Archive for 'English Vocabulary'
Protest vocabulary Posted by Gabriele on May 30, 2013
Living in the capitol city of the United States, Washington, DC, I see and hear a lot of different protests. Protesters often come from around the country and the world to meet together in this city to make their wants and desires about political, systemic and environmental change known. Today I thought I would introduce…
Easy English – Daily Activities Posted by sasha on May 29, 2013
Learn how to talk about your daily activities with this easy-to-follow video. Watch the video, and then try to talk about your day! “I get up at 8 o’clock in the morning. Then, I have breakfast, I like to eat eggs, bacon, and a bagel. I have a cup of coffee and surf the Internet…
Goodbye in English Posted by Gabriele on May 23, 2013
So long, farewell…no, wait, don’t go yet I am just getting started! What I meant to say was “hello” and “welcome” to today’s post about saying “goodbye!” To start out take a listen to this song from the classic American film The Sound of Music in which the children in the film are singing about…
Hello in English Posted by Gabriele on May 21, 2013
When you first greet someone in English you can say ‘hello’ or you could spice up your greeting with a number of other ways of saying ‘hi.’ This post is all about different ways you can say ‘hello’ in English. To start let’s look at one of my favorite ways for saying ‘hello,’ which was…
Hiking, backpacking, trekking, and tramping Posted by Gabriele on May 9, 2013
I love to hike! In fact I love hiking so much a few years ago I went on a 2,180 mile (3,508 km) 5-month long hike on something called the Appalachian Trail. The Appalachian Trail is just one of many long-distance hiking trails around the world that attracts hikers like myself who like to be…
English words that have gender Posted by Gabriele on May 7, 2013
English is not known for having gender specific nouns like some other languages (for example Spanish or French), but gender specific nouns do exist in English. Because English does not have as many gender specific nouns as other languages, one nice thing about English is that you don’t have to worry about gender agreement between…
How animals eat their food! Posted by Gabriele on May 2, 2013
Check out this video entitled ‘How animals eat their food’, that I sure hope makes you laugh or at least puts a smile on your face. Okay, now I want to present some vocabulary related to how we eat and eating in general. First let’s look at how we eat, and to do that we…