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Listening/speaking
Word stress: noun or verb lesson and list
Listening in the Real World -- teaches your ears to understand the fast way people speak.
Lessons - Download this first. In the Presentation Lessons section, look for the first lesson: Lesson One: Reduced Forms of And and Or, Part A: And
Audio - On the page, look for 1 A: Reduced form of And. Listen to it as you read Lesson 1 Part A. Repeat several times. Say the words in both the long and short forms to help your brain remember, and to sound more natural speaking.
Do 1 or 2 lessons a week.
Listening in the Real World -- teaches your ears to understand the fast way people speak.
Lessons - Download this first. In the Presentation Lessons section, look for the first lesson: Lesson One: Reduced Forms of And and Or, Part A: And
Audio - On the page, look for 1 A: Reduced form of And. Listen to it as you read Lesson 1 Part A. Repeat several times. Say the words in both the long and short forms to help your brain remember, and to sound more natural speaking.
Do 1 or 2 lessons a week.
Contractions - Look for the section Contractions and follow the instructions. Click the green circles to listen.
Word grammar
Suffixes lesson and list of common suffixes.
Do or make: click for video instructions for the lesson. After, click to go to the Do or Make lesson - Look in the section Do or Make?
Relative pronouns -- Please only read the section defining relative clauses
Do or make: click for video instructions for the lesson. After, click to go to the Do or Make lesson - Look in the section Do or Make?
Relative pronouns -- Please only read the section defining relative clauses
Who's and whose
Irregular verb list
Indefinite articles Please pay special attention to the section on using no article.
There (existential)
Modals, such as 'could'
Future tense 'will' and 'be going to'
Future tense with the present progressive See Use 3: Near Future
There is/there are, negative form -- Examples and practice.
Word forms
'few' and 'little' -- video lesson and examples
'few' and 'little' practice -- move down the page to the section Practice 1. (Don't do Practice 2.)
Irregular verb list
Indefinite articles Please pay special attention to the section on using no article.
There (existential)
Modals, such as 'could'
Future tense 'will' and 'be going to'
Future tense with the present progressive See Use 3: Near Future
There is/there are, negative form -- Examples and practice.
Word forms
'few' and 'little' -- video lesson and examples
'few' and 'little' practice -- move down the page to the section Practice 1. (Don't do Practice 2.)
Sentence grammar
Sentence diagrams - If sentence diagrams are new for you, look at #1 and several more to understand the idea. To see a sentence
similar to the one you had a question about, move down the page to #47 Expletive Construction.
similar to the one you had a question about, move down the page to #47 Expletive Construction.
Vocabulary
Common abbreviations -- look for mountain This page is good for your reference.
Make myself understood Read definition and example 14.
very synonyms Notice in the center of this web page, the meanings are organized by main entry. Look at the 5th main entry, and see which one you like. You can double-check the exact meaning in the Longman dictionary.
according to
be concerned with
Longman English Dictionary Online
potential
get ready Read definition and examples 2
enough Read definition and examples 1, especially enough to do something
or Read definition and examples 2
comparatives -- Look for the first video 'Comparative adjectives' at the top of the page. Click the arrow to start it. 2
another -- Read definition and examples 1
a lot of -- Read definition and examples 1
reflexive pronouns -- Study the lesson, then look at the bottom of the page to click Continue with the exercises.
Make myself understood Read definition and example 14.
very synonyms Notice in the center of this web page, the meanings are organized by main entry. Look at the 5th main entry, and see which one you like. You can double-check the exact meaning in the Longman dictionary.
according to
be concerned with
Longman English Dictionary Online
potential
get ready Read definition and examples 2
enough Read definition and examples 1, especially enough to do something
or Read definition and examples 2
comparatives -- Look for the first video 'Comparative adjectives' at the top of the page. Click the arrow to start it. 2
another -- Read definition and examples 1
a lot of -- Read definition and examples 1
reflexive pronouns -- Study the lesson, then look at the bottom of the page to click Continue with the exercises.