New Entry: 'Irregular Plurals- Stories' has just been added to the Lesson Plans area of UsingEnglish.com.
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Thursday, 31 May 2018
Irregular Plurals- Stories
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Hospitality English for Hotels #5 - Serving Room Service
Learn English for the hospitality industry with EnglishClass101.com’s Hospitality English for Hotels series! No matter which part of the hotel you work in, it’s important to be able to communicate with your guests professionally and efficiently. With this series, you’ll learn how to do just that! In [...]
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Tuesday, 29 May 2018
Monday, 28 May 2018
American Business English for Beginners #24 - Making Small Talk in English
Learn Business English with EnglishClass101.com! Whether you’ve just started working for an American company or started doing business with one, you’ll need some polished and professional English words and phrases to make a good impression. And that’s exactly where this new Business English series comes in! In this lesson, you’ll learn how to make small talk. [...]
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Sunday, 27 May 2018
Saturday, 26 May 2018
Friday, 25 May 2018
Know Your Verbs #2 - Verb: “Think”
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Thursday, 24 May 2018
Guess the Dates from the Hints
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Beginner S2 #6 - The Weather in England is Something You Can Always Talk About
Learn British English with EnglishClass101.com! You’ve been in the UK long enough to know that you have to check the forecast before you leave for the day so that you’re prepared. But even though you did that this morning, you weren’t ready for it to snow! There was no mention of snow at all! In this [...]
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Absolute Beginner American English for Every Day #39 - Top 10 Phrases Tourists Should Never Use
Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! In your home country, there are some phrases that are so common you use them or hear them every day. The same is true in USA too, so why not give your English an instant boost by learning them in this video lesson? With Alisha’s help, you’ll be sounding like a [...]
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Wednesday, 23 May 2018
Could you reach that box down for me, please?
New Entry: 'Could you reach that box down for me, please?' has just been added to the Language Polls area of UsingEnglish.com.
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Tuesday, 22 May 2018
Monday, 21 May 2018
Names of Months Flashcard Memory Games
New Entry: 'Names of Months Flashcard Memory Games' has just been added to the Lesson Plans area of UsingEnglish.com.
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Extensive Reading in English for Beginners #5 - Making Art
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Sunday, 20 May 2018
Saturday, 19 May 2018
Friday, 18 May 2018
30 Phrasal Verbs to Help You With Technology
Welcome back to Everyday Grammar from VOA Learning English. This is our third episode on phrasal verbs. As you know, a phrasal verb is a phrase with two or more words: a verb and a preposition or adverb, or both. Today we look at very current phrasal verbs: ones used with technology. The digital age has created many new words and phrases in English. The world of technology is fast-changing, and it has broken many traditions. It is natural that the language of computers would also change and be informal. Not only is the language of technology full of phrasal verbs, it is also full of new nouns. Many of those nouns grew out of phrasal verbs, as you will learn in this episode. Getting started Let’s go back to 1969, when the first verb sent over the Internet was a phrasal verb: log in. To log in is to enter a code, key or password to gain access to the computer’s abilities. We have been logging in ever since then. Sometimes we say we have to sign in to a web page. Like now, we started a computer by hooking up wire cables and then powering it up or turning it on. Some computers took a long time to boot up, or get ready to run programs. Now, we do not have to wait as long. To install new applications on the computer, users run a set up program. Then we click on the icon, or image, for a program to run it. After opening a program, you choose commands from a menu. These menus are stored in a pull down or drop down bar near the top of the screen. A click of the mouse – the hand-held device that guides the cursor around the computer screen – shows more commands on the bar. That bar is often called the navigation bar or nav bar. This leads us to our first noun from a phrasal verb, pulldown. When we give instructions to a friend about using a web page, we can say, “Look in the nav bar for the pulldown and choose a command.” Another verb that describes up-and-down movement on the screen is scroll up or scroll down. A wheel on the mouse allows you to scroll up or scroll down to read a web page. We can click on an arrow to move to the next screen, too. Storage and other problems Installing upgrades can sometimes damage files. So, users should always back up their files. That is, copy files and folders to another location, like an external disk drive. A user who stores many large files will soon run out of room on the computer, so keeping files on an extra hard drive is a good idea. This phrasal verb became a noun, too. Experts tell us, “Put your backups in a safe place.” My parents used to print out their emails because they wanted to keep a permanent copy, and here is another new noun: a printout. The phrasal verb print out is a separable phrasal verb, like the ones we talked about in a previous episode. That means you can put a pronoun between the verb and preposition, as in “Let me print it out for you.” Even when we use passwords, criminals have learned to enter a computer or a network without permission. They are hacking into the network. Hacking can make computer systems go down, or stop working. A disaster could happen if the hacker wiped out, or erased, all the information on a computer system. That is why you back up your system. Annoying advertising Internet advertisements, or ads, pop up on the screen over a web page. This created a new noun from the phrasal verb, popup. People said they needed a tool to block those annoying ads, so the “popup blocker” was born. This feature is part of the browser software. Speaking of browsers, another phrasal verb that became a noun is plug in. You know that you can plug a wire into the wall. Now, we add small programs to perform specific tasks in the computer, and call them plugins. Companies often will ask for your email address. They create a large list of users from their email addresses. When we sign up to use a website, we key in our name and email address. The organization running an online service usually asks us to opt in, or choose to receive email messages. Usually those messages are asking us to buy products. There are so many of these emails now that many people try to filter out all messages from advertisers – otherwise known as spam. Getting off the grid If you think that the Internet is full of too many advertisements, and your email is nothing but spam, just click on the menu to shut down and turn off your devices for the day. Get off what we called “the information superhighway” and take a walk outside. Wait! There is one final phrasal verb to describe that: go offline. For Learning English Everyday Grammar, I’m Jill Robbins. And I’m John Russell. Dr. Jill Robbins wrote this story for Learning English. Now it’s your turn. Does your language borrow English phrasal verbs for computer terms? Do you know any new expressions to talk about our digital life? Write to us about them in the Comments Section or on our Facebook page. Here is a list of the phrasal verbs in this story: Phrasal Verbs for Technology and Computers Phrasal Verb Meanings Example log in sign in sign-in v. connect to a computer using a username and password n. page or act of registering permission to use a program To begin, log in to your desktop system. hook up to connect wires from machines to a power source or other machines Would you please help me hook up the Internet cable? power up turn on provide power to a machine Press the red button to power up your tablet. boot up start up begin running a computer system Wait a second, my computer is booting up. set up v. to install a new computer program or assemble a computer system n. the process of adding information using a computer program This application took a long time to set up. pull down pulldown v. choose from a menu of options in a computer application extending down from the action bar like a window blind n. a menu of options Look for the file menu and pull down to “Save As…” click on move a mouse over an item and press to select Click on the start menu to begin. scroll up scroll down to move slowly to the top or bottom of a text The news story was so long I had to scroll down a lot to read it all. run out of exhaust a supply of something You will run out of disk space if you save copies of all your emails. back up backup v. make an extra copy of a file n. an extra copy of a file Be sure you back up your files before you change systems. print out printout v. send an electronic document to a printer n. a printed document I have to print out the directions before I leave home. hack into enter a computer or network illegally Someone hacked into my bank and stole millions of dollars. go down stop operating properly I cannot send any emails because the server went down. wipe out completely erase or delete files Before you donate your computer, be sure you wipe out the hard drive. pop up popup v. to appear suddenly n. an advertisement that appears suddenly on a computer screen If you do not want to see the ads, turn on your pop up blocker. plug in plug-in v. insert a cord into an outlet or port n. an addition to a software program that performs a certain task Plug in your laptop over there. sign up register with a service She signed up for an online dating service. key in type or enter characters using a keyboard It takes too much time to key in that long password. opt in / out choose to receive advertising or messages The company asked me to opt in to get special offers by email. filter out remove unwanted email messages Can we filter out all the spam on this account? turn off shut down power down end a session on the computer by closing an application or removing power I’m tired, so I’m going to shut down the computer for today. go online/offline to use the Internet / not use the Internet I will send you that information as soon as I can go online. . ________________________________________________________________ Words in This Story preposition – grammar. a word or group of words that is used with a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show direction, location, or time, or to introduce an object adverb – grammar. a word that describes a verb, an adjective, another adverb, or a sentence and that is often used to show time, manner, place, or degree informal – adj. (of language) relaxed in tone; not suited for serious or official speech and writing cable – n. a group of wires, glass fibers, etc., covered in plastic or rubber and used to carry electricity or electrical signal upgrade – n. an occurrence in which one thing is replaced by something better, newer, more valuable, etc. browser – n. a computer program that is used to find and look at information on the Internet specific – adj. having a particular function or effect opt – v. to choose to do or be involved in something filter – v. to remove (something unwanted) by using a filter spam – n. e-mail that is not wanted or e-mail that is sent to large numbers of people and that consists mostly of advertising
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Lesson 30: Rolling on the River
Summary Anna plans to have a dinner party. She needs to buy seafood, so she goes to the waterfront. She gets a surprise at the fish market. Speaking In this video, learn to say the new words for this lesson. You can also learn about how to use count and noncount nouns. Pronunciation Use this video to learn about the abbreviations for dozen and pounds. Conversation Anna: Hello! Washington, D.C. sits on the Potomac River. This river is important to the history and culture of the city. Today, I am at an outdoor seafood market near the Potomac River. Some say it is the oldest outdoor seafood market in the United States! I am here to buy seafood. Let’s see what they have! Anna: Excuse me. Can you help me? Pete: Sure! What do you need? Anna: Pete! Pete: Anna! Anna: What are you doing here? Pete: I work here. You know, it’s not easy to be a writer. Anna: Yeah, I heard that. Sorry. Pete: But this job is great. I work outside by the river. And I can eat all the free seafood I want! Anna: That is great, Pete. In fact, I am here to buy some seafood for my dinner party. Pete: You came to the right place. They have the freshest seafood in town. How much money can you spend? Anna: I can only spend $50. Pete: Okay. What do you want? Anna: First, I want to buy some shrimp. Pete: Sure thing. Follow me. How much shrimp do you want? Anna: How much do I need for five people? Pete: (yells to co-worker) Give her a pound of shrimp! Anna: Ok, now I want to buy some crabs. Pete: The crabs here are delicious! They are the best because they come from the nearby Chesapeake Bay! Walk this way. Pete: How many crabs do you want? Anna: I want a dozen crabs. Pete: You should get the larger crabs. They have the most meat. Anna: Then I want a dozen large crabs, please! Pete: Is that everything you need? Anna: Let’s see … I have shrimp and crabs. And a friend is bringing a salad and many ears of corn-on-the-cob. Pete: Is that all the seafood that you need? Anna: Yes. Pete: That’ll be $49.95. Cash or credit? Anna: Credit, please. Pete: Anna, you love to eat seafood. Did you grow up on the water? Anna: No, I didn’t. But I love the water. And I love being on the water. Pete: You know how to sail? Anna: Well … this afternoon I am going on a boat. Pete: You are full of surprises. What kind of boat? Is it a motorboat or a sailboat? Anna: It’s a special boat, Pete. Well, thanks for your help. See you later! Pete: See you, Anna! Wow, Anna’s a sailor! Who knew? Anna: Yes, rivers are important to the history and culture of Washington, D.C. And now I am part of this city’s interesting waterfront culture. Until next time! Writing Where do you buy fresh food? Is there a seafood or vegetable market near where you live? Tell us about it! Try to use some of the words from this lesson, like best, freshest, oldest, spend, money, and larger. Write to us by email or in the Comments section. Click on the image below to download the Activity Sheet and practice using comparative and superlative adjectives with a friend. Learning Strategy Learning Strategies are the thoughts and actions that help make learning easier or more effective. The learning strategy for this lesson is Make Inferences . Making inferences means using some information to make a guess. When learning a new language, we often need to guess at the meanings of words or sentences. In this week's video, Pete guesses that Anna grew up on the water. He says, "Anna, you love to eat seafood. Did you grow on near the water?" Anna answers, "No, I didn’t. But I love the water. And I love being on the water." Pete hears that and uses the information to make an inference about Anna. He asks her, "You know how to sail?" Can you find another place in the conversation when Pete makes an inference? Do you ever make inferences when listening to or reading English? Write to us about it in the Comments section or send us an email. Teachers, see the Lesson Plan for more details on teaching this strategy. Quiz Listen to short videos and test your listening skills with this quiz. ______________________________________________________________ New Words best - adj. better than all others in quality or value Chesapeake Bay- n. an inlet of the Atlantic, in Maryland and Virginia. It is 200 miles (or 320 km) long; and from 4–40 miles (or 6–64 km) wide. corn-on-the-cob - n. corn when cooked and eaten straight from the cob - the part of corn that the kernels grow on; an ear of corn . crab - n. a sea animal that has a hard shell, eight legs, and two large claws credit - n. money that a bank or business will allow a person to use and then pay back in the future dozen - n. a group of 12 people or things ear - n. the part of a corn plant on which the seeds grow freshest - adj. the most fresh many - adj. used to refer to a large number of things or people much - adj. large in amount or extent larger - adj. greater in size or amount market - n. a place where products are bought and sold money - n. something (such as coins or bills) used as a way to pay for goods and services and to pay people for their work most - adj. almost all or the majority of motorboat - n. a boat with a motor oldest - adj. having the highest age of a group Potomac River - proper noun. a river flowing from West Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay. It flows between Maryland and Virginia. pound - n. a unit of weight that is equal to 16 ounces or about a half of a kilogram river - n. a large natural flow of water that crosses an area of land and goes into an ocean or a lake sail - v. to travel on water in a ship or boat sail - n. large piece of strong cloth that is connected to a ship or boat and that is used to catch the wind that moves the ship or boat through the water sailboat - n. a boat that has a sail sailor - n. a person who works on a boat or ship as part of the crew salad - n. a mixture of raw green vegetables, such as different types of lettuce, usually combined with other raw vegetables seafood - n. fish and shellfish that live in the ocean and are used for food some - adj. refers to an unspecified amount or number spend - v. to use money to pay for something water - n. an area of water such as a lake, river, or ocean waterfront - n. the land or the part of a town next to the water of an ocean, river or lake. ______________________________________________________________ Free Materials Download the VOA Learning English Word Book for a dictionary of the words we use on this website. Each Let's Learn English lesson has an Activity Sheet for extra practice on your own or in the classroom. In this lesson, you can use it to practice using comparative and superlative adjectives. For Teachers See the Lesson Plan for this lesson for ideas and more teaching resources. Send us an email if you have comments on this course or questions. Grammar focus: Comparative and superlative adjectives; Quantitatives (much/many); Count/non-count nouns Topics: Asking for and making food recommendations; Units of measure & their abbreviations; dollar amounts expressed in numerals; credit/debit payment Learning Strategy: Make Inferences Speaking & Pronunciation Focus: Using count and noncount nouns; Abbreviations for amounts ______________________________________________________________ Now it's your turn. Send us an email or write to us in the Comments section below or on our Facebook page to let us know what you think of this lesson.
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Thursday, 17 May 2018
Football songs
Neil and Dan discuss ways to liven up the atmosphere at football matches
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English Vocab Builder #116 - Home Items
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Academic English Discussions- Prepositions and Determiners Pairwork
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Tuesday, 15 May 2018
Monday, 14 May 2018
Sids
New Entry: 'Sids' has just been added to the Slang area of UsingEnglish.com. This entry is only available in our members' area.
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Billie Piper
New Entry: 'Billie Piper' has just been added to the Cockney Rhyming Slang area of UsingEnglish.com. This entry is only available in our members' area.
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Joe Brown
New Entry: 'Joe Brown' has just been added to the Cockney Rhyming Slang area of UsingEnglish.com. This entry is only available in our members' area.
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How to teach prepositions of time
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Know Your Verbs #1 - Verb: “See”
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American Business English for Beginners #23 - Offering an Invitation
Learn Business English with EnglishClass101.com! Whether you’ve just started working for an American company or started doing business with one, you’ll need some polished and professional English words and phrases to make a good impression. And that’s exactly where this new Business English series comes in! In this lesson, you’ll learn how to offer an invitation [...]
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Sunday, 13 May 2018
Simple Irregular and Regular Plurals Presentation
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Saturday, 12 May 2018
Thursday, 10 May 2018
Hanger
We discuss a new word to describe when you feel angry because you're hungry
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All About American English — Talk Show #22 - How to Start a Conversation
Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! English is a versatile language, and every speaker has their own favorite words and phrases. This new video lesson will help you boost your English vocab while you listen to our hosts Alisha and Michael chat about some English topics.In this lesson, [...]
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Wednesday, 9 May 2018
How to teach English plurals
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Tuesday, 8 May 2018
English Grammar Made Easy #18 - Countable Nouns
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Monday, 7 May 2018
Irregular Plurals Reversi
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Extensive Reading in English for Beginners #4 - What I Do
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Absolute Beginner American English for Every Day #59 - 5 Most Popular Sports
Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! In your home country, there are some phrases that are so common you use them or hear them every day. The same is true in USA too, so why not give your English an instant boost by learning them in this video lesson? With Alisha’s help, you’ll be sounding like a [...]
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Sunday, 6 May 2018
English Vocab Builder #138 - Media
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Thursday, 3 May 2018
Perfume: what your smell says
Listen to this discussion about smells and learn some vocabulary.
source http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0664rh0
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How to teach telling the time in English
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Perfume: what your smell says about you
Listen to this discussion about smells and learn some useful vocabulary too.
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Video Culture Class: British Holidays #4 - Boxing Day
Learn more about English culture with EnglishClass101.com! Ever wondered what the most important English holidays are, and how they are celebrated? Then this 25-lesson video series is for you! With this series, you’ll learn the what, why, when and how of 25 well-known holidays in The United Kingdom. In this video, you’ll learn all about Boxing [...]
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Tuesday, 1 May 2018
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