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Fractions and percentages in English
A store says that 25 percent of its winter coats are on sale. To understand the offer, you need to recognize that 25 percent is one quarter. Fractions and percentages help you talk about parts of a whole in shopping, work, news, and daily life.
Open lessonFuture continuous: actions in progress at a future time
At 8 tomorrow morning, I will be taking the train. The journey has not started yet, but it will be in progress at that future time.
Open lessonGerunds in English: form and common patterns
Reading on the train can turn a long commute into useful time. Here, reading names the activity itself.
Open lessonGiving reasons and examples
A colleague asks why you want to move a meeting. You can give the reason first: We need to move it because two team members are away. If the colleague needs more detail, add an example of what the team will miss.
Open lessonGroup discussion tips: join, respond, and build on ideas
A group discussion changes quickly. You may have a good idea but miss the moment to use it. A few simple moves can help you enter the conversation, show that you listened, and make your point useful to the next speaker.
Open lessonGroup discussion tips: speak clearly and work with others
In a group discussion, you do not need the longest answer. You need to make your point clear and show that you can work with the other speakers.
Open lessonGut feeling: meaning and use in English
You meet someone for the first time and feel that they are hiding something, although you cannot say why. You have a gut feeling. The phrase describes a quick personal impression, not a fact that you can prove.
Open lessonHad better: give strong advice
You should take an umbrella is friendly advice. You'd better take an umbrella suggests that a problem may follow if you do not.
Open lessonHead over heels: meaning and use in English
After three dates, Nia keeps smiling when Omar's name appears on her phone. Her friend says, 'You are head over heels.' The friend means that Nia has very strong romantic feelings, not that she has fallen upside down.
Open lessonHomophones and homographs: sound, spelling, and meaning
I can hear the sea from here, but I cannot see it from this room. The two words sound alike, yet their spelling and meaning are different. That small difference can change a sentence completely.
Open lessonHow to learn English quickly: a realistic practice plan
There is no honest shortcut that turns a beginner into a fluent speaker overnight. You can make better use of a short study period, though, when every session has one job: understand useful English, use it yourself, and notice one thing to improve.
Open lessonHow to write a formal letter in English
A formal letter helps an official reader deal with a matter quickly. Its clear shape makes the purpose and next step easy to find.
Open lessonI am doing a job: describe current work naturally
Someone asks where you work. You can say, ‘I work at a grammar school,’ if it is your regular job. If the arrangement is temporary or happening around now, say, ‘I am working at a grammar school.’
Open lessonI or me? Choose the right pronoun in a pair
Kira and I are meeting the client. The client is meeting Kira and me. The same two people appear in both sentences, but their job changes the pronoun.
Open lessonIE and EI spelling: useful patterns and limits
Field and receive both contain a long vowel sound, but their spellings differ. How can you decide whether a word uses ie or ei?
Open lessonIdioms and proverbs: how to tell the difference
Do the words give the message, or does the whole saying do it? An idiom usually works inside a sentence. A proverb is often a complete sentence that gives advice or a general observation.
Open lessonIdioms exercise: choose the meaning from the situation
Your classmate says the presentation was a piece of cake. Nobody brought cake to class. The situation tells you that the presentation was easy.
Open lessonIdioms exercise: understand meaning from context
Maya says, “I was on cloud nine after the interview.” Nobody thinks she was in the sky. The good news around the sentence tells you that the idiom means she was extremely happy.
Open lessonIdle or idol: inactivity, admiration, and spelling
The printer has been idle all morning, but the singer on the poster is a teenager's idol. One letter changes the word, and the meanings move far apart.
Open lessonImprove spoken English: build fluency through short repeated practice
Speaking for one minute about a familiar part of your day is enough to notice what stops you. Repeat the same task once, with one small goal, and you can hear a useful change.
Open lessonIn or inside: choosing the right word for a place
Your keys can be in your bag, or they can be inside your bag. Both sentences place the keys in the bag, yet inside can make the boundary of the bag more noticeable.
Open lessonIndefinite pronouns: someone, anything, and nobody
Someone left a message. Did anyone call? Nobody answered. One small beginning changes what the sentence says about the person.
Open lessonIndirect questions: polite and accurate forms
Where is the station? is a direct question. Could you tell me where the station is? asks for the same information more politely. After where, the words follow normal statement order.
Open lessonInfinitives in English: a practical introduction
I want to leave before dark, but I can stay for another hour. Leave and stay are both infinitive forms, but only the first one has to.
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