BAN EUROVISION! Adverb rules for Intermediate level
You will read an article below (about the Eurovision song contest) that uses lots of adjectives and adverbs. So, first of all, let's look at some English grammar rules to…
1st conditional: Scream, if you’re superstitious about Friday 13th
Friday was a special day but unfortunately not in a good way. Friday 13th in the UK is considered unlucky, and because of a horror film from the 1970s, it…
Relative Clauses on the New London Bus
London is a place where you can eat fish and chips, take a photo by a red telephone box and jump on the back of a bus. London buses! Aaah.…
Some vs Any
I’ve been trying to think of something to write about for a blog, but I haven’t got any ideas at the moment. However, some of my students from different classes…
How many words of English do you, and footballers, really need?
Capello the Minimalist Well, England’s football manager, Fabio Capello, from Italy said just last week that he needed only 100 words to speak to his players. According to Fiona Douglas…
Twitter Time
Happy Twitterday! Twitter has recently celebrated its fifth birthday and the internet is full of stories discussing how useful it is or is not. For those of you who don’t…
The Wrong Type of Green
With Nuclear Armageddon only a step away, Death is wearing luminous green. Meanwhile those who vote Green are loudly saying ‘I told you so!’ and plenty more people are beginning…
The English Blog Quiz
Congratulations to the winner of the January Quiz, Michelle Braccini from Italy. He has won a week of free English lessons at SGI. As usual, this month SGI are giving…
Anti-Valentine’s Day special: I promise to…not to keep that promise
Valentine’s Day Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll know that today is Valentine’s Day. How could you miss it? Being with that special someone should give you butterflies…
Football Commentator Confusion
Football commentators have been in the news recently for all the wrong reasons but traditionally they have a reputation for using language which sometimes even native speakers not interested in…