A good old English grammar review. Posted by Gabriele on Sep 12, 2014
It is time to do a review of the parts of speech in English! This post will be a review for many people, but for some it may be introductory. For everyone there is a practice exercise at the end of this post for you to see how well you know your parts of speech…
I’m stuffed! (And other ways to say “no” to more food in English.) Posted by Gabriele on Sep 9, 2014
We all know that when travelling we are likely to eat a lot of food, often good food, especially if we stay in someone else’s home. Sometimes it is hard to say ‘no’ to food your host is giving you because you don’t want to be impolite. Food is an important part of every culture…
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Posted by sasha on Sep 8, 2014
Our journey around the USA to some of the country’s many national parks continues today. This park is actually located in two states – read on for more! Name: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Year Established: 1934 Location: Tennessee and North Carolina Season: The park is opened 24 hours all year long. Some roads, campgrounds…
Let me introduce the ‘zero conditional’ in English. Posted by Gabriele on Sep 4, 2014
Some of you may already be familiar with this grammatical construction, but for those who are not, I want to introduce to you, the zero conditional. A zero conditional grammatical construction is used in sentences, when the time is now (or always) and the situation is real (or possible). Zero conditional sentences are used to…
Police-related vocabulary in English. Posted by Gabriele on Sep 2, 2014
Today let’s take a look at some police-related vocabulary that would be good to add to you English lexicon. First of all, there are a number of words in English used to talk about police officers. A police officer is a member of the local government who is responsible for the prevention and detection of…
Let’s put this one to bed and other English idioms. Posted by Gabriele on Aug 28, 2014
How are you feeling? Sleepy? If you are, then this probably isn’t the post for you as I’m going introduce a number of expressions and phrases with word ‘bed’ in them. So, reading this might make you even more tired. But if you are wide awake and ready to learn some new English phrases you…
A trip to Chicago – what to see? Posted by Gabriele on Aug 26, 2014
Let’s take a trip to Chicago! Chicago is the third most populated city in the United States (New York City is first, Los Angeles second). There are 2.7 million people who live in Chicago and around 46 million tourists (international and American) visit every year. Even if you aren’t counted as one of these tourists this…