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Everyday expressions

June 6, 2018 knifesedge

Since I started teaching English back in May 2016, I’ve met a lot of great students, worked on a number…

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Posted in: Blog Filed under: English, English Expressions, Phrases, TEFL, TESOL

A brief guide to….Raise vs Rise

April 21, 2018 knifesedge Leave a comment

The words Raise and Rise are often confused and in fact they do mean the same thing – to move…

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Posted in: Blog Filed under: English, Grammar, TEFL, TESOL

Expressions related to the end of a job

April 13, 2018 knifesedge Leave a comment

Whether we choose to leave a job or the decision is made for us, there are a number of English…

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Posted in: Blog Filed under: English, Expressions, Slang, TEFL, TESOL

A brief guide to….Used to vs. Use to

November 27, 2017 knifesedge 121 Comments

Some of my students are confused with the use of the expression used to so hopefully this will simplify it.…

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Posted in: Blog Filed under: A brief guide to, English, TEFL, TESOL

Sometime vs Some time vs Sometimes

November 10, 2017 knifesedge 16 Comments

One of my students asked me to explain the difference and uses of these words so I thought this might…

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Posted in: Blog Filed under: Blog, English, TEFL, TESOL

The Silent H

November 8, 2017 knifesedge 2 Comments

Some of my students have trouble with words that have a silent letter ‘H’. While words like ghost and ghoul…

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Posted in: Blog Filed under: English, Silent letters, TEFL, TESOL

A brief guide to….Most

August 30, 2017 knifesedge 2 Comments

Most…with a noun Most is used with nouns to mean the majority of Most orange juice comes in cartons Diane enjoys…

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Pronunciation – Verbs in the past ending in -ed

August 9, 2017 knifesedge Leave a comment

Many of my students experience problems pronouncing verbs in the past ending in -ed and there is a simple rule…

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Posted in: Blog Filed under: English, pronunciation, Teaching, TEFL, TESOL

A brief guide to ….Say or Tell?

July 22, 2017 knifesedge Leave a comment

One common problem among many of my students is the use of Say or Tell in a sentence. They have…

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Posted in: Blog Filed under: a brief guide, English, say, TEFL, tell, TESOL

Pronunciation – The Silent B’s

July 8, 2017 knifesedge Leave a comment

One common pronunciation problem I often hear from my students is the silent letter B that appears in many words…

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Posted in: Blog Filed under: English, pronunciation, TEFL, TESOL

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