The verbs avoid and prevent have similar meanings in English. They are both followed by a noun or gerund but the grammatical patterns they follow are rather different. Watch this video lesson to learn how to use them correctly and avoid mistakes. Oh Jay! It’s like he’s avoiding me. Today’s lesson is about two useful […]
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Learn how to use English adverbs of frequency with our dog Carter. He’ll tell you about his exciting life as an international fashion model and demonstrate the key adverbs you need to know. This lesson’s about adverbs of frequency, but really it’s about me, Carter. I’ll teach you how to look cool. People often ask
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Songs are a great way to learn English. They’re good listening practice and research shows that singing along is a powerful way to improve your fluency and learn new words. Here’s a beautiful song sung by Doris Day and a lesson on some of the vocabulary first. There are two videos here so make sure
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Learn how to improve your pronunciation, work on your English accent and become more intelligible with great tips from impressionist Akeem Lawanson, the hilarious creator of the AtomicHole YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/user/AtomIcHole As well as improving your accent, you’ll also learn how to talk like Kermit the Frog, or any other celebrity or cartoon voices that
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Sometimes we want to avoid a question because we don’t want to answer it. See how Vicki, and then Jay change the subject in order to avoid answering a question in this funny English conversation. So what did you think of my presentation? Oh, I wonder if the coffee’s ready? Let’s get some? No. I
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When you don’t want to talk to someone, you might hide so you can avoid them. Oh Jay! It’s like he’s avoiding me. Did you manage to get a new car, Jay? Yes, it’s fantastic. It’s a Lamborghini Really? Yeah. It can go over 200 miles an hour. I’m surprised. I thought Vicki wanted a
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This song is about Heart ELT which supports projects in refugee camps and volunteer teachers. Volunteer English teachers are often teaching in squats and derelict buildings in isolation, with little or no support and no resources. The lyrics were written by Jason R Levine. Check out Jason’s channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/collolearn. He performs it with Madeline
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How to make a toast saying ‘Cheers!’ in 10 languages and also 4 useful English phrases for asking about words and their meanings. When you don’t know how to say something in English, you need to ask. In this lesson we’re going to look at some ways to ask, and also find out how to
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Do you know how to leave a voicemail in English? Here’s a collaboration video we made with four great YouTube teachers. You’ll find lots of useful expressions you can use when you need to leave an English voice message for somebody. Hello. This is Vicki. Sorry I missed your call. Please leave a message! Hey
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English sense verbs like smell, sound, feel, look and taste are unusual because they have two or more meanings. In this video lesson you’ll learn their meanings and how to use them correctly in conversations. You’ll also learn some important grammar to do with stative and dynamic verbs. Kathy, my dog has no nose. Really?
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