Echo Questions Welcome to the fascinating (and rather fun) world of echo questions—those little responses that sound like you’re just repeating someone, but with a twist of curiosity, surprise, or doubt! In everyday English—especially in spoken conversations—we often use echo questions to show we’re interested, shocked, confused, or simply didn’t Read more
50 Phrasal Verbs You Really Need for C1 Advanced Hello English learners! If you are preparing for Cambridge English: C1 Advanced (CAE), phrasal verbs are not optional — they are essential. Examiners expect you to use them naturally in writing, speaking, and Use of English, especially when you’re expressing ideas Read more
Grammatical Patterns after Reporting Verbs (A Clear B2–C1 Guide) When we report what someone has said, thought, suggested, or promised, we usually use reporting verbs: say, tell, suggest, promise, advise, warn, admit, deny, claim, and many more. But here’s the problem: You can’t use the same grammar pattern after every Read more
14 Phrasal Verbs with DO (Meanings & Examples) Hello, English learners 👋 Welcome to a new lesson! Phrasal verbs are essential in English because native speakers use them constantly — in conversations, emails, news articles, and exams. Learning them will instantly make your English sound more fluent, natural, and confident. Read more
18 Phrasal Verbs Used in the News (with Meanings & Examples) If you read the news in English, you’ll quickly notice something interesting: journalists love phrasal verbs. Whether they are writing about politics, climate change, business, health, or sport, they often use short, powerful expressions like carry out, call off, Read more
Hello English learners! Welcome to a new lesson. In case you are going to sit for your FCE, CAE, IELTS, TOEFL, or similar English assessment test, this is a great lesson for you. You probably have to exercise writing an essay, article, email, proposal, report or review so writing phrases are most welcome. In today’s lesson, we will look at the words and phrases to express exception. Exception refers to a person or a fact that is excluded from a general rule or a statement.
Hello English learners. Welcome to a new lesson. When we talk about a group of people, we can use the + adjective, so for a group of homeless people we can say the homeless and for the group of young people, we can say the young. In today’s lesson, we will look at the group nouns that are made from the + adjective.