'Grammar' Category
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Sep122009
Confused?
Though you may already know that lay is correct in both of the following sentences:
Everyday I lay my towel in the shade on the beach.
Yesterday I lay down in the shade on the beach.You might not be aware that the following sentences are the equivalents after the tenses have been adjusted:
Yesterday I laid [...]
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Jul052009
Top Ten Characteristics of a Good Grammar Lesson
On Onestopenglish, I found a really great article listing 70 characterists of a good grammar lesson for all you teachers out there. These are my top ten. Read all 70 here.
Is a surprise
As strange as it might seem, a disbelieving look, a “No, really??” or most of the class getting what you are trying to [...] -
Jun202009
Due to the fact that…
writers waste words, their writing Lacks conomy
Wasted
Many words and phrases rarely add anything to a sentence. Avoid these whenever you can. A very short list of some of these offenders: Quite, very, extremely, as it were, moreover, it can be seen that, it has been indicated that, basically, essentially, totally, completely, [...] -
Jun182009
Kings: Links, How to Write a Review
For my advanced level 7 class, watch the rest of Kings before Monday so you have time to write your reviews by Tuesday. For basic information about the show and the cast, see below. For advice on how to write a reivew go here and watching the video below.
How to Write a Movie Review — [...]
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Jun172009
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Jun172009
Fronting Me out of a Stuper
As I speak both German and English, and as many of my students come from German speaking countries, I rarely have the opportunity to analyze sentence patterns and variation which both English and German share. It’s not that I don’t find them interesting. Rather, I don’t even notice them because they translate or transfer so [...]
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Jun152009
Vocabulary Quizz for Josh’s Level 7 Language Use
Take the vocab quiz now! You must type your first and last name. Two questions use the same word but in two different forms, for example in one question, you need the base verb form of the word and in the other you need the noun form. Good Luck!
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Jun142009
Types of English Sentences and Their Structures
Want to test your knowledge of the 5 basic types of English sentences? If you’re in Josh’s Language Use level 7 class, I know you really want to test yourself! Follow this link – it’s interactive, its FLASH and yeah, I think it’ll be fun!
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Jun092009
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Jun082009
Merriam-Webster’s Online World of Words
To start off with, Merriam-Webster, though not my favorite dictionary publisher, that would be Oxford, is quickly becoming my favorite web-based source for all things lexical! To begin, they not only have “word of the day” but they also have a special “learners’ word of the day” and “Perfect Pronunciation” and “Daily Buzzword” as well [...]