Phrasal verbs – essential things to know
Learning phrasal verbs is a challenge for English learners. Here are some tips to make learning phrasal verbs as painless as possible, plus a free exercise!
Narrative tenses in conversational English – past, present, and future
Telling stories is a huge part of conversational English, so being comfortable with narrative tenses is important for English fluency. Most English lessons about narrative tenses in English focus on the following 4 tenses: Past simple Past perfect Past continuous Past perfect continuous But did you know that you can use present tenses in English …
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Threw me for a loop – idiom
Learn the idiom to throw someone/something for a loop, and test yourself with a quiz!
043 – Real English conversations: Lori scores a year’s supply of toilet paper (archive)
A funny thing happened today when Lori was shopping for office supplies, and it involves an industrial-sized package of toilet paper rolls.
Just a sec! Three informal English phrases for asking people to wait a moment
If you have ever taken an English course, you probably learned the phrase “One moment, please” or “just a moment” for politely asking someone to wait for a very short period of time. Phrases using moment are useful for formal situations. But in everyday conversational English they can sound stiff and unnatural. Here are three …
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How to use very and not very – intensifiers in English
You can do a lot of things with the word very in English. The simplest use of very is as an intensifer. An intensifier is a word that makes another word stronger or adds emphasis. Very as an intensifier You put very directly in front of the adjective or adverb that you want to intensify. …
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042 – Make the Most of your Motivation part 2 of 2 – Real English Conversations
Introduction Hi English learners! Lori here, your teacher from Betteratenglish.com. Last week I shared the first part of a cool conversation I had with Dr. BJ Fogg, all about making the most of your motivation. Today you’ll be hearing part two, the final part of this conversation. If you missed the first part, make sure …
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041 – Make the most of your motivation – a conversation with BJ Fogg (part 1 of 2)
What can you do when you’re not feeling motivated? What is the best way to use your motivation when you ARE motivated? Find out in this episode of Real English Conversations from Better at English. Lori talks to Dr. BJ Fogg about how to make the most of the motivation that you have, no matter if it’s high or low.