Countable or Uncountable nouns – exercises and practice These nouns can be confusing sometimes and the tricky part is recognising whether you can count the item or not. Identifying that things can be counted is very helpful, and looking at the pictures also helps you to remember them more easily. For example, milk cannot be […]

Speak like a native speaker – Slang expressions and practice exercises It’s often difficult to understand native English speakers when they use slang, so learning and using slang words and phrases helps you speak more naturally and fluently. Using slang also helps you understand English people and their culture. But be careful! Problems can arise

Business Slang and Jargon – acronyms and exercises In our fast-paced global world, using business slang, jargon and acronyms not only speeds up your communication skills, but it is a great way to increase your fluency and stay up-to-date on the latest lingo! Jargon also fosters a sense of belonging and mutual understanding within a

Imperatives – Right Now! Examples and practice exercises An imperative is an action that the speaker wants another person to do, for example – ‘Turn on the light’ or ‘Eat your dinner’, or it can be more like a command – ‘Speak up!’ or ‘Run!’ Imperatives start with a verb, they don’t need the subject

123 Years, Decades, Centuries – Let’s talk about time! So, where are we in time? This can be a bit tricky because we count time in millenniums, centuries, decades, years, months, days (and hours, minutes and seconds). When talking about time, we use the terms B.C. and A.D., but what do they mean? They indicate