Everyday English with E2

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English speakers love a rhyme! We like to use them all the time. In fact, English is full of rhyming phrases that we love to whip out at every opportunity! In this episode of Everyday English with E2, we are going to look at 6 of the most common rhyming idioms in the English language.

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At E2, there are always students asking ‘how can I improve my grammar?’ or ‘How do I extend my ideas on a speaking test?’ Well, I’ve got one word that can do just that. It’s a common word that I’m sure you all know, but it’s very versatile and underused. That word is ‘which’. And today, I’m going to show YOU how to use it well to help you express your ideas clearly.

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Ok… Articles… the… an… a… or nothing… what article do I use, and when and why! We get these questions from everyone! Beginners, intermediates, OET and IELTS students, and even students doing a masters degree! Today is episode 2 of an E2 DEEP DIVE into articles.

Hello and welcome back to another episode of Everyday English with E2. My name is Mark. Each week, we focus on English grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation or spelling, and this week it’s all about the definite article, which you all know as the word ‘the’.

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Hello and welcome back to another episode of Everyday English with E2. My name is Mark. Each week, we focus on English grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation or spelling, and this week it’s all about the construction and pronunciation of contractions: can not/can’t, do not/don’t. Let’s have a look!

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Silent letters. English is full of them. And they’re the worst, right? I mean, why does ‘February’ need that R in the middle? Wouldn’t we be better off if ‘could’ didn’t have an L? And don’t get me started on the S in ‘island’. But there is one silent letter that is actually extremely useful, and that letter is… the Magic E.

Welcome to another episode of Everyday English with E2. Each week, we have a look at a different aspect of English grammar, vocabulary or pronunciation. And this week it’s all about spelling! In fact, this E will cast a spell on you! Because it’s magic.

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One of the most common words in English is the word ‘get’. Seriously, we use it so much. In fact, if you look in the dictionary, the word ‘get’ has 37 ways that it can be used. And beyond that, there are dozens, probably over hundred ways we can use the word ‘get’ in a sentence. We could be here for hours talking about it. But for now, we’re just going to review just a few ways you can use the word ‘get’.

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One of the most common challenges students face when trying to improve their grammatical or pronunciation accuracy is the regular past tense: I attended. I watched. I lived.  So listen now as this one little sound at the end of a verb can make or break your English test score.

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Hi and welcome to another episode of Everyday English with E2, where each week we focus on English grammar, vocabulary or pronunciation. This week, we’re looking at spelling, and focusing on a type of word that can be really challenging when learning English - the homophone. But what is a homophone?

Well, if you’ve been learning English for a while, you’ve probably come across quite a few words that sound the same but are spelled differently. Like here - as in, ‘come over here!’ - and hear - as in, ‘can you hear that music playing?’. These words are called homophones, from ‘homo’, meaning ‘same’, and ‘phone’, meaning ‘sound’.

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Hello and welcome back to another episode of Everyday English with E2. Each week, we focus on English grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation or spelling, and this week it’s all about vocabulary and the adjectives that you can use to describe people.

And if you ever want a bit more practice before your English test, make sure you head to www.e2testprep.com and sign up for our free online English test prep courses for IELTS, PTE, OET, TOEFL, TOEIC and CELPIP.