Past Perfect: They had met before, would the Champions League 2011 be any different?
PAST PERFECT = Had + Past Participle (look out for lots of use of the past perfect in the text) Past Perfect On Saturday night, the world watched as the…
Collocation word pairs – Marmite, you either love it or hate it
Marmalade. Black pudding. Sausage rolls. Pork pies. Earl Grey tea. All these are typical British food products, but there is a particular one which men and women across the UK…
BARACK OBAMA ENJOYS CRACK!!!
(see below the text for explanations of the phrasal verbs and other words in bold) Barack Obama enjoys crack John F Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and now Barack Obama are all…
Can & Could – The Machine
Can & Could If you are not sure about how to use can or could, there are lots of examples in this short story that can help you. THE PROFESSOR’S…
Schwarzenegger won’t be back… to his wife
When I was growing up, I used to love watching Arnold Schwarzenegger action films. So it’s funny to now blog that probably one of the most used headlines this week…
This Week: Bowling – Travel Photo Gallery – Bridges Walk and… Pub!
Another busy week on the Social Programme this week! On Monday, I took a group of students, or should I say two groups, to the pub after their afternoon classes: I…
BAN EUROVISION! Adverb rules for Intermediate level
You will read an article below (about the Eurovision song contest) that uses lots of adjectives and adverbs. So, first of all, let's look at some English grammar rules to…
Evening Business Writing course
New course at SGI…Business English Writing – another SGI Evening Mini-Group course! SGI’s Business English Writing course is the latest addition to a growing list of specialist evening courses that…
1st conditional: Scream, if you’re superstitious about Friday 13th
Friday was a special day but unfortunately not in a good way. Friday 13th in the UK is considered unlucky, and because of a horror film from the 1970s, it…
Win a free English evening course at SGI!
The competition has now expired. Congratulations to the winner of the ‘Spring in London’ competition, Ene from United Kingdom. She has won a FREE English Evening course at SGI. …