Howdy! Have you ever been in a situation where you would like to get to know someone better but you don’t know how to initiate a conversation? Have you ever been trapped in a lift ...
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Do you know the origin of the English language?
Hey ABA family! We know, you’ve always wondered about the origin of the English language. Well, wonder no more! Today we’re going to take a walk down memory lane and see what factors influenced the ...
Read More »Help! How to book a hotel room in English?
It’s definitely very convenient and easy to book your next holiday at a travel agency without having to struggle with a different language. However, have you ever thought that you can find much better prices ...
Read More »Things to Consider Before an IELTS Retake
This blog post originally appeared on the Magoosh IELTS blog. You took the IELTS exam and thought you did well. But when the scores came out 13 days after the exam, you found that you ...
Read More »Conditional sentences with modal verbs
We are going to look at conditional sentences using the modals “can”, “must”, “may” and “might”, instead of “will.” The conditional used with these modal verbs is usually the first conditional. Its purpose is to ...
Read More »Introduction to sentence connectors
Sentence Connectors are a great way of improving your English. Why? Well, we use them to express relationships between ideas and to combine sentences. Today we are going to look at coordinating conjunctions. I just ...
Read More »How to speak like a South African
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 ...
Read More »5 Hidden American gems
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. ...
Read More »Present perfect continuous
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 ...
Read More »5 Places you wouldn’t believe speak English
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 ...
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