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Level : Pre-intermediate Last week you told a lie to your cousin. Write a letter telling your cousin that you are sorry. Explain why you told the lie and how you felt afterwards. Warm up questions: Have you ever told a lie that you regretted afterwards? Did you apologize? Did the person you lied to, accept your apology? How would you feel if somebody lied to you?   Would you forgiv...

Listen and repeat Fill in the blanks : A: Hi, how are you ______? B: I'm fine. How _____ yourself? A: I'm pretty good. Thanks for _____. B: No _____. So how have you been? A: I've been great. What about you? B: I've been good. I'm in ______ right now. A: What school do you go to? B: I go to PCC. A: Do you _____ it there? B: It's okay. It's a really big campus. A: Good luck ____ schoo...

Level : Intermediate and Upper-Intermediate Some rooms work perfectly because every item is in balance and harmony with every other item...and some work because one fabulous diva of a piece steals the show. Here are 10 rooms with over-the-top statement pieces that might inspire you to go out on a design limb and shake things up at home. (بیشتر…)...

Hi  everyone . Let's talk about Present Simple today. We use the Present Simple to talk about things which are repeated every day, every month or every year. Present Simple Form : Subject + Simple verb + Object We use PRESENT SIMPLE to describe an action that is regular, true or normal. We use the present tense: For repeated or regular actions in the present time period. I tak...

I have seen lots of naive teachers having problem with their beginner students. It is a very challenging task when you tend to have the full session in the target language. It is hard and frustrating and needs creativity. This is an article by Andrei Zakhareuski. It may help you a lot : 1-Introduction There is no warm up activity to introduce any grammatical term or vocabulary. Assume that you...