Alan's English Guide
verbs : call, book, hop, pick up, drop off, hail, flag down, take
nouns : cab, taxi, uber, minicab, black taxi, meter (the machine that calculates cost), landline, postcode
adjectives: outside
adverbs: nearly
I’ll call a taxi Continue reading “The Taxi”
Can is about a possibility or capability.
Use can to express general capabilities.
I can run 100 metres in 1 minute! Continue reading “Can / could / be able to”
Throw the ball to me = I want this
Don’t throw the ball at me = I don’t want this/ it came in my direction
They gave the job to me Continue reading “To me at me with me”
Examples of Train and Airplane tickets!
Words you should know
Verbs : present, accord, observe, retransmit, amount, levy, consult, exclude
Nouns: kiosk, bar code, cabin, the hold, status, supplement, haul, fare, place, overload, fee Continue reading “The E-ticket in English”
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Nouns: appointment, bottle, pen, paper, case, prescription, pain,
nose, neck, arm, throat, hand, finger, stomach, head
x-ray, pills, practice, clinic, cabinet, coat stand,
fever, temperature, symptoms, the cold, the flu, problem, issue, matter, sick note
Describe the images
Think about positions, actions, intentions and feelings Continue reading “The Train Station”
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The words in bold sound similar or want you to focus on fluency.
I went to the bank
Thanks for the meeting
I am a believer / the grim reaper
Pull the lever
I will leave her at the station
Look at the pretty river
I have a pain in my liver
Forever a gamer
I’m wearing fake leather
I like fruit
That’s a nice suit
Have you packed your suitcase?
Could you lend me five quid?
This mixture is too liquid
It’s our house
She’s gone out
Joe’s back now
To tidy up
To wash
To clean
When I’m = “wenaim”
Enjoyed to be in the garden > Enjoyed being in the garden
Our meeting = “R meeting”
pronounciation : tired → tiyud
I went to keep him → I went to pick him up
I can’t sleep till he wasn’t come back → I couldn’t sleep till he came back Continue reading “Burdens, Stones throw away, Cutting short”