THE FUTURE What is FUTURE? Future could be tomorrow, the next week, the next month, the next year, and so on. It could also mean the next hour, or minute, or even the next second! How do you talk about the future? Let's look at some ways here. [...]

https://youtu.be/MrrYw0lqLW0 Getting a job is a tedious job. And as the days go by, it gets even more tedious because of the increasing competition. Also, what is worse, the recruiter or hiring manager doesn’t have all the time in the world t [...]

READING PRACTICE - BASIC ENGLISH  Read the passages and answer the questions that follow. Click on the link to check your answers at the end Mother Hen A business meeting My house 1 My house 2 About Myself [...]

Legal Latin Legal education has been sought to be made more uniform throughout the western world. In the Western countries the Legal system has been drawn from the ancient Roman laws. Considering the central position that Latin had in most of the Eu [...]

This is a list of lessons for people at all levels from Basic to Advanced. We have included video and other lessons as well, including reading. Reading lessons are meant primarily for Basic Learners. The video playlists are made specifically with [...]

ENGLISH IDIOMS An idiom is an expression whose meaning is different from the meaning of the individual words comprising it. Generally, people are very embarrassed and frustrated when they can't understand an idiom when it's spoken. Knowing idioms w [...]

How to explain the gap in your résumé - 2 What can you do about it? Resume gaps are fine. It’s how you treat it that counts. Let’s look at a few things you can do. Never stop learning. We keep learning things every moment of our lives. It [...]

How to explain the gap in your résumé - 1 A gap in your résumé is the period you were not employed anywhere. This seems to be a formidable, nerve-racking prospect. Let’s look at it in some detail here. First things first A [...]

How do you state reasons? There are several ways in which we can express a reason. I call them linkers because they link your statement with the reason. Let’s look at some of 6 sets of linkers here: Because / Since / As These are simple linker [...]

Let’s look at each one individually. Then we'll compare NEED and NEED TO, and later HAVE and HAVE TO, as well. NEED Need means a want, a necessity, something essential.  You need it because it is important for your survival. It isn’t just [...]