stop to do stop doing
Intermediate
Jay

Stop doing and Stop to do (gerunds and infinitives)

Students often mistake these two forms. It’s a problem because they mean different things. ‘Stop’ is a special verb in English because we can follow it with either a gerund (ing form) or an infinitive. So stop to do and stop doing are both possible. However, the meaning changes. Watch the video and learn how the two forms are different. Watch videos about some other verbs that can be followed by gerunds and infinitives. Learn

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meaning of sensible and sensitive
Intermediate
Jay

Sensible and Sensitive – What’s the difference?

Do you know the meaning of sensible? And what about sensitive? These two adjectives are false friends in many languages so they can be confusing. In English, someone who is sensible is reasonable. They show good judgement. Being sensitive is about feelings, so someone who is sensitive may feel things strongly and get upset easily. Or they might be conscious of and able to understand other people’s feelings and emotions. Watch the video to learn

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in the end at the end
Intermediate
Jay

In the End / At the End – What’s the difference?

We use at the end to talk about the final part of something. For example, at the end of the rainbow. At the end of the tunnel. In the end is similar to eventually or finally – so after everything has been dealt with, talked about, settled and decided. Learn more and see examples in the video. Click here to see more grammar videos In the End/At the End Video Oh, what movie are you watching? Oh,

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British and American pronunciation
Intermediate
Jay

Tomahto – Tomayto: British and American Pronunciation

There’s a brilliant George Gershwin song that compares British and American pronunciation. It goes, ‘You say tomayto, and I say tomahto’. The lyrics are fantastic but they’re not 100% accurate which is troubling for word nerds. We wanted to create a song that reflected pronunciation differences with greater accuracy. Hope you like it. Click here to see more pronunciation videos American and English Pronunciation Song Lyrics I am English. I’m American. I speak English. I

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about to is bound to
Intermediate
Jay

About to and Bound to

Do you find you’re always using ‘will ‘ and ‘going to’ to talk about the future? Here are two more expressions that native speakers use. This video was inspired by my son. When he was six, he knew he shouldn’t play with matches, so he went behind the curtains to experiment and the curtains caught fire. I was out at the time and his Dad was in charge. He acted promptly and luckily nobody was injured. But

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Elementary
Jay

Story and History – Learn the meanings of these false friends

Story History: Are you using these words correctly? They’re false friends in many languages. Learn the meaning of story and history and how we use these words differently in English. Click here to see more vocabulary videos. Click on the links to watch some more videos on common false friends: sympathetic and nice, actually and currently, miss and lose, sensible and sensitive Story and History Video Transcript Children like to listen to stories before they go to bed. Cinderella

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meaning of lastly, last, finally
Intermediate
Jay

Lastly, finally and at last (adverbs)

Learn the different meanings finally, at last and lastly. These connectors or conjunctions can be confusing. Watch this short video to fix common mistakes. You’ll learn the meaning of lastly (the final item in a list), how finally can be used in the same way – or have another meaning (when something has taken a long time), and how we use at last to say we’re glad about something happening after a delay. Click here

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Rachel's English American Pronunciation
Advanced
Jay

Rachel of Rachel’s English is interviewed by Jason R Levine (Fluency MC)

Here’s an interview we recorded between a couple of English teachers that many of you may know. Rachel has a fantastic channel on YouTube teaching English pronunciation and Jason also has a fantastic channel where he teaches using rhyme, rhythm and raps. Click here to see more videos on pronunciation Click here to see another video we made with Rachel. An interview with Rachel of Rachel’s English transcript Jason finds out how Rachel began her

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english reading practice
Intermediate
Jay

Full Moon – a story by James Schofield.

Looking or free English reading practice? Here’s a very funny short story by James Schofield that provides excellent vocabulary practice. You’ll love the clever twist at the end. James is an English teacher and a very talented writer. This story was first published in print in http://www.business-spotlight.de/. Find out about James’ latest writing project at http://www.jrtschofield.blogspot.de Full Moon Short Story Video Script Nick Samuel was 48, married to Claire, and had two nice children at

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Intermediate
Jay

How to be clear in the US

I’m British but I live in the US and I’ve discovered there are all kinds of ways to confuse Americans like Jay with my British English. Here are five. I say zed. What would you say Jay? I’d say zee. OK. Zed in British English is zee in American. Let’s try another. Could you spell your name please? Yes, it’s Hollett. H-O-double L-E-double T. H-O-W… No. Double L E double T. Oh, you mean Hollett.

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