Grand Canyon National Park Posted by sasha on Oct 22, 2013
Our series on American National Parks continues today with one of the most famous parks not only in the USA, but around the world. Name: Grand Canyon Year Established: February 26, 1919 Location: Northern Arizona Season: The south rim is open all year round weather permitting. The north rim is open mid-May to mid-October. Cost: …
Double negatives in English Posted by Gabriele on Oct 22, 2013
A double negative is when there are two negative words (like ‘no’ and ‘nothing’) in one sentence. In some languages this type of grammar is allowed. In fact in some languages using two negatives intensifies the negative statement, but in English, double negatives are generally not allowed. In fact, in English using two negative words…
Top travel destination in the US: Where would you go? Posted by Gabriele on Oct 17, 2013
The travel website TripAdvisor has a list of the top 25 travel destinations in the United States, most of them are cities, and many of them you have probably heard of, but there are a few in this list that may be new to some people and are certainly worth looking at as they…
Silent letters in English Posted by Gabriele on Oct 15, 2013
The presence of ‘silent letters’ in English words is one aspect of learning to read and speak English that many English language learners find difficult and unfortunately the English language has a lot of silent letters. Silent letters in words are letters that are written in the word, but not pronounced when the word…
Expressing opinion Posted by Gabriele on Oct 10, 2013
There are many expressions we use in English to share our different opinions, such as expressing strong or neutral opinions. If you feel very strongly about a subject, you are probably going to express your opinion in a very strong way, with strong language, but if you are uncertain or unsure about something you…
Preposition review: On, in, at Posted by Gabriele on Oct 8, 2013
Learning to correctly use prepositions in a second language is a grammar problem that many language learners encounter. Learning new prepositions is often hard because the prepositions that a person knows in his or her native language are used differently in the language he or she is trying to learn, in this case English. This…
Oh no, the US Government is shutdown! Posted by Gabriele on Oct 2, 2013
As of yesterday, the U.S. government was shut down! What does this mean; are the airports closed, are stores closed, do people have to go to work? Well, first of all this is just a temporarily shutdown (or closure), America is not “closed” forever, at least we hope not! And this shutdown is not…