October is a great month for movie buffs! In the Northern Hemisphere as temperatures drop the movie theaters begin to fill up. Don’t stay at home and wait for films to be shown on TV, ...

Today we are going to be looking at the simple past in questions and negative sentences. Remember that in negative sentences in the present we use the auxiliary “do” and “does” plus the word “not.” ...

You do remember how to use question tags, don’t you? Let’s take a quick look at some questions tags asking for confirmation in the present. For example: You like him, don’t you? You don’t eat fish, ...

Following on from our recently published blog on “introduction to phonetics”, in today’s article, we are going to talk about some of the most difficult sounds in English. However, it’s important to note that these ...

Neuroscience is a branch of biology that is responsible for studying the brain, what it does , and how it works. One of the aspects studied in neuroscience is the acquisition of language. All of ...

Do you wish you could speak like Scarlett O’Hara or John Wayne? We’re going to review some common expressions and differences in pronunciation of a Southern accent. It’s important to note that there are a ...

You feel it’s a good day when you get yourself started with studying; so, you sit down and start reading your notes and try to get some exercises done. Unexpectedly your phone vibrates as your ...

You know here at ABA we are all about watching (and learning from) movies in English. But sometimes you might be left wondering which film to start with… a comedy? A romcom? Today we are ...

When speaking in English we use interrogative pronouns or in everyday speech- question words, to find out more information about someone or something. In today’s post we are going to learn how to form questions ...

Have you ever needed a haircut while abroad but not known how to explain to the hairdresser/barber exactly what you want? Leaving the salon with an unwanted haircut happens all over the world, but that ...