When we want to talk about what the subject of a sentence does, we use a verb. Verbs tell us about an action; they are sometimes called doing words or action words. Verbs describe what is happening. Here then are some simple verbs: drink, eat, rest, dunk As with...
Tongue Twisters are useful ways to practice pronunciation with your class, especially if the sound you are practicing does not exist in the students' mother tongue. For example, the /ʃ/ sound does not exist in Greek and is often pronounced /s/ by Greek students....
Punctuation is the use of different marks to show how a sentence is constructed and should be read and understood. It is, if you like, the written equivalent of pauses and emphasis. In English the following punctuation marks are used: apostrophes brackets or...
The past simple verb form is used to talk about events in the past; it's often used to tell a story. He walked into the room and looked around. There was a knock on the door. He opened it and saw... I woke up. I got out of bed. I dragged a comb across my...
Prepositions are a closed word class. This means there are only a few of them and no new ones are ever added to the group. This article introduces the main groups of prepositions in English. A preposition joins nouns, pronouns and phrases with other words in a...
A sentence is a group of words beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop/period, exclamation mark or question mark. It is the written equivalent of an utterance. My name is Conan. We won! Is July going to be hot here? Sentence Types There are a...
The idea of teaching English abroad without a degree comes up often. This article looks at different aspects of this and ways in which teachers without a degree can find work. For most countries the basic qualifications to teach English are a degree and a TEFL...
The Competency-Based training method was developed primarily for Industry. The training was based on what people were expected to do in the workplace. It emphasized what people could actually do as a result of their training rather than simply looking at the amount of...
There is a high demand for English teachers in South Korea and it is a popular destination for teachers from right around the world. According to figures from 2011, almost 15,500 foreign English teachers were working in South Korea with about 10% of these being of...
There are 4 basic Language Skills listening speaking reading writing This article introduces each of these skills and explains what they are. There are also links to more in-depth articles on each of the skills. Grouping Skills Together These can be grouped in...
