Describing a picture
In this lesson, we will learn some of our top tips for describing a picture or a photo. Look at your picture carefully and take a few moments to think before you start talking. What …
August 2013
Short Questions and Answers
Short questions are very common in English speaking. In this lesson, we will practice to make short questions and short answers in different ways. Are you a doctor? Yes, I am. No, I’m a nurse. …
Simple shopping
This English speaking lesson give you some idea how to make questions and answers during a shopping as well as bargaining, price and cost. 1. Where are the pencils? They’re on the second shelf. Okay, …
Contractions in English
When we learn English speaking, we will see some words which are written in short. Those are contractions. Contractions are often used in place of auxiliary verbs such as is, are, am, will, have, has, had, and would. …
Expressing Likes and Dislikes
In this lesson, we will learn how to express likes and dislikes. Besides, we will study some vocabulary and phrases to have a good answer. 1. I like fruit. What kind? Oranges and bananas. 2. …
Simple Future Tense
Expressing the Simple Future Tense in English is particularly various because there are many ways to talk about future. The main auxiliary verb of Future Tense is will. However, we can use Present Simple or …
Present Perfect Simple or Continuous
Mike has been repairing the car. The car cannot run now. We use the Present Perfect Continuous for an action happening over a period of time. We are thinking of Mike doing the repair and …
Past Perfect
He had studied English before he moved to London. The past perfect tense is quite an easy tense to understand and to use. This tense talks about the “past in the past”. How do we …
Present Perfect Continuous
We have been waiting here for twenty minutes 1. Introduction to Present Perfect Continuous We use the Present Perfect Continuous for an action (waiting). The action happens over a period of time (for twenty minutes). …
Present Perfect or Past Simple
Present Perfect and Past Simple are two confusing tenses to most of English learners. This lesson will help you to understand how to differentiate the usage of the two tenses. First, we will see the examples: …