Word Stress — The Secret Pattern
Why photograph, photography, and photographer sound so different
Tag: B1
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
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...…
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…
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
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…
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…