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29 April 2021 17:15

🤔 What is an INFINITIVE❓
📌 To + verb

1️⃣ An infinitive is the "to" form of the verb. The infinitive form of "learn" is "to learn." You can also use an infinitive as the subject, the complement, or the object of a sentence.
✍ Example:
🗣️ To learn is important. subject of sentence.
🗣️ The most important thing is to learn. complement of sentence.

2⃣ Infinitives can be made negative by adding "not."
✍ Example:
🗣️ I decided not to go.
🗣️ The most important thing is not to give up.

3⃣ Some verbs are followed by infinitives.
✍ Example:
🗣️ She wants to go to a movie.
🗣️ Mary needs to talk about her problems.
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Level: Elementary~Intermediate
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25 April 2021 13:31

📖 English grammar can seem quite easy compared to some languages, but a small mistake can easily change the meaning of what you want to say.

📝 So here are some important rules that you should keep in mind when you speak and write English.


1️⃣ 🔸Adjectives and 🔹adverbs:
Make sure you use adjectives and adverbs correctly.
🔸Adjectives describe, identify and quantify people or things and usually go in front of a noun.
🔸They don’t change if the noun is plural.
🔹Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs and usually come after the verb.

For example:
✅ He’s a slow driver. (adjective)
✅ He drives slowly. (adverb)

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2️⃣ Use the correct conjugation of the verb:
Remember to change the verb to agree with the subject. The main subjects you need to be careful with are he, she and it because they have a different form to the others.

For example:
✅ She has two cats. 
❌ She have two cats.

Remember also that when you describe something using ‘There is/are’, the verb must agree with the first item you mention.

For example:
✅ There is a sofa, some chairs and a table. [Singular]
✅ There are some chairs, a table and a sofa. [Plural]

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3️⃣ Connect your ideas with conjunctions:
If you want to connect two ideas or short phrases, you can do so by using a conjunction.

For example:
✅ I’m studying English. English is important. 👇🏻
✅ I’m studying English because English is important.

The most common conjunctions are:
and – [addition]
because – [to give the reason]
but – [to express contrast]
so – [to describe a consequence]
or – [to describe an alternative]

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4️⃣ Never use a double negative:
In English there are often two ways to express a negative concept.

For example:
If you want to say “the room is empty”, you can say:
✅ There is nothing in the room. OR There isn’t anything in the room.

The words ‘nothing’ and ‘anything’ have the same meaning, but ‘nothing’ is used with an affirmative verb, and ‘anything’ is used with a negative verb.
 
This rule applies to other words like:
〰️ nobody – anybody
〰️ none – any

This is also true of the word ‘never’ when you talk about experience.
You can say:
✅ He’s never been to the U.S. OR He hasn’t ever been to the U.S.

The meaning is the same but in the second sentence the use of ‘ever’ means you need to make the verb negative.
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23 April 2021 06:10

💢 Top banana

🎨 Meaning:
🍃 The most important person in an organization or group.

🎨 Usage:
🍃 You'll have to ask the top banana.
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Level: Elementary~Intermediate
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#Idiom #Top #banana 🍌🍌🍌
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18 April 2021 19:11

🧏‍♀ To be all ears

🧏 Meaning:
🔸 To be waiting eagerly to hear about something

🧏‍♂ Usage:
🗣️ I'm all ears, tell me what happens
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Level: Elementary~Intermediate
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#Idiom #Expression #Ear👂🦻
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14 April 2021 09:48

⚡️ Useful for students taking IELTS and TOEFL exams ⚡️
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🔄 Kindly Share with your friends
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12 April 2021 18:44

🔘 Whenever, Wherever
🎙 Shakira
🎧 [ Music + Lyrics ]

🕐 3:16 / 20.48MB
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Level: Intermediate~Advanced
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#Music #Lyrics #Shakira #Whenever #Wherever 🎼
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09 April 2021 04:51

🤔10 Words That Can Be Confusing⁉️

1️⃣ affect / effect
affect: The bad weather affects my mood.
effect: The president effected several changes in the company.

2️⃣ alternatives / choices
alternatives: New ways to treat arthritis may provide an alternative to painkillers.
choices: Our choices come down to staying here or leaving here.

3️⃣ alibi / excuse
alibi: The police broke her alibi by proving she knew how to shoot a pistol.
excuse: I can't buy his excuse.

4️⃣ anticipate / expect
anticipate: What Jeff did was to anticipate my next question.
expect: I expect that the weather will be nice.

5️⃣ flagrant / blatant
flagrant: The judge called the decision "a flagrant violation of international law."
blatant: Outsiders will continue to suffer the most blatant discrimination.

6️⃣ chronic / acute
chronic: For those with chronic depression, she said, "keep at it."
acute: Acute dysentery wracked and sapped life from his body.

7️⃣ compose / comprise
compose: England, Scotland and Wales compose the island of Great Britain.
comprise: After the 2014 referendum on independence for Scotland, the UK still comprised England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

8️⃣ continual / continuous
continual: “No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual war,” Madison concluded.
continuous: Continuous farming impoverishes the soil.

9️⃣ crescendo / climax
crescendo: She spoke in a crescendo: "You are a bad girl! You are a wicked girl! You are evil!"
climax: The fifth scene was the climax of the play.

🔟 decimate / destroy
decimate: Famine decimated the population.
destroy: The soldiers destroyed the village.

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Level: Elementary~Intermediate
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06 April 2021 18:45

CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE
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Level: Elementary~Intermediate
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02 April 2021 19:41

TOEFL essential vocabulary
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📌 Useful for students taking IELTS and TOEFL exams
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31 March 2021 19:09

🗣 Speaking Vocabularies

📌Cut it out!: stop it; stop doing that.

📌Cut corners: to save money (to do something in the cheapest way).

📌Couch potato: somebody who is lazy and inactive.

📌Cold fish: an unfriendly person.

📌To catch someone red-handed: to capture someone in the act.

📌Crack of dawn: (a time) very early in the morning.

📌Cost an arm and a leg: to be very expensive.

📌Come down with: to become ill with a particular illness.

📌Can't stand (someone or something): to hate or dislike someone or something very much.
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Level: Elementary~Intermediate
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#Idiom #Vocabulary #Phrases
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30 March 2021 07:15

🔴 The English We Speak
🆕 Serial returner
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Level: Elementary_Intermediate
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#Vocabulary #Video 🎙 🎤 🎧
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27 March 2021 18:10

⚡️ English Idioms in Use ⚡️
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🔄 Share with your friends
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#Book #PDF #Idioms
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26 March 2021 05:09

IELTS Reading

Read faster & remember more

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Level: Intermediate~Advanced
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#engVid #IELTS #Reading #General #Academic #Video #Ronnie 🇨🇦
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24 March 2021 07:40

Alan Walker
LILY
Feat.K-391 & Emelie Hollow
[ Music + Lyrics ]

🕐 3:41 / 6.48MB
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Level: Intermediate~Advanced
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#Music #Lyrics #Alan_Walker #Lily
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22 March 2021 18:08

⏰ Around the clock ⏰

✍ Meaning:
🔸 All day and all night without stopping, 24/7

✍ Example:
🗣️ They’re working around the clock to get it done.
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Level: Elementary~Intermediate
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#Idiom #Around #Clock ⏰
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27 April 2021 13:09

📹 English in the workplace

🔟 Business English Expressions You Need To Know

🔺 Lesson by Emma
🇦🇺 Accent: Australian
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Level: Intermediate~Advanced
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#Business #Expression #Workplace
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25 April 2021 13:30

🎓 Grammar lesson 🎓

Level: Elementary~Intermediate
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#Grammar #Rules #Conjugation #Conjunction
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20 April 2021 18:58

🌮 Are there any foods you don’t like?

🥗 Sometimes there are foods we can’t eat due to allergies or lifestyle choices.

☝🏻Here are some ways to explain that you can’t eat a particular food.
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Level: Elementary~Intermediate
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#Vocabulary #Expression #Eat
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16 April 2021 18:43

📹 Speaking practice

🤔 British Slang vs. Australian Slang

🔺 Lesson by Lucy
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Level: Intermediate~Advanced
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#British #Australian #Accent #Slang
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14 April 2021 09:47

⚡️ Useful for students taking IELTS and TOEFL exams ⚡️
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Level: Intermediate~Advanced
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10 April 2021 20:14

📈 Off the charts 📉

✍ Meaning:
🔸 Great or wonderful than usual or average, at a very high level.

✍ Example:
🗣️ His intelligence was off the charts.
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Level: Elementary~Intermediate
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#Idiom #Vocabulary #Charts📊
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06 April 2021 18:46

CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE
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📌 Download the book FREE
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04 April 2021 18:42

📹 Grammar lesson

🤔 GOOD or WELL ⁉️
🤔 Adverb or Adjective ⁉️

🔺 Lesson by Emma
🇦🇺 Accent: Australian
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Level: Elementary~Intermediate
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#Adverb #Adjective #Good #Well
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02 April 2021 19:40

⚡️ Useful for students taking IELTS and TOEFL exams ⚡️
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Level: Intermediate~Advanced
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30 March 2021 07:16

🔴 The English We Speak
🆕 Serial returner
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📦 Support Pack
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#Vocabulary #PDF 🎁
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28 March 2021 06:48

📹 Speaking practice
👩‍💻15 Awesome Expressions to talk about Working from Home!

🔺 Lesson by Emma
🇦🇺 Accent: Australian
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Level: Intermediate ~ Advanced
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#Video #Work #Expression
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27 March 2021 18:09

⚡️ English Idioms in Use ⚡️
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Level: Intermediate~Advanced
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25 March 2021 17:49

📹 Speaking practice
🤔 Be Professional!
💢 Never say this at work!
🔺 Lesson by Emma
🇦🇺 Accent: Australian🇦🇺
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Level: Elementary~Intermediate
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#Video #Speaking #Professional
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23 March 2021 19:46

⚡️ Practical expressions ⚡️

💡 Want to sound like native speakers?

✅ Here are the expressions that are commonly used by native speakers! 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰
Level:
Elementary~Intermediate
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21 March 2021 06:41

📹 Speaking practice
🤔 Stuck in English Conversations?
🤗 Let's Get You UNSTUCK!
👩 27 Expressions for English conversation
🔺 Lesson by Emma
🍀 Accent: Australian
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Level: Intermediate~Advanced
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#Video #Speaking #Conversation
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