Everyday English with E2

Welcome to another episode of Everyday English with E2 and this week, it’s all about vocabulary, and in particular, collocations. Listen to find out the difference between common collocations, verb collocations, business collocations and academic collocations. ....and remember, if you want to continue to develop your English speaking skills and more, make sure you head to ⁠⁠https://e2english.com⁠⁠ and sign up for the E2 English pronunciation course.

Welcome to another episode of Everyday English with E2 where, each week, we focus on English grammar, vocabulary or pronunciation as well as some writing / reading strategies. This week, it’s all about pronunciation, and in particular, THEE and THUH, and when to use the different pronunciations of the most frequently used word in the English language, "The". I know you’ll be following along closely today, but if you’d like, feel free to grab a pen and paper and jot down some notes while you listen. ...and remember, if you want to continue to develop your English speaking skills and more, make sure you head to https://e2english.com and sign up for the E2 English pronunciation course.

Welcome back to another episode of Everyday English with E2 where, each week, we focus on English grammar, vocabulary or pronunciation as well as some speaking, writing, reading and listening strategies. And this week, it’s all about grammar, and in particular, when to use the pronouns I or ME. Check out our E2 English Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced English courses available at ⁠https://e2english.com/⁠. There you can practise and develop your speaking, writing, reading and listening skills, with lessons for any English skill level.

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At E2, there are always students asking ‘how can I improve my grammar?’ or ‘How do I extend my ideas on a speaking test?’ Well, I’ve got one word that can do just that. It’s a common word that I’m sure you all know, but it’s very versatile and underused. That word is ‘which’. And today, I’m going to show YOU how to use it well to help you express your ideas clearly. And if you ever want a bit more practice before your English test, make sure you head to www.e2testprep.com and sign up for our free online English test prep courses for IELTS, PTE, OET, TOEFL, TOEIC and CELPIP.

Hello and welcome back to another episode of Everyday English with E2. My name is Mark. Each week, we focus on English grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation or spelling, and this week it’s all about the construction and pronunciation of contractions: can not/can’t, do not/don’t. Let’s have a look! And if you ever want a bit more practice before your English test, make sure you head to www.e2testprep.com and sign up for our free online English test prep courses for IELTS, PTE, OET, TOEFL, TOEIC and CELPIP.

One of the most common words in English is the word ‘get’. Seriously, we use it so much. In fact, if you look in the dictionary, the word ‘get’ has 37 ways that it can be used. And beyond that, there are dozens, probably over hundred ways we can use the word ‘get’ in a sentence. We could be here for hours talking about it. But for now, we’re just going to review just a few ways you can use the word ‘get’. And if you ever want a bit more practice before your English test, make sure you head to www.e2testprep.com and sign up for our free online English test prep courses for IELTS, PTE, OET, TOEFL, TOEIC and CELPIP.

Hi and welcome to another episode of Everyday English with E2, where each week we focus on English grammar, vocabulary or pronunciation. This week, we’re looking at spelling, and focusing on a type of word that can be really challenging when learning English - the homophone. But what is a homophone? Well, if you’ve been learning English for a while, you’ve probably come across quite a few words that sound the same but are spelled differently. Like here - as in, ‘come over here!’ - and hear - as in, ‘can you hear that music playing?’. These words are called homophones, from ‘homo’, meaning ‘same’, and ‘phone’, meaning ‘sound’. And if you ever want a bit more practice before your English test, make sure you head to www.e2testprep.com and sign up for our free online English test prep courses for IELTS, PTE, OET, TOEFL, TOEIC and CELPIP.

Hello and welcome back to another episode of Everyday English with E2. Each week, we focus on English grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation or spelling, and this week it’s all about grammar and the indefinite article, which you all know as ‘a’ or ‘an’. What article do I use, and when and why? We get these questions from everyone! Beginners, intermediates, OET and IELTS students, and even students doing a masters degree!  And if you ever want a bit more practice before your English test, make sure you head to www.e2testprep.com and sign up for our free online English test prep courses for IELTS, PTE, OET, TOEFL, TOEIC and CELPIP.

Let’s face it. English spelling is weird. Sometimes you spell a ‘ch’ sound with a C-H, like in cheese, and sometimes you spell it with a T-U, like in Tuesday. If bird is spelled B-I-R-D, why isn’t word spelled W-I-R-D? Have you had enough of all these unusual spellings? But what if I told you that there is a list of the 100 most commonly misspelt words in English, and once you’ve learnt them, you’ll be able to spell pretty much anything? Well... Take a listen of this week's Everyday English with E2 episode to find out! And if you ever want a bit more practice before your English test, make sure you head to www.e2testprep.com and sign up for our free online English test prep courses for IELTS, PTE, OET, TOEFL, TOEIC and CELPIP.

So how do we compare things in English? We can use comparative adjectives like ‘bigger’ or ‘more delicious’, but what if you’re comparing two things that are exactly the same size and exactly the same level of deliciousness? Like a donut and a cupcake! That’s when it’s time for us to use a small but very useful word - as - to help us make a comparison. And if you ever want a bit more practice before your English test, make sure you head to www.e2testprep.com and sign up for our free online English test prep courses for IELTS, PTE, OET, TOEFL, TOEIC and CELPIP.

One of the biggest questions we get at E2 is ‘how can I improve my vocabulary?’ and we get this from everyone! Beginners, intermediates, OET and IELTS students, and even students doing a masters degree! But did you know that sometimes one single word can be slightly changed to mean something slightly different? You don’t have to learn a new word to improve your vocabulary; just slightly modify one of the words you already use! Let’s take a look. In this episode, we look at the root word "information" and other words such as inform, informative and uninformative, informed and uninformed, misinformed and more! And if you ever want a bit more practice before your English test, make sure you head to www.e2testprep.com and sign up for our free online English test prep courses for IELTS, PTE, OET, TOEFL, TOEIC and CELPIP.

One of the biggest questions we get at E2 is ‘how can I improve my vocabulary?’ and we get this from everyone! Beginners, intermediates, OET and IELTS students, and even students doing a masters degree! But did you know that sometimes one single word can be slightly changed to mean something slightly different? You don’t have to learn a new word to improve your vocabulary; just slightly modify one of the words you already use! In this episode, we look at the root word "decide" and other words such as decision, indecision, decided, undecided, decisive, indecisive and more! And if you ever want a bit more practice before your English test, make sure you head to www.e2testprep.com and sign up for our free online English test prep courses for IELTS, PTE, OET, TOEFL, TOEIC and CELPIP.