, or do we pronounce them as a …
600+ Confusing Words E-Book A student asks, “What’s the difference between a cook and a chef?” A cook is anyone who makes or prepares food. When you make food …
Take your grammar to the next level! Our question of the day is about the future in English: should we say: I will be traveling next month. I am …
Take your grammar to the next level! Should we say “in the end” or “at the end”? The answer is both, in slightly different situations. “In the end” is …
Take your grammar to the next level! Can you end a sentence with a preposition in English? The answer is YES in everyday, informal English, and NO in more …
Take your grammar to the next level! Our question of the day – is “look” a state verb or an action verb? It can be both. When a person …
Improve your pronunciation FAST A student asks, “How do you pronounce CON at the beginning of English words?” It depends – there are two pronunciations depending on whether that …
Learn 600+ confusing words Question: what’s the difference between “rare” and “scarce”? Both of them describe things that are uncommon or hard to find, but there are two differences. …
Learn to speak better English! Hey! I’m doing a special series called “ask the teacher” in August, featuring questions from real students like you! Our first one is this …
Advanced English Grammar Course How well do YOU know prepositions in English? Let’s find out! This is a quiz lesson. I’ll show you a sentence and give you three …
Phrasal Verbs Course Hey everybody – listen up! Do you know what that means? Telling people to “listen up” means you want them to pay attention. This is an …
Everyday English Speaking Course Have you seen any good movies lately? Today we’ll look at 10 phrases for talking about movies in English, learning useful vocabulary along the way. If …
Pronunciation Course Has this ever happened to you – someone asks you a question in English, and you don’t understand it at ALL? One reason for the difficulty is …
Don’t say “I’m thinking to buy a new car.” The correct way is “I’m thinking about buying a new car.” There are actually multiple prepositions we can use after …
Vocabulary Courses Do you know the English words for toiletries? Wait – what are toiletries? Like – a toilet and a tree? No – toiletries are things used for …