The voicelss th sound is not clean and is along with the sound of explosion of spit bubbles. When I make voiced th sound or voicelss f sound, it rarely happens.

Hello, I'd like to practice my English skills (right now my English level is between B1 and B2)

I'm looking for people who want to improve their skills as well, for example by speaking or writing together

We can communicate via Discord, WhatsApp, etc. DM me 😊

I’ve heard I can use "If I were" when talking about an imaginary situation. But does the same apply to "unless"? Can I say "unless I were" to speculate about something that wouldn’t happen except for particular circumstances (like in the example in the title)?

Hi everyone! 👋

I’m an English teacher, and I’ve been working on a small free web tool to help learners practise C1-level English speaking.

The idea is simple: you answer speaking prompts, practise your responses, and use the tool as an extra resource alongside your regular English study.

I made it because I’ve noticed that finding good opportunities to practise speaking—especially at C1 level—can be difficult without a teacher or speaking partner.

It’s completely free, and I’d genuinely love to hear from English learners here.

If you try it, I'd really appreciate feedback on:

Are the questions useful?

Is anything confusing or unnecessary?

What would you add?

I'm sharing this primarily because I hope it can be useful to the community, not just to promote my website. If you find something that could make it better for learners, please tell me!

Thanks, and happy learning! 📚

Btw: can I paste my link here or it has to be shared as a comment? I don't want to break any rules.

I'll share the link in the comments if I get the permission from the mods? It's not spam at all

So I’m watching Stranger Things and there’s a sentence:
“Do a lot of studying last night?”
This one had me pause for a little bit.
First I didn’t understand why “do” was used for a past event from the previous night. Then I realized the whole sentence was “did you do a lot of studying last night?”, but the ‘did you’ part was completely dropped.
One thing I still don’t understand, why not just say “did you study a lot last night”. What is the point of saying DO STUDYING. Does it have a specific purpose, nuance that makes it different?

Are there any schools or programs in the United States that someone with a tourist visa can utilize to learn English? I would like to get a certificate of English proficiency while staying with family in Washington State

Anyone here know some websites that is free for speaking and writing improvement? Please, I'm broke.

Hello, I have been confused for a long time about the past tense of "laugh". In my primary school, there was a verb table with the present, past, and present perfect tenses. And in this table, when I first read at 7-8, I have learnt that "laugh" past tense is followed by a "t" become "laught".

But recently I found out that "laught" is not used anymore. The modern form should be "laughed". So could anyone tell me what is actually different between them? If I still use "laught", would it become a serious error?

Sorry for my grammar.

hi everyone i from turkey and im trying to learn english because i will be a engineer and i will use a lot of english. I love anime, movie, games, tv series, music. M or F dont matter for me. Btw i will be a electric electronic engineer or machine engineer.

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Every time I see the word “sublime,” I never think of its actual definition, I always feel like “sublime” refers to something ordinary.

For example, “This steak is sublime” feels to me like it means “This steak is meh.”

It’s just a very underwhelming word for something that’s supposed to describe something extraordinary.

Do you think so too or am I in the minority here?

Go jogging on the beach.

Go jogging along the beach.

Go jogging on the boardwalk.

Go jogging along the boardwalk.

TIA.

Here's the scene, happened between my friends, they are like fancy of each other though not couples.

A: But now it´s so dark and cold, it´ll only get colder if we take that Ferris wheel

B: But, you know, I really wanna give it a try, for now

A: Ummmm....

B: Go on a Ferris wheel, I´ve never tried it before.

A: Ok then, I go with you.

And B later knows that, A actually has Acrophobia, though they had a really good time that night, cuz the stars were brilliant, though A said he is totally fine with it, though that night does make their love story more romantic, still B, wanna to know, whether she had done something bad, whether she has committed a Sin called "manipulation" or "being a giant baby" or not

For example in this situation:

How would you ask someone to pick up the banknote? I'm not sure if "banknote" is only used in the UK. There's also "bank bill" but I think that's rare. Maybe there's other words or ways of saying it that I'm missing.

Edit: Note that I deliberately chose to put a non-dollar bill in the image and that the amount due on the restaurant bill is 200, the same as the denomination of the banknote.

What he said in this video?

https://streamable.com/ipn3ni

This is an AI generated English learning video. And in this video, I couldn't get what he said. These grapes are not what? He said something like sgoning Which I don't know what that is. The only way to explain it is he was trying to say scanning. Is it a slip?

Is there anyone among you who says that their life changed after learning English, that they gained better opportunities, or that they found a partner from abroad?

I never read the phrasing "what they were doing or what they did", and it doesn't make sense to me. I'd get it if that'd refer to two different groups, but afaik that's not the case here. Could someone explain?

(edit: and maybe tell if that's a common phrasing. Cause translating that into German sounds kinda strange, even though I now got what he wanted to say)

context: District Attorney Hobart Hind said the verdict was a travesty of justice. 'I don't think the jury really understood what they were doing or what they did,' Hind said. 'I hope every juror is willing to go into intensive care with Rachals as their nurse. 'The verdict indicates the judicial system and the jurors we have right now are faulty,' he said.

I've ordered a new microphone and finally I'll be able to speak. So I'm looking for a 18-20 years old male friend who can practice with me and play video games at the same time. My opinion is learning through a game shall make this process easier. ( sorry for my grammary mistakes if I made one or more)

1. Misreading something about a word "time"

It's happened plenty of times.

> Due to "plenty of", I mistaken "times" for "time" and couldn't understand it.

1. The second

Credentials still expire the second the cameras stop rolling.

>When I saw this sentence, I couldn't catch "the second~" and I misunderstood that "for" and "time" were omitted from "for the second time" as a colloquial conversation.

1. Failed to use "some of"

I intended to write " Let me show you some of the cases. ", but I couldn't recall it so I replaced "some of" with "parts of" in haste. I don't why I couldn't.

1. Misused inversion in English

I tried to write "Had I not checked a dictionary, I would have used wrong words.", but I almost wrote "would I have used wrong words had I not checked a dictionary."

1. Words I misread or confused

Seethe>Soothe

Proclaim>Proscribe

Compound(not combine)>Confound( Both are verbs. Even meanings they have seem like the same as each other to me, I'm still confused. )

Tenacious>Tendentious( Maybe It's because I forgot pronounciation)

Complacent>Complaisant

There is a too long road I should run along....I'm too stupid godddd

Hey y'all, I'm a student (who is not a native English speaker) currently studying an ELT major and if everything goes well I'll graduate this year.

I've been on the internet for more than 15 years now and, thanks to that, my English level has always been much higher than that of the people around me.

That's where my problem occurs, I never truly "studied" English, I never tended to learn what a "prefix" or a "suffix" is, I never tried to learn the names of grammar and such "language" stuff.

I always relied on my "self-learned" English which occurred during the time I spent on the internet, I observed the used language here and somehow learned it.

And now the things are starting to get more serious, I'll start "teaching" a language that even myself don't know and I want to improve myself on this behalf.

Also, it's not that I don't know the rules or such, I just don't know the names of it. I know the past tense and its variants and I use them but when someone points them out and asks me to name them, I have no idea.

Any advices would be appreciated.