“Must” versus “Have to” Grammar fun

EDITOR’S INTRO

How you learn English with Hot English magazine

HOSPITAL FUN

This is the first part in a new

THE PERFECT PATIENT

Have you ever been to hospital? How did you behave? An association of doctors has come up with a list of rules and regulations for patients to follow if they visit a hospital. These rules are designed to ensure that patients don’t interfere with the smooth running of surgeries, hospital departments or wards

Joke COFFEE

FUNNY SIGNS

Our mini-series on funny signs from English-speaking countries

DR FINGERS’UK / US WORDS

This is another part in our series on the differences between British and American English. Here are some more objects that are described differently in Britain and the States

QUIZ FOOD TALKS

Eating can tell you a lot about a

DR FINGERS’PRONUNCIATION

IN SONGS

CLASSIC SONGS

“It Must Be Love” by Madness (British group)

HOT SONGS

These five young men from Madison, Wisconsin began

Crank Calls

Telephone conversations to help improve your listening skills

Story time

Jokes, stories and anecdotes as told by native English speakers

HOW TO CREATE THE PERFECT ELEVATOR PITCH!

Have you ever had to give a quick description of yourself, your company or a product? What did you say? At work, we often have to explain who we are or what we do. In this lesson, we’re going to look at how to create the perfect elevator pitch* – a short presentation of you or your company

ELEVATOR PITCH TEMPLATE

Here’s a template you can use to create your own elevator pitch for anything related to work

9 GREAT ELEVATOR PITCHES!

Now, you’re going to see 9 examples of great elevator pitches. For each one, imagine the speaker is at a business fair and they’ve just introduced themselves before delivering their pitch

WORDSEARCH

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Trivia Matching

Exercise See if you can do this matching exercise. Look at the list of things (1 to 12), and the photos ( A - - L ). Write a letter next to the name of each thing in the list below.

Weird Trivia

This is the fourth part in our mini-series on strange facts. Whoever thought the world was so unusual?

IN THE NEWS...

Automobile Anger A Florida man was arrested for

COW & BULL IDIOMS

This month we are looking at some cow and bull idioms

CROSSWORD

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BUSINESSDIALOGUES

At the Estate Agent’s

BUSINESS CHAT

Listen to this interview and learn lots of useful business vocabulary and expressions

VOCABULARY MEDICAL

Here is some useful vocabulary to use for when you visit the hospital in an emergency

TYPICALDIALOGUES

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DR FINGERS’GRAMMAR CLINIC

Dear Dr Fingers, I have some language problems.

Business English

Learn over 500 useful business words and expressions!

DR FINGERS’VOCABULARY CLINIC USEFUL EXPRESSIONS

Here are some more useful expressions for you to learn. Learning lots of expressions will improve your level of English, and help you with exams such as First Certificate, Advanced and Proficiency, which test your knowledge of these things. The images will help you associate the expression with its meaning.

THE STEPFORD WIVES

The Stepford Wives is a classic 1970s novel that was released in 2004 as a film starring Nicole Kidman. The book is about the strange and mysterious town of Stepford. All the women there are “perfect” wives; and the husbands have complete control over them. What’s going on?

FOOLED YOU!

More international hoaxes. This month, find out about some incredible giants, a tiny chess master, and some unusual rocks

Strange BUT True

Probability Zero

Dictionary of slang

Here we’ve got some examples of how to say things in different situations

British bar chat

Authentic conversations to help improve your listening skills

PHRASALVERBS TO LOOK

The verb “to look” has many different uses. Generally, we use this verb to describe the action of observing something. For example, “He was looking at the other man.” Now let’s see some phrasal verbs with this verb

Answers

UK / US WORDS 1. A run =a