First Conditional: How to use it & variations

English spelling and pronunciation can be complicated – and these 10 words are especially confusing! Even native English speakers sometimes make mistakes with them. In today's lesson, you can practice repeating 10 words with surprising pronunciation. Lesson text: https://www.espressoenglish.net/10-english-words-with-surprising-pronunciation/  Pronunciation and Shadowing Courses: http://www.espressoenglish.net/american-english-pronunciation-course

23 Apr 20186min

Do you know these 10 expressions related to business and companies? Take the quiz to find out! Lesson text: https://www.espressoenglish.net/business-expressions-quiz/  Business English Course: https://www.espressoenglish.net/business-english-course

16 Apr 20185min

Today I'd like to teach you some common expressions with the word "think." You'll learn: inclined to think shudder to think can't think straight think nothing of (doing something) and many more! Lesson text: https://www.espressoenglish.net/10-english-collocations-with-think  1000 Collocations E-Book: https://www.espressoenglish.net/1000-english-collocations-in-10-minutes-a-day/

9 Apr 20185min

Some English words have what we can call “disappearing or dropped syllables” – reductions or eliminations of sounds in the middle of the word. One example is the word favorite:  We don’t say FAV-o-rit with three syllables We say it more like FAV-rit with two syllables – the “o” syllable disappears In today’s lesson, you’re going to practice your pronunciation with some of the most common English words that tend to have dropped syllables. Lesson text: https://www.espressoenglish.net/18-english-words-with-disappearing-syllables  Pronunciation and Shadowing Courses: https://www.espressoenglish.net/american-english-pronunciation-course/

2 Apr 20183min

"Know" is one of the most common verbs in English, and I know that you know what it means! But what you might not know is that we use this word in many idiomatic expressions, such as: for all I know know the drill not know what hit you you don't know the half of it You can learn these expressions with "know" in today's lesson! Lesson text: https://www.espressoenglish.net/10-more-english-expressions-with-the-word-know 300+ English Idioms Course: https://www.espressoenglish.net/english-idioms-course

26 Mars 20184min

The English language has a lot of colorful words, which are great for improving your vocabulary. You'll learn 10 interesting verbs in today's lesson. Lesson text: https://www.espressoenglish.net/10-interesting-verbs-to-improve-your-english-vocabulary Vocabulary Builder Course: https://www.espressoenglish.net/vocabulary-builder-course/

19 Mars 20185min

Are you confused about how to use HAVE HAD and HAD HAD in English? Today’s lesson will help you! First, we need to understand the present perfect tense and past perfect tense. Both of these tenses are formed by using an auxiliary verb + main verb. Lesson text: https://www.espressoenglish.net/have-had-and-had-had Advanced English Grammar Course: https://www.espressoenglish.net/advanced-english-grammar-course/

12 Mars 20185min

In today’s lesson I’m going to give you four important tips for speaking English faster. A lot of English learners notice that native English speakers tend to speak fast, so they think that speaking faster will help their English sound more fluent. But you have to be careful – it can be dangerous to try to speak very fast in English if you don’t follow these tips. Lesson text: https://www.espressoenglish.net/how-to-speak-english-faster/ Pronunciation + Shadowing Courses: https://www.espressoenglish.net/american-english-pronunciation-course

5 Mars 20186min