by Yvonne Crawford | Mar 12, 2010 | American Culture
It’s that time of year to Spring forward! What does that mean? It means that in the USA and many other countries, time will move one hour forward on March 14th, Sunday morning at 2am. It’s called Daylight Savings Time (DST). It starts every year on the 2nd...
by Yvonne Crawford | Mar 12, 2010 | English Grammar
All languages capitalize different words. As an English learner you should try to remember when to use a capital letter. Here are some places where you capitalize words: 1. At the beginning of a sentence. My dog is tired and hungry. 2. The word ‘I’. You...
by Yvonne Crawford | Mar 11, 2010 | American Culture, English Vocabulary
In American society it is very normal and nice to give compliments to friends or to anyone. Women especially love to hear compliments. (I know I do.) Here are a few expressions and situations that might help you learn when and how to give compliments. Friend to...
by Yvonne Crawford | Mar 10, 2010 | American Culture, English Fun
After school in the USA there are tons of activities in which boys and girls can participate. There are sports, clubs, academic competitions, and band. These activities are called extracurricular activities. The first category is sports. Children can start...
by Yvonne Crawford | Mar 9, 2010 | English Fun
Time for some English fun! Have you ever heard of Knock Knock jokes? Do you know what to say when a person who speaks English says “Knock knock?” Here’s what you do… Person A: Knock knock… Person B: Who’s there? Person A: Abe Person...
by Yvonne Crawford | Mar 9, 2010 | English Grammar
Another grammar point that goes with gerunds is using infinitives (ex. to sleep). The big question is, when do you use an infinitive and when do you use a gerund??? There are lots of rules and cases where you use one or the other, for this post, I will give an...
by Yvonne Crawford | Mar 8, 2010 | English Fun, English Vocabulary
I went to the beach the last 2 days and I took some pictures in order to teach some English beach vocabulary! It’s useful because Spring is just around the corner! The beaches I went to were on Isle of Palms and Sullivan’s Island. This first pictures is a...
by Yvonne Crawford | Mar 7, 2010 | English Grammar
Gerunds are verbs that are used as nouns. First, you take the base of the verb and you add -ing to it. Like this:Try making these verbs into their ‘ing’ form: sleep and drink. Now, you can use these verb forms as the subject or direct object of sentence....
by Yvonne Crawford | Mar 7, 2010 | Videocast
This is a videocast of some American Superstitions. Please leave a comment if you have any questions.
by Yvonne Crawford | Mar 7, 2010 | Videocast
This is my first videocast and I thought it would be fitting to have an introduction of myself.
