Advanced grammar for the future?! Oh, yes! You guys will be happy about this. This is the upper-intermediate version, so check out the rules, tune in and do some of these exercises down below! Present continuous for future We use the present continuous to talk about future arrangements; plans that have been confirmed. Experts from …
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Woohoo! This is the first of its kind! I’m super excited to debut this, and I’m even more excited that this will be in YouTube, podcast, and Facebook live form. Now, you guys will get this on Facebook live before anything else. The podcast will debut Friday and the YouTube video will debut shortly after …
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You are going to learn how to use adverb clauses to present contrasting information and show the order of events, how to give reasons in a discussion or debate, and how to use your tone of voice to express disagreement politely. You are then going to use these skills to discuss the results of an …
Can is used to talk about things that are often true or that are possible. (Be able to cannot) be used as a synonym for can in the sense.) Handmade items are very beautiful. Writers often hedge their use of can with adverbs such as sometimes, often, usually, and phrases such as in some cases, …
Welcome back to some more grammar! Today are more modals, but now we’re actually going to use them in real life situations, such as what I talk about in the podcasts. First, let me explain a few of these that I haven’t gone over just yet. Should, shouldn’t, ought to, had (‘d) better (not) to …
Welcome back to another ESL podcast, everyone! This is going to be a short one, but so many of my students have asked me about the differences between another and other. Here’s the breakdown of it. Other can be an adjective or a noun. Only the noun can be plural. I prefer the other book. …
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Guys! Welcome to the first episode of season 4! I just want to kick some things off before starting this. I want to do a self-awareness/self-evaluation before proceeding. To develop a skill, you first need to know where you’re starting from. What are your current strengths and weaknesses in particular areas of English? Is it …
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Welcome to the finale! I just want to say thank you so much for this amazing season. A very LONGGGG season, but so grateful for the process. No, I won’t be stopping podcasts because that will disrupt the learning flow and learning is constant and every-going. There are some things I might do like breaks …
Indirect questions can be confusing, so I decided to go over them with you guys. We use question marks when the first part of the sentence is a question. Have you any idea what time he’s coming? When there is no question word (who, what, where, etc), we use if/whether. I’d like to know whether …
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Three more podcasts on the intermediate level are left! Then we’ll be getting into the upper intermediate! SO excited about finishing off this season. With that being said, we need to dive into the good stuff. Form I was going to speak to her, but she walked away. My Thai friend was arriving the next …
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