今日は「こんにちは」と「さようなら」の最も一般的な言い方を学びましょう。友達との会話で使えるものから、ビジネスシーンで使えるもの、知らない人との会話で使えるものまで。どのようなシチュエーションでも自然な発音ができるようになります！ 挨拶 インフォーマルな表現お元気でしたか？お久しぶりです！お久しぶりです！お元気ですか？調子はどうですか？G'day/Gidday＝オーストラリアやニュージーランドでとてもポピュラーな挨拶 What'sup？＝アメリカの若者の間でとてもよく使われる挨拶。
言語への挑戦の準備はできていますか？ カウチポテトとは、a) 家にいる人 b) ポテトを食べるのが好きな人 c) ほとんど体を動かさず、テレビを見ることに多くの時間を費やす、怠け者のこと。
Should we say Interested or Interesting? English learners often are not sure whether to use the “-ing” ending or “-ed” ending for adjectives that express emotions. Some examples of these adjectives, derived from verbs, are: exciting/excited interesting/interested boring/bored amazing/amazed confusing/confused Here’s a general rule to help you remember the difference: When talking about yourself or your feelings, use the –ed ending. “I am interested in music.” When talking about others or something outside yourself, use the –ing ending. “That music is interesting.”
Do you live in London, or have you ever been there? These 10 common expressions you need to know to understand born and bread Londoners. 1. ”The Full Monty” this expression means the Full English Breakfast (sausages, bacon, eggs, tomatoes, baked beans, potato cakes-hash browns,toasted bread and black pudding) 2. ‘”Mind the Gap” This famous expression is always used on trains and the London Underground (Tube). The “gap” refers to the space, between the trains and the platform.Make sure you take a big step when getting off the train or tube, otherwise you can really hurt yourself! 3. “Spend a penny” or “Loo” It means to go to the bathroom. […]
There are many rules in our lives, at work, at school, at home, in the public places, on the roads, etc., which have been established to ensure order and safety. We use modal verbs to express obligations and prohibitions, or lack of obligation. Modal verbs have the following grammatical structure: Subject + Modal Verb + Basic Verb Example:”I must go to bed early tonight”. And this is how we express prohibition and lack of obligation: Be careful: there is a big difference in the meaning between ”mustn’t” and ”don’t have to”
Do you think that to have good English pronunciation you need to say every word per-fect-ly? Have you been told that you need to say each syllable in exactly the same way that it is written? There are no shortcuts to perfect pronunciation, however there are some ways you can practise more effectively and improve your skills faster. Follow our 10 top tips, start improving your pronunciation today and take a step closer towards your goal of perfect English pronunciation. Listen to yourself Record yourself, play it back and see how it sounds. Slow down! You don’t need to speak fast, just be clear Picture it… Imagine how each […]
One very good way to prepare for your IELTS speaking is to practise different ways of talking about the future. This is because the examiner listens for the way you vary your grammar, not just if you make mistakes. This is a skill you need mostly in part 1 and 3 parts of the Speaking test. In fact, there are loads of more ways of talking about the future. It’s not all about verbs and tenses, see these examples: 1)We often use verbs like ”would like”, “plan”, “want”, “mean”, “hope”, “expect” to talk about the future: What are you going to do next year? I’d like to go to […]
These two varieties of English may sometimes cause confusion and be a source of misunderstandings or funny situations, even to native-speakers themselves! For instance, if someone says pants in the USA, they mean trousers, whereas in the UK, pants is actually short for underpants – which I have no doubt could lead to some delightful misunderstandings.Imagine a situation at work, when your colleague pays you a complement and says: ” I like your pants!”. You might be wondering which ”pants’ does he or she mean? George Bernard Shaw once said: America and England are two countries seperated by a common language’ WHAT IS DIFFERENT? A few differences of grammar and […]
Desert the dessert in the desert! Desert can be a verb and a noun though with two completely different meanings. To Desert means to leave without intending to return. It can also mean to abandon. A Desert is a dry place which receives very little rainfall. The verb is pronounced with the stress on ‘sert’- desert The noun is pronounced with the emphasis on ‘de’- desert. To make things more complicated there is a word dessert, which is a noun with another meaning. Dessert is a synonym of pudding, or a sweet meal eaten after dinner. It’s pronounced the same as the verb To Desert! Dessert and To Desert are […]
Weekeend is coming, let’s start counting! Whether you plan to go out for a lunch with friends or colleagues, or have a dinner in the restaurant, it’s always worth to revise expressions related with that topic. Here are some useful expressions for ordering meals in the restaurant and dealing with problems with meals: WHAT YOU SAY We’d like a table for two, please. I have a reservation under the name of Jones. Could you bring us the menu, please? Do you have a set menu? Could you bring us the salt/pepper/olive oil/vinegar, please? I’ll have the soup as a starter. I’ll have the steak for the main course. I’ll have […]
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