Archive for 'English Vocabulary'
Positive and Negative Responses to Yes/No Questions Posted by Gabriele on Jun 10, 2012
Here is a short video about different ways to respond positively and negatively to yes/no questions in English. Enjoy!
Vegetable Words in English Posted by heather on May 30, 2012
Last week we had a post about fruit vocabulary words. Some of you even told us about your favourite fruits. In this post, we will look at some vegetable vocabulary words. This is handy because quite often the two will go together in conversation. Vegetable Vocabulary Words artichoke asparagus aubergine/egg plant beans broccoli (white) cabbage…
Graduation Traditions Posted by Gabriele on May 27, 2012
It is college graduation season in the United States. (High school graduation season will be coming up in June.) As many of you already know, graduation is the ceremony associated with receiving an academic degree. In a previous post I spoke about the various college degrees that are conferred* in the United States, which you…
English Fruit Words: Do You Know These Fruits? Posted by heather on May 26, 2012
Happy Saturday everyone!I don’t know what the weather is like where you are but here in the Netherlands it is hot and sunny – the perfect type of weather, in my opinion, to eat some fresh fruit. And since I have fruit on the brain, I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to provide…
That versus Which Posted by heather on May 23, 2012
Have you ever struggled with knowing when to use that and when to use which? Well struggle no longer! Restrictive Clauses The first thing we need to discuss is something called a restrictive clause. A restrictive clause is a part of the sentence that you can’t get rid of because it specifically restricts the noun…
The Sounds That Animals Make in English Posted by Gabriele on May 22, 2012
It is amazing how different people around the world hear the sounds of the same animals. I always find this fascinating at least. Since I have been talking about onomatopoeia in the last few posts I thought I would share with you the way the sounds of some different animals are heard and written…
Noisy Animal Verbs (more onomatopoeia) Posted by Gabriele on May 21, 2012
I introduced the topic of onomatopoeia yesterday with a number of “noisy verbs” found in English. Remember onomatopoeia is a word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes. Today I am going to focus on the verbs used to describe the sounds that animals make. Keep in mind these…