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Merry Christmas everyone!

Happy - did you know that a Jubilee is a celebratory event, similar to an anniversary, that has special signficance?

Have you ever heard of the calm before the storm? It's an idiom we use quite a lot in the UK!

We've got our new website live - you'll find everything you need to know there, and it's mobile-friendly too! https://www.elanguages.ac.uk

Happy Christmas everyone! We're out of the office from this afternoon but will be back on 4th January!

We've got a little bit of downtime coming up next week! From 27th December our website will be offline along with the rest of the University of Southampton data centre, but should be back around the 30th or 31st once everything's finished. We'll then be launching our new website in the first week of the new year - exciting times ahead!

Happy Friday everyone! Give this preposition question a go, and leave your answers in the comments below! Are there any other English topics you'd like us to post about? Let us know in the comments!✏

Have a go at this preposition quiz question, decide whether you think the answer is A, B or C, and leave your answer in the comments below! ✏

Happy Friday everyone! This is our last relative pronouns quiz question of the week, and it's a tricky one, as it's a question! Give it a go, and leave your answers in the replies below! Are there any other English topics you'd like us to post about? Let us know in the replies!✏

Give this relative pronoun quiz question a go, and leave your answer in the comments below!✏

Relative pronouns can be challenging in English, so use this question as an opportunity to put your skills to the test! Choose whether you think the right answer is A, B or C, and leave your answer in the comments below! ✏

Here is our relative pronoun quiz question of the day - decide whether you think A, B or C is the right option, and leave your answer in the replies below!✏

Happy Monday everyone! This week we'll be posting some grammar quiz questions to do with relative pronouns in English! Here's the first question - choose whether you think the answer is A, B or C, and leave your answer in the comments below!✏

Happy Friday everyone! Here's our last colour idiom of the week - 'once in a blue moon'. Have you heard of this expression? Try using it in a sentence, and leave it in the comments below!✏

Here's another colour idiom - 'to be given the green light'. Have you heard of this expression before? Try using it in a sentence, and leave it in the comments below!✏

'See through rose-coloured/rose-tinted glasses' is today's English colour idiom! Try using this idiom in a sentence, and leave it in the replies below! Do you know anyone who sees things through rose-tinted glasses?✏

'Green with envy' is another English colour idiom - have you ever heard anyone use this expression? Try using it in a sentence, and leave it in the comments below!✏

Happy Monday everyone! This week we'll be posting English colour idioms - today's idiom is 'to see red'. Have you ever heard of this expression before? Try using it in a sentence, and leave it in the comments below!✏

Happy Friday everyone! Head on over to https://elanguages.ac.uk if you feel like brushing up on your academic English this weekend!✏️

eLanguages.ac.uk - home An elearning research and development group in Modern Languages and Linguistics at the University of Southampton leading elearning initiatives and delivering online solutions.

Happy Monday everyone, and good luck to all of our new and returning University of Southampton students on the first day of Semester 1!✏️

If you want to squeeze in some last minute English practise before the start of term next week, head over to https://www.elanguages.ac.uk and try out our EAP toolkit resources (also available via Blackboard!). If you’re not a student, you can use our PAL system on our website to access our resources!✏️

eLanguages.ac.uk - home An elearning research and development group in Modern Languages and Linguistics at the University of Southampton leading elearning initiatives and delivering online solutions.

Have a look at our EAP toolkit via Blackboard, or at https://www.elanguages.ac.uk to brush up on your academic English skills this Freshers week!✏️

Welcome to all of our new University of Southampton students starting with us this week, and welcome back to all of returning students! If you'd like to get ahead, and brush up on your academic English skills before the start of term, head over to https://elanguages.ac.uk/ to have a look at our guides!✏

eLanguages.ac.uk - home An elearning research and development group in Modern Languages and Linguistics at the University of Southampton leading elearning initiatives and delivering online solutions.

Happy Friday everyone! This is our last irregular verb quiz question of the week - let us know if you think the answer is A, B or C in the comments below! Are there any other topics you'd like us to cover? Let us know in the comments!✏

Irregular verbs in English can be difficult to master, but it's all about practise! Try answering this irregular verb quiz question and let us know if you think the answer is A, B or C in the comments below! ✏