A Christmas Story: A free audio e-book for you!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! And I send this to all of our readers, no matter whether you celebrate Christmas in your culture or not - may you all have a wonderful and prosperous 2009.Christmas is almost on us again. For many thousands of people this Christmas is not going to be quite
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Simple Past: Part 2 - Forming the NegativeSimple past : Negative form
To form the negative of a sentence in the Simple Past you need to use the past form of the auxiliary verb ‘do’ - that is ‘Forming the Negative of the simple pastTo form the negative of a sentence in the Simple Past you need to use the past
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Simple Past: Forming the Simple PastVideo Lesson 1 of 3
Forming the Simple Past, sometimes called the Preterite tense, is really pretty easy… at least for regular verbs.You take the subject, follow it with the verb ending in –ed and there you have it.Example:Subject + verb + -edI + play + edI playedAnd, to make it easier, the Simple
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! And I send this to all of our readers, no matter whether you celebrate Christmas in your culture or not - may you all have a wonderful and prosperous 2009.Christmas is almost on us again. For many thousands of people this Christmas is not going to be quite
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Simple Past: Part 2 - Forming the NegativeSimple past : Negative form
To form the negative of a sentence in the Simple Past you need to use the past form of the auxiliary verb ‘do’ - that is ‘Forming the Negative of the simple pastTo form the negative of a sentence in the Simple Past you need to use the past
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Simple Past: Forming the Simple PastVideo Lesson 1 of 3
Forming the Simple Past, sometimes called the Preterite tense, is really pretty easy… at least for regular verbs.You take the subject, follow it with the verb ending in –ed and there you have it.Example:Subject + verb + -edI + play + edI playedAnd, to make it easier, the Simple
Finding an Online English Language TeacherBy Anthony Hughes MLitt., Cert TESOLCEO English4TodayFrom the English4Today series on online learningMore and more websites and Internet services are offering to find you the ideal English language teacher. Many of them are very good and offer excellent technical and teaching services. But how can
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------More problem prepositions arriving…
Question from Cathy in Canada:Can we say I arrive to work at 9 o’clock or do we need to use “at”? Also can we say I was late to class or do we need to use “in”? Thank you.
Answer:Hi Cathy, thanks for your question. The worst thing about prepositions is that there are no
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Hear and Listen: Easy confusion
Question from Khadija in Morocco:What is the difference between ‘hear’ and ‘listen’?
Answer:Hi, Khadija. Thank’s for your question, I’m sure that the difference between ‘listen‘ and ‘hear‘ is not clear for a lot of English language learners.Let’s have a look at them:Listen is used to talk about or describe sounds that are being made around
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Accepting with no regrets
Question from English4Today member Gireesh in the United Arab Emirates:Which one of the following sentences is correct having the meaning like “cannot accept…” ?1) We regret to accept your letter…..2) We regret not to accept your letter……
Hi Gireesh, I’m afraid neither one of your examples is correct. The verb ‘regret‘ is not followed by
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------‘How about’ vs ‘what about’ : same difference?
Question from English4Today member Khadija in MoroccoWhen can we use “how about” and when can we use “what about”?
Hi Khadija. This is another one of those situations, and we’ve discussed quite a few of them here, where you can use the two phrases interchangeably:Both can be used to make suggestions.
How about going to see a
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Hunting the possessive … again
Question from Jadie in the USAHow would the word hunter be spelled in the following sentence?The sentence might go something like, “The hunter’s steel trap secured my foot to the forest floor.”Would the correct spelling be hunters, hunter’s, or hunters’?Thank you for your time,Jadie
Hi Jadie, your question is asking how we form the possessive
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Acronyms : OMG they are everywhere!
Question from English4Today member Vin in the USA:What is it called when letters are substituted for words, i.e., LOL stands for Laugh out loud.
Hi Vin, they are everywhere and they are called ‘acronyms‘!An acronym was originally a pronounceable word made from the initial letters of other words. For example, NATO for the North Atlantic
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------More problem prepositions arriving…
Question from Cathy in Canada:Can we say I arrive to work at 9 o’clock or do we need to use “at”? Also can we say I was late to class or do we need to use “in”? Thank you.
Answer:Hi Cathy, thanks for your question. The worst thing about prepositions is that there are no
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Hear and Listen: Easy confusion
Question from Khadija in Morocco:What is the difference between ‘hear’ and ‘listen’?
Answer:Hi, Khadija. Thank’s for your question, I’m sure that the difference between ‘listen‘ and ‘hear‘ is not clear for a lot of English language learners.Let’s have a look at them:Listen is used to talk about or describe sounds that are being made around
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Accepting with no regrets
Question from English4Today member Gireesh in the United Arab Emirates:Which one of the following sentences is correct having the meaning like “cannot accept…” ?1) We regret to accept your letter…..2) We regret not to accept your letter……
Hi Gireesh, I’m afraid neither one of your examples is correct. The verb ‘regret‘ is not followed by
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------‘How about’ vs ‘what about’ : same difference?
Question from English4Today member Khadija in MoroccoWhen can we use “how about” and when can we use “what about”?
Hi Khadija. This is another one of those situations, and we’ve discussed quite a few of them here, where you can use the two phrases interchangeably:Both can be used to make suggestions.
How about going to see a
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Hunting the possessive … again
Question from Jadie in the USAHow would the word hunter be spelled in the following sentence?The sentence might go something like, “The hunter’s steel trap secured my foot to the forest floor.”Would the correct spelling be hunters, hunter’s, or hunters’?Thank you for your time,Jadie
Hi Jadie, your question is asking how we form the possessive
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Acronyms : OMG they are everywhere!
Question from English4Today member Vin in the USA:What is it called when letters are substituted for words, i.e., LOL stands for Laugh out loud.
Hi Vin, they are everywhere and they are called ‘acronyms‘!An acronym was originally a pronounceable word made from the initial letters of other words. For example, NATO for the North Atlantic
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