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How to Pronounce Regular Past Simple Verbs Past simple regular verbs are so … simple… the verb is the same for everyone, just add –ed (I walked, He decided and They learned). The problem is; how do you say them?
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Paraphrase like a Pro Did you hear? Hip-song singer Nicki Minaj was fined a whopping $450,000 after being found guilty of plagiarising a song by...
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How can WhatsApp Help You Learn English? On your first day at the UCT English language Centre, you will be asked if you would like to join the ELC...
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IELTS pre-reading strategies As we have previously mentioned it is IMPOSSIBLE to read ALL three texts in the IELTS reading exam. So, what can you do...
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Mastering topic sentences Have you ever been to a new country where you couldn’t understand the road signs? Perhaps you were somewhere remote with no...
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How to Write an Opinion Based Essay The UCT English Language Centre runs a Cambridge Advanced Certificate (CAE) exam preparation course. In the CAE...
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Reading Strategies for IELTS Before we begin, it’s important to note that there are two types of of question.
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Common Transition Signal Errors and How to Fix Them If you ever have the chance, google the band Modest Mouse and listen to their music. Just so that...
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Four Tips for an Excellent Presentations In order to prepare to deliver an excellent presentation, remember CLAP. C stands for Content, L stands for...
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English Words Borrowed from other Languages Modern English words, as we know them, have an interesting background. So where do so many of the foreign...
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Strategies for IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 (part 1/2) Students on our IELTS preparation course are often overwhelmed when approaching the IELTS...
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Writing paragraphs I always tell students that the best essay I have ever read was written by a Pre-Intermediate student. ‘How is that possible?’...
