Shopping vocabulary: Waitrose’s profitable Christmas
Waitrose is a British premium chain of supermarkets that was very profitable before Christmas. Read the text to find out why and to learn some vocabulary about shopping and supermarkets.…
Led Zeppelin: The best band ever! – Music Vocabulary
Music vocabulary debut album the first album guitar riffs a sequence of repeated notes or chords played on a guitar. It is usually played at the beginning of a song…
How to quit smoking cigarettes: Smoking Vocabulary
Apparently, experts have learnt that we fail nine times out of ten when we try to make a significant change to our lives, so that is not very good news…
Financial Vocabulary: Is HMV finished?
Read the text about HMV and learn some language about Music, Business and Finance. Do you remember the days when we used to buy records, tapes and CDs from music…
Language focus: The Queen breaks her silence again over the crisis
The Queen of England caused a stir when she visited the Bank of England this month. Read the text to find out what happened then read the language focus to…
Musician vocabulary: Paul McCartney in Nirvana reunion
Read the text about Paul McCartney and learn some useful vocabulary about musicians. Sir Paul McCartney, or Macca as he is known, is one of Britain’s most famous musicians. He…
£64 million lottery: Lottery Vocabulary
A British resident lost out on £64m this month. Yes, you read it right sixty four million pounds. The precise amount was actually £63,837,543.60. It was the prize from the…
English Vocabulary: Pregnant Kate
Always trying to improve your English vocabulary is what we try to do here on the SGI Blog and in this article you've got lots of different ways to say…
English Rain – The floods are back
England is the home of rain. It is traditional. That’s why you should always carry an umbrella. This text is about rain and flooding. Useful phrases are explained and then…
Vocabulary phrases: Books v Kindle
Focus on the vocabulary phrases highlighted in bold. Sounding good in English is not just a case of good grammar, you really need to use "chunks" of English. These are…
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