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Listen & Watch
Hamlet 1: His Father's Ghost
Shakespeare: Hamlet

Hamlet returns home to find his father has died. Zimbabwean actor Tonderai Munyevu explains how Hamlet is about a man who has to figure out what happened while he was away.

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Grammar & Vocabulary
Reported speech 1
Quick Grammar: Reported Speech 1

In reported speech the tenses, word-order and pronouns may be different from the original sentence.

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Fun & Games
Beat the Keeper

Are you a football fan? Try this game to see how many football words you know in English. Can you beat the goalkeeper? Good luck!

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Business & Work
Public relations
Public relations

A public relations account executive talks about how she got into the area of public relations and about her job.

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Writing
Writing for Food Science
Fruit in a laboratory

If you are studying food science and need to write assignments, essays, etc., then these pages can help!

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IELTS
Develop What You Say

Even if you are asked what seems like a yes–no question, you are expected to say more.

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27 September, 2016 - 22:09
Hello Peter M, Hope you are doing well. Actually, I'm really confused about "Quasi-passive". For example; "The house is building", the meaning will be different if reads don't aware about it. So,...
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27 September, 2016 - 22:09
thanks
from: Food
27 September, 2016 - 21:09
I think that guys must have attention to her and the text should have emphasized (???) this attitude.
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