Let’s learn 50 irregular plural nouns – these are nouns that don’t follow the normal rules for forming plurals! Even a lot of native English speakers aren’t sure about …
Did you know that we have two types of verbs in English? They are action verbs (or dynamic verbs) and state verbs (also called “stative verbs” or “state of …
Do you know what to say when someone says “sorry”? Learn how to apologize in English, how to accept an apology, and how to respond to “I’m sorry.” English …
What are linking verbs? Linking verbs do not describe an action – instead, they connect the subject of the sentence to a word describing it or providing additional information …
Regular Verbs vs. Irregular Verbs Regular verbs are ones that end in -ED in the past tense and past participle: walk – walked – walked start – started – …
What do gotcha, gotta, and got it mean – and how do we use them in informal spoken English? All of these involve the word “got,” but they are different! Gotcha: Meaning & …
Maybe or may be – what’s the difference? A student asked me when we use each one in English. Great question! They both have a similar meaning – talking …
Today’s student question is, “What does ‘hook up’ mean?” We use this phrasal verb in a couple different ways in English. It has a sexual meaning and a non-sexual …
Download 30 Ask the Teacher lessons $1 grammar e-books Should we say there is or there are an apple and two bananas on the table? That’s multiple things, so …
What is the past tense of lead, read, and dream, and how do we pronounce them? That’s our question of the day! Past tense of lead – led The …
“Is it canceled or cancelled?” Both spellings are correct! Canceled is more common in American English, and cancelled is more common in British English. Example sentences: It’s raining pretty …
I beg to differ: Meaning & Examples A student asked, “What does I beg to differ mean, and when do we use it?” “I beg to differ” means “I …
1000 Collocations E-Book When do we use difficulty (singular) vs. difficulties (plural)? I’m going to explain this and also teach you a number of collocations, typical combinations of words, …
300+ Idioms Course You probably know lots of common English words… …but knowing individual words is NOT enough! If you want to be fluent in English, you also need …
Download free PDF + quiz English Idioms Course Time is one of the most common words in English, and it’s used in a LOT of different phrases beyond just …
Complete Program for English Learning One of my students asked me what’s the difference between these two questions: “Does she have a car?” “Doesn’t she have a car?” This …
Download lesson PDF + Quiz What’s the difference? When do we use each of these English verb tenses? Today I’m going to explain two simple rules so that it …
Download free PDF + Quiz Subject-verb agreement is one of the first things you learn in English class. It means the subject of the sentence has to have the …
Download Free PDF + Audio In English it’s very common to use the present continuous to talk about the future, in the case of activities that are planned, arranged, …
In a previous lesson we learned 10 words ending in -less, which means without, and today we’ll learn 10 words ending in -ful, which means something like “full of”: …