Progressive English Skills
10 April 2025 23:56
#common_mistakes
❌ Don't say: Where is post office?
✅ Say: Where is the post office?
❌ Don't say: We drive usually to home.
✅ Say: We usually drive home.
❌ Don't say: Kathy always puts on black shoes.
✅ Say: Kathy always wears black shoes.
❌ Don't say: I wear my clothes in the morning.
✅ Say: I put on my clothes in the morning
❌ Don't say: We studied during four hours.
✅ Say: We studied for four hours.
❌ Don't say: How many childrens you have?
✅ Say: How many children do you have?
❌ Don't say: My brother has 10 years.
✅ Say: My brother is 10 (years old).
❌ Don't say: I want eat now.
✅ Say: I want to eat now.
❌ Don't say: You are very nice, as your mother.
✅ Say: You are very nice, like your mother.
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Progressive English Skills
09 April 2025 18:29
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Progressive English Skills
08 April 2025 17:02
#collocation
📍Collocations with 'make'
make something of (oneself)
make a speech (to)
make sure (about)
make trouble
make up ( for something)
make up your mind
make use of
make war
make way
make yourself at home
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Progressive English Skills
07 April 2025 22:35
#phrasal_verb
🟪 wean off
🔸 to gradually break a bad habit by doing it less and less.
◻️ wean sb off: If somebody's hooked on drugs and they want to quit, they can stop all of a sudden, or they can slowly wean themselves off.
◻️ wean sb off sth: If you're addicted to cigarettes, you could try to wean yourself off them by smoking fewer and fewer every day.
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05 April 2025 18:29
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Progressive English Skills
02 April 2025 09:14
#grammar
Passive Voice Review
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Progressive English Skills
27 March 2025 20:45
#IELTS
IELTS Speaking
IELTS Speaking Part 3: Home
Do you think it is better to live in the countryside or in a city?
Vocabulary and ideas to improve your answer
#IELTS_speaking
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Progressive English Skills
25 March 2025 21:25
#phrasal_verb
🟪 go over
🔸 to look carefully at something like a report, essay, document, etc. to check for mistakes or to make improvements:
After you finish the exam, go over your answers if you have any time left over.
Before sending them off, go over the invoices and make sure everything's correct.
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Progressive English Skills
22 March 2025 20:58
#similar_words
🟠 slash
🟠 slosh
❇️ slash /slæʃ/
- verb/noun
(verb)
• to cut (something) with a violent sweeping movement, as with a knife or sword:
He came within two minutes of bleeding to death after slashing his wrists.
(noun)
• a cut made with a wide, sweeping stroke:
Make deep slashes in the meat and push in the spice paste.
❇️ slosh /slɒʃ/
verb/noun
(verb)
• to splash or move through water, mud or slush:
I could hear you sloshing around in the bath.
(noun)
• the lap or splash of liquid:
The slosh of waves against the shore.
#vocabulary
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Progressive English Skills
20 March 2025 20:35
#vocabulary
Childish 🆚 Childlike
Tina: Hey Danish, do you know the difference between "childish" and "childlike"?
Danish: No, I don't. Can you explain it to me?
Tina: Sure. "Childish" refers to behavior that is immature and silly, like throwing a tantrum when you don't get your way.
Danish: I see. And what about "childlike"?
Tina: "Childlike" refers to qualities that are innocent, pure, and playful, like having a sense of wonder and curiosity about the world.
Danish: Ah, I get it now. Thank you for explaining it to me, Tina!
Tina: You're welcome!
#conversation
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Progressive English Skills
18 March 2025 20:39
#preposition
The usage of prepositions 'on' and 'in' for vehicles
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18 March 2025 17:29
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16 March 2025 17:29
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14 March 2025 20:42
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