Many people are worried that robots and machines will take everyone's jobs away. How about you? Do you feel excited about the way technology is changing the workplace or do you think it's terrifying? Read the article below to practice your reading skills and improve your vocabulary on the topic.

Today, we are going to learn about a particular situation in which we can reduce a whole sentence including because to a shorter one. This is linguistically higher-level and what we call a Reduced Reason Clause.

In this lesson, Danielle Mistretta gives you 11 practical ways to describe someone’s personality using popular movie characters to help you remember the words. So, join us at the movies and learn 11 useful character adjectives.

Words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently are called heteronyms. For instance the word 'close' can be pronounced with a /z/ or an /s/, depending on part of speech. As a verb use a /z/ and as an adjective or adverb use an /s/. Do you know any other heteronyms? Here's a list of examples.

Listen to a news feature about the revival of local stores and improve your listening skills and vocabulary on the topic.

Even people at the same age are different, although they have some similar qualities too. What adjectives do you use to compare yourself to people around the same age? Do you know someone who fits any of the ‘adjectives for age’ in this lesson?

The past perfect is made up of two elements: had + past participle. The past perfect is used for a number of common purposes. But, don't worry! You can learn it all studying this short PDF file.

What are the benefits of space and ocean exploration? Do they justify their costs? Which of the two is more important? It’s all discussed in this short lesson.

Participle phrases at the beginning of a sentence add extra information about the main action or the subject of the sentence. They are often used to avoid repetition and to shorten complex sentences. A participle phrase doesn't contain a subject. Here, in this short lesson, you learn how you can use these phrases in three different ways.

What does the United Kingdom really look like? Let’s walk across this country in one hundred seconds. Each second of the walk shows you 1 percent of the UK from above. Are you ready for the UK in 100 seconds? OK, let’s go!