Category Archives: Vocabulary

Silent English Letters

Posted on October 25, 2025 by mhardy3222

Greetings English Learners! It’s time for some silliness! The English Language does seem to have an unfair number of silent letters. How can you remember them all? Well, it takes time and familiarity, and a generous dose of humour helps! … Continue reading →

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The Crocodile and The Monkey : a Poem by Vikram Seth

Posted on June 30, 2025 by mhardy3222

Greetings English Students! It’s Story Time! Who doesn’t love a great story? Today, I’m going to share a fabulous story with you: The Crocodile and The Monkey by Vikram Seth. It may look like a children’s story, but it has … Continue reading →

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Easter 2025

Posted on April 17, 2025 by mhardy3222

Happy Easter English Learners! I hope you enjoy a well-earned break from your daily routine. However, there’s no need to have a break from English! Have you ever wondered why bunnies, chickens, and eggs are everywhere at Easter time? Well, … Continue reading →

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A Song with Present Simple & Past Simple

Posted on January 22, 2025 by mhardy3222

Did you know that the Present Simple is the most commonly used tense in spoken and written English? It accounts for between *50-60% of English communication. The second most commonly used tense is the Past Simple with nearly *20% usage.  … Continue reading →

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Difficult Pronunciation & How to Remember It #2

Posted on January 8, 2025 by mhardy3222

Photo by Mimi Thian, Unsplash Today, I will continue to focus on common English words that many of you find difficult to pronounce. (See my previous post: Difficult Pronunciation & How to Remember It) Here is a quick reminder: My … Continue reading →

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Difficult Pronunciation & How to Remember It – Part 1

Posted on December 21, 2022 by mhardy3222

Photo by Mimi Thian, Unsplash Greetings English Learners! This will be my last Post for this year and I have decided to focus on common English words that many of you find difficult to pronounce. My students can usually pronounce … Continue reading →

Posted in Elementary (Level 2), Intermediate (Level 4), Pre-Intermediate (Level 3), Speaking & Pronunciation, Vocabulary | 5 Comments

Do you know how to talk about Social Media and the Internet in English ?

Posted on November 5, 2022 by mhardy3222

Here’s another post from Vocabulary in Chunks that I hope you’ll enjoy. Listening to videos like these is easy English practice. I know that studying a language can be hard work so you need to find a way to enjoy … Continue reading →

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A song with Collocations and Idioms

Posted on July 29, 2022 by mhardy3222

The English language is full of collocations and idioms. By collocations, I mean words that naturally go together like ‘high hopes‘, ‘heavy rain‘, and ‘make friends‘. We don’t say ‘tall hopes’, ‘huge rain‘ or ‘produce friends‘.  Idioms are expressions whose … Continue reading →

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A song with Possessive Adjectives

Posted on April 26, 2022 by mhardy3222

When English students first learn Possessive Adjectives, they should feel encouraged. There are only seven forms: my, your, his, her, its, our, & their. That’s all! Many European languages have 14 – 20+ forms, depending on whether the noun is … Continue reading →

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Phrasal Verbs: 3 Easy Rules

Posted on March 3, 2022 by mhardy3222

There are just 3 things to know if you want to understand and remember Phrasal Verbs: 1. Phrasal Verbs are Vocabulary. 2. There are two types: a)Separable and b)Non-separable. 3. When they are Separable, the pronoun must always go in the middle. 1. Phrasal … Continue reading →

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