Everyday English with E2

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 grammar and the indefinite article, which you all know as ‘a’ or ‘an’.

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! 

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.

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 pronunciation of numbers. Thirteen, thirty, fourteen, forty… and so on.

So a common point of confusion, even for highly proficient speakers of English, and even for native speakers who speak ONLY English, is numbers. The teen numbers and 10 digits can sound very similar. So keep listening to find out how you can master the pronunciation of numbers in English.

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.

Let’s face it. English spelling is weird. Sometimes you spell a ‘ch’ sound with a C-H, like in cheese, and sometimes you spell it with a T-U, like in Tuesday. If bird is spelled B-I-R-D, why isn’t word spelled W-I-R-D? Have you had enough of all these unusual spellings? But what if I told you that there is a list of the 100 most commonly misspelt words in English, and once you’ve learnt them, you’ll be able to spell pretty much anything? Well... Take a listen of this week's Everyday English with E2 episode to find out!

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.

Hello and welcome back to another episode of Everyday English with E2. Each week, we focus on English grammar, vocabulary or pronunciation, and this week it’s all about vocabulary. So many students think they need to learn new words to improve their English. And they’re not wrong. New words are great! But you’d be surprised how much easier and more meaningful it can be if you just learn slightly different meanings that come from words you may already know.

In this episode, we look at different meanings from "colour" words such as red, blue and green.

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.

So how do we compare things in English? We can use comparative adjectives like ‘bigger’ or ‘more delicious’, but what if you’re comparing two things that are exactly the same size and exactly the same level of deliciousness? Like a donut and a cupcake! That’s when it’s time for us to use a small but very useful word - as - to help us make a comparison.

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.

In this episode, we’re focusing on a super important part of pronunciation called ‘sentence stress’, which has a big impact on how clear your ideas and feelings are. So it’s not just about the words you say that ensure you are understood, it’s the emotion you put into your words that helps you really express yourself.

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.

One of the biggest questions we get at E2 is ‘how can I improve my vocabulary?’ and we get this from everyone! Beginners, intermediates, OET and IELTS students, and even students doing a masters degree! But did you know that sometimes one single word can be slightly changed to mean something slightly different? You don’t have to learn a new word to improve your vocabulary; just slightly modify one of the words you already use! Let’s take a look.

In this episode, we look at the root word "information" and other words such as inform, informative and uninformative, informed and uninformed, misinformed and more!

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.

Hello and welcome back to another episode of Everyday English with E2. My name is Mark. Each week, we focus on English grammar, vocabulary or pronunciation, and this week it’s all about grammar.

One of the biggest questions we get at E2 is ‘how can I learn more phrasal verbs?’ and we get this from everyone! Beginners, intermediates, IELTS and even OET students! Now, the short answer is you learn them one at a time. But which ones? My advice is to start with language you can use to talk about your life and your experiences. Let’s start with 5 phrasal verbs YOU can use to talk about your weekend.

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.

This week we’re focusing on a super important part of pronunciation that is part of ‘linking or connected speech’. It’s called ‘intrusion’

In a previous episode about pronunciation, we talked about linking, and how it allows you to speak slower or fast and maintain intelligibility. Intrusion is part of this. Sometimes, when certain words are linked together, some extra sounds appear. Today, we’re going to focus on what this sounds like.

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.

One of the biggest questions we get at E2 is ‘how can I improve my vocabulary?’ and we get this from everyone! Beginners, intermediates, OET and IELTS students, and even students doing a masters degree! But did you know that sometimes one single word can be slightly changed to mean something slightly different? You don’t have to learn a new word to improve your vocabulary; just slightly modify one of the words you already use!

In this episode, we look at the root word "decide" and other words such as decision, indecision, decided, undecided, decisive, indecisive and more!

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.