Topic Vocabulary: Entrepreneurship

Expand your vocabulary on entrepreneurship. Learn key terms and phrases to discuss business and innovation.

Topic vocabulary: Customs and traditions

1- Customs and Traditions     My name is Priyanka and I’m from India. I would like to tell you about the traditions in my country when you get married. The day before the wedding, a ritual is performed where the bride's hands and feet are decorated with a technique known as "Mehndi" using henna […]

Traditional holidays: English capitalization rules

1- Traditional holidays Several traditional celebrations can be found around the world such as carnivals, Christian holidays, Independence Days, among others, depending on the diverse traditions of each country. However, there are three widely celebrated festivities regardless of culture or religion, which will be reviewed below.   1.1- Easter traditions     The Easter celebration is undoubtedly […]

The Effects of Modern Life: Present Perfect Continuous or Progressive

1- Preparing for the future  All over the world teenagers have been planning their college life for when they graduate from high school. The big takeaway is reflected into the life decisions they have been making up to this point…has all the studies been enough? Is all this effort coming to a reward? The competition for […]

Topic Vocabulary: Health and modern life

1- The school newspaper ”Amazing Teens”, the students’ newspaper of a local school in Chile surveyed hundreds of students with the following question: If you can summarize the effects of the modern world today, what would you say in one word or expression? The students came out with important key concepts that define today’s modern life, […]

Volunteer Work: Zero conditional

1- Introduction: What is volunteer work?   Tips → You will find the definitions and examples for the words in bold (examples: animal shelter, firefighter, etc.) in the ‘Vocabulary’ section of this content. → The underlined ideas in this content are examples of zero conditional statements. You can find them explained in ‘Expressing Cause and Effect: Zero […]

Topic vocabulary (Job)

1- Topic Vocabulary (Job) The first job can be difficult at first. Several people comment about having experienced anxiety, being afraid of making mistakes, feeling out of their environment. Adapting to new routines, a new environment, unfamiliar people, and completing assigned tasks on time can be very stressful. However, human minds and bodies are designed […]

Part Time Jobs: Reading Comprehension

1- Part Time Jobs: Reading Comprehension 1.1- Article: What is a part-time job? 1. First of all, it is important to emphasize that the expression “part-time job” does not exist in the Chilean labor code. However, any paid job that has a workday of less than 30 hours can be considered as part-time job. (For […]