Pages Home About Melanie English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Thursday, February 25, 2010 Grammar – Gerunds and Infinitives for Purpose Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Gerunds and infinitives are a part of English grammar that many English learners find challenging. Here, I explain a small but important area of […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Monday, March 1, 2010 February Recap Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz Blogging was light this month as I focused more on some other projects. I did not do a good […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Thursday, December 2, 2010 Expressions with ‘Senior’ and ‘Age’ Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet (Photo by Sheilaz413) A senior citizen = a polite term used to refer to older people; usually it means anyone over the […]

Pages Home About Me Canada Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Friday, August 27, 2010 Expressions with ‘Laundry’ and ‘Wash’ Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook The listening lesson “The Laundromat” is about doing laundry. Let’s take a look at some expressions with ‘laundry’ and ‘wash.’ air your dirty laundry […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Tuesday, October 4, 2011 Expressions with ‘Fruit’ and Fruit Names! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook (Photo by Christine) If you have watched my video “34 Fruit Names in English,” you know that we have a wide variety […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Sunday, September 12, 2010 Expressions with ‘Crazy’ Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Tweet In the listening lesson “Let’s Go to The Ex!” I talked about the rides at the Canadian National Exhibition. I said… […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Thursday, November 18, 2010 Expressions with ‘Book’! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook (Photo by dolmansaxlil) The listening lesson “Library Books” is about my bad habit of never returning my library books on time. Let’s take a look […]

Pages Home About Melanie English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Canada Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Thursday, October 7, 2010 Expressions with ‘Baby’! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet (Photo by cakebreak) This post is a companion to the listening lesson “Baby Gifts.” Let’s take a look at some English expressions with ‘baby’! be having a […]

Pages Home About Melanie English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Canada Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Private Lessons Thursday, September 30, 2010 Expressions – Shopping! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet (Photo by ellewoods) The theme of the listening lesson “Shopping at the Mall!” was… shopping! In a previous vocabulary post I explained some vocabulary used […]

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!) Thursday, July 8, 2010 Expressions with “Bake” and “Kitchen” […]