Author: frank

“English? Who needs that? I’m never going to England!” Woo-hoo! The immortal words of Mr. Homer Simpson—beer-guzzling, donut-popping patriarch, nuclear-power-plant safety inspector, and Springfield’s resident rhetorician. Indeed, Homer has contributed far more to the English language than just the popular interjection “D’oh.” Let’s Read More …

Are you confused about how to use HAVE HAD and HAD HAD in English? Today’s lesson will help you! First, we need to understand the present perfect tense and past perfect tense. Both of these tenses are formed by using an auxiliary verb + Read More …

There are four sentence types in English: Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative and Exclamatory. Declarative: Tom’ll come to the meeting tomorrow. Imperative: Turn to page 232 in your science book. Interrogative: Where do you live? Exclamatory: That’s awesome! Declarative A declarative sentence “declares” or states a fact, arrangement or opinion. Declarative Read More …

The present simple tense is typically one of the first verb tenses that new English students learn. It is used to describe action that takes place on a regular basis. The present simple also can be used to express feelings, Read More …

Adjectives and adverbs are parts of speech and are used to provide additional information about other words. Adjectives and adverbs are also known as content words because they provide important information in sentences. Sometimes students are not sure when to Read More …

Today I want to teach you how to use the word “lack” correctly. I’ve noticed some of my students making a little mistake with this word, so this lesson will help you learn which one to use – “lack” or Read More …

I want to clarify the difference between the confusing words careless and carefree. It’s easy to mix them up, but they have quite different meanings and connotations. CARELESS First let’s learn the word careless. Careless is the opposite of careful. If you’re careful, it means you Read More …

Nouns and verbs, active and passive voice, direct and indirect objects, compound and complex sentences: you’ve probably heard these terms before. Some you still remember, and others—well, others may not be quite as familiar to you as they used to Read More …

Let’s take a look at these mistakes – and their corrections. INCORRECT: Playing sports makes me to feel good. CORRECT: Playing sports makes me feel good. When we use the structure “make + someone/something” take an action (meaning to cause that person or thing Read More …

It’s not just the British that pronounce “z” as “zed”. The vast majority of the English speaking world does this. The primary exception, of course, is in the United States where “z” is pronounced “zee”. The British and others pronounce Read More …