What is euphemism?

What is euphemism?

Words can wound. Words can heal Would you like it if someone called you ‘fat’?! How about ‘overweight’? A euphemism is a word (or series of words) which replaces sad, unpleasant or shocking ideas with softer and nicer expressions. Now...
What is your favourite sport?

What is your favourite sport?

What is your favourite sport? When the examiner asks you about sports The IELTS speaking test consists of three parts and the examiner will ask you questions on a variety of topics. But in this lesson, we are going to focus on sports and all the questions will be only...
English Accents

English Accents

Different English accents There are a few differences of grammar and spelling between American and British English, and rather more differences of vocabulary and idiom. Today, modern British English is heavily influenced by American English, so some contrasts are...
3 places on the web for speaking practice

3 places on the web for speaking practice

The Intenet can be your oyster 3 places on the web for speaking practice by Artist Name https://ieltsjuice.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/3-places-on-the-web-for-speaking-practice.mp3 Speaking is a challenging English skill mainly because you don’t get the...
How to talk about national holidays

How to talk about national holidays

A lesson on describing  national holidays In part 2 of the IELTS speaking test you are given a topic to speak about for 1 to 2 minutes, and in part 3 of the test you need to discuss more general questions related to the same topic. In this lesson, you will first...
Classroom English

Classroom English

Useful phrases for your English classroom It goes without saying that communicating with your classmates and the teacher should be in English, and you should try to avoid speaking your mother tongue as much as you can. But this is not so easy unless you learn useful...