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Advanced Speaking: Illness & Health Vocabulary In English
Let me show you some advanced common illness and health vocabulary in English. This lesson is particularly useful for students preparing for the IELTS speaking exam.
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Speaking: Advanced English Vocabulary For Relationships
Speaking advanced English vocabulary for relationships. These types of phrases are useful for conversational English an Ielts speaking exams.
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Talk About the Weather in English: Advanced English Lesson
Do you struggle to understand weather forecasts? I'm here to help. This advanced English lesson dives deep into one of the most talked about topics in the UK, the weather. 🌤️ Learn how to understand and talk about the weather in English,...
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Talk About the Weather in English: Advanced English Lesson
Do you struggle to understand weather forecasts? I'm here to help. This advanced English lesson dives deep into one of the most talked about topics in the UK, the weather. 🌤️ Learn how to understand and talk about the weather in English,...
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Passive Causative Verbs ~ Advanced English Grammar Lesson
In today's lesson, you'll learn about passive causative construction. This is an advanced lesson, so please watch the previous lesson on the active causative. • Causative Verbs ~... There are times when the passive causative is...
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Eduardo C. Corral reads "Border Patrol Agent"
Eduardo C. Corral reads his poem "Border Patrol Agent
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The FTC’s Plan for Enforcing Antitrust Laws
With the FTC promising to increase enforcement of antitrust laws more aggressively, Chair Lina Khan discusses how the commission plans to balance a tougher antitrust environment without stifling U.S. innovation.
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Indefinite and Definite English Articles: A, AN, & THE
An article is a word that defines a noun. Therefore, an article is technically an adjective. Without articles, we wouldn’t be able to refer to specific or particular nouns or to non-specific or non-particular nouns. This is because...
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Phrasal Verb Put Up With #shorts
Can you use the Phrasal Verb 'put up with'? What is the worst thing you have to put up with in your daily routine?
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Learning English - Comprehension Exercise - Listen To English People To Practise Your Listening
Listen to natural English and check your comprehension with listening questions.
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Double Words: That That | Conjunction, Determiner, Pronoun, or Adverb?
Today we continue our lesson on double words in a sentence. Double words in a sentence look weird at first glance and may even confuse the reader. This certainly is an awkward construction, but today we’ll tackle another pair of double...
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Adverb Clauses: An Adverb Clause is a Part of Speech Classed as an Adverb
Adverb clauses also known as adverbial clauses function as one part of speech: the adverb. We know that an adverb answer modifies a verb, an adjective, and another adverb. It answers the question “when?”, “where?”, “how?”, “why?” “to...
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What are Linking Verbs? | Auxiliary Verbs
A linking verb is a type of auxiliary verb that does not show any action. It simply links, or joins, the subject of a sentence to the subject complement (a word that identifies or describes the subject). The forms of the verbs to be, to...
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The BE Verb: Be, To Be, Being, Been~All About Be
The BE verb is the most important verb in the English language. It communicates a state of being, or existence. The verb BE is used as a main verb as well as an auxiliary verb. It is a most irregular verb and has eight forms: be am are...
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Possessive Pronouns & Possessive Adjectives
Possessive pronouns and possessive adjectives can be easily confused as both refer to possession. But their usage is quite different. Possessive pronouns are also called absolute possessive pronouns because they do not need to be used...
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Surface Level Features of Expository Text | Improve Your Reading Comprehension
Effective readers use the characteristics of text to their advantage. Whether consciously or subconsciously, knowing how to use these cues to your advantage will help you to strategically read and engage with text at a more effective...
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Active and Passive Voice of Verbs | English Grammar Lesson
Voice is one of the five properties of verbs. The voice of a verb determines whether the subject performs or receives the action. In today's lesson, you will learn about the two grammatical voices: active and passive. You will learn how...
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Prepositional Phrases as Adjectives and Adverbs
A group of words that may take the place of a part of speech is called a phrase. In an earlier lesson, I explained the seven types of phrases, but in this lesson, I expand on the prepositional phrase. The prepositional phrase is a...
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Subject, Object, Possessive, and Reflexive Pronouns
In this lesson, you will learn about pronoun case. There are four common pronoun cases: subject, object, possessive, and reflexive. Examples are given. My apologies for the sound. Was having trouble with the mic. :-)
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Advantages of Living in the City or the Town - Listening & Comprehension Practice
Listen to natural English and check your comprehension with listening questions. Turn on the subtitles [CC] to help, or simply listen for a bigger challenge.
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AVOID Repeating 'Said' - 100 Alternative Words - Increase Your English Vocabulary Uk
Avoid repeating 'said' when speaking or writing in English. Here are 100 alternative words you can use. Increase your English vocabulary with this vocabulary list.
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When to Use the Gerund (-ing) and Infinitive (to): Is There a Difference in Meaning?
In today’s lesson we are going to compare two verbals: the gerund and the infinitive. From previous lessons, you learned that a gerund is a verb form that acts like a noun. And an infinitive is also a verb form that can take the form of...
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What is a Gerund? How Can a Noun be Derived from a Verb?
A gerund is a type of verbal that has the form of a verb but acts as a noun. In fact, because a gerund looks identical to the present participle some grammarians refer to it as the gerund-participle. This is because both the gerund and...
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How Authors Describe Characters: Direct vs Indirect Characterization
When taking a reading comprehension test, have you ever been stumped by a question asking about how the author or another character feels about a specific character? Or perhaps when reading a novel or story, you’re somewhat confused...