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Right now it's summer, and it's hot as blazes! (= the weather is extremely hot). This inspired me to teach you 15 English words and expressions with "hot." Some of these are idioms – short phrases or expressions that you can't understand literally, you can't translate them word for word to get their meaning – instead, you have to know the meaning of the whole phrase. Your own language has idioms, too... and lots of them are probably different from the ones we use in English! That's why I created a course to help you learn idioms fast – it's called 300+ English idioms in 30 days. Inside it, you'll practice understanding common idioms from context, you'll learn what they mean, and then you'll try to use them yourself.
If you had to talk with a doctor in English, would you know what to say? In today's lesson you'll learn phrases and vocabulary for talking about medical problems.
Now you're a bit better-equipped to talk to a doctor in English if you ever need to someday – but there's a lot more to learn! In order to be fluent and CONFIDENT in English, you have to be comfortable speaking English in many different situations in day-to-day life. My Everyday English Speaking Course will teach you the phrases you need for these situations! You'll learn what to say in restaurants, while shopping, on the phone, while traveling, socializing, and much more. This is my most popular course because it's so practical and useful :-)Today's lesson will be a challenging one – we're going to look at 10 more advanced vocabulary words. But I'm not going to just tell you what they mean… instead, you've got to try to figure out what they mean based on an example sentence. I'll show you a sentence with the word and give you three choices for what it means. Try to choose the correct answer, and after a few seconds I'll show you the right one.
If you like the higher-level words in this lesson and you want to learn over 1000 more of them, check out my Advanced Vocabulary and Collocations Course. It will teach you sophisticated vocabulary words and how to put them together naturally, so that you can reach a higher level of English fluency. When you join, you'll get 45 lessons that are packed with amazing words! There's also an option to add writing exercises with feedback from our teaching team :-)
The English language has a lot of silent letters that cause difficulties for both native speakers and English learners, because they make the spelling of words different from their pronunciation. You don't want to make embarrassing mistakes by saying these words wrong, so today let's practice pronouncing some common English words with silent letters from A to Z! Thanks for practicing with me! When you practice by repeating out loud, you're training your mouth to pronounce these English words more clearly, so that other people can understand you even better. My American English Pronunciation Course has tons of listen and repeat exercises – both words and full sentences – so that you can get this essential practice and improve your pronunciation fast. I hope to see you in the course :-)
What's today's date? Can you answer quickly in English? A lot of English learners have doubts about how to say and write dates correctly, and you don't want to make mistakes with something so common and basic. So let's make sure you're doing it the right way, because there are a lot of little details to remember.
If you want make less mistakes fewer mistakes in your English, it's good to learn the most common ones so that you can avoid them! This means your English will be more accurate, and you can also speak and write more confidently since you know you're saying things correctly. I created a course called 200 Common Errors in English for exactly this reason! The 40 lessons in this course can help you fix any mistakes you might be making in grammar, spelling, pronunciation, and more.
Do you know what it means to:
These are all examples of idioms that we're going to learn today!
Idioms and informal expressions like these are used frequently in movies, TV shows, and casual conversations. But a lot of English textbooks don't teach you these expressions! So you might be confused when you hear them in real life. That's why I created the 300+ English Idioms Course - to teach you the most common idiomatic expressions! After you learn the idioms, there are quizzes and writing exercises to help you review and practice the expressions.
You already know a LOT of nouns in English, but did you know that there are different types of nouns? That's what we'll be learning today! Make sure to watch to the end of the lesson, because I'm going to clarify a very common confusion between categories of nouns that many English learners have.
There's a lot more grammar to learn - and you can learn it easily in my Basic and Intermediate Grammar E-Books! They have 70+ step-by-step lessons and quizzes teaching you grammar in about 10 minutes a day, so that you can be confident you're saying and writing things correctly.
Today I want to help you fix a pronunciation problem that I hear in a LOT of students' English, and that is saying things like this:
The mistake is with the verbs in the past, ending in -ED. The correct way to say them is:
It's a small mistake, but unfortunately it makes it obvious that someone's not a native English speaker. I'll explain some simple rules to help you pronounce the -ED ending correctly every time, and we'll practice together!
If you want to improve your pronunciation fast in the next 30 days, then I'd like to invite you into my American English Pronunciation Course. We'll go through every sound in the English language and help you speak more clearly, so that you can be confident that other people will understand you!A lot of English learners are curious about the word "shall." Is it the same thing as "will"? When exactly do we use it? I'll answer those questions in today's lesson.
I hope this lesson has helped you understand when people sometimes use "shall" and what it means, as well as the alternatives which are becoming more and more common nowadays, especially in American English. If you've got a question about a word or a phrase, please let me know, because I love getting ideas from students about tips and lessons to create in the future. And if you want to take your English to the next level, check out my courses and e-books because they can help you improve your speaking, understand better when listening, expand your vocabulary, and so much more!Today I'm going to quickly clear up confusion between the words wander and wonder. These are two completely different words, but sometimes English learners mix them up because of their similar spelling and pronunciation.
For more simple and clear lessons about the differences between confusing words in English, get my e-book, 600+ Confusing English Words Explained! These are words that English learners often ask me about, or often make mistakes with – and when you read this e-book, you can avoid those mistakes and use these words correctly.
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