What’s up everyone! The lesson we are going to focus on today is related to answering offers and suggestions that people might put to you. We’ll look at what the best ways to answer them ...
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Syllable Stress in Nouns and Verbs
Hey ABA family! Today we are going to concentrate on an important pronunciation topic: where we put the stress on words where the noun and verb have the same spelling. Podcast: Play in new window ...
Read More »Gerunds- When and Why?
Hello ABA family! In English, one of the most common problems and often quite a tricky one for foreign language speakers learning English, is the use of the gerund. There are many rules which can ...
Read More »The Easter Bunny and Easter Eggs: Pagan Customs?
Hello there! Holy Week, just like Christmas, is an important religious holiday in countries with Catholic customs. But how do we celebrate this tradition in Anglo-Saxon countries like the UK or the United States where Christian ...
Read More »How and When to Use Indirect Questions
Hello, everyone! Today we’re going to look at indirect questions. There are two main ways of asking questions in English: directly and indirectly. Both have the same meaning. However, we use indirect questions when we want to ...
Read More »Ways of saying “very good”
Hello, everyone! Are you tired of always saying that something is “good” or “very good”? Don’t you wish that there was another way of emphasising how good something is? Well, if that is your dilemma, ...
Read More »The ABA Book Club Reviews – Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
Hello, fellow bookworms! Today I want to recommend a book I read many years ago but which I still remember, the funny “Notes from a Small Island” by the American travel writer Bill Bryson. Bryson ...
Read More »Differences between the verbs “to do” and “to make”
Today we’re going to learn the main differences between the verbs to do and to make. These two verbs have similar meanings but can be complicated for English learners. How are they used correctly? Let’s take a look! Generally, we ...
Read More »Modal verbs of deduction and speculation in the past
Hi again, everyone! Today we are going to look at modal verbs of deduction and speculation in the past. These modal verbs of deduction in the past are often confusing and difficult to remember, but ...
Read More »Business Vocabulary – True grit and how to get it
Do you want to improve your business English? We've teamed up with Dialogue Review to share one of their articles and teach you some English vocabulary.
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