It's not only important to learn how to use the English language, it is also important to learn the differences between formal and informal English so you sound appropriate. Read on to learn more.

This week on Ask a Teacher, we consider expressions, or idioms, and offer some advice for learning them. An idiom is an expression formed from two or more words. But an idiom’s meaning often cannot be ...

'Practise' and 'practice' look very similar but their meaning is very different. In fact, there are a number of other English words that end in '-ice' and '-ise' which can be confusing for English ...

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To play this video you need to enable JavaScript. Do you have a question you want us to answer? You can send us your questions to learning.english@bbc.co.uk 1. Learn informal expressions and practise ...