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𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆! 🇵🇱📚
Today we celebrate National Education Day in Poland - a special occasion to express our gratitude to all teachers, educators, and school staff.

Thank you for your passion, dedication, and daily efforts in shaping minds and inspiring hearts.

Wishing you continued success, satisfaction, and joy in your important work! 🌟

🇨🇾 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐲𝐩𝐫𝐮𝐬 – 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭!

I’ve just returned from a short but unforgettable trip to Paphos, and I couldn’t resist sharing a few highlights with you.

☀️ 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 – perfect weather every single day
🌊 𝐂𝐫𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥-𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐚 – warm, calm, and perfect for swimming
🍷 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐞 & 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 – simple, authentic and delicious
🏛️ 𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐜𝐬 & 𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐬 – history around every corner

Whether you love relaxing by the sea or exploring ancient sites, Paphos has it all.
I’m sharing 10 photos from the trip – let them do the talking 📸

💬 Have you ever been to Cyprus? Or is it on your travel bucket list?

🐣✨ Z okazji Świąt Wielkanocnych życzymy Wam dużo spokoju, radości, wiosennej energii i chwil pełnych uśmiechu! Niech ten czas będzie dla Was okazją do odpoczynku i naładowania baterii 💛🌷

Wesołego Alleluja!

🌼✨ Wishing you a joyful and peaceful Easter filled with sunshine, smiles and spring energy! May this special time bring you rest, warmth and new inspiration 💛🌸

Happy Easter!
Studio Języka Angielskiego YES!

On this special day, we wish all teachers health, satisfaction with students' achievements and many personal successes. We wish you enthusiasm and passion, but also perseverance in fulfilling demanding professional duties.

Since the school year has started, today we show you a few expressions related to going back to school.

HIT THE BOOKS - begin to study in a serious and determined way
‘I need to hit the books and prepare for the exam.’

LEARN BY HEART – learn in such a way that you can say it from memory
‘The teacher told us to learn that poem by heart.’

FALL BEHIND – fail to do something fast enough or on time
‘Jim was ill for four weeks and fell behind with his schoolwork.’

KNOW INSIDE OUT – know everything about a subject
‘Aren`t you worried about the exam tomorrow? Not really, I know the notes inside out.’

PULL AN ALL-NIGHTER - stay up all night. It is often used when we talk about studying
‘Katie pulled an all-nighter before her matura exam.’

The Unreal Present

The Past Simple tense is used to talk about imaginery, improbable or unreal situations which are contrary to facts in the present (unreal present)

The Past Simple tense is used with:
* type 2 conditionals
e.g. If I had a lot of money, I would go on a trip around the world.

* it`s (high) time
e.g. It`s (high) time we stopped using plastic bags.

* would rather (present)
e.g. I`d rather you didn`t mention this to Jake for now.

* wish / if only
e.g. If only I weren`t so tired.

* as if/as though
e.g. He is 30 years old but looks as if/as though he was 40.

When a verb is part of a longer sentence, it is often followed by a specific preposition. There are no grammatical rules to help you know which preposition is used with which verb, so it's a good idea to try to learn them together. That is why today I want to show you some common prepositional phrases.

English is full of confusing words that sound, look, or mean the same. That`s why today I`ll show you a few such words.

⚠️AGO - BEFORE
* AGO (adverb) before now

e.g. John left school a few months AGO.

* BEFORE (adverb) before a past time
e.g. She washed her hair BEFORE she went to the party.

⚠️ BESIDE - BESIDES
* BESIDE (preposition) next to
e.g. Sit BESIDE me.

* BESIDES (preposition) also, in addition to
e.g. BESIDES working full-time, I am also a student.

⚠️ HARD - HARDLY
* HARD (adjective) difficult
e.g. I guess I won`t pass this exam, it was so HARD.

* HARDLY (adverb) barely
e.g. It was so cold last night that I HARDLY slept.

🤔 OPEN OR OPENED?

👉We use OPEN as an adjective to mean ‘not closed’

Keep your eyes open, you`re driving.

👉OPENED is the past form of the verb open:

Can you open the window, please? (present)
She opened the lunch box and took out an apple. (past)

⚠️WARNING ⚠️
We don`t use OPEN to refer to turning on taps and switches:

Switch on the lights, Greg.
NOT: Open the lights, Greg.

To enhance your English language skills, you have to master the use of prepositions. These small words play a vital role in expressing the relationships between various elements in a sentence. Today we`ll take a look at the most common prepositions of time AT, IN, ON. A preposition of time can express when something happens at one point in time or when something happens over an extended period of time.

AT
* precise time: at 7.30, at midnight
* holiday periods: at Easter, at Christmas
* exceptions: at night, at the weekend

IN
* times of day: in the afternoon, in the morning
* months: in August, in December
* seasons: in spring, in autumn
* years: in 1964, in 2017
* centuries: in the 20th century
* longer periods of time: in the past, in the future

ON
* days of the week: on Thursday, on Saturday
* days + parts of days: on Monday morning, on Saturday night
* special days: on my birthday, on New Year`s Eve
* dates: on 23 April

NO PREPOSITION
* next weekend, next Monday
* last Christmas, last summer
* this week, this month
* every day, every morning
* today, tonight, tomorrow, yesterday

I often hear from my students that phrasal verbs are their worst nightmare. It`s difficult to escape them as they are so commonly used. I find it effective to learn them while they are in familiar setting for us. Then it is easier to understand them. That`s why today I`m here with three phrasal verbs which you can use while having a small talk:

1️⃣ BE UP TO – to be doing something

e.g. What are you up to at the moment?

That is a common way to casually ask a friend what their plans are or what they are doing.

2️⃣ CATCH UP – to learn or discuss the recent news

e.g. We should catch up sometime!

We use this phrasal verb to exchange recent news or information after not seeing someone for a while

3️⃣ RUN INTO – to meet someone unexpectedly

e.g. I ran into John yesterday! Did you know he got married?

It sounds like you accidentally bump someone physically. But it`s about a coincidental meeting and it`s a better way than saying that we saw someone.

I wish you a lot of peace and escape from everyday life, busyness and routine. May this time be filled with joy and spent with those we love.

Happy Easter Everyone!