English Pronunciation: How to Say Fashion Brands! (video) March 7, 2012 by Melanie Share38 Tweet2 +1 Share Shares 40 A lot of fashion brands are difficult even for native speakers, because a lot of them are not English names! In this video I say the names of 38 different fashion brands. The names are organized […]
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English Grammar: Plural Proper Nouns
English Grammar: Plural Proper Nouns February 10, 2012 by Melanie Why do we call the American music awards show The Grammys, and not The Grammies? One of the first things you learned in English class was the “rule” making the plural form of nouns that end with -y. If a noun with two or more […]
February 2012
Archives for February 2012 English Grammar: Plural Proper Nouns February 10, 2012 by Melanie Why do we call the American music awards show The Grammys, and not The Grammies? One of the first things you learned in English class was the “rule” making the plural form of nouns that end with -y. If a noun […]
Confusing English Verbs – Wear or Dress?
Confusing English Verbs – Wear or Dress? February 6, 2012 by Melanie (Photo by an untrained eye) To wear = to have clothes on your body You wear clothes. This is the most common verb used to talk about clothes. What are you wearing today? I’m going to wear my new shoes to school […]
English Vocabulary: How to Use the Verbs “Wear” and “Dress”
English Vocabulary: How to Use the Verbs “Wear” and “Dress” February 6, 2012 by Melanie What are you wearing? wear = have clothes on your body You wear clothes. This is the most common verb used to talk about clothes. What are you wearing today? I’m going to wear my new shoes to school tomorrow! […]
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English Vocabulary: How to Use the Verbs “Wear” and “Dress” February 6, 2012 by Melanie What are you wearing? wear = have clothes on your body You wear clothes. This is the most common verb used to talk about clothes. What are you wearing today? I’m going to wear my new shoes to school tomorrow! […]
English Vocabulary: All About Snow!
English Vocabulary: All About Snow! January 31, 2012 by Melanie What does snow look like? Snow (an uncountable noun) is made up of millions of individual snowflakes. Each snowflake is unique. No two snowflakes look the same. Of course, snowflakes are so tiny that it’s impossible to compare them, but every Canadian schoolchild learns that […]
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English Vocabulary: All About Snow! January 31, 2012 by Melanie What does snow look like? Snow (an uncountable noun) is made up of millions of individual snowflakes. Each snowflake is unique. No two snowflakes look the same. Of course, snowflakes are so tiny that it’s impossible to compare them, but every Canadian schoolchild learns that […]
January 2012
Archives for January 2012 English Vocabulary: All About Snow! January 31, 2012 by Melanie What does snow look like? Snow (an uncountable noun) is made up of millions of individual snowflakes. Each snowflake is unique. No two snowflakes look the same. Of course, snowflakes are so tiny that it’s impossible to compare them, but every […]
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English Vocabulary: All About Snow! January 31, 2012 by Melanie What does snow look like? Snow (an uncountable noun) is made up of millions of individual snowflakes. Each snowflake is unique. No two snowflakes look the same. Of course, snowflakes are so tiny that it’s impossible to compare them, but every Canadian schoolchild learns that […]