Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Tuesday, September 21, 2010 Grammar – Be Used To Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet In the listening lesson ‘The Licence Plate,’ I said… I‘m used to strange government rules and regulations, but this is just a money […]

Pages Home About Me Private Lessons Pronunciation Listening Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Thursday, August 26, 2010 Grammar – ‘As if’ – A Conjunction and Exclamation! Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz Part 1 – meaning and example sentences Part 2 – unreal meaning and ‘as if it […]

Pages Home About Me Canada Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Monday, December 27, 2010 Grammar: Articles – Indefinite vs. Definite Articles Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet A lot of English learners struggle with articles. There’s a lot of confusion about when you should use a/an and the. […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Tuesday, November 16, 2010 Grammar – Adverbs of Frequency Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet In the listening lesson “Library Books!” I talked about a terrible habit I have: I never remember to return my library books […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Thursday, September 2, 2010 Grammar – 2nd (Second) Conditional Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz In the listening lesson “The Bathroom!” I said… If I were my parents, I would ask […]

Pages Home About Me Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Listening Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Newest Listening Lesson Newest listening lesson: “The Winter Blues!” (*For the rest of December and in January, the listening lesson will be posted every two weeks instead of once a week!) Tuesday, July 6, 2010 Grammar – 1st (First) Conditional […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Tuesday, June 29, 2010 Grammar – 0 (Zero) Conditional Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook The 0 (zero) conditional is the easiest to understand! It is also called the real or factual conditional because it […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Monday, December 27, 2010 UPDATED! Grammar: Articles + One of Something Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet A lot of English learners struggle with articles. There’s a lot of confusion about when you should use a/an and […]

Pages Home About Melanie English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Canada Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Private Lessons Sunday, December 5, 2010 Give the Gift of English Lessons! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Are you looking for the perfect gift for your friend or family member? How about English lessons?! Give someone a gift certificate for […]

Pages Home Pronunciation Listening Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Connect with Melanie! Subscribe Twitter Facebook YouTube MyEC Friday, March 12, 2010 Grammar – Can a gerund be used after ‘to’? Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook In a previous post, I explained when you can and can’t use for + gerund, and I noted a […]