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An Open Letter to Brazil - by Mark Mason

Mark Mason calls himself an author, blogger and enterpreneur. He is an American who is about to marry a Brazilian woman. And because of that has come to learn more closely things about our culture He has an interesting view as to why we are now going downhill.

Here is the letter he wrote to us.

An open letter to Brazil

Take a look at it and please, write your comments!

Due

Hey all! This is a very nice video from Vicky and Jay explaining the useful word DUE.

Little Red Ridding Hood by Roald Dahl

I came across this wonderful classic read and adapted by Roald Dahl and I just loved it. So twisted and remarkable. I had to share it with you.

You may listen to him reading it, which is the best part of it.

Here is the link:

Little Red Ridding Hood

If I won the lottery I'd buy a Ferrari

Seriously guys... What would you do with a real lottery prize these days?

Would you buy a new house? Or would that be an apartment?

Would you prefer a house on the beach? Or in the country?

Would you spend your money travelling around the world?

Would you stop working? Or would you carry on with your job only 3 times a week?

Sooo many options...

See guys, what we talking about are HYPOTHETICAL SITUATIONS, because you have NOT won the lottery yet. Not that I know at least, because if you had, you would hire me as you teacher full time! hahahaha

And when we talk about hypothetical situations we need to observe the following form:

WOULD + INFINITIVE  and  IF + SIMPLE PAST

The order doesn't matter much, it depends on the emphasis you want to give to each part of the construction.

Observe:

What would you do if you won the lottery?

How about your family members? Do you know what they would do with a lottery prize? Why don't you share some of your ideas here?

And also take a look at the following exercise from the wonderful site Perfect English Grammar:

Second Conditional Exercises

IELTS Speaking: Improve English & prepare for IELTS - Vocabulary

Good morning everyone! For those of you who are preparing for the IELTS I've found this video about the speaking part really useful. I hope you enjoy!