Most of you will know, and will have been hugely frustrated, by thee fact that words in English are often pronounced very differently from their spelling. The English Language contains 44 separate sounds and some ...

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 ...

Today we are going to learn all about, well… “going to” and how to use it correctly in English. The future expression “going to” is used for events which are planned or expected to happen ...

Every day our teachers receive dozens of messages from students concerned with how to improve their pronunciation. “I want to pronounce English well” is one of the main concerns for someone who is starting to ...

When we study a new language, we always try to find ways to make the studying process a little bit more entertaining, but for some people this can be a difficult thing to do. This ...

I bet that before you go to that new restaurant you’ve discovered or before booking an apartment for your next holiday, you read its reviews. For this reason, it’s also useful if you leave your ...

When you’re traveling, you normally also want to get to know the culinary variety of other cultures. What’s better than a visit to the local market square? Of course, you can get by at a ...

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 ...

Who isn’t familiar with Airbnb nowadays? For those who are unsure, it is a community that enables travelers to choose a “home-like” accommodation instead of a hotel and the like. It’s simple and intuitive: just ...

What are phrasal verbs? Also known as compound verbs, these are those verbs that change their meaning when accompanied by an adverb or preposition. This makes it inconvenient to translate them literally. If you want ...