Some people think of thirteen as an unlucky number. I don’t. I hope you won’t either because it’s time to use all your knowledge and luck to take this week’s Friday Fun Quiz! Have a great weekend, everyone! Stay lucky! 13th Friday Fun Quiz: Today’s image is by Brad Bennie.
It’s amazing how many English idioms and expressions come from sports. All of the idioms and expressions below originated as sporting terms but nowadays we can hear them used to talk about a wide range of situations related to life and work. to reach the home straight Meaning: to be nearly finished doing something Example: …
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A few months ago, I shared some tips on how speaking more slowly can help make your English sound more fluent. Yesterday, I spotted an article on the BBC news website about some scientists who have been analysing what makes the perfect voice. I think the point they make in the article about pausing at …
Before you can start to improve your English reading skills, you need to decide on which which styles of reading you will use most and where your strengths and weaknesses are. Let’s have a look at the four main styles of reading and work out which aspects you need to work on in order to …
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