Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Friday, April 23, 2010 Grammar – Have to & Have got to Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz In a previous post, I showed you when you can use have got. […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Wednesday, October 13, 2010 Grammar: Is it OK to use ‘fruits’ and ‘food’ in the plural form? Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz Take a look at these two sentences. I […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Thursday, May 13, 2010 Grammar – When NOT to use ‘the’ Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Did you notice in the listening lesson “What Would We Do Without Mothers?” that I said ‘Mother’s Day’ […]

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 […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Friday, October 22, 2010 Grammar – Present Perfect II: Have you ever (done something)? Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook When I teach the present perfect tense, I find that students understand it better when it is explained […]

Pages Home About Me Canada Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Friday, October 22, 2010 Grammar: Present Perfect Self-Study Resources Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Tweet For many English learners, the present perfect is one of the most challenging verb tenses to use because it does not exist in […]

Pages Home About Me Canada Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Study Tips Tuesday, August 17, 2010 Grammar – 3rd (Third) Conditional Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook In the listening lesson “The Chair!”, I talked about how I attempted to assemble an outdoor chair. I said: If I hadn’t been so overly […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Thursday, September 9, 2010 Grammar – Used to Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Tweet In the listening lesson “Let’s Go to The Ex!”, I said… When I was a kid, I used to love […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Tuesday, June 1, 2010 Grammar – Using ‘Could’ to Guess Information Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook In the listening lesson “Thor to the Rescue!”, I talked about a dog I encountered before I went […]

Pages Home About Me Listening (Podcasts) Private Lessons English Books Pronunciation (Videos) Vocabulary Grammar Reading Study Tips Thursday, January 14, 2010 Grammar – Using The Present Simple To Talk About The Future Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook *You can use the present simple to talk about talk about scheduled future events […]