“It’s late, I gotta go.” “Do you wanna get a coffee?” “I’m gonna visit my parents next weekend.” We all know that English has contractions. Cannot becomes can’t. I would becomes I’d. She had becomes she’d. But what about those crazy words in those sentences above? Gotta? Wanna? Gonna? What’s that about?!?! When we speak […]
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Nowadays, it has never been easier to translate words from one language to another. The internet is full of dictionary websites, and a variety of apps allow for quick and easy translations, often involving the use of advanced artificial intelligence. This is fantastic for getting information and understanding the text you are reading or the
Spring has sprung and London is opening! After a long winter with many restrictions, you can now see and feel the excitement for the months ahead in the air. People start visiting parks, sitting in cafes and walking down the sunny high streets, sunglasses on, sipping their lattes. Slowly restrictions are being eased and more
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English is undeniably one of the world’s predominant forms of communication. Its reach extends over as much as +2 billion people globally. The success of English is indeed fascinating. It’s the world’s true Lingua Franca, in other words, it is used widely by speakers of other languages to communicate amongst themselves. The role of English
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What if there is evidence that the English language is happily leading an alternative lifestyle without us? CHANGING ENGLISH Languages are like living and breathing organisms, they are made to change and adapt. They don’t belong to the super smart scholars theorising and explaining them. They belong to the people out there speaking them, changing
Hello. Welcome to TopUp Learning and welcome to your one-minute lesson. Today we are looking at countable and uncountable nouns with different meanings. https://youtu.be/Q4fTpMD7k7o Video Transcript Hello. Welcome to TopUp Learning and welcome to your one minute lesson.  Today we are looking at countable and uncountable nouns with different meanings. A countable noun is a
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Hello, welcome to Top Up Learning, and welcome to your one-minute lesson. Today we are looking at collective nouns. https://youtu.be/zTCTqswTNV4 Video Transcript Hello, welcome to Top Up Learning and welcome to your one minute lesson. Today we are looking at collective nouns. A collective noun is a word of phrase that refers to a group
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Welcome to TopUp Learning and welcome to your one-minute lesson. Today, we are looking at phrasal verbs for your daily routine. Video Transcript Hello, Welcome to TopUp Learning and welcome to your one minute lesson. Today, we are looking at phrasal verbs for your daily routine. To go off – hen something starts making a
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Tips to improve your pronunciation When you are learning English, often the goal is to be able to have a conversation without the need to pause and interrupt because you don’t know the word or how to build a phrase. Naturally, the focus of many students learning English is to amass new vocabulary, learn grammar
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Eponymous Adjectives The flexibility of the English language and its potential to stretch, adapt and mutate knows no bounds. If you are learning English in London you may have noticed how easy a noun turns into a verb ‘google it’ or a verb into a noun ‘the take away from this meeting will be…’, on
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