Present, Past and Progressive
Friday July 29, 2005
This review focuses on whether to use a perfect form (He's lived here for three years) or the progressive perfect form (He's been working for three hours). Find out when ... Read More
Reported Speech Reading Comprehension
Thursday July 28, 2005
"Guess Who I Bumped Into?" is a short reading comperhension and reported speech quiz and grammar activity for upper intermediate to advanced level classes. The following pages provide further advanced ... Read More
Sentence Connectors
Thursday July 28, 2005
Once you have mastered the basics of correct usage in written English, you will want to express yourself in increasingly complex ways. One of the best ways to improve your ... Read More
Essay Writing
Tuesday July 26, 2005
If you want to study in the USA you will have to write an admissions essay. This essay helps schools assess your academic abilities and achievements. Here are a few ... Read More
English Learning in North Korea
Monday July 25, 2005
Many ESL / EFL teachers end up in South Korea. Apparently, North Korea is also becoming interested in learning English. The L.A. times reports on this interesting trend. Here is ... Read More
Setting Objectives
Thursday July 21, 2005
People learn English for many and extremely varied reasons. Knowing exactly what your English learning goals are can dramatically improve your learning curve.
English Meetup
Tuesday July 19, 2005
Meetup.com has a great idea: Use the Internet to help groups of people from around the world to meet and discuss their favorite ideas. They have a page dedicated to ... Read More
Everyday Expressions
Monday July 18, 2005
Challenging advanced level everyday expressions quiz provided by Bianca Wittman (thank you Bianca!). If you would like to share your quizzes or teaching resources with other on the site, the ... Read More
What are Adverbs?
Friday July 15, 2005
There are five different types of adverbs. This feature explains each of the five adverbs types, adverb spelling and adverb placement, as well as exceptions to the rules.
Improving Listening Skills
Wednesday July 13, 2005
Improving Listening Skills provides ideas and some suggestions on improving listening skills.
Of course, the more you listen the better you become at listening comprehension. The listening quizzes page provides more ... Read More
Aesop's Fables Reading Lessons
Tuesday July 12, 2005
Aesop's Fables make great short reading comprehension exercises, as well as encouraging class discussion. Here are three fables by Aesop. Each fable has key vocabulary and phrases explained with follow-up ... Read More
Example Dialogues
Thursday July 7, 2005
Do you need to get in shape? Do you know what that means? This dialogue comes with key vocabulary related to physical exercise. This is one of a series of ... Read More