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Present Perfect: “Have You Ever Been to (a Place)?”

Posted on January 25, 2025January 25, 2025 by Melanie

Have you ever been to Rome, Italy? You can use the present perfect to talk about a place, city, or country you have visited. The present perfect is used to talk about if, at any point in your life in the past, you have visited or traveled to a specific place. The present perfect is not used to talk about when you did something. […]

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The Story of Santa Claus

Posted on January 25, 2025January 25, 2025 by Melanie

The Story of Santa Claus | English Teacher Melanie Santa goes by many names – Santa Claus, St. Nick, Kris Kringle, or Father Christmas. He lives at the North Pole, where he also has a toy workshop. He keeps an eye on children around the world and he knows if they’ve been naughty or nice! […]

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The Story of Christmas

Posted on January 25, 2025January 25, 2025 by Melanie

The Story of Christmas | English Teacher Melanie The Christmas season has begun and everyone is getting into the Christmas spirit! We wish each other ‘Merry Christmas’ and send Christmas cards to family and friends. We decorate the outside of our houses in brightly coloured lights and the inside with Christmas-themed decorations. Every town and […]

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50 English Words with “ch” Pronounced /k/ (Video)

Posted on January 25, 2025January 25, 2025 by Melanie

English is such a confusing language! Often there is more than one way to pronounce a single letter or group of letters. In this video, you’ll learn 50 words where the letters ch together are pronounced /k/. These words needs to be memorized, because there is no rule to help you remember them all!     ache backache […]

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English Grammar: The 3rd (Third) Conditional

Posted on January 25, 2025January 25, 2025 by Melanie

Grammar is the way words are organized into sentences. It’s important to remember that 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. A conditional sentence is used in English to talk about a result that may happen IF a condition happens first. The 3rd conditional sentence […]

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English Grammar: The Zero 0 Conditional

Posted on January 25, 2025January 25, 2025 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 or if this condition exists, this is what happens. These are things that […]

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Present Perfect: “How Long Have You (Done Something)?

Posted on January 25, 2025January 25, 2025 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 can remember the different situations in which it can be used. You can use the present […]

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Present Perfect: “Have You Ever Been to (a Place)?”

Posted on January 25, 2025January 25, 2025 by Melanie

Have you ever been to Rome, Italy? You can use the present perfect to talk about a place, city, or country you have visited. The present perfect is used to talk about if, at any point in your life in the past, you have visited or traveled to a specific place. The present perfect is not used to talk about when you did something. […]

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English Grammar: Gerunds and Infinitives for Purpose

Posted on January 25, 2025 by Melanie

Gerunds and infinitives are a part of English grammar that many English learners find challenging. In this post, I will help you understand when to use a gerund or infinitive to describe the purpose of someone or something. In English, both gerunds and infinitives can be used to talk about the reason why we use or do something. Let’s begin […]

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English Grammar: What are Conditional Sentences?

Posted on January 25, 2025 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 one of these structures. A sentence structure is a specific order of words that native […]

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