Vocabulary Spotlight on: National Election Day! May 1, 2011 by Melanie (Photo by slightly-less-random) Monday May 2nd, 2011 is Election Day in Canada! We will elect a new government of Canada. Canada is a constitutional monarchy and has a parliamentary system of government. The Queen of England is our head of state and the head […]
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Expressions with ‘Senior’ and ‘Age’! December 2, 2010 by Melanie (Photo by Sheilaz413) A senior citizen = a polite term used to refer to older people; usually it means anyone over the age of 65. A senior moment = when you do something, like forget where you put the car keys or temporarily […]
Expressions with ‘Senior’ and ‘Age’!
Expressions with ‘Senior’ and ‘Age’! December 2, 2010 by Melanie (Photo by Sheilaz413) A senior citizen = a polite term used to refer to older people; usually it means anyone over the age of 65. A senior moment = when you do something, like forget where you put the car keys or temporarily […]
Canada Fun Fact #5: When William becomes King of England, Kate Middleton will be Queen of Canada!
Canada Fun Fact #5: When William becomes King of England, Kate Middleton will be Queen of Canada! November 28, 2010 by Melanie 1 Comment (Photo by The British Monarchy on Flickr) Many countries around the world have a President as their head of state and a Prime Minister as the head of government. In some […]
English Expressions with ‘Book’!
English Expressions with ‘Book’! November 18, 2010 by Melanie (Photo by dolmansaxlil) The listening lesson “My Library Books are Always Late!” is about my bad habit of never returning my library books on time. Let’s take a look at some English expressions with ‘book’! a bookworm = someone who likes to read books and […]
Grammar: Present Perfect Self-Study Online Resources
Grammar: Present Perfect Self-Study Online Resources October 22, 2010 by Melanie For many English learners, the present perfect is one of the most challenging verb tenses to use because it does not exist in many languages. Here are some resources I have collected for you that may help to better understand the present perfect. […]
Using the Present Perfect to Talk About Things You’ve Done
Grammar – Present Perfect II: Have you ever (done something)? October 22, 2010 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 […]
Vocabulary Spotlight on – The Chilean Mine Rescue
Vocabulary Spotlight on – The Chilean Mine Rescue October 14, 2010 by Melanie 1 Comment (Photo by HUGO INFANTE/GOVERNMENT OF CHILE) Were you glued to your TV watching the rescue of the Chilean miners? I was! It was amazing! The story of their survival and rescue is inspirational, and I was so impressed at how […]
How to Talk about Shopping in English!
Vocabulary – How to Talk about Shopping! September 29, 2010 by Melanie (Photo by ellewoods) Do you like shopping? Let’s go shopping! (NOTE: it is not go to shopping.) Let’s take a look at some vocabulary related to shopping. Do you have money to spend on clothes? If you not, […]
Canada Fun Fact #2 – Winnie-the-Pooh was named after a Canadian City!
Canada Fun Fact #2 – Winnie-the-Pooh was named after a Canadian City! September 25, 2010 by Melanie 4 Comments Actually, the bear that inspired A.A. Milne to write the Winnie-the-Pooh stories was named after the Canadian city of Winnipeg! Winnie-the-Pooh is a character in two children’s books, Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, […]