Take a look at these two sentences. What is the difference in meaning between them?
'I cut my hair.'
'I have my hair cut.'
'I cut my hair' means that I do it myself.
'I have my hair cut means someone cuts my hair for me (in this case it's probably a hairdresser).
We use have something done to mean another person does a service for us.
Here are 13 items that you probably see every day in your office. Do you know the English names for them? Let's find out.
Match the 13 words to the pictures below:
drawing pin / file / sellotape / calculator / rubber / stapler / hole punch / glue / paper clip / scissors / ruler / photocopier / paper cutter
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Mother nature can be a bit scary at times. When she is angry she can use her amazing powers to create destruction and chaos on our little planet. These days there seem to be more and more occurrences of natural disasters happening around the world.
Let's take a look at the names of the natural disasters that we can see on the news:
Here we take a look at some of the specific English used in buying and selling. These are terms that are important to both customers and sellers:
Cash on delivery (British) or 'collect on delivery' (American) means that you pay for something when it is delivered to you.
Winston Churchill said that England and America were 'two nations divided by a common language'. Today we look at some basic differences in vocabulary between British and American English.
Complete the following ten sentences below by using the past simple verb or past participle tense of the verb in brackets. Be careful with your spelling.
'Think globally, act locally.'
How 'green' are you? Are you interested in the environment are you worried about it?
There is no escape from it: pick up a newspaper or switch on the news and you will see countless stories about the environment.
Here some idioms which use the word 'shop'. When you have read the article below, see if you can match the right idiom to the right sentence.
To talk about your job when you are not in work. Usually to discuss business in your free time.
'Whenever I go out with my co-workers we always end up talking shop.'
'How does it taste?'
How well do you know food adjectives? Take a look at the following list of adjectives which we use to describe food. Try and match the correct adjectives to the correct sentences. As this is a quiz, there is no explanation of the adjectives' meanings.
bitter
sour
sweet
Let's take a look at the phrasal verb step on. Here it can be seen as having two meanings:
