Showing posts with label B2. Show all posts
Showing posts with label B2. Show all posts

July 6, 2013

More confusing and often confused words

Even the headline of this article is confusing, isn't it?

As we have suggested in a previous article, there are words in English that speakers often confuse and use them incorrectly. And don't worry, sometimes even native speakers make mistakes!

Such words might present problems in spelling or pronunciation.

Let's look at a few examples of

March 18, 2013

Idioms in pictures

Good evening my estimated readers!

I know I haven't been very prolific lately so I decided that I have to treat you with something more entertaining than just another article.
Instead of putting together bits and pieces about grammar points or vocabulary, I searched for pictures with English topics. I was looking for something that would have a direct use and would be amusing enough to keep your attention. And as I think such an idea might produce a nice colourful series, let's put the pictures under topics and publish those separately.
I have had these pics in my computer for some time now and

November 25, 2012

Illness, disease, sickness? That is our business!

The last blog post was on a medical topic, so let's go on with it. Today we have here some collocations, i.e. words that often go together, this time about illnesses.

First, let's look at some collocations about becoming ill. There are a few ways how to express what has happened to you:

catch a cold/an infectious disease/the flu/