Quizlet

Quizlet is a powerful tool to help students learn content vocabulary. The best thing is that you don't have to create the lists yourself. There are thousands of lists created by teachers and students alike. You can copy one you like and modify for your needs. Shorter lists work best to take advantage of the great games students can play to practice the vocabulary. The range of lists includes...

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Stative Verbs

A stative verb expresses a state rather than an action. They often describe states that last for some time.  The simple tense is used for stative verbs.  These verbs are usually related to emotions, senses, relationships, thoughts, measurements and states of being. They are not usually used with –ing when in the progressive continuous.  These are not used in continuous tenses (like the...

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Mysteries Vocabulary

by accident in a way that is not planned or intended on purpose with intention good luck a stroke of luck bad luck unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event lucky having or bringing good fortune reunite v. To unite or join again, as after separation. separate go one's own away work...

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Permission with may, can, could, would / do you mind if...?

When asking for permission Most formal  most formal Would you mind if Do you mind if least formal May/Could/ Can Do / Would you mind . . . ? More PowerPoint presentations from Beth Bogage #sidebar-wrapper, #midsidebar-wrapper, .gapad2, .blog-pager, .post-header-line-1, .post-footer { display:none !important;} #main-wrapper...

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Improving English Pronunciation Short Vowels Videos

You can improve your English pronunciation with practice. As they say practice makes perfect. These videos from BBC Learn English can help you work on areas of your pronunciation that you may have difficulty with. Short Vowel A sound as in "cat" Short Vowel E sound as in "met" Short Vowel I sound as in "fit" Short Vowel...

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Time Clauses with before, after, and when

·        A time clause explains when something happened. It begins with one of the following before, after, and when.  ·        Use a comma after the time clause. ·        We can also use these time clauses after the main clause. ·        ...

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Similarity and agreement with so, too, either, neither

When we agree with something someone says: Positive Answers Verb To Be: Negative Answers I am tired I am not going to the party. So am I Neither am I / Neither are we I am, too/ She is too. I'm not either / We are not either Me, too (casual) Me, neither...

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