Hi dear English learners! Here we are again. Are you impatiently waiting for a new lesson? Well, here it is. It is about 25 ways to use the verb wait; it includes collocations, phrasal verbs and idioms, as well as synonyms, which will boost your vocabulary in a lot of ways.
It is not a secret that if you want to master the English language, you have to be acquainted with a wide range of phrases you can use to express something. The English language has a very developed phraseology and in this blog post, I will try to help you learn some very useful phrases for making, accepting and refusing invitations in English so that your English gets even closer to native.
The new year’s coming, have you made any New Year’s resolutions yet? Here we come to the first of the expressions related to making decisions. All your wishes may come true if you just make new year’s resolutions and try to stick to them all year round. So, let’s look at some collocations and idiomatic expressions for talking about decisions in English.
When do we need to ask for permission? I m sure you have to ask for or grant permission on a daily basis at work, at home, while you commute, etc. How do we ask for permission in English? Well, there are all kinds of different phrases you can use. They can be formal if the situation is formal or less formal or informal if you are talking to your friends and family. An important thing is to always be polite when asking for and giving permission.
How often have you come across a situation when you had to ask for advice? It’s probably daily. I suppose your friends and relatives ask you for advice all the time, as well. And I’m sure you get by with these phrases in your native language. But do you know how to ask for and give advice in English? Let’s look at some useful phrases which can help you do that.
Even if you’ve only started learning English, this vocabulary will be useful for you. Also, if you are about to sit an English exam for an international certificate such as FCE, CAE, TOEFL, IELTS, etc, or simply need to write an essay for homework, this post will be extremely useful for you.
If we don’t understand what someone is telling us or if we are not quite sure what they meant, we can ask them for repetition or ask them for clarification. To do that, you need to know some commonly used phrases, so that you sound natural. In other words, we’ll learn how to ask for clarification in English.