Archive for June 2011

All the informations about TOEIC exam

TOEIC is the Test of English for International Communication TOEIC is a common test that evaluates your listening and reading skills, and or your speaking and writing level. This exam measures your ability being in international business and real-world settings. A lot of students get the TOEIC

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Getting a successful IELTS score

The International English Language Testing System ( IELTS ) is a test of English language aptitudes, created by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate. IELTS is now used as evidence of a prospective student’s level of English by a lot of universities in English speaking countries.

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About the First Certificate in English

The First Certificate in English is the most known and important of the Cambridge exams. You’ll read here the main informations about it: The test has five sections: Reading Section – 60 minutes A. part 1 Read a short text and answer multiple choice questions B. part

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Conditional Forms in English

We’re going to explain the different uses of the conditional forms in English. We divided it in four categories to be clear : Conditional 1 Situations which are always right if something happens. TIP This use is the same, and can be easily replaced by, a time

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Yet, still and already

We’ll explain some basic information for knowing the meaning of these adverbs and where to put them in English. We use ‘still’ to talk about something, an action or a situation, that’s following, often for a longer time than expected. It hasn’t stopped or changes. ‘Still’ often

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The third person in English

The simple present tense in English expresses routines and habits, truths and general facts, and thoughts and feelings. In all put the third person singular, the simple present form is identical to the base form of the verb, which is defined as the infinitive without the preposition to.

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Phrasal verbs and prepositional verbs

A phrasal verb is made up of two parts: a base verb followed by an adverb particle. Examples are: ask out, bring about, bring up, call back, call in, call off, figure out, fill out, find out, pass out, pick out, pick up, point out, put away, put

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Indefinite Pronouns

Indefinite Pronouns This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. An indefinite pronoun does not refer to any specific person, thing or amount. It is vague and “not definite”. Some typical indefinite pronouns are: all, another, any, anybody/anyone, anything, each, everybody/everyone, everything,

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Wh questions

A question is a request for information or action. When writing a question you should always end the sentence with a question mark (?). Closed questions Closed questions demand a yes/no, true/false or right/wrong answer. When we want to ask yes/no questions we can use do/does, am/is/are or have/has as

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Prepositions: In, On, and At

Prepositions: In, On, and At (with specific times and places) The prepositions in, on, and at can be used to indicate time and place. Notice how they are used in the following situations: Preposition Time Place In Year, Month, In 1999, In December Country, State, City In Japan, In Utah, InTaipei On

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