I wanted to do another rundown of conditionals so you all have a more thorough understanding. If you understand conditionals, not only will it improve your score by about 5-10 questions on Part 5, but also improve your writing - enabling you to use complex structures rather than simple structures. Conditional sentences contain two distinct parts:... Continue Reading →
Causative verbs show that someone or something made a certain action happen. The most common causative verbs are get, make, and have. Verbs like order, cause, force, and want can also be causative verbs. They are followed by noun clauses. If the direct object of the causative verbs make, have, and let perform the action, the... Continue Reading →
If a sentence has a subject, it must have a verb unless it's a double-comparison structure. If a sentence consists of a main clause and subordinate clause, each should have a subject and a verb. The clause word is placed at or very near the boundary between the main and the subordinate clause. Sentence Breakdowns... Continue Reading →
Here are parts 7-12 for everyone who tuned into my last blog. Dr. Jim Croker of Budapest Lab says that people _____(7)_____ always travel with their own pillow. “If business travelers can might will should can’t bring their laptops on board, there’s no reason why they can’t bring their own pillow,” said Dr. Croker in... Continue Reading →
All right, I've had enough with seeing old foreigners take advantage of slum kids. The fact that I was just at work last Friday, looking at a completely disoriented foreigner with goggles on his face kissing a 16-year-old student without anyone speaking up is appalling. Do immigration officers, police, or security guards even approach the... Continue Reading →
Welcome back to a full-on blog and episode (in the YouTube video down below) about the two areas of grammar that's features on the TOEIC test. Without further ado - let's get into it. Directions: Select the best answer to complete the sentence. The Stock Market falls when the unemployment rate ____________. will rise rises... Continue Reading →
Unit 2: Countable/Uncountable Nouns + Articles When a countable noun is singular, it is used with an indefinite article a/an; when a countable noun is plural, it ends in –(e)s. Example: To request extra credit card for other members of your household, call our automated service line. (not correct) A countable noun must be used with... Continue Reading →
Around Sukhumvit Soi 4 there are a number of stands selling bootlegged electronics, clothes, and even sexual toys. On these dilapidated sidewalks are hundreds of sex tourists stalking out their prey. Sadly enough, their prey are just next to these stands - small bars with music and about three girls wearing very little and shaking... Continue Reading →
Man, I looked back on some photos over the past 1.5 years in my phone, and I couldn't help but notice an amazing trend. After the first six months of my podcast, I had only accumulated just under 1800 plays. A year and a few months later, I've amassed a whopping 24k plays + downloads... Continue Reading →
Freewriting Topics FINALLY! Thanks to my man on instagram, I've been shown the way to upload PDF's on blogs for my students, which means there's a lot of content that's coming soon for all my South-Eastern Asia seaboard students. In Asia, ideas aren't developed as compared to the western world. Let me give you an... Continue Reading →
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