Adverbs Hard vs. Hardly As an adverb, hard means with a great deal of force or with a lot of energy. Keep in mind, hard comes after the verb. On the other hand, the adverb hardly means barely or almost not at all. I work hard in the office every day. Jack hardly works. How about you? Do you work …
Verbs Become Nouns with MENT – Word Wednesday Vocabulary Building Lesson 1
Today, I’m going to start a new series of lessons to help you increase and remember vocabulary. It’s Word Wednesday! In this lesson, we’ll look at verbs that become nouns by adding the suffix, MENT. Learning word families like this is a great way to increase your English vocabulary! Click the CC button to see the subtitles! Are you ready? …
GO OFF – English Idiom Lesson
GO OFF Go off means to ring. When an alarm or bell goes off, it begins to ring. My alarm clock goes off every morning at 6 o’clock. THe smoke alarm goes off whenever I cook fish. What time does your alarm clock go off? If you know anyone who might be interested in this English language point, why not …
Give Away – Phrasal Verb English Lesson
Give Away Give away means to distribute for free. The bakery near my office was giving away samples of their donuts! In Tokyo, they give away packs of pocket tissues near the train stations. Do they give anything away where you live? If you know anyone who might be interested in this English language point, why not help them out! …
Sleep On It – American Idiom Lesson
Sleep On It When you to sleep on something, it means that you need to consider that thing very carefully. Let me see…Going sky diving? I think I need to sleep on it. When I asked my boss if I could get a day off on Friday, he said he needs to sleep on it! How about you? Have you …
Pop The Question – American Idiom Lesson
Pop The Question Pop means to suddenly appear. The “question”is, “will you marry me?” When someone pops the question, they propose marriage. Tommy and Kathy have been dating for five years and he finally popped the question. I heard that Mark popped the question when he took his girlfriend to Paris. How romantic! I heard from my mother that my …
YouTube English Lesson – Suppose vs Be Supposed To
A lot of students tell me that they get confused with how to use SUPPOSE and BE SUPPOSED TO. Well, it’s time to end your confusion. In this YouTube English lesson, I am going to show you not only how to use SUPPOSE and BE SUPPOSED TO, but also how to pronounce SUPPOSED TO in everyday, natural, American English. Are …
Jam-Packed – American Idiom Lesson
Jam-Packed When a place is jam-packed, it’s filled with people. When a space is jam-packed, it’s filled with many things. The train was jam-packed this morning. My suitcase is always jam-packed! How about you? Is the train or bus you take jam packed? If you know anyone who might be interested in this English language point, why not help them …
During vs. While – Learn The Difference!
Let’s have a look at the difference between during and while. It was cold during the day today. During work, I looked out the window and noticed people were carrying umbrellas while walking on the street. It wasn’t raining early in the morning while I was walking to the office, but it started raining hard during the afternoon while I …
Look Up – Phrasal Verb English Lesson
Look Up When you look something up you check it or search for information in some kind of reference book or online. etc. I always advise my students to look up unfamiliar words in an English-English dictionary. I looked up the phone number of a restaurant. What have you looked up recently? If you know anyone who might be interested …