November 2014
Saying goodbye to a true friend can be difficult and there are lots of different ways to say it that you can find out below.Whenever we have to say…
Read the text about Christmas office parties. Phrases about parties have been highlighted in bold and are explained below. There is also a section about avoiding repetition and don t…
November 2014
Welcome to the first SGI Student Podcast! It was created by six students in the upper intermediate 1 class on Friday 9th December 2011 as a pilot show for the SGI blog…
November 2014
Check out the theatre vocabulary in bold throghout the article and then find out the meanings in the vocabulary glossary at the end.First it was a comic-book. Then it…
November 2014
Adjectives describing people's character are highlighted in the text and then explained in the vocabulary glossary below.The New Year officially began on Monday 23rd January. Well, for the Chinese…
Congratulations to the winner of the Xmas 2011 Quiz, GIULIA AVATANEO from Italy. She won a one-week, Standard English Course at SGI.Now, SGI are giving away another FREE English course…
When should you use whoever, whichever, whatever, whenever, wherever & however. Look at the examples in the text and then read the explanations below.This year s Australian tennis Open…
On Monday Julia and I took 26 students to the Adam and Eve, the schools local. Julia had a rather intense conversation with some students regarding sexism at work whilst I…
Idioms about Relationships (and some more vocabulary) printed in bold are explained below the article. Listen to the mp3 first without reading the text if you want to practise your…
November 2014
Question tags in English can sometimes be a bit difficult to get right. Look out in the text for them. Can you work out the rules? If not, go to…