What’s Your Name? I’m Jacqueline This is easy Grammar! Last time we talked about present simple with to be, and you can also check this article about present simple with other verbs. Now the difficult thing for lots of English learners is to put the two together. Can you use both present simple with to… Continue reading Simple Present with Questions, including To Be and Other Verbs
See-ming Lee dense (adjective) – pressed together. densely (adverb) – pressed together density, denseness (noun) – the quality of being pressed together condense (verb) – make smaller, shorter or more concentrated condensable/condensible (adjective) – can be made smaller, shorter or more concentrated condensability/condensibility (noun) – the ability to be made smaller, shorter or more concentrated Kevin Dooley… Continue reading Word to the Wise: dense
The One Hour Pocket Guide that Helps You Understand Differences in Pronunciation, Stress Patterns, Vocabulary, Spelling and Grammar Differences. Plus Extra: Some Quirky Differences that only Linguists Care About. There are some differences between British and American English, so English that is spoken in the UK and English that is spoken in the US.… Continue reading Essential Differences between American and British English
Eggs photo by Kate Ter Haar Born and _____________– Originating and brought up in a place and learning the typical customs of a place. Choose the right answer: A bread B bred C brat D breed scroll down for the answer scroll some more The right answer is: bred.… Continue reading Instant Idiom: Born and ____________
This is Easy Grammar I’ve written some articles about how to use present simple. Now you also need to understand present simple with the verb be. Some English learners think that when I say: I’m a teacher, I’m using the present progressive. But that’s not right, as I’m not using a verb with –ing. I’m… Continue reading Present Simple with the verb to be: I’m Jacqueline. Who are you?
heuristic (noun) [pronounce yoo-ristic]– a method or set of rules that can lead to a solution to a problem, or something that gives a student the possibility to solve a problem by himself. heuristic (adjective) – something related to self-learning or making a set of rules to solve some issue. heuristics (noun) – the field of heuristic… Continue reading Word to the Wise: heuristic
And the differences between them Check out this video about other, another and the other, with an easy explanation of when you use them. They’re not the same! Then, when you’ve sufficiently prepared for this issue, you can attempt to do the quiz. Or try the quiz without looking at the video. Please follow this… Continue reading Let’s have another go at it! – Other, Another and The Other
And the last Back to School Proverb for today: Where there’s a will there’s a ___________. – Wanting to do something always comes first, and then you figure out how to do it. Choose the right answer: A wish B Shakespeare C way D wannabe scroll down for the answer scroll some… Continue reading Instant Proverb: Where there’s a will there’s a ___________.
Yay! Another Back to School Proverb: Better untaught than ____________ taught. – It’s preferable to not learn anything than learn something in the wrong way or from a bad teacher. Choose the right answer: A ill B bad C badly D illegally scroll down for the answer scroll some more … Continue reading Instant Proverb: Better untaught than ____________ taught.
Back to School Proverb Soon learnt, soon _____________– What you learn fast, you also forget fast, or: what is easy to learn is also easy to forget. Choose the right answer: A forget B forgetting C forgotten D forgot scroll down for the answer scroll some more The right… Continue reading Instant Proverb: Soon learnt, soon __________
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