So what's the difference between countable and uncountable nouns? Let's take a look at two nouns: cars and water . If you stand outside you will proabably see cars passing. You can count these cars 1 car , 2 cars , 3 cars and so on ...
Multiple Choice Lesson - Chris McCarthy - 05/15/2012 - 09:08 - 9 comments
Have something done is used to show that something is done for us, we do not do it ourselves. Compare these two sentences: "I washed my car." - I washed my car myself. "I had my car washed." - I paid ...
Fill in the blanks lesson - Chris McCarthy - 05/15/2012 - 13:51 - 9 comments
Following my listening lesson on money , I thought I’d give you some extra, more advanced vocabulary, on the topic of money. I have written the meanings of some common phrasal verbs used when we talk about money. Can you decide whi ...
Multiple Choice Lesson - Chris McCarthy - 05/18/2012 - 10:29 - 4 comments
Every month we ask our newsletter readers to send their English language questions to EC Brighton's teacher, Tim. Here are the best questions of the month. Sign up for our free newsletter to get your questions answered b ...
Plain Lesson - Chris McCarthy - 05/23/2012 - 09:58 - 3 comments
I find songs from musicals really great for learning English because they are bursting with vocabulary! This song is from the musical version of "The Lion King". If you are studying in London I highly recomm ...
Fill in the blanks lesson - Chris McCarthy - 05/18/2012 - 09:54 - 4 comments
The reason for this lesson? Well, who doesn’t love Abba! Here’s a lesson to test your listening skills and your knowledge of money vocabulary. I have removed the words in the song that are related to money. ...
Fill in the blanks lesson - Chris McCarthy - 05/18/2012 - 10:28 - 5 comments
... uninhabited and pristine national park, open to the public only in summer. Galegos come here to spend long, lazy summer days on the Praia ...
Fill in the blanks lesson - Chris McCarthy - 05/18/2012 - 08:59 - 3 comments
... pumpkins, there is one question, and one question only, bouncing around my skull, and that is… What shall I write ... closer. But no, it’s still just a boring old cloud. Only a tiny bit bigger. So I look down at the street below. It’s usually ...
Plain Lesson - Chris McCarthy - 05/17/2012 - 07:26 - 3 comments
... the sick baby. Dr Nott, a _(6)_ in Haiti, felt she only had days to live if she didn't receive a critical operation on her badly ...
Fill in the blanks lesson - Chris McCarthy - 05/18/2012 - 09:17 - 4 comments
Level: Pre-Intermediate + Here's some interesting news about adult learners in the UK. Read the article then copy and paste the key words into the correct gap. There has been a slight rise in the number of adults in the UK ...
Fill in the blanks lesson - Chris McCarthy - 05/17/2012 - 07:18 - 6 comments
