We’re back with some more TOEFL idioms! Last episode was fire and had lots of plays, so I’m back with some more! Drop out – stop going to school / a class / a club. In general, the rate at which US high school students has reached 43 percent in the past decade. Every other …
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We’re back again with TOEFL idioms! Excited about this because now I’ve been teaching a lot of TOEFL iTP, so it’s time to start catering to my TOEFLers, too. Get ready! Today’s Idioms Come back – (1) return. Dr Bradford may not be able to come back to the office before his surgery this afternoon. …
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It’s been a LONGGG TIME, but I’m finally back with TOEFL idioms! I’m bringing to you today TOEFL idioms! It’s been about 4 months since I’ve done one of these, but I know my TOEFL learners have been asking me for a while, so it’s time to deliver! See eye to eyeA picture paints a …
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Here we go! You’re going to make either a writing prompt or a freewriting segment on the pros and cons of the following inventions. Look at the following inventions….how have they changed the way we live? communication crime eating habits energy entertainment the environment fitness free time friendship health privacy school sleep stress work Tune …
This is a very interesting and long blog for you guys. I decided to implement someone speaking AND READING into this blog. The speaking obviously will be in the podcast, but the reading is an additional task for you down below. Let’s see how you guys respond to this! Speaking Questions From the previous day, …
Boy! We’re getting to the end of this season, and it’s been such a LONGGGGGG series. Honestly, I don’t like stopping for long because then I would lose my listeners. Consistency is everything….and constantly pumping out content is even more important. So, let’s get into some of the harder areas of passive! The passive voice, …
So grateful for having a wonderful friend from India on! Full of energy and laughs, Eliza came on to talk about different locations around India and living in China! Tune in! Things we discussed: Introduction. Where Eliza is from. What the differences are of other regions in India. Talking about Bollywood and slums in …
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I’ve already gone over reported speech statements, but now it’s time to dive into the questions to see if you understand both sides. Reported Speech Questions Look at these questions and statements. Which are direction questions and which are reported questions. He asked her was she was reading at the moment. He wanted to know …
Some more phrasal verbs for my students out there! I’ve had a request from one of my ex-students to do more of these, so here I am — doing more of them! Read these sentences. Can you guess the meaning of the phrasal verbs in italics? I don’t want to stop now. I seriously …
TOEFL idioms are back with part II. This is the beginning of my new schedule which I launched yesterday. So, let’s break down these idioms! Idioms Hit The Books – Study So when we say “hit the books,” this means to study. Usage: “I need to hit the books.” We use this only with a …
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