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                      The future of air travel                                             Traveling by train Although I have lived in Scotland for almost 3 years, I traveled by bus once, from Bathgate to Livingston. I don’t want anymore. Never again. One hour to reach Livingston. I paid about 2 pounds for the ticket. The bus passed through all the villages in the area. They […]

How to write a good article – tricks that will help you I have written thousands of good articles. About me I can tell: I have been working as a blogger for eight years. During this time I have written thousands of articles both for my blogs and for other publications. I could say, without false modesty, I know what to do. So, I have gathered enough experience to be able to give others advice on how to write a good article. This is exactly what I will do in […]

I’m looking for authors for my English blog Who am I? I’m a blogger. I’m a 49 years old Romanian woman and I live in Scotland. I’m looking for authors for my English blog. I’m going to college to ESOL level 3 course (English for Speakers of Other Languages). No, I’m learning at home by myself for the moment due to coronavirus pandemic. It is so difficult… I like to think I’m good enough to speak and write in my own language. In the last 8 years I wrote more […]

Life with two dogs is hard, but wonderful Life with two dogs. I have two rescue dogs from Romania, my country. The male is 5 years old. He’s so kind with us and with all our friends, but is difficult to walk him because he doesn’t like other dogs, so he always barks and pulls on the leash. I tried to train my dog by myself without success. Some months ago I hired a dog trainer. She told me what I already knew. It doesn’t help me. Bruno still pulls […]

Is it difficult to read the label on medicine? “A woman got a bottle of pills from the chemist’s. She had high blood-pressure. The words on the label were simple enough “Take once a day until finished.” But the woman was from Mexico, and her English wasn’t very good. In Spanish, “once” means 11. So she took 11 pills every day. Soon, she didn’t feel very well and told her doctor. She was lucky she didn’t die.” – Is it difficult to read the label on medicine? – from my […]

My First Complaint in the UK I improve my English by learning very hard Two months ago I had to choose a website from the Internet to write my homework about how to make a complaint. I chose a pet shop I already knew because I often order food for my dogs from it. Ten days ago I ordered a crate and an odor remover solution for my carpet from the same website. You know, I got a puppy and I had to train her to pee outside. They told me my order will arrive on 24th of April. On 14th I decided to […]

Phrasal verbs at ESOL level 3 Phrasal verbs – try to use a multi-word verb. Tell us something interesting that happened to you this week, and try to use a multi-word verb – homework. Try to use a multi-word verb Two months ago I’ve got a new dog, a black female puppy called Onix. She’s 6 months old and she sometimes tries to get out of doing her needs outside, so I had to train her do not pee in my house. I was about to give up after some […]

Writing task Covid 19- homework Write an informal email to your friend who lives in a country where Covid 19 has not arrived yet and tell them how your life in Scotland has changed as a result of this virus. Give your friend some advice and tell him/her how to prepare themselves for the arrival of the virus in their own city/country after one week. Hi Sara! As you probably already know, due of the pandemic coronavirus our lives had change here in Scotland. Now we can leave our houses […]

Homework ESOL level 3 course When you complained at the reception desk at the Plaza Hotel, you felt that the receptionist was not very helpful. She noted your complaint, but she didn’t apologize or offer any compensation. You still feel angry about this. After you return home you decide to write a letter to the hotel manager.  Invent an address for the Plaza Hotel.  Write this and your own address in the correct places at the top of the page.  Open with Dear Sir/Madam,  In the […]

At the beggining of ESOL level 3 course, our teacher brought us a worksheet to help us to learn preposition of place (opposite, next to, behind, on the corner of, between, in the middle). I prepared a similar one to show you what I learned. Click the picture to make it bigger. The library is on the corner of Aston Road. The bank is between car park and dentist. The park is opposite the library. The dentist is in the middle. The supermarket is next to the chemist.