In this episode I talk about questons in English. I basically go through some different types of questions in English, giving examples and making comments on the different aspects involved.
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In this episode I talk about different ways to use the preposition ‘by’. I basically give examples and make comments on the different structures that can be used with this preposition.
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In this episode I talk about verbs combined with prepositions ‘from’, ‘on’, ‘for’ and ‘of’. I start by giving examples of verbs which can combine with them and I also briefly discuss the contexts and meanings in the examples.
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In this episode I talk about the difference between ‘on time’ and ‘in time’. I briefly go through some examples of how we can use these words and I discuss some of the aspects that we can see in their meanings.
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In this episode I talk about the difference between ‘care about’ and ‘care for’. I start by going through some examples of how we can use these words and I also discuss some of the aspects that we can observe in their meanings.
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In this episode I talk about verbs combined with prepositions ‘about’ and ‘of’. I start by giving examples of combinations with the verbs ‘hear’, ‘think’, ‘dream’, ‘complain’ and ‘remind’, and I also briefly discuss the contexts and meanings in the examples.
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In this episode I talk about adjective + preposition collocations. I start by giving examples of common adjective + preposition collocations and discussing their meaning. I also talk about how teachers can use this in class and what learners can do to practice using the structures.
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In this episode I talk about the problematic nature of prepositions. I start by talking about prepositions and their problematic nature to learners of English. Then I basically propose three levels of difficulty and make my comments on how you can deal with them.
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In this episode I talk about collocations and idioms with the word ‘help’. I start by briefly discussing the different meanings of the word. Then, I give examples of collocations and idioms with the word ‘help’ and discuss their meaning.
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In this episode I talk about the difference between ‘by’ and ‘until’. I give a few examples of how you can use them and discuss the difference in meaning between these two tricky words.
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