Confusing Words

What is the difference between a TV series and a serial? Is one merely a subset of the other? Perhaps the difference is largely semantic. Or...

Confusing Words

July 26, 2019

🚨 Commonly Confused Words 🚨 - Read, Practise, Revise!

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➡ 1. Confusing Words p1 - This worksheet contains 40 exercises to practice confusing words. - Homophones, verbs vs. adjectives, verbs vs. n...

Confusing Words

July 25, 2019

Peculiar Vocabulary - ENORMITY

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It seems simple enough, isn't? ‘Enormity’ is so close to ‘enormous’ that they must be synonyms. Right? Wrong! 😳 Enormity means - extrem...

Confusing Words

July 19, 2019

📞 CALL vs CALL TO

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⛔ I called to my friend yesterday on the phone. (wrong) ⛔ I called to the police (wrong) Those are common mistakes. We almost never use TO...

Confusing Words

July 13, 2019

🇬🇧 THINK OF vs THINK ABOUT 🇬🇧

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➡ Think OF = bear in mind/take into account/think quickly/consider (usually works as a stative verb = can't be continuous) - Think of ...

Confusing Words

July 12, 2019

✍🏻 COMMON MISTAKE: ON TIME or IN TIME?

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● On time = punctual ⏰ - Class starts at 2.30am. Please be on time (punctual) because I like to start "on the dot" (=exactly at 2....

Confusing Words

July 12, 2019

DIFFERENT USES OF THE WORD - YET

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Some of my students asked about the various uses of this word. So here we go then ladies and gentlemen 😎 🤘🏻 YET - Non-affirmative word ...

Confusing Words

July 12, 2019

KEEP AT BAY and HOLD AT BAY

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KEEP AT BAY and HOLD AT BAY are two renditions of an idiom that has been in use since the mid-1700s. "The government hopes to keep infl...

Confusing Words

July 11, 2019

Fall or fall down?

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We can use fall as a noun or a verb. It means: 1. suddenly go down onto the ground or towards the ground unintentionally or accidentally 2....

Confusing Words

July 08, 2019

TRICKY VOCABULARY - EMBARRASSED & Necessary

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Along with pronunciation and grammar, one of the biggest challenges for English language learners is vocabulary. ☝🏻 You may not struggle wi...

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