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One fundamental skill to have in the world of business and other environments is certainly negotiation. In our global and intercultural world, considerable adaptation skills, diplomacy, conversational skills, and a good dose of cold blood ...

Hello ABA friends! Have you heard about South Africa? No, not the south of Africa, South Africa, a country located at the very southern tip of the continent. Well, there are about 5 million people ...

Do you know what an auxiliary verb is? Well, simply put an auxiliary verb is a verb which “helps” the main verb when forming a sentence or a question. The verb “to do” can be ...

Hey everyone! As you know, the British, like most nations, take their culture very seriously and a massive part of that is the pub culture. This is an integral part of British society as it ...

What’s up? When we think about the United States, what tends to spring to mind? New York? Los Angeles? Las Vegas? Probably one of these or perhaps the Statue of Liberty or the Grand Canyon. ...

A very important tense used in English is the “present perfect continuous” tense. By now you should all know how to use the “present perfect” tense which was studied in unit 85 of the ABA ...

We all know and love phrasal verbs, don’t we? The only tricky thing for a non-native speaker is using them in the correct way and understanding their meanings. There are thousands of different phrasal verbs ...

What’s up everyone? If we asked you to say a country where English is widely spoken, you would most likely say “Great Britain” or “The United States”, but there are many more countries in the ...

Hello again ABA friends! Let’s look at two very common expressions in the English language: Ever How long Both these expressions are very important to learn and master, especially if you want to form question ...

Imagine the following situation: you’re on holiday and you feel like giving local fare a try. You choose a good restaurant, you open the menu and you unintentionally order something that wasn’t what you thought ...

This post originally appeared on the Magoosh TOEFL blog. Today we will look at the way apostrophes are used with possessive pronouns… or rather how they aren’t used, in most cases. For the most common ...

You’re probably one of those people who are constantly fiddling with their phone. Is that the case? Why not turn it into the ultimate English teacher? Now, thanks to mobile apps, you no longer have ...

Hello ABA Friends I hope you are all having a great day! Do you know how to use qualifying adjectives in English? If not, don’t worry too much because we are here to help you ...

Would you consider yourself to be a big film fan? If you love films and also want to improve your level of English at the same time, then why not combine the too? Why you ...

Hey everyone As you know, English is a language spoken in many different countries. So it’s normal for accents and vocabulary to change according to the variant of the language. De gustibus non est disputandum! ...

It’s true, 15,000,000 students around the world are learning English at the ABA English campus. That’s a pretty big number. There must be a good reason why so many people are signed up to this ...