Teach Yourself

Tag: spoken english

  • Time expressions

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    Units of time Smaller units of time combine together to make larger units: 60 seconds together make a minute. 60 minutes together make an hour. 24 hours together make a day. A week has seven days. 30 days is a month. 12 months make a year. 10 years make a decade. 10 decades or a…

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    Mahmood Ahmad

  • Watching movies for listening practice

    If you watch movies for listening practice, here are some tips for you. Decide your level and select a movie that fits you best, for example: Beginner: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) Intermediate: Grown Ups (2010). The movie adds to your vocabulary some slangs also. Advanced: No Country for Old Men (2007). The movie is in West…

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    Mahmood Ahmad

  • Greeting and saying goodbye

    When you meet someone, you greet them. You say someone goodbye at the end of a meeting. Here are some expressions used for greeting: Informal greetings Hi /haɪ/ Hallo/ hullo /həˈləʊ/ Hey /heɪ/ Hiya /ˈhaɪ.jə/ Howdy /ˈhaʊ.di/ Hello stranger! Long time, no see! These two expressions are used when you meet a friend after a…

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    Mahmood Ahmad

  • Spoken and written language symbols

    Contents The text you can read from books is in written form. The symbols used for the written language are called letters. A set of letters of a certain language is called an alphabet. English has the following alphabet: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P…

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    Mahmood Ahmad