Written by Lilian Ndongmo. ESL Teacher Matching the right verb with the right preposition is crucial for two reasons: It helps make your sentence grammatically…
Written by Lilian Ndongmo. ESL Teacher In a previous post, I explained the basics of the apostrophe and how you can use it in a sentence….
written by Lilian Ndongmo. ESL Teacher Gerunds can be preceded by verbs, prepositional phrases and infinitives. In this post, we will be looking at verbs…
Written by Lilian Ndongmo. ESL Teacher What is a gerund? Simply put, a gerund is a word that looks like a verb with an –ing…
Got 2 minutes? That’s all the time you need to perhaps learn a new word, phrase or idiomatic expression. We bring you short clips from…
written by Lilian Ndongmo. ESL Teacher Anything but refers to someone or something that is contrary to what you expected. It places emphasis on the…
written by Lilian Ndongmo. ESL Teacher Motivation plays an important part in any undertaking, including learning English. How motivated are you? Read the following sentences…
written by Lilian Ndongmo. ESL Teacher Although fun and funny look and sound similar, these two words are very different. English learners, especially Quebec Francophones,…
Let’s take a look at this sentence: A student who does not submit his or her assignments on time will have him or her score…
written by Lilian Ndongmo. ESL Teacher A few days ago, one of my students, whom I had been coaching for a presentation she was going…
Written by Lilian Ndongmo. ESL Teacher Most of my students, especially native French speakers still have problems using the adjectives good and right correctly both…
written by Lilian Ndongmo. ESL Teacher Fill in and fill out are both phrasal verbs. A phrasal verb is simply a verb that is followed…
written by Lilian Ndongmo. ESL Teacher A compound word is usually made up of two or more words. How can you describe someone using compound…
written by Lilian Ndongmo. ESL Teacher Question: To form an adverb from an adjective, the rule says to add –ly at the end of the…
written by Lilian Ndongmo. ESL Teacher You must have learned how to form adverbs from adjectives. If not, it’s quite easy. To change an adjective…
written by Lilian Ndongmo. ESL Teacher Our last post explained how to use the articles A, An and The. Today, we will look at the…
written by Lilian Ndongmo. ESL Teacher You’re on a social network. You want to make friends, but somehow you’re not getting any. You browse thousands of…
written by Lilian Ndongmo. ESL Teacher Number words are used to express the quantity of things or people in a group or collection. This is important…