Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.

In English we have many idioms and expressions related to cats. 🐈 For example: “The cat’s out of the bag.” 🐈‍⬛ 🎒 Meaning, something is no longer a secret! 🤐 🗣️ Can you think of another saying related to cats? What does it mean? Share your ideas below!

Fast ≠ fluent Many students make the mistake of equating speed with fluency, but this is not the case 😱 Fluency is the ability to speak smoothly and is something that is learnt over many years, with much practice involved. Nowadays, many oral English tests 📝 grade students on their fluency and unfortunately most students just don’t have the time or resources to spend living in another country ✈️ or taking lessons every day👨🏼‍🎓 The good news is, that you can learn to “fake” fluency to a certain extent. One way is to: * respond immediately Saying something 🗣 right away shows that you’ve understood the question, and also buys you time to think about your actual answer. Phrases like “That’s a good question,” or “I haven’t thought about that before,” 🤔 are great to have at your disposal and are invaluable in convincing your examiner that you are fluent in English 🤫 What are some other ways to respond immediately to a question? Let me know some of your own ideas in the comments 💬 And if you would like more personalised tips for faking (and becoming!) fluent, conversation practice, and exam prep, then please send me a message and ask about setting up a trial class with me 👩🏻‍🏫🤩 💪🏻

We all know that practice makes perfect, right? Actually, no. Practice makes permanent. Only PERFECT practice makes perfect. You might think that any learning method is better than none, but actually this can engrain bad habits in you which can be difficult to break later on. In fact you may spend more time learning to undo these habits than learning new things and making the progress that you want. That’s why it’s important to choose the right teacher and materials — to ensure you learn accurate pronunciation and correct grammar. Make sure you choose an experienced, qualified teacher to help you on your English learning journey.

The most beautiful or the beautifulest? You probably know that “the most beautiful” is correct. But why? Why do we sometimes use the suffix “-est”, and sometimes use the word “most” with superlative adjectives? If the adjective has one syllable and/or ends in a -y then we use the suffix -est. Smelly, big, great, pretty etc. become smelliest, biggest, greatest, prettiest etc. If the adjective has more that one syllable and doesn’t end in a -y, then we use most. Most beautiful, most popular, most powerful, most expensive. Of course, this is English, so there are exceptions to this rule. But if you can remember this tip, then you are at least 90% of the way there 👍🏻

我这周末打算休息。如果我的快递按时到达，可能会做饼干。（快递里面的东西是巧克力🍫😋）