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70 ways to improve your English Pinned
Category: Learning English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
Learning a new language can be hard work, so here are 70 practical tips for improving your English that you can do outside of school or college
How to introduce yourself in presentations New
Category: General Articles
Topic: General
Tips and phrases for connecting with the audience and hooking them into the presentation topic with personal information
100 IELTS Listening tips
Category: English Language Examinations
Topic: Exam Traps and Tricks
100 tips on IELTS Listening exam tactics, preparation, dos and don'ts, and materials to get a better score
100 IELTS Speaking tips
Category: English Language Examinations
Topic: Exam Traps and Tricks
100 ways to improve your score in IELTS Speaking Parts 1, 2 and 3
The 100 most useful phrases for IELTS Writing Task 1 map tasks
Category: English Language Examinations
Topic: Exam Traps and Tricks
Essential phrases for describing maps in IELTS Academic Writing, with vital phrases for the introduction and body of essays describing places and changes in places.
Useful phrases for IELTS Writing: Pie chart tasks
Category: English Language Examinations
Topic: Exam Traps and Tricks
Vital phrases for IELTS Academic Writing Part 1 pie chart tasks, with important phrases for the introduction and body of essays describing proportions.
IELTS Writing Task 2 tips
Category: English Language Examinations
Topic: Exam Traps and Tricks
Loads of vital advice on how to prepare for, plan, write and edit IELTS Academic and General Task 2 essays
Useful Phrases for IELTS Writing Task 1: Line Graph Tasks
Category: English Language Examinations
Topic: Exam Traps and Tricks
Essential words and phrases for describing changing trends in IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
IELTS Writing Task 1 Tips
Category: English Language Examinations
Topic: Exam Traps and Tricks
A big list of advice on how to prepare for, practice, take and get feedback on IELTS Academic Task 1 essays.
The 100 most useful phrases for IELTS Writing Task 1 tables
Category: English Language Examinations
Topic: Exam Traps and Tricks
Essential phrases for describing tables in IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, with important phrases for the introduction and body of such essays.
The 100 most useful phrases for IELTS Writing flowchart tasks
Category: English Language Examinations
Topic: Exam Traps and Tricks
Essential phrases for IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 describing processes tasks, with important phrases for the introduction and body of essays describing all kinds of flowcharts
English Tenses and Aspects 7 - The Habitual Aspect
Category: English Grammar
Topic: Verbs and Tenses
A look at the difficulties of classifying "used to"
English Tenses and Aspect 6 - The Prospective Aspect
Category: English Grammar
Topic: Verbs and Tenses
A look at the use of the 'going to' form in English
English Tenses and Aspects 5 - The Retrospective Aspect
Category: English Grammar
Topic: Verbs and Tenses
A look the the forms traditionally known as the perfect aspect
English Tenses and Aspects 4 - The Durative Aspect
Category: English Grammar
Topic: Verbs and Tenses
A look at the form traditionally known as the continuous or progressive
Formal Letter Writing - Help with formal and business letter writing. A summary of writing rules including outlines for cover letters and letters of enquiry, and abbreviations used in letters.
Speaking Out - A collection of thoughts, comments and articles regarding some of the issues and discussion points that have been raised in our ESL Forum.
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- Bring & Take - How to use these verbs in English.
- Inchoative verbs - A practical list of inchoative verbs in English.
- Modals of Possibility - Understanding how could, might and may are used to express possibility.
- Learning Vocabulary - Some suggestions about learning vocabulary