Monday 17 November 2014

Make or Do

Here is the genius Fluency MC with a great clip full of DO and MAKE collocations he calls collo, enjoy:

Can you follow the MC and sing along in the second half of the clip?

Try and write down these collo (collocations) for your improvement! And then choose a few, perhaps 5 a week, to put in a real sentence that makes sense in your world. That will help you remember them easily.

This guy is great, check out more of his work here:


Thursday 13 November 2014

In time - On time a great explanation

Hello everyone, how are things going?

I've recently come across this wonderful channel on youtube with simple English videos that teach you great things in a simple way.

This one will talk about two very confusing expressions:

in time x on time

Do you know the difference of those two? Can you use them correctly?

Watch Vicki Hollet's video and and test yourself at the end:



Now tell me, have you finished your latest homework piece yet?

Are you on time with it? Or are you behind schedule?

To be behind schedule means to be late. 

How about at work? Did you send that business proposal on time? This is extremely important. You don't want to risk the company's image...

When was the last time you've been to the theater to watch a musical, a play, an opera, a concert or even a dance show? Did you arrive in time for it? You mustn't arrive at the last moment. That it because you need to find your seat. Sometimes people want to get refreshments. Or even use the ladies' or men's room. If you're going to see an opera, a ballet or a concert you might want to spend some time at the theater, enjoying yourself. Having a drink perhaps. So, it's good to arrive in time for all that.

Right?

Check out Vicky Hollet's YouTube channel, she has amazing videos there:


Thanks for now folks!