Everyday English with E2

In this podcast, Andy will teach you how to use ‘the correlative comparative’. You don’t need to know the name. Think of it as ‘the more, the more’. This is a common sentence structure that helps us connect ideas in a fun way using comparative adjectives; it will help you give advice, talk about your feelings and goals, and you’ll be able to do it easily and enjoyably! 

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.

Welcome to Everyday English with E2. Each week, we focus on English grammar, vocabulary, spelling or pronunciation. This week we’re focusing on a super important part of pronunciation called ‘linking or connected speech’, which has a big impact on how easily you are understood. And that’s your aim - to be EASILY understood.

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.

We are back with another episode of Everyday English with E2! Each week we focus on English grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation or spelling. This week we will concentrate on a common English sound that can be quite tricky to spell correctly - the /k/ sound. You’ll learn a collection of quirky /k/ words with contrasting spellings, know a few spelling tricks, and quiz you as you go. By the end of this episode, you will be able to spell the /k/ sound quickly and confidently!

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.

Australian English has some unique features including the ‘shortening’ of words. This makes Australian English fun and simple. But if you don’t know how these rules work, it will be very confusing. In this podcast, join Jay to learn some Australian slang words including ‘mozzie’, ‘postie’ and ‘avo’. You will also learn how Australians make nicknames based on your full name. It’s a fun and interesting podcast about Australian slang.

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 of Everyday English with E2, Louisa will teach you two ways to use the past continuous verb tense - one for how to tell stories about the past and one for how to answer the question: What were you doing? This is an important podcast that explains a challenging verb tense simply, easily and enjoyably! Listen up and learn to master English grammar with E2.

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.

How well can you pronounce "ordinal numbers" in English such as FOURTH, FIFTH and SIXTH? These are some of the most difficult to pronounce words in English because that "TH" sound is particularly troublesome for a lot of people. In this podcast, Jay will teach you how to pronounce each of the various sounds from "first" to "thirteenth" giving you lots of opportunities to practice and refine the way you say these words and pronounce English words in general."

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.

Welcome to another episode of Everyday English with E2 where every week we focus on English grammar, vocabulary or pronunciation - but this week we’re doing something a little different. We’re going to focus on English spelling and I’m going to try to convince you that English spelling is - mostly - logical, with maybe a few strange exceptions to the rules. I’ll be sure to quiz you as you go so you can get better at understanding the sound-letter relationships in English. It’ll help your English overall!

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 of Everyday English with E2, you will learn how to introduce yourself in English. When you introduce yourself in English, you need to consider the social context. Are you introducing yourself to one person, or a group of people? Is the person you’re introducing yourself to around the same age as you? Is the person you’re introducing yourself to in a higher social position than you? Why are you introducing yourself? What’s the purpose of your introduction? All of these factors determine how you can best introduce yourself 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.

Today we’re talking about something that might seem simple but is in fact quite complicated, and very interesting. We’re going to talk about ‘nouns’. Put simply, a noun is a thing. Right? But the problem is that in English there are different types of things and the English language changes depending on the type of thing you’re talking or writing about. If you listen carefully, this will help to improve your understanding and use of English and give you some interesting ideas to think about as well…

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 of Everyday English with E2, We are going to learn about all six of the changes that happen to spoken English – about how words transform so you can sound more fluent when speaking, and how you can understand spoken English much more easily.

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.