Category: Ingles

Family, class, pack, bouquet, pair.. What verb goes with them – singular or a plural ? The answer is – it can be both. They take a singular verb when the entity acts together and a plural verb when the individuals composing the entity act individually. The following examples demonstrate this principle: The team is […]

GRAMMAR 32: Collective nouns →

What adjectives come to your mind when you look at this picture? In a typical exam task of describing a picture you are expected to demonstrate a wide range of vocabulary, and synonims are your best friends in that. The word of todays is : COMFORTABLE. Be careful whith pronunciation. Put stress on the first […]

VOCABULARY 49: Ways to say “comfortable”. →

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of our readers! We hope, you are having a great time, enjoying wonderful weather, staying with your family and friends and doing loads of different leisure activities. And thats is what holidays are for, “tis the season to be jolly“, time to “eat, drink and be merry”. […]

VOCABULARY 48: Proof of the pudding and many more… →

” What are you doing after the lunch today?” – “I am meeting Pat”. This is a classical dialogue between two friends. But let´s look closer at the grammar they use. It´s present continuous, isn´t it? At the beginning of our journey into the English language we have learnt that present continuous tense is used […]

GRAMMAR 31: Future tenses →

Haapy long weeked to each and every our reader! Today´s post is about SPEAKING. Language is constantly changing, and here are some examples of new word meanings that you can bump into surfing social networks and Internet. Social Media Slang Social media has had a big impact on language, and you do need to be […]

VOCABULARY 47: Social media slang and reductions →

Hey there! How’re things?Today we’ve come with another idiom for you to complete.What do you think the correct word is? The correct answer is: To hit the sack.

VOCABULARY 46: IDIOM →

Imagine: you have so much work that you forget to eat, sleep, or even breathe. You have to move fast multitasking, and you are literally buried under the amount of work. So, what can you answer when somebody asks you how´re things? Here are several options, we hope you´ll like them:

VOCABULARY 44: I am overloaded with work →

Hello there! It’s getting cold and it´s time to talk about clothes. Some basic intermediate vocabulary is essential though. Wear – llevar puesto Put on – poner el artículo de la ropa Take off- quitar el artículo de la ropa Try on – probar el artículo de la ropa Get dressed- vestirse Smart clothes- ropa […]

VOCABULARY 43: Clothes, useful expressions →

Do you know these strange food related English idioms and their meanings? Test yourself or your friends with these 4 food related expressions:

VOCABULARY 42: More food idioms →