October 2010 - Page 2 of 4 - English Teacher Melanie

Grammar

One of the first “rules” that English students learn is that uncountable nouns can’t be used in the plural form. As you…

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Vocabulary

Were you glued to your TV watching the rescue of the Chilean miners? I was! It was amazing! The story of their…

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Grammar

Take a look at these two sentences. I use two nouns that are normally uncountable nouns as countable nouns:If you prefer organic…

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Grammar

Take a look at these two sentences: I prefer to eat organic fruits and vegetables. If you’d like to try something exotic…

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Grammar

One of the first “rules” that English students learn is that uncountable nouns can’t be used in the plural form. As you…

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Podcast

(*I had some problems recording the podcast today, so I apologize for the delay in posting it!) This is an English lesson…

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Grammar

Conditional sentences in English are used to talk about events and their results. The first (1st) conditional is the possible conditional. It…

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When Alanis was 11 years old, she was on a Canadian sketch-comedy TV show called “You Can’t Do That on Television.” (You…

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Grammar

Grammar is the way words are organized into sentences. It’s important to remember that not all English sentences follow grammar “rules.” However,…

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Vocabulary

to have a baby/to expect a baby When I talked about my friend in the listening lesson, I said… My oldest friend…

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Month: October 2010