Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Have a look at the following student examples. What is wrong with them; why are these sentences not good English?: It not normally used like this. Why “throw” not correct? I’ll give you a hint: Something is missing. What is missing? The… Continue reading Can I Disturb You with a Verb? – Every sentence in English must have a verb.
Either and neither mean nothing more than “also not.” However you can’t say also not in English. It just doesn’t exist in English. Instead, we use either and neither. You use either with “not,” but you need to use neither with a positive verb. So like this: Either + not + verb Neither +… Continue reading I Don’t Have a Sister, and My Sister Doesn’t, Either – How to Use Either and Neither (and Nor)
In this video you’ll learn how to ask for a bigger or smaller size, a different colour or material, what the price is, where the bathroom is or the fitting room. Basic stuff that is handy to know when you’re shopping. Check it out here: This link takes you to YouTube. You will be doing… Continue reading Video: Where Is the Fitting Room, Please? – How to Ask for Things in a Shop
This is a technical issue. If you’re a beginning speaker of English, you don’t have to bother with it. Martinak15 “That” and “which” are both relative pronouns, which means they are used to speak about someone or something earlier in the sentence. “That” and “which” are used in sentences that are a combination of one… Continue reading The Difference between That and Which
May be, might be and must be are all basically the same, and you use them when you want to say that you think something is true. Suppose you have a boss, but you don’t know how old she is. You think she is around 45, but she could also be 41, or 47.… Continue reading She Might Be a Police Officer May be, Might be, Must be
Have a read first, then we’ll explain: One Day I Wrote Her Name Upon the Strand Edmund Spenser (1552–1599) ONE day I wrote her name upon the strand, But came the waves and washèd it away: Again I wrote it with a second hand, But came the tide and made my pains his prey. Vain man… Continue reading Let’s Read A Poem – Classic Sonnet: One Day I Wrote Her Name Upon the Strand – Edmund Spenser
‘Nothing is lost until we choose to give up’: Captain Richard Phillips reunited with his family in Vermont, April 2009 Photo: Getty Here is a long and interesting story from the Daily Telegraph to practise your skills in unctuation and such. Now please be a good sport and don’t look up the article in the newspaper,… Continue reading Punctuation, Quotation Marks and Capitals – Lots and lots of practice!!
Students of English who have only heard their teacher speak English are often amazed that other speakers of English can be so hard to understand. Why is that? It’s because of two reasons: – They speak fast. – They have an accent. The accent is something that goes together with speaking a… Continue reading Why are there so many different English accents?
How to make the Past Progressive To make the past progressive you use “was” or “were” + a verb with –ing. Examples: was drinking were playing When to use: 1 Past progressive is used to tell at what time something happened. Examples: At 9 o’clock Mary was having breakfast. Albrecht was playing badminton between… Continue reading We were drinking coffee when the phone rang: Past Progressive – How and When to Use it
Time for a quick fix video again: This time about how to say the correct words with having meetings, parties, receptions and ordering food. Do you say: I’m having a meeting or I’m throwing a meeting. Do you hold parties or throw parties? Do you have a steak or invite a steak? You’ll find everything… Continue reading I’m Throwing a Party Tonight – Video
English with a Smile 