Archive for February, 2012
The American Interstate Sytem and Cross-Country Travel Posted by Gabriele on Feb 12, 2012
I have moved my whole life. I moved across country* for the first time when I was 3 months old and since that time I have made three more cross-country road trips. Long distance road trips, like those involved with moving across the country, are very common in the United States. I’m sure you have seen…
Statements and Questions Posted by heather on Feb 11, 2012
Statements can be changed into questions. When we convert a statement into a question, we have to make some changes. One way of doing this is to change the word order by putting the verb at the beginning of the sentence and then adding a question mark at the end, like this: “He is interested…
Bryce Canyon National Park Posted by Gabriele on Feb 10, 2012
This post is a continuation of my look at national parks in the United States. Bryce Canyon National Park is located in the southwestern portion of the state of Utah. The park is just 56 square miles (150 km2) in size, which is quite small for a national park in the western United States It also…
A Robert Frost Poem: ‘The Road Not Taken’ Posted by Gabriele on Feb 9, 2012
Robert Frost is a great American poet from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is one of my favorite poets and today I’d like to share with you one of his more famous poems. This poem is entitled, The Road Not Taken, and it is one of his most beloved poems. In this…
Compound Words Posted by heather on Feb 8, 2012
If you have been learning English for quite some time, then you have probably come across the idea of compound words before. If you aren’t familiar with compound words, here is what you need to know. A compound word is formed by joining two words together to make a single new word. Some examples are…
Jazz: America’s Homegrown Music Style Posted by Gabriele on Feb 7, 2012
Jazz is a style of music that originated at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century in African-American communities in the United States (most notably in the state of Louisiana). Jazz is in fact an American invention, an invention in which many Americans have a great deal of pride. …
Texting in English Posted by Gabriele on Feb 6, 2012
If you have a cell phone (and who doesn’t these days?) chances are that you text. Texting (also called “text messaging”) refers to the exchange of short written messages between two cellular phones. Texting is not the same as calling, because texting uses the written word, while calling or talking over the phone uses the…