A few of my students have told me in the past week they never know how to pronounce an English word, and they requested some pronunciation rules. Good idea. We can talk about this for another ten years. So here we go. First of all, as I’m sure you’ve found out, English is notoriously* tricky… Continue reading Two Basic Pronunciation Rules to Know How to Say English Vowels
Past perfect is the past of the past. Here is a picture of that: Now let’s study an example: The action in the past is: “they divorced.” Before that, this couple was married three years. That they were married is the earliest action, so you put that in the past perfect: They had been married… Continue reading Learn to Use Past Perfect like a Pro
Often, especially when your English gets better, it’ll help you understand a text when you know which words are nouns and which are verbs. And it can also make you a better writer. Invent or invention? What I’ve seen with my students is they can guess what the meaning is of a sentence when they… Continue reading Some Tricks to See the Difference Between Verbs and Nouns
Things to Read in the Holidays Here are a few stories I recommend you to read. 1) Fat by Marie Potoczny I’m sure you’ve thought about changing a few things here and there in 2014. Have you? Well, then you will enjoy this hilarious story about a fat girl who starts a slimming down diet.… Continue reading Read and Sing Holiday Style
You could be one of those people who want to change things in the New Year. Learn more English, go on a diet or quit smoking. Or are you trying to save money or work harder to get a promotion? Finally clean out your cupboards? Well, you know what psychologists say about changing your life:… Continue reading Are You About to Change Your Life? – Make Sentences with About To
Listen to the song here and fill in the missing words to this song that will chill you to the bone 🙂 White Queen – Queen So sad her eyes smiling dark eyes So sad her eyes as it ___________ On such a breathless night as this Upon my brow the lightest __________ I walked… Continue reading Easy Gap Song: White Queen – Queen
I’m going to give you some tips how to download free books. First of all you need to download Kindle. Did you know there are 1.3 million books on Kindle already, and their number is growing – fast? You may know the name “Kindle” of the digital reading device that is sold by Amazon. That’s… Continue reading How to Download all the Free Books You Want & Some More
Gavin Lynn Take a few minutes to think how you would start a conversation in the following situations. I’m sure you’re able to think of some sentences. At a party. At a conference. In the cafeteria. What have you come up with? Your sentences could be something like these: At a party: Nice music,… Continue reading Conversation Starters: What to say when you’re at a party, conference or having lunch with your colleagues.
This video steals just a few minutes of your time to teach you tags. Here are some examples: You do, don’t you? Yes, I do. You are, aren’t you? Yes, I am. When do you use do and when am? Find out in the video. After you’ve watched the short video, you can do the… Continue reading Take a Few Minutes to Learn Tags (You can, can’t you?)
A good headline for your article or essay is essential. It makes your reader want to read what you’ve written. You probably know what happens when you read an attractive or interesting headline. You’ll read the article immediately. But what if the headline is confusing or uninteresting? Do you continue to read the article? Probably… Continue reading Learn how to Write Good Headlines
English with a Smile 