What’s that thing called again? Placeholder names in English
What do you say when you don’t know or forget the name of an object or a person? Many languages have their own words to fill this memory gap and the English language is no different. In this blog, we will talk about some weird and wonderful Placeholder Names in the English language, their meaning and use.
Grammar rules are one of the most difficult things to master when learning a new language and learning English grammar is no different. To be honest, I think grammar rules sometimes baffle the best of English teachers and I am sure at some point, many teachers have found themselves saying in class “that’s just the way it is”.
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Hello, welcome to TopUp Learning and welcome to your one-minute video. Today we are looking at 3 verbs that we use when we are talking about sports and free time activities, play do and go.
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A lovely blue Italian scarf or an Italian blue lovely scarf? Adjective order. There are many language rules that native speakers of English know without knowing they know it and today we’re going to talk about one of them. If you decide to learn English in London, you will most certainly have a lesson on the topic of adjective order.
Hello, I’m Cristina, I’m from Spain, from Madrid and I have been here at Tti for 7 months. I have been taking the 30+ lessons and the General English lessons and I’m so happy. I really feel that I have improved my English or my skills and now I feel more confident when I have to have a conversation in different situations, even with British people.
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Hello, my name is Amelie, I’m from France. I’ve been studying at Tti in the 30+ class for 10 weeks and I really, really like my experience here for different reasons. Everybody here is really friendly and open-minded, and it’s in the heart of Camden, so it’s a very good place to enjoy London.
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Hi everybody. My name is Ivan and I’m here to talk to you today about how to pronounce the letters ough. There are at least seven different pronunciations. The most common is an /ɔː/ sound, like in bought, thought, brought and fought. Another pronunciation is /ʌf/, as in rough, tough and enough.
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Hi guys. Welcome to the Pronunciation series. My name’s Frits and I’m here to help you with a little bit of pronunciation today. Now, everyone, take a deep breath through your nose, and breath out of your mouth.
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Hi guys, welcome to the second episode of the Pron series. I’m Sally and I’m from England. Hi, I’m Robert, I’m from the United States. Excellent, and we’re gonna talk about some words today that are different in British English and American English pronunciation.
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Hi guys, so this is the Pron series episode one. We are going to learn about some common Elision in words.
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