Do you know the differences between American and British English? Today we are bringing you a quiz to see how well you do... Ready? Can...

Today we have a challenge for you... Can you complete these 3 idioms with their missing words? Are you finding it difficult? OK, then we...

Do you know how to complain in English? As you may know by now, British people are very polite, so they expect the same from you... If...

To hold all the aces MEANING: to be in a strong position in a contest or situation because you have all the advantages. EXAMPLE: 'Our...

Do you know the difference between SAFETY and SECURITY? Let's have a look. MEANING: safe (adj) = not in danger / safety (noun) secure...

Do you know how to be polite in English? Well, these extracts from the How to be British Collection can help us with this. Let's see......

To let, to allow, to permit, to enable Of those four verbs, only three have a similar meaning: allow, let, and permit. They mean 'to give...

What's the difference between them? These words are all used to show similarity, and the only difference is in their placement in the...

Easily confused verbs Lend means ‘give something to someone for a short time, expecting that they will give it back to you’. I lent Gary...

Animal sounds. Onomatopoeia is the process of creating a word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it...

This fascinating game has inspired some beautiful language. Here are some of them. Idioms: * to play it safe * to be out of somebody’s...

Some words which have kept their Latin form, take Latin plural endings. º Words ending in "us" change to "i" in the plural. º Words...

There are pairs of words with just one letter difference in their ending. The words on the left are VERBS; the ones on the right are...

When reading, remember to pause. Pausing add drama, emotion, emphasis, power to your speech. If you use your pauses well, your audience...

Inverted commas, also known as quotation marks, or quotes in informal language. Do you know how to use inverted commas? And do you know...

Idioms are a group of words used together with a meaning that you cannot guess from the meanings of the separate words. Take the challenge!