Probably a non-academic word comes to mind when you see 'F' word. That one, of course, isn't on the Academic Word List. ;-) Nevertheless, there are a number of other useful 'F' words for the TOEFL or IELTS.
Something a little different for you today, we have a guest writer! Today's exercise was written by my sister about her time here in Malta.
Hi! My name is Freya, I'm 20 years old and I’m at university in Essex, England. This Summer I was lucky enough to spend 3 months in Malta; working and spending time with my family.
Our English school in Cambridge, EC Cambridge, is having a great year. The amount of English learners wanting to study there is at an all-time high. Students at the school this year have come from 79 different countries! That means people from all over the world are choosing Cambridge as their number one destination to learn English in. But what do you know about this English city? Let’s take a look at some Cambridge facts while practicing our English.
In present tense sentences and present perfect tenses we use has with the third person singular:
Read the following paragraph about the wedding I went to over the weekend and pay attention to the words in blue. Do you know what they mean?
Umpteen is used for a relatively large amount or number. We use it when we want to show that there are very many / a lot of something when we don't know the exact number. It is a casual / informal word that is used in spoken English.
"I've met him umpteen times and I still can't remember his name."
"She's given me umpteen reasons why she couldn't do her homework."
Hi, everyone. I'm just a newbie in this site. Yet, I find it rather interesting and informative. Though I have never got a chance to try English lessons here, I quite enjoy playing 7-letter word game. I have to commit that there are tons of things to do with my fund of vocabulary, which is sadly so limited. Speaking of perfecting English skills, I have here with me one English learning website, which will hopefully helpful in facilitating your learning process. There, you can find lots of educative information about language skills and language aspects as well.
Many people learning English find modal verbs confusing, especially their specific meanings. Here's a basic introduction to some modal verbs with examples.
Can is used in three ways. It is used to show that something is possible:
"You can come to the party if you want."
Can is also used when making a request or when asking for permission:
We won! All of us at EC are in a great mood at the moment because we won an award for one of our English courses. You might, or might not know, that apart from offering daily English lessons on this site, EC is also a chain of English schools with schools in London, Brighton, Cambridge, New York, Boston, San Diego, Cape Town and Malta. We're always working our hardest to give our language students the best experience we can. This means offering the highest quality English lessons, great accommodation options and a fun activities programme. The whole package.
Make a mistake? Do a mistake? Take a mistake?
Which is the correct verb to use with 'a mistake'. I hope you said 'make'. But why is that right? Well, the fact is that the verb and noun combination just sounds right in English.
The difficulty for English learners is that these 'collocations' must be learned, usually without any rules to help them remember. Collocations are best understood and learned through practice.
