Let’s read a poem, or two. I hope you like it. It’s by Emily Dickinson, one of the greatest American poets. I’m Nobody! Who are you? I’m Nobody! Who are you? Are you – Nobody – Too? Then there’s a pair of us! Don’t tell! They’d advertise – you know! How dreary – to be… Continue reading I’m Nobody – The Poetry of Emily Dickinson
A car with three doors is a 3-door car. A dresser (a linen cupboard) with six drawers is a 6-drawer dresser. A house with four rooms is a 4-room house. This apartment has two bedrooms, so it’s a 2-bedroom apartment. A hotel that has 5 stars is a 5-star hotel. I think you probably get… Continue reading A 3-Door Car, a 4-Room Apartment, and a 5-Star Hotel
In this article I’m going to explain the basics of Present Perfect. This article is suitable for you if you know how to make present simple, progressive/continuous, and past simple. When to Use Present Perfect Present perfect is a tense that you use to tell about something that started in the past, and that has… Continue reading Have You Seen the New Superman Yet? – Present Perfect
Clink on the underneath link, and turn on your speakers! http://go.knovio.com/watch/4f45055af0ae452f899c7b7e4c8fc9dd And here’s an exercise with the verbs that are used: Choose from the following verbs, put it in the right form, and add the correct preposition (in, to, over, for, out, on, up, down, around, of, off, along, etc): Put switch (2x) take get look… Continue reading Phrasal Verbs Presentation
Still is used when something continues. Examples: Is it still raining? Is she still going out with that dreadful man? I still didn’t get an answer from Marie whether she’s coming to our reunion. (= I continue waiting.) Yet is used when something is already finished. Examples: Have you had your breakfast yet? No,… Continue reading Still and Yet
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. William Shakespeare, Hamlet Either and neither may sound a bit strange, but all you need to remember is that they mean: also not. They are used when one thing doesn’t happen, and then the second thing doesn’t happen. When you have the word… Continue reading Neither Do I – Either and Neither
by Jacqueline Schaalje In some languages, like Spanish or Hebrew and many more, there is only one i-sound. This is a problem when people who are born in that language want to speak English. They are able to say only one i-sound, but in English there are three: 1 There is [i] in pig. 2… Continue reading How to Avoid the Bitch on the Beach – Correct your Pronunciation of i-Sounds
When do you use should? – When you give advice. If someone is ill, you can say: “You should see a doctor.” – When you tell someone to do something. You’re the boss, so you tell your employee: “You should finish this before lunch.” The simple way to use should, is to put it with… Continue reading Not So Easy Grammar: Should
Here is some basic stuff about how to write an essay. If you follow these tips, I promise you, you won’t be staring at an empty computer screen or an empty white paper. The most important thing that you need before you can write is the subject. But even more important is to know what… Continue reading Essay Writing – Thinking of a Subject
They mean the same thing, but they’re different in use. Examples: Sentence 1 – He says: “Let’s start dinner.” Sentence 2 – She tells me she is getting married. Maybe you’ve noticed what the difference is: The sentence with “tell” has an object. The object is the person or the people who listen when you… Continue reading Tell or Say
English with a Smile 