LLFE-A05 · I Used to Work in Sydney — Used To for Past Habits
📖 From the teacher's desk: I used to manage a team of 20 staff at The Ivy in Sydney. I used to taste wine every afternoon and write tasting notes. I used to commute by…
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LLFE-A03 · Where Are You From? — Talking About Your Hometown
📖 From the teacher's desk: When people ask me where I'm from, I never know where to start — born in Bangladesh, grown up in Australia, now living in La Réunion. I've learned that describing…
LLFE-YL10 · Tell Me a Story! — Simple Past Narrative
📖 From the teacher's desk: At bedtime in La Réunion, I tell my son stories — sometimes in English, sometimes in French, sometimes a magical mix of both! At ELT Hub in Brittany, I discovered…
Have You Ever…? Present Perfect for Experience — B1 English Lesson
We use the present perfect to talk about experiences at some point in our life. We do not say exactly when — the focus is on whether the experience happened at all.
Email Writing: Formal vs Informal (B1)
Register is the level of formality in your language. In emails, register affects your choice of greeting, vocabulary, sentence structure, and sign-off. Using the wrong register is one of the most common mistakes in professional…
Writing a Personal Narrative (B1)
[Orientation] I grew up in Chittagong, in the south of Bangladesh. Life was familiar — family, monsoons, the sea. [Complication] Then, at twenty, I moved to Sydney. I didn't know anyone. My English was textbook-formal.…
Reading for Gist: Don’t Read Every Word (B1)
Skimming means reading quickly to get the overall meaning — the gist — without stopping to understand every word. You do this when you read a news headline, scan a menu, or check whether an…
Idiomatic English: 10 Everyday Expressions (B1)
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Collocations with MAKE and DO (B1)
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Phrasal Verbs: Life Changes (B1)
Write 3 sentences about your own life using phrasal verbs from today's lesson. For example: