Complete List of Posts

Tenses:

1. Present Simple (French translation)


English Grammar Rules and Practice:

1. Stative Verbs - a complete list with some extra exercises
2. Wishes - Rules, Examples, Reading Practice
3. Conditionals - Reading Practice
4. Confusing Verbs: MAKE / DO/ TAKE/ HAVE/ GET - Examples, Exercises
5. Verbs Followed by Prepositions/ Elementary Level: Rules, Examples, Exercises
6. Used to vs Be used to +ing vs Get used to +ing - Rules, Examples, Comparisons 
7. Modal Verbs (Present and Future) - how to express certainty, obligation or talk about our abilities.
8. Articles - Rules, Examples, Exceptions
9. Passive Voice - Rules, Examples, Traps


PET:

1. PET - Key Word transformations


FCE:

1. FCE Top 20 Key Word Transformations
2. FCE Vocabulary Revision - Travel and Travelling
3. FCE Vocabulary Revision - Sport and Leisure
4.FCE Vocabulary Revision - Education and Learning
5. FCE Vocabulary Revision - Work and Employment

Vocabulary:

1. 100 Most Popular English Verbs - French Translation
2. False Friends - English / French (All you need to know in 1 table)

Reading Practice:

1. Present Simple Reading Practice - The differences between men and women
2. Bill Gates on Life - Upper Intermediate/Advanced Reading Practice
3. The If Generation - Conditionals Reading Practice
4. The Problems with New Year's Resolutions - Intermediate Reading Practice
5. Giving Thanks by Mental Subtraction - Intermediate Reading Practice

Short Videos about Learning the language:

1. The Offensive Translator - parodies of different languages
2. I would like to buy a hamburger - problems with English pronunciation

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