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Elementary

Cook, Cooker and Chef – What’s the Difference?

Cook Cooker Chef – do you know the meanings of these three words in English? It’s worth learning. You don’t want to tell people you’re the cooker if really you’re the cook or the chef. Click here to learn about concentrated and concentrating and avoid another common mistake. Click here to see more vocabulary videos. Cook Cooker Chef Video Script Hey, what’s cooking? Spaghetti bolognese. Oh, it smells delicious. Who’s the cook in your household?

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Intermediate

Have Something Done – Have and Get as Passive Causative Verbs

To have something done – this is a common structure we use to talk about actions where someone performs a service for us. In this video you’ll learn how the structure works and how to use have and get in the passive as causative verbs – verbs that indicate one thing causes another. Click here to learn more about causative verbs. Have something done video script There are two ways to clean your kitchen floor.

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Intermediate

Come, Go, Bring, Take, Fetch and Get – useful English verbs

Come Go Bring Take Fetch Get – learn how to use these common English verbs. We’ll show you their meanings and lots of examples in the video. Click here to see more vocabulary videos. Come Go Bring Take Get Fetch Video Script Carter, bring me the newspaper. Carter, get the newspaper. Why don’t you go and fetch it yourself? No, he has to learn. Carter, bring me the newspaper. I don’t think it’s working. This

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Intermediate

To Take, To Last – learn their different English meanings

to take to last We use both these verbs to talk about the length of time things continue. Take is more frequent than last and we use it to talk about the time required to do something – the time that is necessary. We use last more generally to say how long something continues. Here are two videos. The first one explains how to use the verb last and the second one compares last with

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Elementary

To Take – How to talk about jobs and journey times in English

We use the verb to take to ask about jobs and journey times in English. To find out how much time is required, we ask questions like How long does it take? and How long will it take? And to say how long, we say It takes… To Take Video Script To compare the verb to take with the verb to last, click here. So what do you think of my proposal? Um, I’d like

August 18, 2016 5 Comments

Intermediate

By Until and Till – learn these English prepositions

By and Until – they mean different things. Do you know how to use these English prepositions? And what about until and till? Do they mean the same thing or something different? Find out in this video. Click here to see this video with a clickable transcript. If you’d like to see Zehra and Zeynep in another video, click here. Click the links to see other preposition videos: For and To, By and To, For and

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Advanced

Security and Safety – an in depth explanation of these two English words

Security Safety – do these words mean the same thing? Sometimes the meaning of security overlaps with safety, but safety is the more general term. In this video lesson we go in depth and look at how we use these two words in English. To see a simpler explanation,click here. Click here to see a more basic explanation of these words. Click here to see more videos designed for business English learners. Security and Safety

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Intermediate

Safety and Security – a simple explanation of these two English words

Safety Security – The meanings of these two words are similar so how are they different? In this video lesson we define safety and security and show you how to use them in English. Click here to see a more in depth explanation. Click here to see more business English videos. Safety and Security Video Script We put Carter in this crate when we go out. It’s secure because he can’t get out. And he’s

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Intermediate

Check and Control – Learn Which English Verb to Use

Do you know when to say ‘check’ and when to say ‘control’? They have similar meanings. Learn about the differences here. You’ll also learn some of the common collocations we use with these verbs, like check the list and passport control. Click here to learn how we use the verbs avoid and prevent Click here to learn how we use the verbs realize, notice and find out Click here to learn how we use the

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