Rota Me In for a Lesson in Past Participles

Past participles in the English language are normally simple enough for native speakers, but what about those awkward words? As eagle-eyed readers might already have guessed from the title of this blog post, I am thinking particularly of the word ‘rota’ here.

This word cropped up in the office recently as I was writing an e-mail and I suddenly discovered – I am not sure how to write this as a past participle. What is the past participle of rota? Should it be rota’d, rota’ed, rotad or something else? Continue reading

Confusing English Words for EFL Students

We’re going to advise you with some good advice!

Learning a language brings EFL students into contact with lots of interesting and confusing word combinations. Many confusing English words look similar but have totally different meanings and sometimes even opposite meanings. Even English people sometimes have trouble using the right word.

This all causes great potential for a language nightmare – but don’t worry!

In the instance of confusing words, the more you use English, the easier it will become to select the right word for the right occasion. So to spur you on, we’ve put together a short guide to help EFL learners out with some of these tricky words. Continue reading