Kenneth's ESL Blog December 2007 Archive

Making New Year Resolutions is a common tradition at the end of the year. Here are a number of great tips to help you improve your English learning or teaching ... Read More

Appropriate phrases and vocabulary used during business meetings. Structure of Meetings Leading a Meeting Participating in a Meeting

Here is a list of idioms and expressions with "like". Each common expression has a definition and two example sentences. Once you study this, you'll feel like a million! Take the ... Read More

Here is a 30 question quiz focusing on those tricky definite and indefinite articles. If you aren't sure about the rules, here is a page dedicated to the basics of definite ... Read More

These vocabulary reference pages are quite popular, so I've added a quiz for each category. The pages are linked, so if you have any problems you might want to go ... Read More

Telling stories is common in any language. Think of all the situations in which you can tell a story: Talking about your past to a friend Giving details about something ... Read More

Here are two Christmas readings with a follow-up comprehension quiz: Christmas traditions explained. You can then read 'Twas the Night before Christmas or listen to a version of my reading of 'Twas ... Read More

Holding 'Sentence Auctions' is a fun way to help students review key points in grammar and sentence construction while having some good fun. Basically, students in small groups are given ... Read More

There are a number of rules for forming plural nouns in English. The basic rule is 'add +s' to the noun (i.e. tree - trees). Here are two quizzes focusing ... Read More

Here is an advanced level quiz focusing on colloquial pair phrases such as "by and large", "ins and outs", "bits and bobs" etc. common to English. If you can get ... Read More

It's that time of the year. Get your class singing early with these classic Christmas carols. Each carol has the first verse and difficult words defined at the end of ... Read More

Here's a question: Do you go on a diet? OR Do you go for a diet? You'll find the answer in this preposition quiz. Or you can check this list ... Read More