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The Olympics - Time for Sporting Vocabulary

The Winter Olympic Games is one of the most enjoyable sporting events in the world. Here are a number of resources to help understand the events in English.

Sports Related Vocabulary
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What's he like?

Friday February 10, 2012

Here's a short quiz, choose the best answer to this question:

What's he like?

  • He's a friendly guy and very smart.
  • He likes playing tennis and cooking.
  • He's tall and very well built.

The answer: He's a friendly guy and very smart.

Questions with 'like' can be confusing because they sound similar, but ask about different things. Review these basic questions with 'like' or use this lesson plan on 'like' to help your class. Once you understand, take this quiz on questions with 'like' to test your understanding.

Sentence Structure Chart

Wednesday February 8, 2012

Learning tenses can be difficult, but one thing remains the same: basic sentence structure. This sentence structure chart provides structure for positive and negative sentences, as well as questions. It provides an example in each of the thirteen English tenses. Studying this chart will help you understand how changes in English are minimal and help you focus on the changes that take place in the auxiliary verb.

Focus on the Prepositions At and To

Monday February 6, 2012

Here are two sheets that focus on the prepositions at and to. These prepositions are used with both verbs of movement and to express place. Each explanation sheet includes explanation of various uses of these prepositions, as well as common phrases that begin with each preposition such as At any rate, to that end, to sum up, etc,

Preposition - At
Preposition - To

What would you do if you were in his shoes?

Thursday February 2, 2012

To be in someone's shoes is an idiom often used to express what you would do if you were that person. This is also an example of a conditional sentence. Conditionals are used to imagine situations in the future, present and past. There are also a number of similar expressions used to speak about hypothetical situations such as I'd rather be lying on the beach on vacation!

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