Passive Voice (Present and Past) — The Language of Professional Settings (B1)
Shift focus from who does it to what gets done — a key skill for professional English
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Writing Formal Emails
From "Bye" to professional — the structure that works every time
Restaurant and Food Vocabulary — The Words Every Diner Needs (A2)
From Sourov's world: In my early days at Uccello in Sydney — a fine Italian restaurant in the Merivale group — a guest pointed at the menu and said: "Can I have the thing with…
Past Perfect — Telling Stories in the Right Order (B2)
Tell stories about two events in the past — and show which one happened first
Speaking Fluency — Buying Time Strategies
From Sourov's world: Job interviews in French in La Réunion were terrifying. I needed 3 seconds to translate my thoughts from English or Bengali into French before I could speak. In French I used Euh...…
Academic Word List — Upgrade Your Vocabulary Register (C1)
Same idea, higher register — the vocabulary that examiners reward
Articles — A, An and The: The Little Words That Change Everything (A2)
The smallest words in English — but they change everything about what you mean
Reading Headlines — What Newspapers Don’t Say
From Sourov's world: When I moved to La Réunion, I picked up my first French newspaper and read the headline. The words were French but the meaning made no sense — where were the articles?…
Fixed Expressions and Idioms of Feeling (B2)
From Sourov's world: When I moved from Sydney to Saint-Pierre in La Réunion to be with my wife Vanessa, I had to relearn how people express feelings in French. The French say "avoir le cafard"…
Listening for Gist — The First Listen
From Sourov's world: Working at Star Casino in Sydney during my first year, Australian customers spoke fast — really fast. I caught maybe 40% of what they said. Panicking made it worse. Then I discovered…