Every week, we’ll be sharing a list of posts, stories, news, or opinions that we've run across the Internet during the past week or two. We won't be discussing them in detail here, but we do encourage you to check them out as they could contain valuable ideas and insights for your
IELTS exam.
If you're ready, here we go...
GRAMMAR
This real necklace is an efficient, subtle new way to tell the world your you're tired of its lazy attitude toward the English language, without even having to speak it.
The
verb to do is another common verb in English. It can be used as an auxiliary and a main verb. It is often used in questions.
Guide to the use of question tags in English for ESL and EFL learners. Question tags are explained including variations on meaning through pronunciation, as well as examples of question tags in a variety of tenses.
This are very handy tools for your
writing and
speaking exam.
The author shares his thoughts on the word "funner."
This post outlines the basic principles of the
verb, the workhorse of language.
The past perfect is “the past before the past.” You can use it to talk about an event that happened before another event in the past. The past perfect is formed with: had + past participle.
Sometimes it's OK to omit the word 'that'; sometimes it isn't. Read this post to learn more.
A new study suggests
grammar and
vocabulary, not
pronunciation, are key to effective oral communication.
The author asks whether there is a decline and fall in the use of continuous tenses.
Learn the difference between on, in, at, before, ago, after, later, by, until, and other
prepositions of time in English.
PUNCTUATION
The author shares her top 4
punctuation pet peeves; plus good reads from Amy Wallace, and more.
Here are the latest, greatest rules about
colons from Grammar Girl and CMS 16 (that’s the sixteenth edition of the Chicago Manual of Style for those of you who aren’t in the know) about COLONS.
Who uses the nosed and the noseless varieties of emoticons?
SPEAKING
You have to mind how you talk to people at least as much as what you say to them.
We all want our presentations to go well, but often times there are barriers that get in the way of us reaching our presentation destination from fear to self-limiting beliefs.
Your voice is a powerful tool in creating the success of your speeches and presentations. Just on its own, it can make or break your public speaking. Use these five tips to learn how to harness the power of your voice.
VOCABULARY
The author started the first in an ongoing series of pieces that will attempt to explain where some of the phrases we frequently use first originated.
The connotations between the two words are vast.
The words "myriad" and "enamored" can cause confusion because we hear and see them used two ways.
Recent additions to the dictionary reflect many of the changes brought by the Recession.
The authors talk about removing another kind of filler from our speech (and our writing as well): empty words. They believe that just like empty calories have the form of food but offer no nourishment to the eater, empty words take the form of verbiage, but offer no substance to the listener – leaving them hungry for meaning and details.
What does 'nomophobia' mean?
The author suggests 3 things: Read, write, and rehearse.
WRITING
The author shares that everywhere she looked people were making the same mistakes with regard to run-ons and fragments.
