The 50 most important English proverbs

Every culture has a collection of wise sayings that offer advice about how to live your life. These sayings are called "proverbs". It's good to know the really common English proverbs because you hear them come up in conversation all the time. Sometimes people say the entire proverb to give advice to a friend. More often, someone will say just part of a proverb like this: You know what they say: when the going gets tough...

The 25 Most Famous Movie Quotes

This is a list of the most well-known movie quotes in American culture. You should definitely learn and memorize these quotes. Not only are they useful as English sentences to practice; they're also useful because English speakers quote them all the time! It's common for someone to drop a famous movie quote in the middle of a conversation. Each quote has a YouTube clip   to go along with it. Click the video or the link to watch it.

     1.   “Houston, we have a problem.” (Apollo 13)

People quote this line when there's a big problem.

The Olympic Games in Britain

The 7-year build up to the Olympic Games in London has not been easy. Since the news in 2005 that we would be hosting the Games, there has been a global financial crash and a long recession.

Reagan tells jokes about Soviet Union

What a difference a little punctuation makes!

Be careful how you punctuate!!! 

Dear John: I want a man who knows what love is all about.

Curl up with a good book

KATE:

I love to read. I love to read. Really! But I don't read because I want people to think I'm smart.

Dinner or Supper?

Both "dinner" and "supper" can be used to describe an evening meal, and in that sense there is little difference between them.

You would never serve supper at noon, but you might have dinner at midday-though today it makes more sense to call that meal lunch.

In earlier times, dinner was a heavy meal that farm laborers ate to sustain them through a long afternoon. Its use has changed with modern life, but it can still suggest a fuller evening meal, while supper can be lighter evening fare.