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Lessons

PL. I 25 Collocations With "Make" You Can Use Today

Techniques

25 Collocations With "Make" You Can Use Today

If I could change one thing about how my students learn vocabulary, it would not be more words. It would be learning which words travel together.

August 10, 2026

PL. II Since vs For: Fix This in Five Minutes

Grammar

Since vs For: Fix This in Five Minutes

Here is a sentence I hear every single week: "I have been learning English since three years." Five minutes from now you will never say it again.

August 7, 2026

PL. III Present Perfect vs Past Simple: The Mistake Every B1 Learner Makes

Grammar

Present Perfect vs Past Simple: The Mistake Every B1 Learner Makes

You have studied the present perfect at least four times. Maybe six. This time, no timeline diagrams, just one question you can ask mid-sentence.

August 5, 2026

PL. IV Make vs Do: The Rule Nobody Teaches Properly

Common Mistakes

Make vs Do: The Rule Nobody Teaches Properly

The teacher wrote make and do on the board and gave you a rule. Then you met "make the bed" and "do your hair", and the rule quietly died.

August 3, 2026

PL. V Stop Learning Single Words. Learn Chunks Instead

Techniques

Stop Learning Single Words. Learn Chunks Instead

Words arrive one at a time, like a waiter bringing individual grains of rice. Then everyone acts surprised that your English sounds built rather than spoken.

July 31, 2026

PL. VI How Many New Words Should You Learn a Day? The Honest Answer

Techniques

How Many New Words Should You Learn a Day? The Honest Answer

You found a list, did the maths, and worked out you would be fluent in 100 days. Here is why that plan fails, and the daily number that actually sticks.

July 29, 2026

PL. VII Comprehensible Input Works. You're Probably Doing It Wrong.

Learning Styles

Comprehensible Input Works. You're Probably Doing It Wrong.

A confident man online says you need not study at all, just consume English. He is half right, and half right is the most dangerous kind of advice.

July 27, 2026

PL. VIII Affect vs Effect: When to Use Which

Common Mistakes

Affect vs Effect: When to Use Which

Native English speakers get affect and effect wrong constantly. Not occasionally, constantly. Here is the one test that settles it every time.

May 13, 2026