Receptive skills are used when listening and reading. Students receive the message and decode the meaning to understand it. It’s a passive process. Productive skills are used when speaking and writing. Students use the language they have acquired and produce a message through speech or a written text. It is well know fact that […]
Astăzi veți învăța cele mai comune moduri de a spune "Hello" și "Good- bye". Unele dintre ele pot fi folosite cu prietenii, alte expresii sunt mai potrivite în contactele de afaceri,iar altele cu străinii. Acestea vă vor ajuta să păreți natural în toate situațiile de viață! Salutări Expresii informale: Ce mai faci? Mă bucur să [...]
Are you ready for the language challenge? A couch potato is: a) a home person b) a person who likes eating potatoes c) an idle person, who spends a lot of time watching television, with little or no physical activity
As we move from one season to the next one, I have noticed that many people have been feeling under the weather. I guess it’s a flu season! 5 idioms to talk about illness: 1) to feel under the weather 2) to be as sick as a dog 3) To have a frog in sb’s […]
Using different ways to say “I don’t know” will make your conversation far more interesting and natural.But don’t overuse this phrase, try first to figure out or find out the answer to the question, rather than give up and shrug your shoulders:) Formal ways : I’m sorry, I don’t know I’ll double check that […]
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 […]
Have you ever had to write a Curriculum Vitae? Did you find it difficult? This article will tell what effective techniques and language to use to make your CV stand out of the crowd and get you the dream job! A CV is a document which you give to an employer when you apply for […]
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 […]
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’- […]
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 […]
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