This little piece is going to show you how to write a complaint letter or email. These letters should be fun to write, because they often get you results. Plus, simply writing about your anger or disappointment can help you feel better. When Should You Write a Complaint? Writing a complaint is usually effective when… Continue reading Writing letters/emails – Complaints
Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Leftover from the last lesson. I promised we were also going to talk about how to make negative sentences with “do,” “does” and “did.” Negative Sentences with Do and Does You already know you should use “do” and “does” in the present… Continue reading How to use Do, Does, and Did in Negative sentences – With link to online exercises
In case you missed it, Lou Reed died this week. This is sad but we still have his music! I’d been fascinated by music and words since I was a young child. One of my heroes was Lou Reed, whose lyrics I admired as much as I really didn’t understand them. I still don’t understand… Continue reading The Songs of Lou Reed – Take a Walk on the Wild Side
And: Learning English from the Best Writers In English people won’t often tell you something is good or bad. This can be annoying when you want to know someone’s honest opinion, as you might get an answer that is neither here nor there. Is pretty good better than not bad? I have no idea.… Continue reading This is Pretty Good – Adverbs: pretty, very, enormously, slightly, quite, really, totally
The good news is that the website with exercises is back online! This has taken a long time and three programmers that I’ve had to change, but the new site is much better than the old one. It’s faster and it has more features. I’m busy adding the exercises back on. If you have a look… Continue reading Website with Exercises is Back Online!
Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy We talked about these earlier. However, I got another request to explain it once more. No problem. You need “do” and “does” to make questions in the present simple tense. Here are some examples: Do you live in Baltimore? Do they like… Continue reading When Do You Use Do, Does, Did?
Plus Quiz: What should you call people with white or black skin? Let’s learn some expressions to talk about how people look. Without of course being demeaning or racist, sexist, or any of these other bad things. You can talk about someone’s face, and about their body or physique. Talking about someone’s face: Open up… Continue reading Describe What People Look Like Using Expert Vocabulary
Lots of words that are connected with the sea take “on” as a preposition. (Prepositions are little words such as in, at, for, of, from, above, etc.) Let’s have a look at some: Sea Words with On You say on the beach. On the sea On the seafront (the seafront is the area of land… Continue reading On the Sea & On the River – Prepositions with Sea & Water
The following practice is for advanced students. Do this only when you know how to use different tenses. You can use tenses with modals too. Modals are verbs like must, need, have to and ought to. Underneath are some examples for you to study: Each example is in the affirmative (= a statement), a question… Continue reading Can Humans Fly? – Mixed Tenses with Modals
This article is not for beginning learners of English! However is used a lot in formal language, especially in writing. I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps. Mahatma Gandhi Pain is… Continue reading How to Use However
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