Friday November 13, 2009
If we want to ask for information we usually use the standard question form. However, sometimes we just want to keep a conversation going, or confirm information. In this case, question tags are often used to solicit input or confirmation to what we are saying. Using question tags well also promotes a keen understanding of the use of various auxiliary verbs.
Question Forms Review Quiz
Thursday November 12, 2009
Speaking English is not only about using proper grammar. To use English effectively, you need to understand the culture in which it is spoken. Here are a number of important tips to remember when speaking English in the United States.
More British and American English - Choose an American English term, click on the button and get the British English equivalent - or vice-versa
Tuesday November 10, 2009
This section focuses on common business documents that you will probably need to write at some point if you use English for work. The most common of these is email, which, as you will see, is much less formal than written letters. Each of the three document types is introduced by an example document and is followed by a guide to writing that particular type of document.
Business Reports
Business Memos
Business Emails
Friday November 6, 2009
Hoping to help you and wanting to provide excellent learning resources, I've put up this new page! This introductory sentence is a perfect example of a parallelism (a participial phrase parallelism to be exact). Not all parallel structures are this complicated, but they can be tricky.