Extensive listening: Lionel Messi’s Biography

Extensive listening is when you listen to a lot of different recordings that are all about the same topic or idea. To do the extensive listening activity you first need to chose a topic that you are really interested in and that you can find a lot of listening materials about.

A song + grammar

Unreal condition Type II, Future Continuous-in-the-Past, have smth. done, should have done, used to.

Everyday conversations + will

Everyday Conversations

The word 'take'

The word 'take'
One way to think about English is to consider word patterns.
Given a certain word, what other words are likely to follow? If you know this, you can start to anticipate (guess) what someone is going to say next, before they say it.
For example, here are some of the most common patterns using the word "take":

• take place                 (Year Of English)

Going Downhill

If things are “Going Downhill” it means that they are getting worse and worse. Here are some examples: “I used to be good at basketball when I was in high school, but my abilities started going downhill after I turned 40″. “She was really attractive when she was young but her looks have been going downhill lately”. “I think I will need glasses soon.  My eyesight seems to be going downhill fast” So now you know how to use the popular term “going downhill“.  I’m sure you’ll start to notice it more and more.  It’s a great phrase so please remember to use it!

Past Tenses

Past Tenses to Talk About Vacation

August is a popular month for vacations, but now that the month is over, it’s useful to know how to tell people about what you did. This post will cover how to talk about your past summer plans with the Simple Present, the Past Continuous and the Past Perfect Continuous tenses.