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[This post has been written with ESL/EFL students in mind, levels B2/C1. Please scroll down for the accompanying exercises and additional resources.] Each year, April 22 is marked as Earth Day. First introduced in 1970, itโs an international event aimed at raising awareness of environmental concerns. It originated in the eco-activism of the 1960s, a …
Mark arrived on time. Or was it in time? At time??? The use of prepositions in English can be quite confusing to native speakers of other languages. Prepositional phrases can be even trickier because they seem to have a special logic of their own; one needs to learn them one at a time, understanding the …
In this post, I'm offering a few tips on how you can discuss hobbies in English, and what kind of grammar structures you can use.
During many years of teaching English, one thing Iโve consistently used with my students have been graded readers (you can see the ones I'm currently using in the cover photo at the top). There are different types of those - some are designed for native speaker children - but the ones Iโll be discussing here …
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