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Joanne
Jan 292 min read
1 question...Do you have a little time for a quiz?
Few or a few? Little or a little? What's the difference you might ask? Let's start with few and little. Few is used with countable nouns,...
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Joanne
Jan 222 min read
7 sentence quiz using little or few
This is something that I hear people getting mixed up quite often, so I decided to look into the rules for when to use little and when to...
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Joanne
Jan 152 min read
5 ways to talk about location
As well as using in, on or at to talk about location (see below for my earlier posts) we can add 'of'' for some more advanced language!...
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Joanne
Dec 18, 20232 min read
7 ways to test your knowledge of this, that, these and those
We use the words this, that, these and those to indicate, to point to, or to refer to things that are usually in our immediate...
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Joanne
Dec 11, 20232 min read
3 ways to paraphrase
Paraphrasing a question shows the examiner that you have understood it and that you have a good range of vocabulary. It also helps you to...
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Joanne
Dec 4, 20231 min read
9 quiz questions: its or it's?
Surely they both mean the same thing don't they? Does the apostrophe really matter? Its Shows ownership of something and is used when...
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Joanne
Nov 7, 20231 min read
5 different ways to use by or beside
Is Granny sitting by the fire or beside the fire? She is actually doing both since in many cases by and beside can be used...
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Joanne
Sep 19, 20231 min read
How many ways can you say dog?
When producing a piece of written work for college or a report for your boss it is good practice not to repeat the same word too many...
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Joanne
Mar 22, 20211 min read
Make or take a photograph?
I often hear people say that they have made a photograph of something, but a native speaker would say they had taken a photograph. We...
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Joanne
Mar 15, 20211 min read
Must or have to?
'Must' is a word that I often hear over used. My advice is to try and use it as little as possible. Instead, use 'have to'. Why is that?...
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Joanne
Mar 1, 20212 min read
Other ways to say 'in addition to'.
You can improve the quality of your business emails and communication by using transition words to link two sentences together. There are...
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Joanne
Feb 23, 20212 min read
Three easy steps to a clear structure
Do you ever find you have a lot to say about something, but can't find the right words to give your presentation, report or email some...
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Joanne
Feb 2, 20212 min read
Talking through data
When you deliver a presentation you will often need to talk through the data on the screen. This can either be in a the form of a table,...
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Joanne
Jan 25, 20212 min read
Describe that chart
Talking about data can be useful, but depicting it with a chart is invaluable. They say a picture is worth a thousand words and using a...
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Joanne
Jan 18, 20212 min read
Describe that data
Do you ever have to give presentations or write formal reports? Quite often the audience for these is someone who doesn't have as much...
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Joanne
Jan 14, 20211 min read
Me, Myself and I
I'm sure you've heard this expression before in movies and song lyrics, but what about him, himself and he or her, herself and she?...
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Joanne
Jan 11, 20212 min read
What exactly am I being asked to do?
Have you ever been asked a question but are unsure of exactly what you are being asked to do? In person this is easy to resolve since you...
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Joanne
Dec 16, 20201 min read
For or since?
These prepositions are used to indicate that an event, which is true now, has been taking place for a period of time. We have to be...
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Joanne
Dec 9, 20202 min read
Is there a difference between although and even though?
This is a question I was asked recently and it got me thinking. They both mean in spite of or despite a given situation something...
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