Elizabeth's English Lectures (CEO, A-listers Academy/ALA)

  Many students of English as a Second Language , or ESL , also take English exams such as TOEIC , TOEFL , EIKEN , IELTS , OPIc, and other English exams. Here is another TOEIC question for your practice! Enjoy reading TOEIC Lecture Part 10!  Anyone who _________ a new stove by CTX Ltd. this weekend receives a set of stainless-steel saucepans. a. purchase b. purchaser c. purchases d. purchasing -Gakken TOEIC-  We know that the blank requires a verb . There are two verbs among the choices. These are Choice A, purchase, and Choice B, purchases. Choice D, purchasing, can also function as a verb , but it’s in the -ing form and being such, we need a be-veb (am, is, are...)  but there is no be-verb in the sentence, so this choice should be ruled out. Clearly, we have only A and B to choose from. The word Anyone is an Indefinite Pronoun , and it always follows the Singular Verb . So, the right answer is Choice C, purchases .  Thank you very much for reading this short but info

  Okay, this is another question that is super easy to solve. And again, I would like to repeat that the explanation offered here is for those TOEIC test-takers who are not yet very familiar with the structure of the English language. As we know, many students of ESL , or English as a Second Language , do not just focus on speaking English. Many of them take English exams , such as TOEIC  or   EIKEN , for career advancement.  Okay, so, let's solve TOEIC Question 9!  This year’s excellent _________ has earned our production plant renown in the company. a. performed b. performable c. performance d. perform -Gakken TOEIC-  The phrase This year’s is in the possessive form . This is followed by a noun , but---the word excellent is an adjective . This is another clue.   Again, after an adjective, there’s a noun. We have to look for the noun among the four choices.   Performed - This is a verb in its past or past participle form. Performable - This is an adjective, t

  Many students of   English as a Second Language   or   ESL   do not just learn speaking. They also want to take   English exams.   The most popular   English exam   among employees in Korea and in Japan is the   TOEIC   exam, or   Test of English for International Communication . Here is  TOEIC Lesson 8!  Enjoy reading! While the engineering team’s ___________ has improved, overall productivity has been in a noticeable decline for the past three years. a. motivate b. motives c. motivational d. motivation   The answer is so easy to spot, but let’s dissect it just the same. Note: The engineering team’s ________________... has improved... Engineering team’s is a possessive form, and being such, the blank requires a noun. That noun has improved. Now, look at the choices, all derived from the same root word. Motivate - This is a verb. Motives - This is a noun, but it’s plural (it ends with an -s), and the verb HAS is singular; therefore, this is not a good choi

                                                                beautifully colored/packaged correction tape I have no specific need for this correction tape now. Who uses this at this modern era?   If I have no use for it, then why in the world did I buy it? First, I love the colors—black, pink, and white. Lovely color combination. Second, it reminds me of my own girlhood days, school days, when I had to very carefully, very evenly spread this correction tape over an error I made in my notebook while copying some important information written on the board. And, by notebook I mean the real pieces of paper bound together by a spiral piece of wire. Some young people do not even know what this is for. I think, a few years from now, this will be one of the displays in a museum.

Many students of   English as a Second Language   or   ESL   do not just learn speaking. They also want to take   English exams.   The most popular   English exam   among employees in Korea and in Japan is the   TOEIC   exam, or   Test of English for International Communication . Here is  TOEIC Lesson 7!  Enjoy reading! Mr. Greg Anderson has been leading research in our laboratories _____________ over eighteen years. a. in b. for c. up d. from  -From Gakken TOEIC  Okay. Here we go…. PREPOSITIONS! The phrase after the  blank  (_______= this is the blank) is “over eighteen years.” This phrase is a period of time , the length of time , how long something has been going on. The right answer is B, for. More examples: I’ve been teaching ESL for 18 years. Maxx has been cleaning the room for 2 hours.   A: How long has it been raining? B: It has been raining for 24 hours nonstop. Thank you very much for reading this post!  For a free trial lesson, email us at acewl

  Many students of English as a Second Language or ESL do not just learn speaking. They also want to take English exams. The most popular English exam among employees in Korea and in Japan is the TOEIC exam, or Test of English for International Communication . Here is TOEIC Lesson 6! Enjoy reading! The ___________ outlay of assets for the construction of the new streetcar lanes has been cited by newspapers as the main cause of the project’s dismissal. a. initially b. initiate c. initiation d. initial   Okay, here is a challenging vocabulary question. Again, for those people whose second language is English , it takes only about two seconds to spot the right answer. And as usual, I would like to present this lesson from the point of view of the TOEIC test-takers whose second language is not English.     I would like to dissect the sentence. “The _______________ outlay of …” We all know that The is a noun signal .  Choice C is a noun. However, the word

  Many students of English as a Second Language or ESL do not just learn speaking. They also want to take English exams. The most popular English exam among employees in Korea and in Japan is the TOEIC exam, or Test of English for International Communication . Here is TOEIC Lesson 5! Enjoy reading!  With the election over, the new candidate could now ____________ her attention toward solving the unemployment problem. a. turn b. held c. change d. alter   Okay, this is another vocabulary question. The answer is A, Turn.   There is no rule here because of Word Collocations. What does this mean? It means, there are many words that just go naturally with other words. We always say “ turn one’s attention to” something/somebody.  It’s a set. To turn one’s attention to something or someone simply means move or transfer our attention to something else or someone else, to shift our focus to something or someone else.    Example sentences: 1. We are polluting the

  Many students of English as a Second Language or ESL do not just learn speaking. They also want to take English exams . The most popular English exam among employees in Korea and in Japan is the TOEIC exam, or Test of English for International Communication. Starting today, we will post sample questions from different sources so that we can give tips on how to spot the correct answer immediately. Here is the Part 4 of our TOEIC     questions lecture series! ~  Library and information science majors should be reminded of the seminar beginning ___________ at 6:00 pm in room 212-B. A.      Promptly B.      Prompts C.      Prompter D.     Prompted   All of the choices are derived from the root word prompt . This is an easy question to answer.   Something (the seminar) will begin at 6:00. We will modify or describe the word begin. Begin is a Verb. What part of speech describes or modifies a Verb ? It’s an Adverb. Which among the choices is an Adverb? You are right,