Pages Home English Books Pronunciation Listening (Podcasts) Reading Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Thursday, June 3, 2010 English Phrases & Expressions with ‘Dog’ Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook (Photo by Chris Pirillo) The listening lesson “Thor to the Rescue” is about a very smart dog in my neighbourhood. Many language learners are familiar with the […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Thursday, September 23, 2010 Expression Explained – “A Lean, Mean Polluting Machine!” Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook In the listening lesson ‘The Licence Plate,’ I was angry that I had to pay for an emissions test for my […]

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 Me Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Listening Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Newest Listening Lesson Newest listening lesson: “The Winter Blues!” Friday, April 2, 2010 Grammar – Present Perfect I: Have you ever been to. . . ? Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz When […]

Study Tips How can I improve my English? This is the most common question I am asked. There are 100 different answers to this question! What do you need English for? What do you want to improve: speaking, listening, writing, reading? Everyone is different and everyone learns differently. Learning English takes a lot of time, […]

Advanced English Grammar: The Subjunctive Mood In this lesson you’ll learn … all about mood what the subjunctive mood is how to form the subjunctive the 5 types of sentences in which you use the subjunctive when it’s OK to use “I were”! The subjunctive is not a tense like the past simple or the […]