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Each blog post focuses on vocabulary, with some of the more difficult words defined for you. You can download those words as an Excel file, and import them into your Personal Dictionary. Thereafter, you can play 3 word games to practise and test yourself. Doing so will intensify your learning.
Moreover, there is a crossword and a word search puzzle for every post, so you can test your English knowledge, before and/or afterwards!
The UK press – diverse and influential
The UK press is a diverse and influential part of the country’s media landscape. It includes both national and local newspapers, as well as a range of magazines and online news outlets.
The national press is made up of several major newspapers, including The Times, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, The Sun, The Daily Mail, and The Mirror. Each of these publications has its own political leanings and target audience, and they offer a variety of perspectives on the news of the day.
Is British food really so bad? – Food in the UK
I hope you have already eaten, because you’ll feel peckish after reading my blog about food in the UK! For some reason our food seems to have a bad reputation around the world, which is odd, because nearly everyone who visits us, loves our big breakfasts, roast dinners on Sundays, as well as fish and chips. Furthermore, if we are so bad at cooking, why is it that Gordon Ramsey and Jamie Oliver’s TV shows are so popular, all over the world?
It’s your round – Pubs in the UK
When was the last time you were in a pub in the UK, if at all? The word pub is short for public house, a place where you can buy alcoholic beverages. There are are over 39,000 in the UK and the meeting point for millions of Brits. It is said that over half the population go to pubs on a regular basis. Often pubs are full of binge drinkers at the weekend. These are people who drink a lot of alcohol, in a short space of time. Don’t be surprised to see carpets and sofas in some pubs, they are often very homely. Most have a beer garden too, for the two weeks of summer in the UK!
Slang – No worries: bad is good and so is sick!
Onomatopoeia is a linguistic term that refers to words that imitate or suggest the source of the sound they describe. In other words, onomatopoeic words are words that sound like the things they describe. Some examples of onomatopoeic words in English include “buzz,” “hiss,” “bang,” and “moo.”
Watch out for False Friends
I’m quite certain that almost everyone reading this post, will have heard of the term ‘false friends’. If not, false friends are cognates or expressions that have the same form in your native language, as in another language, but have a different meaning, which quite often leads to confusion or misunderstandings.
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