Lack of tactfulness Carelessness in the tone of voice often speaking in antagonistic tones that often offend. Speaking out of turn when silence would be more appropriate.Interrupting others who are speaking.Overworking the personal pronoun.Asking impertinent questions generally to impress others.Injecting intimately personal subjects into conversation where such actions are embarrassing to others. Going where one... Continue Reading →
We're back with some more coaching, everyone! Today we're going to discuss some language building and understanding prepositions. So, all of you probably already know how it works. In the English language, we use a lot of prepositions to indicate time, location, movement/direction and place. So, I decided to put a couple in the box... Continue Reading →
Guys, welcome back to another TOEIC language building podcast/YouTube and I'm proud to be bringing you today a very informative blog on adjectives and adverbs. There are some differences between the two, so I want to break them down as easy (not easily) as possible. Language building: adjective and adverb endings You basically have "ly"... Continue Reading →
As a non-native English speaker, it's important to become an active listener. Becoming an active listener revolves around attentively listening to the other speaker. Yes, it's important to speak, too, but you will be liked very quickly if you ask people questions that they WANT to answer. “So if you aspire to be a good... Continue Reading →
I've been wanting to get someone on from Egypt, and I finally have! Introducing Marwa, someone who speaks three languages (two of the most difficult in the world) as she talks about wondrous Egypt, things to do, places to go, climate, and a few other things. She was inspired to learn English by the TV.... Continue Reading →
Welcome back! Here's another one of those head-scratching lessons that can confuse people. You have synonyms, and partial synonyms. Let's look at some of these words down below and see if we can match some of the synonyms with their partials. List Bright, cheerful, clever, difficult, elderly, friendly, glad, happy, hard, intelligent, old, outgoing, slim,... Continue Reading →
Welcome back, everyone! This is a continuation of what I did last week on my TOEIC video. Because it gained a lot of subs, traction, and love, I decided to continue what's hot. So, here's the second part of the video I did last week! I'm posting last weeks' blog down below so you can... Continue Reading →
Welcome back, everyone! It's been a long time since I've done a TOEIC video. Excuse behind it? None. It takes a lot of time and preparation. However, I've got a special treat. Since I'm checking out what the market likes, my reading comprehension video on YouTube has gotten an insane amount of views. This time... Continue Reading →
We're back at some more Modal Verbs and today I want to talk about how often we use these specific ones in terms of telling or advising people to do or not to do something. Different modal verbs express how strongly you feel something should or shouldn't be done. Form Could Could: This is most... Continue Reading →
Passive voice -- one of the most difficult aspects of grammar to learn -- is officially here. I'm very happy to present my writers with this (and especially my IELTS students who are learning how to right a process). The goal is to do this in baby steps. An introduction, if you will. I don't... Continue Reading →
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