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/Ough/ and Split Infinitive

Possibly the hardest thing to learn in English /ough/

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Vowel Sounds and Accents

How to overcome the problem with vowel sound known as diphthong pronunciation

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Figures of Speech

Do English people speak to fast for you?

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Trouble with Word Order

Trouble with word order. Do you know what to do with two questions in one sentence?

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You Can't Have Your Cake and Eat It

Did you know, after a phrasal verb you can't use a pronoun?

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Every day or Everyday

Should everyday be written as one word or two?

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Does the UK Need a Language Academy?

France has a language academy. Would it be a good idea to introduce one to the UK?

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Remembering Vocabulary

Top tips for remembering vocabulary

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Collecting our Thoughts

Sometimes, words in the English language are used to buy us time to collect our thoughts

• 12 mins

Conditionals

Have you had problems with conditionals?

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I Wish

We use 'I wish' in the past, present and future tense. What do you wish for?

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Becoming a Translator

Using the verb 'to eat' in the past tense

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Using Gonna

Have you heard British people using gonna?

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Cheesed Off

Strange English expressions. Where does cheesed off come from?

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Idioms

Why do the British use the idiom, not bad

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Left Wing and Right Wing Parties

The origins of left wing and right wing political parties

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Singular or Plural

Have you ever thought, there seem to be more exceptions than there are rules?

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House or Home

Have you ever wondered what the difference is between house and home?

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Me or I

Know the rule to using me or I, the Doctor provides examples

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Continuously or Continually

How do you know when to use continuously or continually?

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Being Gobsmacked

What does gobsmacked mean?

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The Difference Between Do and Make

What's the difference between do and make?

• 12 mins

Use To and Used To

The difference between use to and used to

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Here you Are or There you Go

What to say when you hand somebody something, here you are or there you go

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How to use Hyphens

Did you know today use to be hyphenated?

• 14 mins

Improve your English Vocabulary

How to improve your English vocabulary

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The Causative Have

The causative have, how to tell someone your going to have or get

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