Word Families — Learn One Word, Get Four (B2)
Word families share the same root. We change the form using suffixes (endings) and prefixes (beginnings).
Category: English Teaching
Second Conditional — Imagining a Different Life (B1)
Talk about imaginary situations in the present or future — and what would happen
Phrasal Verbs for the Workplace (B1)
The everyday work verbs that textbooks don't always teach you
Modals of Deduction — Must, Can’t & Might (B2)
Use must, can't and might to say how certain you are — without guessing wildly
Collocations: Verb + Noun — The Words That Travel Together (B1)
The words that always travel together — get them right, sound natural
Present Perfect vs Simple Past — ‘Have You Ever…?’ (B1)
Know when to use have done and when to use did — and never confuse them again
Collocations in English — Words That Go Together Naturally
💬 Why your English sometimes sounds "off": A student once told me she "did a mistake." She knew the vocabulary. She knew the grammar. But native speakers "make" mistakes — they don't "do" them. This…
Inferring Meaning from Context — A Reader’s Detective Guide
💬 The detective approach: I learned this skill when reading French — I didn't look up every unknown word. I asked: what must this word mean, given everything around it? I was right about 80%…
The Passive Voice — When the Action Matters More Than Who Did It
💬 The passive voice saved me once: After a mistake at the restaurant — a wrong order, an unhappy guest — I reported it to my manager. I said: "A mistake was made." Not "I…
The Third Conditional — The Grammar of ‘What If’ and Regret
Use the third conditional for hypothetical situations in the past — things that didn't happen, and imagining what would have been different.