{"id":20872,"date":"2025-03-11T09:27:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T09:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ec.itmonks.dev\/en\/?p=20872"},"modified":"2025-05-06T12:30:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T12:30:23","slug":"whats-the-word-vocabulary-help-from-ec-cambridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ec.itmonks.dev\/en\/blog\/english\/whats-the-word-vocabulary-help-from-ec-cambridge\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the word? Vocabulary help from EC Cambridge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">How many words do you think you know in English? 100? 1000? 5000? 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Tell me where the station is.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>B: How I get to station?<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>C: Excuse me, could you tell me the way to the station?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">IF you\u2019re having problems, why not ask a friend or your teacher, and discuss which you think are rude, grammatically incorrect and why. Good luck!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-67b1dc967e59baf8c8dfcba6a69d7454\">Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.itmonks.dev\/en\/schools\/uk\/learn-english-in-cambridge\/\">English courses at EC Cambridge<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many words do you think you know in English? 100? 1000? 5000? 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