Ask a Teacher

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…

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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 interesting histories.…

5 years ago

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?…

5 years ago

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 to a phrase's meaning.…

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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…

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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…

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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 that English…

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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 first words…

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