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Slangs ·   Feeling blue - A feeling of depression or sadness. I am feeling blue because I lost my job. ·   A buck — Slang used for American dollar. It costs ten bucks. ·   Creep (n.) — A weird/strange person. Mike so creep. I don’t like him. ·   Couch Potato — A lazy person who spends most of the time on a couch. ·   Cram —  To study busily before an exam. He had a lot of time to study but he didn’t. He crammed yesterday studying from 9 am to 5 pm. ·   Drive up the wall — To irritate. He is always driving up the wall. He is so boring! ·   Going Dutch — When each person pays for his/her own meal. Let’s have dinner together but let’s go Dutch. ·   The cold shoulder — It means ignoring someone. I am a cold shoulder for my boss. I am looking for a new job. ·   Give a ring — To call someone on the telephone. Please give me a ring. ·   Hang out — To spend time with someone in a social manner. Let’s h...

Fill in the blanks with the prepositions IN, ON and AT. 1) She wakes up __________ 6 am every morning. 2) I have English classes ________ Monday and Wednesday. 3) They play soccer _____  9 am on Sundays. 4) She is ____ bedroom sleeping. 5) They study German _____ Saturdays. 6) He lives _____ England. 7) Paul doesn't wake up ______ 7 am on weekends. 8) Mary works _____ Switzerland. 9) He has swimming classes _____ 8 am _____ Tuesdays and Thursdays. 10) She doesn't live ______ Portugal. Write C for Correct and I for Incorrect: 1) (   ) She lives at Australia. 2) (   ) They play soccer on Fridays. 3) (   ) He wakes up in 8 am. 4) (   ) She loves living in Canada. 5) (   ) They study in the morning.

Studying English is really important as you know due to its market's influence in several industries and commerce around the world. Keep in touch if you need to improve your English you absolutely need to learn lots of vocabularies and being fluent is mandatory. Definitely, it is our first language not the second anymore. Depending on where you live you need to study other languages too. Let's suppose you live in South America so Spanish is another mandatory language to be studied. If you start studying two languages simultaneously there is no problem at all because your brain is able to disassociate both languages naturally. The importance of studying English is crucial in all the countries in the entire world. The importance of studying English If you are studying or working English is crucial so never give up studying. Look for a private teacher or an English school then your teacher will be able to help you. If you are looking for a better position in your job ...

First of all, you need to read a lot then you increase your vocabulary. Read as much as possible, newspapers, magazines, websites, books, and so on. Definitely, if you read every day you will have conditions to improve your writing. Send emails to your friends, family, spouse, whoever. It is very important to practice day by day. At the moment you learn a new word while reading I suggest you make a sentence telling about your own experience. You need to keep in touch with the language whenever it is possible so you will be able to improve not only your writing but your listening and reading too. If possible talk to foreigners in order to learn more words and try to talk through Skype, etc. There are many ways so you need to start anyway. Write at least one sentence a day and ask someone to correct for you. If you want, feel free to contact me: Ricardo Esteves - ricardo.teacher@terra.com.br

1) Fill in the blanks using the correct verb tense She __________ in London. (work, works) They __________ working (is, are) I ___________ to Europe next year (am going to, is going to) He _________ last year (died, dies) Correct the mistakes They started working next year. _______________________ He will play football yesterday. _______________________ She play volleyball every weekend. _______________________ I am going to studies Portuguese today. _______________________ Read this article and answer these questions: Michael is a good soccer player and he plays for a famous American team. He is 25 years old and he is a quarterback. Michael is single but he has a girlfriend and her name is Karen. Karen is 24 years old and is journalist. Karen and Michael are planning to get married next year and Michael has plans to play soccer in Europe or Brazil. He likes playing soccer in the United States but he prefers another country to go on in his career. Michael is tall...

Tips for songs It is very nice to learn English when we listen to music. Choose your favorite singer or band and read the lyrics. You will observe that most of them do not make sense because the singer is expressing his feelings in that song. The most important are to learn new expressions and slangs. You will enjoy a lot learning Engish singing songs. There are good websites you can visit and improve your vocabulary.  What kind of music do you like? Many people ask: what kind of music should I listen to learn English? You choose that one you enjoy - just that. If you like heavy metal, listen, if you prefer romantic songs, go ahead, if you like pop, choose your favorite or band and enjoy a lot. The most important are to learn new words and vocabulary such as expressions and slangs. Enjoy your studies and sing a lot!

Grammar review Let’s review some grammar topics In this article let’s have a grammar review so pay attention to all details explained below. Let’s see the main verb tenses in English and their auxiliary verbs. They are very easy to be understood, so it is a question of practice. Simple Present It is used to express routines or habits. Do and does are considered auxiliary verbs and both of them are used in negative and interrogative sentences. Look at the examples below: Do you speak English?                             Does your brother speak English?      Yes, I do                                               Yes, he d...

Improve your listening There are some skills to be developed when you are learning English and one of them is the Listening. Improve your listening with songs, audios, podcasts, videos, and so on. There are many hints we can mention but it depends on your focus and needs. If you visit many websites in the internet you will find all possible ways to enhance your listening. Definitely it is essential to watch movies, listen to the radio, news, and so on, and you also may talk to native speakers through apps and good websites. Why do not make friends in other countries? It is a good idea to learn English and increase your network. Improve your listening watching movies If you watch regularly movies, try to watch them with subtitles in English. It is much better to improve your vocabulary and you should pay attention to the actors' pronunciation. As soon as you understand the context, feel free to expand your vocabulary writing using the new words you found out in the mov...

FAMILY My friend's name is Karl. Karl is from Amsterdam, in Holland. He is Dutch. He is married and has two children. His wife, Jane, is American. She is from Boston in The United States. Her family is still in Boston, but she now works and lives with Karl in Milan. They speak English, Dutch, German and Italian! Their children are students at a local primary school. The children go to school with other children from all over the world. Flora, their daughter, has friends from France, Switzerland, Austria and Sweden. Hans, their son, goes to school with students from South Africa, Portugal, Spain and Canada. Of course, there are many children from Italy. Tell me about your family: ____________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________...

EXPRESSIONS ASKING FOR INFORMATION Can you tell me your cell phone number, please? Could you tell me your last name? I'd like to know where I can buy some shoes. Do you know where I find an Italian restaurant? Have you got any idea how many immigrants live here? Could anyone tell me where I buy some T-shirts? Would you happen to know where my books are? I don't suppose you know where your boss lives? I wonder if you could tell me what time the next train to London is? I wonder if someone could tell me how much is a hotel room in this town? ASKING FOR HELP Can you give me a hand carrying my books? Could you help me for a second? Can I ask a favor? I wonder if you could help me tonight? I could do with some help, please. I can't manage. Can you help? Give me a hand with this, will you? Lend me a hand with this, will you? Could you spare a moment? I need some help, please. ASKING ABOUT FUTURE PLANS What are you...