Here are more words and phrases for when you want to talk about movies. The leading man/lady – The main male actor or female actress of a movie. You can also call them the star, leading actor/actress. The supporting actor/actress – These are lessor roles in a movie than the roles of the leading actor/actress. […]

This is a video about Sound Words in English. Some examples are: Uh-oh, Aww, Woohoo. Learn how to pronounce them while watching this video.

Here are some more terms you can use when discussing movies: “I give it 2 thumbs up.” – This means you really liked the movie. You could give it “1 thumb up”, which means it was just okay. “2 thumbs down” means you didn’t like it at all. When you say it, you put your […]

The word former specifies the 1st of two items which were spoken/written. I made a pie and a cake today. I prefer the former. (This means that I prefer the first one – the pie.) The word latter specifies the 2nd of two items which were spoken/written. Some people like to travel by car or […]

One fun way to practice English is to watch movies in English. It’s also important to be able to talk about the movies you just watched. The first part of this post on movies I will focus on various genres (categories) of movies. Science-Fiction (Sci-Fi) are movies that have imaginary elements that are based on […]

Lots of past students have asked me this question: When do I use ‘a’ and when do I use ‘an’? You use ‘a’ when the word following it starts with a consonant. a cat a book a big house a yellow pair of pants You use ‘an’ when the word following it starts with a […]

No one likes going to the dentist (well maybe you do, but I don’t), but we all have to go at one time or another. I’ve put together some phrases to help you explain your potential problems to the dentist. I have a toothache. My tooth is loose. My teeth are sensitive to cold or […]