LUGGAGE, BAGS & BrE/AmE TRAVEL VOCABULARY

Some vocabulary related to luggage (BrE) / baggage (AmE). Different kinds of bags.

JEWELRY

STRUCTURES TO DESCRIBE SOMEONE IN ENGLISH

These two charts show structures and specific vocabulary to describe people in English. For more on descriptive vocabulary for people, go to a previous post HERE.

USED TO vs BE USED TO

On this post we try to clarify the difference between USED TO+infinitve to express past habits that are no longer practiced versus BE USED TO+-ing to express actions we are accustomed to do regularly.

More about USED TO on a previous post

PREPOSITIONS IN QUESTIONS

Remember that in interrogative structures in English, prepositions go at the end of the sentence. Complete information about how to make questions in English on this previous post HERE.

USE OF HYPHENS -

This is chart with the rules of when to use a hyphen:
- with compound nouns.
- to join prefixes to words.
- to show word breaks.

PHRASAL VERBS: PARTYING

Another collection of phrasal verbs under the topic of partying.

Remember there's a separate page in this blog where you can find phrasal verbs listed alphabetically.

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FORMAL & INFORMAL ENGLISH (VIDEO-LESSON)

This chart summarises the main differences between formal & informal English.
Below examples of differences in vocabulary:

Video-lesson:

ENGLISH AUXILIARY VERBS

Remember English needs auxiliary verbs to make the negative and interrogative forms. Here are the three main auxiliary verbs in English: BE for the Continuous/Progressive and Passive forms, HAVE for the Perfect forms and DO for the Simple forms. BE and HAVE are used also in the affirmative of those forms. Other auxiliary verbs are MODAL verbs.

USEFUL PHRASAL VERBS (+ Back, Blow, Break, Bring, Give, Go)

ALL ABOUT VALENTINE'S DAY

It's that day once again... Some say it's romantic and cheesy... Others that it's only a commercial invention...

But it's here, and it's celebrated.

We've devoted many posts to it throughout the years, you can link to all of them HERE.

Another link to HOW TO FLIRT IN ENGLISH.

But if you really want to know everything about it, click to The Telegraph's article below:

Valentine's Day: Stay in or go out? A guide to the day itself and how to celebrate it

Below we also include some charts with idioms/expressions with the word of the day: HEART:

And different ways to say you're in love:

And whatever, enjoy!

INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES

Here's a map of the current geographical distribution of the different branches of Indo-European languages throughout Europe & Asia.

TELLING STORES FROM THE PAST (Narrative tenses)

- Practice: so which past tenses would you use in this story:

practice links:
- TELLING A STORY (1)
- TELLING A STORY (2)

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

A chart with vocabulary of ICT technology gadgets & media.

MAKEUP

As it's Carnival, you might need some of these products to disguise properly. Here's make up vocabulary. For more vocabulary on personal hygiene care HERE.

BICYCLES

CARS: PARTS & TYPES

In this post you can learn the different parts of a car and the different kinds of car that exist.

VEHICLES

Starting a series of post devoted to vocabulary of vehicles. The first one a generic basic review of the most important.

LINES

AGREEING: SO, TOO / EITHER, NEITHER

These is the structure you use in English when you want to agree with what another person says:

SO+auxiliary verb+Subject or repeat the same using TOO at the end.

Similarly to Question Tags.