Good morning everyone! Today we are excited and proud to introduce you to Kaplan International Colleges. Like us, they are passionate about finding new methods for you to fall in love with the English language. ...
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Reading Comprehension – Pumpkin Pancakes
For half the world fall is almost here… the leaves are turning red and brown and yellow and orange, the weather is getting cooler and people are beginning to think of Halloween and Christmas. Of ...
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Good morning! Pangaea, Pangæa, or Pangea was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras, forming about 300 million years ago. It began to break apart around 200 million years ago. The single global ocean which surrounded Pangaea is accordingly named Panthalassa. The ...
Read More »The longest words in English
In terms of languages, English has more words than any other by a long shot. Today we are going to focus on words in English which are longer and slightly more complicated than the norm ...
Read More »A joke!
Good morning! We hope you are having a lovely Thursday. Would you like to hear a (bad) joke? Teacher: Tell me a sentence that starts with an “I”. Student: I is the… Teacher: Stop! Never ...
Read More »English Vocabulary: Interesting Idioms with Animals
Good morning ABA Community! Today we’d like to share an amazing video with you! In this video, you will learn 10 idioms which are used regularly in English speaking countries. You will see how the ...
Read More »English Vocabulary: Idioms and Food Part III – “Soup”
It’s Friday and that makes everyone at ABA English think of Rebecca Black. Do you think of Rebecca Black every Friday? Also, today is part three of our idiom series. Part I was “eggs“, part ...
Read More »Coulda, woulda, shoulda
Hi beautiful people of the world! Today we want to introduce you to a new expression: “coulda, woulda, shoulda”. The expression is actually an informal rendering of three conditions: would have, could have, and should ...
Read More »English Vocabulary: Idioms and Food Part II – “Bread”
Good morning ABA friends, Today is part two of our Idioms with Food series. Part One was with the word “egg” and you can find it here. Suggested exercise: Write down 5 to 10 idioms, make ...
Read More »English Vocabulary – Idioms with egg
Howdy partner, Idioms are an essential part of any language, but English in particular. We use them all the time in both written and spoken situations, so it’s important to understand as many as possible. ...
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