EnglishMatt LarsenSeptember 8, 2022Travel 5 Phrases to Help You Not Miss Your Flight Let’s be honest. The airport can be one of the most stressful places on the planet. And if you have to try to get around using a…
Matt Larsen June 24, 2022 Everyday English 5 Steps to Express Your Ideas Clearly & Confidently in English You know the feeling: You’re sitting in a meeting or at the dinner table where everyone is talking in English. You have a great…
Matt LarsenJuly 12, 2021Common Mistakes, Grammar Articles: A, An, The Articles are used with nouns. Generally we use articles before the subject or object of a sentence. We can’t just say: “Boy played in the park.” The problem is that…
Matt LarsenJune 14, 2021Common Mistakes, Grammar Relative Clauses in English Relative clauses are clauses that begin with one of these relative pronouns: who/whom, that, which, whose, where, when Relative Clauses have 2 main purposes: 1) Define or Identify the Preceding…
Matt LarsenApril 12, 2021Common Mistakes, Grammar Uncountable Nouns You can add a number in front of countable nouns, but you can’t do that to uncountable nouns. While we can count the individual bills and coins, and say we have 10…
Matt LarsenMarch 15, 2021Common Mistakes, Grammar Present tense Grammar Verb tenses Using present continuous and present simple tenses is a grammar concept that people often struggle with. Present continuous: I am walking. Present simple: I walk. The first key to…
Matt LarsenFebruary 15, 2021Common Mistakes, Grammar How to Use Direct Objects When talking with Turkish people, a very common mistake… “I will read” when someone asks them to read a document or message. Or maybe they say “yes we have”…
Matt LarsenAugust 10, 2020Grammar Phrasal Verbs – Turn In Phrasal Verbs can be one the most difficult parts of learning English for Turks. Learn 3 ways native English speakers use the phrasal verb “turn in.” Then, send us a WhatsApp…
Time-Bound While many things bind us together as humans, time is one of the strongest. No matter what time zone you live and work in, we all only have 24 hours a day. With our few short years on earth,…
5 Idioms to Talk About Problems Everybody has problems. Problems at work, problems at school, challenges to be faced in relationships you’re in and in the projects you are working on. But problems and challenges are often opportunities to grow!…
