Archives for October 2010 English Grammar: What are Conditional Sentences? October 24, 2010 by Melanie Grammar explains the way that words are organized into sentences. Not all English sentences follow grammar “rules.” However, there are sentence structures you can learn that make it easier for you to express your thoughts and feel more confident speaking […]
Month: October 2010
English Grammar: What are Conditional Sentences?
English Grammar: What are Conditional Sentences? October 24, 2010 by Melanie Grammar explains the way that words are organized into sentences. Not all English sentences follow grammar “rules.” However, there are sentence structures you can learn that make it easier for you to express your thoughts and feel more confident speaking English. Conditional sentences are […]
Present Perfect: “Have You Ever (Done Something)?”
Present Perfect: “Have You Ever (Done Something)?” October 22, 2010 by Melanie 4 Comments Many English learners struggle to understand the present perfect tense. It doesn’t exist in many languages, so it is difficult to remember when to use it in English. It is easier to understand the present perfect tense if you can remember […]
Using the Present Perfect to Talk About Things You’ve Done
Grammar – Present Perfect II: Have you ever (done something)? October 22, 2010 by Melanie Many English learners struggle to understand the present perfect tense. It doesn’t exist in many other languages, so it is difficult to remember when to use it in English. It is easier to understand the present perfect tense if you […]
Grammar: Present Perfect Self-Study Online Resources
Grammar: Present Perfect Self-Study Online Resources October 22, 2010 by Melanie For many English learners, the present perfect is one of the most challenging verb tenses to use because it does not exist in many languages. Here are some resources I have collected for you that may help to better understand the present perfect. […]
English Grammar: The Zero 0 Conditional
English Grammar: The Zero 0 Conditional October 17, 2010 by Melanie Conditional sentences in English are used to talk about events and their results. The zero (0) conditional is the factual conditional. It is used to talk about habits, scientific facts, general truths, instructions and rules, if something else happens first. If this event happens […]
Pronunciation – 60 Words with / ʌ / ‘uh’ Vowel Sound! (video)
Pronunciation – 60 Words with / ʌ / ‘uh’ Vowel Sound! (video) October 17, 2010 by Melanie Share WhatsApp Tweet +1 This is a pronunciation practice lesson to help you improve your pronunciation of the English vowel sound / ʌ / (under, won). In this pronunciation lesson, you’ll learn words and phrases with the / […]
Vocabulary Spotlight on – The Chilean Mine Rescue
Vocabulary Spotlight on – The Chilean Mine Rescue October 14, 2010 by Melanie 1 Comment (Photo by HUGO INFANTE/GOVERNMENT OF CHILE) Were you glued to your TV watching the rescue of the Chilean miners? I was! It was amazing! The story of their survival and rescue is inspirational, and I was so impressed at how […]
Grammar – Page 4
English Grammar: When is It OK to Use “Foods” and “Fruits”? October 13, 2010 by Melanie One of the first “rules” that English students learn is that uncountable nouns can’t be used in the plural form. As you continue studying English, you start seeing foods and fruits, and you wonder, “is the rule wrong?” There […]
When Is it OK to use ‘fruit’ and ‘food’ in the plural form?
When Is it OK to use ‘fruit’ and ‘food’ in the plural form? October 13, 2010 by Melanie Take a look at these two sentences: I prefer to eat organic fruits and vegetables. If you’d like to try something exotic to eat, there are special sections for foreign foods. *Fruit and food are usually used […]