2018-11-03 Like or Alike?
Have you ever wanted to talk about similarities between people or things but were unsure what words to use? Today’s…
2018-10-27 Foot or Feet?
The English word “foot” has more than one meaning. In the United States, one meaning is a unit of measurement…
2018-10-20 Study or Learn?
English language learners use the verbs “study” and “learn” all the time. Yet, they often are unsure which to choose…
2018-10-13 Dead as a Doornail
Believe it or not, the English language has about 25,000 idiomatic expressions. And some of the oldest ones have very…
2018-10-06 Asking Someone About Their Job
Have you ever wanted to ask someone in English about the kind of work they do but were unsure how?…
2018-09-29 By the Way vs. Mind You
English phrases can be difficult to remember since the meaning of each individual word may not give any clue as…
2018-09-22 Raise or Rise
Have you ever been confused by the verbs “raise” and “rise”? Both words mean “to move upward.” They also sound…
2018-09-15 Foods We Count…or Don’t
You probably know a lot of food words, such as bread, apple and rice. But knowing which foods are countable…
2018-09-08 Look, Appear and Seem
Welcome to Ask a Teacher – a new program where readers ask questions and teachers answer them. Have you noticed…
2018-09-01 ‘I’ or ‘Me’?
Welcome to Ask a Teacher – a new program where readers ask questions and teachers answer them. Some of the…
2020-10-02 What Are Reciprocal Pronouns?
The Sixth Sense is a famous American movie. The 1999 film tells the story of a young boy who has…
2020-09-25 The Present Participle
Today, let me start with a question: What do the following three statements have in common? You are learning about…
2020-09-18 What Are Intensive Pronouns?
Imagine you are watching an American film or television show – a mystery, for example. You hear one of the…
2020-09-11 Understanding the Past Participle
Every language has its own way of saying something happened in the past, is happening now or will happen in…
2020-09-04 Three Useful Phrasal Expressions
In a recent Everyday Grammar report, we explored phrasal expressions. Phrasal expressions are groups of words that take on a…