Laura is a freelance writer and was an ESL teacher for eight years. She was born in the UK and has lived in Australia and Poland, where she writes blogs for Lingoda about everything from grammar to dating English speakers. She’s definitely better at the first one. She loves travelling and that’s the other major topic that she writes on. Laura likes pilates and cycling, but when she’s feeling lazy she can be found curled up watching Netflix. She’s currently learning Polish, and her battle with that mystifying language has given her huge empathy for anyone struggling to learn English. Find out more about her work in her portfolio.
Apr 27, 2021
Is this the first conditional that you learned at school? There are four main conditionals in English: zero, first, second...
Apr 06, 2021
Are you going to learn something new today? I hope so! We’re talking about using the structure going to in...
Mar 26, 2021
Wait, there’s a zero conditional? Most people are familiar with the first, second and third conditionals, but the zero conditional...
Mar 23, 2021
Is it may or might? Many native speakers of English are not always sure what the difference is between these...
Mar 09, 2021
Can you use can and could correctly? It can be difficult to know which one to use sometimes. But we’re...
Mar 01, 2021
Confused about when to use will and would? You’re not the only one. Lots of non-native speakers of English are...
Feb 17, 2021
English has some lovely, slightly old-fashioned sayings. Though young people might not use them as much as the older generation,...
Feb 17, 2021
On 20th July 2019, it was 50 years since man first landed on the moon. On that day, more than half...
Feb 17, 2021
Some English swear words are almost universally understood and very few swear words are truly offensive in the UK nowadays.
Feb 16, 2021
Do people in the UK speak English? Yes, of course! But English is far from the only language people in...
Feb 15, 2021
The subject pronouns are some of the most useful words you will learn in English. We use them when we...
Feb 12, 2021
The IPA is a written way to show how words are pronounced. If you know it, you can read a...