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Subject pronouns

lkl — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:00:43 +0000

The subject of a sentence is the person or thing that performs the action of the verb. The subject pronoun replaces this person or thing.

Greetings

lkl — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:00:38 +0000

Learn how to say “hello,” “how are you,” and “good-bye”: English greetings.

Colors

lklawless — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:00:28 +0000

Learn the English words for colors.

Auxiliary Verbs

lklawless — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:30:05 +0000

Auxiliary verbs, including be, do, have, and modals like can and will, are used with a main verb to form a statement or a question. They are sometimes referred to as “helping verbs” because the main verb needs “help” in order to complete a sentence or question.

Syllabification and Word Stress

lklawless — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:00:08 +0000

A syllable is a unit of sound. It can be a vowel, a diphthong, or one or more vowels combined with one or more consonants.

Definite article

lkl — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:30:15 +0000

The English definite article, the, is used very little in comparison to the definite articles in some languages, including French and Spanish. On the other hand, the definite article is used a lot more in English than in languages like Chinese, Japanese, and Russian, which do not have articles at all.

Simple past -ed pronunciation

lklawless — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:30:17 +0000

There are three ways to pronounce the final -ed of regular verbs in the simple past tense. This pronunciation is determined by the final sound of the verb in the infinitive: Is it a voiced consonant, an unvoiced consonant, or a vowel sound?

Vocabulary: Containers

lklawless — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:30:52 +0000

Many items that we buy come in containers. Containers may have a specific name depending on their shape and the material they are made of.

Contractions with Do

lklawless — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:40:23 +0000

The present and past tense of the verb “do” can be contracted with the negative word “not”: lesson.

Simple past of regular verbs

lklawless — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:45:38 +0000

The simple past is used to describe an action that occurred and was completed in the past. For regular verbs, the simple past is formed by adding -ed to the base form of the verb (the infinitive without to) – Simple past of regular verbs