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Countable / Uncountable Nouns

Countable nouns are individual objects, people, places, etc. which can be counted. Uncountable nouns are materials, concepts, information, etc. which are not individual objects and can not be counted.

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Telephone English: Getting Practice

Sunday July 12, 2009
Teaching telephone English can be frustrating as students really need to practice their skill as often as possible in order to improve their comprehension skills. This lesson focuses on making telephoning practice as "authentic" as possible.

If you would like to learn common phrases used on the telephone, take a look at the On the Telephone practice dialog for beginners.

Here are other key telephone English practice features at the site:

Telephone English: Dialogue and Appropriate Vocabulary
How to Telephone: Tips and Tricks to Make Sure a Native English Speaker Slows Down!
Practice Exercises to Improve Your Telephoning Skills
Role Play Dialogue Cues to Practice Telephoning with Friends

Instead of / from / than?

Friday July 10, 2009
Prepositional phrases can drive any student crazy! Test and improve your knowledge of common prepositional phrases with these online quizzes.

Collocations with "Equipment"

Tuesday July 7, 2009
An important step to improving your vocabulary is to not only learn the appropriate terms, but to learn the words that commonly go together with those terms. This collocation practice sheet is dedicated to collocations with equipment. Each word pair includes an example sentence.

Here are some other collocation practice materials:

Emphatic Expressions
Common Adjective Combinations
Banking Collocations

Study Skills - Make English Learning a Habit

Friday July 3, 2009
Learning any language takes practice - lots of practice! Often, it's difficult to know what you should practice.
  • Should you watch a video?
  • Perhaps, it would be a good idea to do a few quizzes.
  • Of course, you should try to speak English with your friends.
All of these are great ideas, but it's also important to build a routine. A routine will help you make studying English a habit. That's the best way to improve your English! Beginning Level Study Skills Intermediate Level Study Skills

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