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Learn It near far Movement Over the bridge Through the tunnel Along / Down the road Go upstairs Go downstairs Take the lift up / down. Ask the right question More Questions How do I get to … ? What’s the best way to …? Is it near? Is it far? Pronunciation along down downstairs over through up upstairs source from: learn-english-online
Learn It Simple Directions Right Left Straight ahead For example The factory is straight ahead. The office block is on the left. You are here. The train station is on the right. Ask the right question Question Answer Where is the office block please? It’s on the left. Could you tell me where the factory [...]
Learn It An English family says ‘Hello!’ The Bell Family Do you remember Mr and Mrs Bell and their children Carol and Robert? Mr Bell’s parents are dead and he doesn’t have any brothers and sisters, he was an only child. Mrs Bell’s parents are still alive, she has a younger sister and an older [...]
Learn It The Letter A You should recognise this letter: it’s the letter ‘A’, the first letter of the English alphabet, so, if you’ve learnt your ABCs then it should be very familiar to you, if not, you might want to skip this video. In English pronunciation we have long and short sounds: For example, [...]
Foody Language These days in the UK, everywhere you look there’s food. There are posters in the street telling you to buy this or that. Market stalls are piled high with exotic fruit my mother certainly wouldn’t have recognised. Things like kumqwats, dragon fruit etc. This recipe on the Waitrose website calls for papaya, physalis, [...]
To Like, To Look Like, To Be Like The questions:- What does he like? What does he look like? What would he like? What is he like? How is he? As a verb like can mean to enjoy or approve of. For example:- “I like your new car.” Like can also mean similar to or in the same way. For [...]
Foody Language These days in the UK, everywhere you look there’s food. There are posters in the street telling you to buy this or that. Market stalls are piled high with exotic fruit my mother certainly wouldn’t have recognised. Things like kumqwats, dragon fruit etc. This recipe on the Waitrose website calls for papaya, physalis, [...]
The Present Perfect Simple – [HAS / HAVE] + [past participle] We often use the Present Perfect Simple tense to talk about our life up to now, especially when we are interested in what happened, and not exactly when it happened. Think of it as unfinished time – you’re not dead – your life isn’t finished, so you use [...]
Mr Bean – Where hasn’t he been? He has been to America, but he hasn’t been to New York. You can say “I haven’t been to…” or “I’ve never been to…” He has been to Ireland, but he’s never been to Dublin. He has been to Canada, but he hasn’t been to Montreal. Learn It [...]
Mr Bean – Has he ever been to …? Question Answer – Positive Question Answer – Negative Has Mr Bean ever been to America? Yes. He’s been to America. Has he been to New York? No. He’s never been to New York. Has he ever been to Ireland? Yes. He’s been to Ireland. Has he [...]