Common Mistakes

When is it better to use JOB and when WORK?

✅ The term ‘work‘ refers to the activities (physical or mental performed by people, so as to achieve the desired outcome). It includes every...

I was very shocked the other day that many students (even high level ones) thought the translation of черепаха was just "turtle."....

I hear these mistakes all the time: - I dress accurately! - I am an accurate person But our "accurate" doesn't really corre...

✔ SUCH: before (adjective +) noun - We use such before a noun with or without an adjective. Such also comes before a/an. The meaning is like...

"AT the lesson" is the biggest mistake among most learners because this collocation has appeared in Russian textbooks of English. ...

FEEL ONESELF - LET'S DEBUNK THIS MYTH Russians are often told by us native teachers (many of whom used to be ex-pizza deliverers before ...

I made these videos based on mistakes that arise again and again. These ones are taken from Russian students (since I teach in Russia) but c...

Achtung! This word is rude. Be careful how you use it! The basic meaning = to go to the toilet. ✅ To be/get pissed = to be drunk (In US Engl...

POLITE = You ARE well-mannered, civilized COURTEOUS = Displaying good manners/showing thought or regard for others So if I describe someone ...

✅ Meaning - ‘at a lower level than’. Beneath is most common in formal writing. We don’t use it often in informal . In speaking, under and be...

COMMON MISTAKES Many English learners confuse: this Saturday, next Saturday, last Saturday, on Saturday bla bla bla. ✅ This Saturday = the...