20 Day English – Day 3: Unusual vocabulary quick quiz
It's the third day of the SGI 20 Day English challenge - a quick and perfect way to improve your English every day. How did you do with the Spelling quiz…
Listen to English podcast FOOD
British food has a bad reputation around the world, but the idea of our food being rubbish is a bit outdated. For decades now, celebrity chefs have had extremely popular…
English vocabulary HOW TO GIVE CONDOLENCES
On this day in 1980, John Lennon was killed in New York. What words can express what a loss this was? When something so tragic happens, what can you say?…
New English words in dictionary 2016
At the end of very year, the big book publishing houses tell us what they consider to be the 'Word of the year'. This is a list of new words…
Commonly Confused Words In English
There are lots of words in English that are commonly mixed up or confused (by learners and even native speakers of English), mainly because of very similar pronunciation. However, the spelling…
How Many People In The World Speak English?
In 2006 it was stated in "English Worldwide", a book by Professor David Crystal, that there were approximately 400 million native speakers of English. In addition, Crystal said that there were 400…
How To Say Ough In English Pronunciation
English is one of the easiest languages in the world in which you can improve from beginner level to having an understandable conversation relatively quickly. For example, trying to learn…
You won’t believe this story: palm sth off – phrasal verb
This story below has to be the Facebook status update of the day, perhaps even the best one of the year. But for now, we can definitely say that this…
English vocabulary: Word of 2014 – VAPE
For all of you English students out there that love learning the latest vocabulary, the Word of the year for 2014 according to The Oxford Dictionary is the verb 'to vape'.…
Better English vocabulary – A to Z of ‘great’ Adjectives
One of the best ways to improve your level of English and feel more confident with the language is to broaden your vocabulary. Don't you sometimes feel that you are…