The generation gap is a popular term used to describe differences between people of a younger generation and their elders, especially between a child and his or her parent's generation.
Once you have crossed the generation gap, you are old, out of touch and there is no way back!
Here's a good way of finding out if you are now on the other side of the generation gap:
Every month we ask our newsletter readers to send in their questions to Tim, our English teacher at EC Brighton, about the English language. Here are your questions:
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June's Star Question - Thanks to Thao from Vietnam:
Todays's exercise is a what we call a 'mixed bag'. That means it has a bit of everything. Let's begin.
OK, so you think you're good at English? Well, today we have ten tricky words and phrases that I think you've heard before. They're all common and, above that, they're all useful. Let's see how many of you can get 10/10 and let's see if I made any spelling mistakes...right, Yura?
Choosing between a subject pronoun and an object pronoun can be tricky in a number of situations. First, let's look at a list of pronouns.
The following words are all very common, yet they often present pronunciation difficulties. Hopefully, these tips will make it a little easier to say each word more clearly.
1. Clothes – the “th” sound followed by an “s” is very difficult even for native speakers. Pronounce this word just like the word “close” as in: “Please close the door.”
Say: I wear clothes (close) when I close the door.
"This movie is boring, I am bored of watching it."
"Peter plays tennis"
Peter is the subject of the sentence. The subject is the person (or thing) that does an action.
Sun and son - what do these two words have in common?
That's right, they're homonyms.
Homonyms are words that have different meanings and spellings, but share the same pronunciation.
By knowing typical endings of words that identify nouns, adjectives, or adverbs, students can improve their vocabulary quickly and easily. This will also greatly improve reading comprehension. If you are reading, and come across a word that you don't know, follow these steps:
An important part of improving your English is learning which words go together to make natural English sentences. These combinations of words are called collocations.
Do we make a mistake or do a mistake? Which is the correct verb? Make is the verb that collocates with mistake.
Try this quiz and don't make any mistakes!
