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BATTLE vs. BOTTLE pronunciation
26/04/2024 Duração: 01min⭐ Download FREE PDF of 30+ "Ask the teacher" lessons - https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-ask-the-teacher/ ⭐ American English Pronunciation Course - https://www.espressoenglish.net/american-english-pronunciation-course/
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Phrasal Verbs: Transitive, Intransitive, Separable, Inseparable
24/04/2024 Duração: 05min⭐ Download FREE lesson PDF: https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-types-of-phrasal-verbs-examples/ ⭐ Phrasal Verbs in Conversation Course: https://www.espressoenglish.net/phrasal-verbs-intensive-course/ What Are Phrasal Verbs? They are verbs with two or three words: main verb + particle (preposition or adverb). Phrasal Verbs are very common in the English language! I wake up at 7:30 every day. Please turn off the TV. My brother and I don’t get along. We fight all the time. She came up with a good idea. In this lesson, you’re going to learn different types of phrasal verbs - transitive and intransitive, and separable and inseparable. Don’t worry too much about those terms; I’ll show you very clearly how each type of phrasal verb works in a sentence! You’ll definitely want to download today’s lesson guide, because it includes extra content - some lists and examples of each type of phrasal verb. To get that free guide, click on the link in the video description and enter your e-mail address to receive t
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50+ Contractions in English!
22/04/2024 Duração: 12minContractions combine two words into a short form with an apostrophe – for example, I am becomes I’m; could not becomes couldn’t... and many more that you’ll learn in this lesson. Contractions are extremely common in spoken English and informal written English, and today you’re going to learn 50 of them – yes, we do have that many contractions in English! Make sure to download the free PDF guide to this lesson so you can save the full contractions list and all the example sentences. ⭐ Download FREE lesson PDF: https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-50-contractions-in-english/ ⭐ Advanced Grammar Course: https://www.espressoenglish.net/advanced-english-grammar-course/
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MAYBE vs. MAY BE (with examples)
19/04/2024 Duração: 02min⭐ Download FREE PDF of 30+ "Ask the teacher" lessons - https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-ask-the-teacher/ ⭐ 600+ Confusing Words Explained E-Book - https://www.espressoenglish.net/600-confusing-english-words-explained/
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Learn 20 LINKING verbs in English
17/04/2024 Duração: 08min⭐ Download FREE PDF: https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-linking-verbs/ ⭐ $1 grammar e-books: https://www.espressoenglish.net/english-grammar-e-books-audio-mp3/ ⭐ Advanced Grammar Course: https://www.espressoenglish.net/advanced-english-grammar-course/ Linking verbs do not describe an action – instead, they connect the subject of the sentence to a word describing it or providing additional information about it. For example: - I feel tired. (“tired” describes me) - He seems annoyed (“annoyed” describes him) - She is a teacher. (“a teacher” describes her) - They are students. (“students” describes them) I’ll show you a list of linking verbs, and then we’ll look at a lot of examples. If you want to download this lesson to save it and review it later, click here and enter your e-mail address to get the free PDF.
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Gotcha, Gotta, Got it - How to use these in English!
15/04/2024 Duração: 03minOur question of the day is “What do gotcha, gotta, and got it mean – and how do we use them in informal spoken English?” All of these involve the word “got,” but they are different! Thanks for the great question - you can download lots of our past ask the teacher lessons by clicking on the link below. ⭐ Download FREE PDF: https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-ask-the-teacher/ ⭐ Everyday English Speaking Course: https://www.espressoenglish.net/everyday-english-speaking-course/
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How to use "I beg to differ" and other phrases
12/04/2024 Duração: 01min⭐ Download FREE PDF of 30+ "Ask the teacher" lessons - https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-ask-the-teacher/ ⭐ Everyday English Speaking Courses: https://www.espressoenglish.net/everyday-english-speaking-course/
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How to APOLOGIZE and respond to apologies in English
10/04/2024 Duração: 04minDo you know how to apologize in English, beyond just the single word “Sorry”? Let’s learn some phrases for making apologies and then phrases for responding to an apology. If you want to download this lesson, you can click here to download your free PDF lesson guide! JOIN MY COURSE TO LEARN MORE: In my Everyday English Speaking Course, you’ll learn real English phrases for daily life – in the context of conversations! It’s a fast and fun way to improve your fluency.
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20 words you're pronouncing WRONG (yes, even you, native English speakers!)
08/04/2024 Duração: 06min⭐ Download FREE lesson PDF: https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/20-commonly-mispronounced-words/ ⭐ American English Pronunciation Course: https://www.espressoenglish.net/american-english-pronunciation-course/ You’re probably pronouncing these words wrong - yes, even you, native English speakers! Today I’m going to teach you the right way to say 20 English words that are often mispronounced - so you can say them confidently. Because this lesson focuses on pronunciation, I’m not going to explain the definitions - but if you download the free lesson guide PDF, each word has its definition and an example sentence. You can get it by clicking here and entering your e-mail address. OK, are you ready? Make sure to practice with me by repeating these words out loud using the correct pronunciation
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What exactly does HOOK UP mean?
05/04/2024 Duração: 03min⭐ Download FREE PDF of 30+ "Ask the teacher" lessons - https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-ask-the-teacher/ ⭐ Phrasal Verbs in Conversation Course: https://www.espressoenglish.net/phrasal-verbs-intensive-course/
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How to use FOOL in English!
02/04/2024 Duração: 04min⭐ Vocabulary Builder Course: https://www.espressoenglish.net/vocabulary-builder-course/ April 1 is an informal holiday known as April Fools’ Day! People celebrate by playing jokes and trying to trick people in funny and harmless ways. You might be wondering about this word “fool” – how is it used in English? I’ll teach you all about it in today’s lesson.
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Canceled or Cancelled? Traveled or Travelled?
29/03/2024 Duração: 02min⭐ Download FREE PDF of 30+ "Ask the teacher" lessons - https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-ask-the-teacher/ ⭐ 200 Common Errors in English Course: https://www.espressoenglish.net/200-common-errors-in-english-course/
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Your definately spelling these words incorectly!
26/03/2024 Duração: 05min⭐ Download FREE lesson PDF: https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-100-commonly-misspelled-words/ ⭐ 200 Common Errors Course: https://www.espressoenglish.net/200-common-errors-in-english-course/ Hi! It’s Shayna from EspressoEnglish.net and today you’ll learn 20 words that most people spell wrong. In fact, two of them are in the title of this video! 1. The word definitely does NOT have an “A.” Some people even write “defiantly” which is a completely different word. But the correct spelling of definitely is definitely. 2. And the other mistake is your, y-o-u-r. In the title of the video it should be you’re, which is short for “you are.” The version spelled y-o-u-r is for possession - your house, your dog, your backpack. Before I continue, I want to invite you to download the free lesson guide, which actually has 100 commonly misspelled words. Click on the link in the video description and enter your email address, and I’ll send you that free PDF download.
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When we use YEAR OLD vs. YEARS OLD
22/03/2024 Duração: 01min⭐ Download FREE PDF of 30+ "Ask the teacher" lessons - https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-ask-the-teacher/ ⭐ $1 English Grammar E-Books: https://www.espressoenglish.net/english-grammar-e-books-audio-mp3/
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Different future tenses for different situations in English
20/03/2024 Duração: 08min⭐ Download FREE lesson PDF: https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-different-future-tenses/ ⭐ Advanced Grammar Course: https://www.espressoenglish.net/advanced-english-grammar-course/ Let’s learn and practice future tenses in English! We have a whole bunch of ways to talk about the future in English, including: Will and won’t Going to Future continuous Future perfect Present continuous Present simple (yes! You can use those to talk about the future in specific cases) Today I’ll explain which future tense to use in which situation - and I’ll ask you to practice with me, so get ready. You’ll definitely want to download the lesson guide so that you can review everything - click here and enter your e-mail address, and I’ll send you the lesson PDF for free. Instead of explaining things tense by tense, I’m going to do it situation by situation, because in some situations we can use multiple tenses. I’d also love to help you even more inside my Advanced English Grammar Course, where we go in detail into
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Run up, run off, run after, run over, and more phrasal verbs with RUN!
18/03/2024 Duração: 06minToday we’re going to learn phrasal verbs with RUN - run around, run for, run off, run on, and many more. Because these phrasal verbs are all so similar, it’s essential to test yourself by taking a quiz to see if you remember the difference. Download the lesson guide to try the quiz! If you want to be fluent in English, then you need to know phrasal verbs, because we use them all the time! Most traditional English textbooks don’t focus on phrasal verbs, but I have a course that will teach you 500 common phrasal verbs in the context of conversations. It’s an easy and natural way to learn them. Phrasal verbs in conversation is one of my most popular courses!
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There IS or there ARE an apple and two bananas on the table?
15/03/2024 Duração: 01min⭐ Download FREE PDF of 30+ "Ask the teacher" lessons - https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-ask-the-teacher/ ⭐ $1 English Grammar E-Books: https://www.espressoenglish.net/english-grammar-e-books-audio-mp3/
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Phrases for expressing REGRET in English
13/03/2024 Duração: 04min⭐ Download FREE lesson PDF: https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-phrases-for-regret/ ⭐ Everyday English Speaking Courses: https://www.espressoenglish.net/everyday-english-speaking-course/ Today you’ll learn 6 different ways to talk about regrets in English. Regrets are things in the past where you made a mistake or did something bad and now you feel bad about it and you wish you had done things differently. You can download the PDF guide to this lesson by clicking here! As you can see we’ve got a lot of different phrases for expressing regret. The English language is like that, right? There’s not just one right way to say things. Native speakers use many different expressions. If you want to learn lots of them, come check out my Everyday English speaking courses. Level 1 teaches you what to say in everyday situations, and Level 2 teaches you more advanced conversational expressions. ⭐ Everyday English Speaking Courses: https://www.espressoenglish.net/everyday-english-speaking-course/
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20 Excellent Expressions with Alliteration
11/03/2024 Duração: 06minDownload free lesson PDF! - https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-20-excellent-expressions-with-alliteration/ Alliteration is repeating the same (or similar sounds) at the beginning of words - hey - “similar sounds” - that’s an example! Alliteration is often used in poetry and music because it helps the phrase flow nicely - and we also have a number of common expressions that use it. Today you’ll learn 20 of them! Download this lesson by clicking here.
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"What's the past tense of LEAD, READ, and DREAM?"
08/03/2024 Duração: 01min⭐ Download FREE PDF of 30+ "Ask the teacher" lessons - https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-ask-the-teacher/ ⭐ $1 English Grammar E-Books: https://www.espressoenglish.net/english-grammar-e-books-audio-mp3/ What exactly is the past tense of the words lead, read, and dream? That’s our question of the day!