Even if you’re not interested in football, this post is full of grammar and vocabulary that just reading it will improve your English a little bit. The close of the English football season provided a remarkable comeback story, the likes of which had never been seen before. A Hollywood scriptwriter wouldn’t have dared to invent [...]
This text is about The Avengers film. Different ways of saying ‘unite’ are highlighted and explained below. Don’t forget to do the quiz and answer the discussion questions. This month will see the release of Marvel Avengers Assemble, also called The Avengers. Fans of superhero films have waited a long time for this film. [...]
As it’s Monday and the start of a new week, this is probably a good time to do something a little bit different than normal…something naughty. So let’s look at something that students always love: rude hand gestures in English culture! The thing that students love the most is learning how to swear (saying ‘bad’ [...]
This Business English text is all about crowdsourcing and start-ups. Useful vocabulary is highlighted and the definitions are at the bottom. There is also a short quiz and some discussion questions for you to answer. The terms start-ups and crowdsourcing almost seem to go hand in hand nowadays. In fact, it’s probably thanks to [...]
Learn 14 new words/phrases from this interesting article on a new craze, which you could get involved with to help improve your English
Business English is very useful at the moment becuase everyone is talking about the global economic crisis. The words you need to know are in bold and then explained in the Business English: Banking glossary below the text. You can download a print friendly version of the article and vocabulary glossary here: Stop banker [...]
New Vocabulary for you is used and then exlained with a definition in the vocabulary glossary. Article about Pinterest a new form of social media that hopes to challenge Facebook’s dominance.
Common British slang words (like innit, loo, bog, cheers, killer, git, fancy, daft, aggro, chuffed and donkey’s years) explained in standard English.
Relaxing is very important and maybe this is the most soothing song ever made. So, is it? What do you think? Check out all the English vocabulary to do with relaxation. Free mp3 of native English speaker. 4 videos of very relaxing music.
Temporary work could actually have some advantages over permanent contracts. Lots of business English vocabulary explained in the glossary.
© 2012 The English Blog. St George International Ltd, 79–80 Margaret Street, London W1W 8TA
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7299 1700 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7299 1711 E-mail: info@stgeorges.co.uk
-
