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Useful Phrases when Answering the Phone
If you’ve been trying to find more common English phrases to answer the phone or simply to hear a fun dialogue covering this topic, I think I found the perfect one for you Here’s yet another one with the great Rachel’s English channel, explaining in detail the most common phrases when phoning people, together with the thorough pronunciation explanations: … Read entire article »
Filed under: Greetings, Telephone Phrases
At the Airport – part 2
As there are more and more excellent EFL/ESL video lessons covering most commonly used English phrases, I’ll keep adding them and linking them to the previous blog posts which cover the same topics. This time it’s going to be the situation “At the Airport“: … Read entire article »
Filed under: At the Airport
Money Phrases 2 – At the Bank
Recently I came across another useful ESL/EFL site and created an interactive video based on their five simple banking transactions. Take a look at Bogglesworldesl roleplays and practise with me and Jeremy: You can also check the changing money video – Money Phrases 1. … Read entire article »
Filed under: At a Bank, Common Expressions in English
English Phrases – Making Suggestions
When making suggestinons in English, it’s wise to pay attention to the register, i.e. the level of formality. That’s why always list the most commonly used phrases in English under the subheadings: Formal (F), Semi-formal (S) and Informal (I) F: If I might make a suggestion, we could go out … How does the idea of going out… appeal to you ? SF: I suggest we go out… We could go out… I: Why don’t we go out.. ? How about / what about going … Read entire article »
Filed under: Uncategorized
FCE – Key Word Transformations 2
If you remember, I’m trying to make these difficult FCE key word transformation exercises easy by transforming them into cosy daily dialogues with you and your imaginary grandparents who are a bit deaf So, after practising the key word transformations with the Passive voice and modal verb “can”, let’s move onto the topic of “such” vs. “so” and “too” vs. “enough”. Let’s imagine the dialogue as follows: You: Granny, Granny, see what I’ve bought at Zara – … Read entire article »
Filed under: FCE Key Word Transformation Phrases
English Phrases in Coffee Shop
Which English phrases do you use to order a drink or food when you are at a coffee shop ? Can I have… Can you get me … A/an…, please. I’ll have …. When you order a coffee or a drink in a restaurant, you may hear these questions: black or white ? regular or large ? single or double ? apple or orange ? still or sparkling ? Your most appropriate answer would be: (your choice), please … Read entire article »
Filed under: Expressing Likes
Asking For and Giving Opinions – English Language Function
In one of the previous posts about a difference between functions and phrases, I listed some functions and emphasized how important it is to introduce the level of formality next to each function taught. Today we are going to focus on functions used in speech when asking for and giving opinions. The I stands for “informal” and F for “formal” and SF for “semi formal”, not science fiction, hehe. … Read entire article »
Filed under: English Functions, Opinions
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