Verbs that match with the collocation Let’s start with an Example…Abandon: attempt, career, child, – His attempt to abandon his first born made him the prime suspect.– He abandoned his career in order to pursue his dream to start his own venture.– Unfortunately, the lady was forced to abandon her child. Etc. Abandon: attempt, career, child, convention,… Read More »Collocations for Verbs (IELTS)
Nouns that match with the collocation Let’s start with an Example…Ability: athletic, artistic, exceptional, intellectual, musical, natural– His (athletic, artistic, exceptional, intellectual, musical, natural) ability helped him secure the gold. Ability: athletic, artistic, exceptional, intellectual, musical, natural Access: direct, easy, equal, free, immediate, public, unlimited, unrestricted Act: criminal, illegal, legal, symbolic, unlawful, violent Action: affirmative,… Read More »Collocations for Nouns (IELTS)
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Our all-time favorite: funny tongue twisters! You’d think all tongue twisters are funny, but nothing compares to this exclusive selection. In fact, you probably heard these before. Everybody calls them “funny” for a reason! Don’t forget to challenge your friends! 1. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers;A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper… Read More »Funny Tongue Twisters for improving Pronunciation
Tongue twisters for kids are all sweet, fun, and games until you increase the speed. If you haven’t had enough training, even they can tie your tongue into a Gordian knot. Literally. Take a little brother, sister, or your own kid, and let’s see who wins the challenge! Blue bluebird. Specific Pacific. Fresh fried fish.… Read More »Tongue Twisters for Kids for improving Pronunciation
While we’re at it, we can help but wonder what the hardest tongue twister in existence is. Contrary to popular belief, it’s not supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. At one point, “the sixth sick Sheikh’s sixth sheep’s sick” held the Guinness World Record for the hardest twister, but since the category no longer exists, the title was probably revoked.… Read More »Hard Tongue Twisters for improving Pronunciation
When it comes to long tongue twisters and talking fast, we can’t help but think about Eminem. Did you know that he raps with a whopping speed of 11.4 syllables per second in his song “Rap God”? We don’t know much about rap, but that sure sounds like something only the God of Rap could… Read More »Long Tongue Twisters for improving Pronunciation
Before trying the hard English tongue twisters for champions who talk fast, let’s warm up your speech muscles with some short and fairly easy tongue twisters for beginners. Truly rural. She sees cheese. Six sticky skeletons. Which witch is which? Willy’s real rear wheel. An ape hates grape cakes. Six Czech cricket critics. Really leery,… Read More »Short Tongue Twisters for improving Pronunciation