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English with a Smile. Improve your English, grammar tips, vocabulary and get better writing. English with a Smile is dedicat. Ed to improving your English. Click on Follow by Email. If you wish to receive our Newsletters, in which you’ll find more tips and exercises. This slideshow requires JavaScript. This site teaches you grammar, but not always in the way that you were used to at school! 8211; Grammar tips. 8211; Vocabulary practice. 8211; Motivating art icles about cr. Eating efficient study habits.
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Word to the Wise: kingpin – English with a Smile
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English with a Smile. Improve your English, grammar tips, vocabulary and get better writing. Word to the Wise: kingpin. 2 August, 2015. Noun) the most important person or thing. Here are some examples of how you can use it:. You may think our CEO is the kingpin in our company, but actually the secretary takes care of most issues. The police won’t be able to curb (= limit) drug trafficking before they arrest Big Sniff, the kingpin of the smuggling gang. Kingpin in a sentence. Word to the Wise: plausible.
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Instant Idiom: draw a ____________ – English with a Smile
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English with a Smile. Improve your English, grammar tips, vocabulary and get better writing. Instant Idiom: draw a. 24 July, 2015. 30 March, 2016. Draw a don’t remember or have no information/ideas. Choose the right answer:. Scroll down for the answer. The right answer is:. Blank means without information, empty.). Here are some examples of how you can use draw a blank:. I was under a lot of stress finishing the exam in time, but at that last question I only drew a blank. Draw a blank examples. 4 July, 2...
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Feeling Regrets? – Modal Perfect Tense. – English with a Smile
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English with a Smile. Improve your English, grammar tips, vocabulary and get better writing. 8211; Modal Perfect Tense. 1 June, 2013. 30 March, 2016. It’s been a while since we talked about tenses. I have a beautiful tense for you to sink your teeth into: The modal perfect tense. No need to panic, although this subject is suitable for more advanced learners of English. Perfect Tense with Would. I’d like to talk especially about perfect tenses with would. Here are some examples:. How is this tense made?
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Word to the Wise: beset – English with a Smile
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English with a Smile. Improve your English, grammar tips, vocabulary and get better writing. Word to the Wise: beset. 5 August, 2015. Verb) attack, trouble. Here are some examples of how you can use it:. The manager was beset by his difficult staff. In summer I’m constantly beset by mosquitoes that won’t leave me alone. The country is beset by a conquering army from a neighbouring nation. The project is beset with beginners’ mistakes that have to be resolved asap. Beset in a sentence. 4 July, 2016. How t...
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She Told Me She Would Come to the Party – Indirect Speech or Reported Speech – English with a Smile
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English with a Smile. Improve your English, grammar tips, vocabulary and get better writing. She Told Me She Would Come to the Party – Indirect Speech or Reported Speech. 30 June, 2013. 29 July, 2015. First let’s explain what direct and indirect speech is. This is a direct quote of what someone says. For example: I am hungry. Also called reported speech. This is telling what someone else said. Example: You said you weren’t hungry. What do you need to know about indirect speech? 6) Gabriel says: I will ne...
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English with a Smile. Improve your English, grammar tips, vocabulary and get better writing. Middot; writing tips. Use of Commas in a List. 8 June, 2016. 8 June, 2016. Word to the Wise: persevere. 6 June, 2016. It can always get worse. 4 June, 2016. 4 June, 2016. Undernchiever has some tips to perk you up: That’s enough for one day, don’t you think? Middot; poetry analysis. Line by Line Analyis of The Voice by Thomas Hardy. 2 June, 2016. 3 June, 2016. Want to read a beautiful poem? Yes, let’s. ...Clef (n...
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Summer Stories – Book is Ready for Free Download – English with a Smile
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English with a Smile. Improve your English, grammar tips, vocabulary and get better writing. Summer Stories Book is Ready for Free Download. 29 July, 2015. Pull open the champagne bottles and pop the balloons! I’ve published the story book that I told you about (two of the stories were in last week’s newsletter). You can download the book for free. Starting tomorrow 30 July. But please take notice of two things:. 2) You need to download the Kindle app. To read the book. This is free. Now you’re rea...
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Modals: May and Might – English with a Smile
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English with a Smile. Improve your English, grammar tips, vocabulary and get better writing. Middot; Modal verb. Modals: May and Might. 30 July, 2015. 20 June, 2016. Native speakers use lots of modals throughout their speech, but non-natives often find this rather difficult. May and might is basically the same. You can use may and might for the present, the future and the past. So I can say: I may go to my parents this weekend. Or: I might go see my parents this weekend. It’s the same. This may look a bi...
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Word to the Wise: plausible – English with a Smile
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English with a Smile. Improve your English, grammar tips, vocabulary and get better writing. Word to the Wise: plausible. 30 July, 2015. 13 March, 2016. Adjective) seems to be true, reasonable. Adverb) in a way that seems to be true, reasonable. Noun) something that seems to be true or reasonable. The opposites are: implausible. Here are some examples of how you can use plausible:. That doesn’t seem plausible. That there is life on one of the recently discovered planets sounds plausible enough. You are c...
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