Paragraph Punch -Helpful to improve your writing

Here is a website that I stumbled upon by chance and thought I must share it with you and keep it here for future reference.

Give it a try ;)

Paragraph Punch 


It will improve your writing as it takes you through the process of writing paragraphs step by step.

"Paragraph Punch takes users through the process of writing a basic paragraph. From pre-set writing prompts users develop an idea and write their own topic sentence, body, and a conclusion.

The site provides online interactive exercises that guide users step by step through pre-writing, writing, organizing, editing, rewriting, and publishing."

Animal idioms song

A cute interesting song that teaches some common animal idioms ...enjoy ;)

idioms - a slideshow of some of the common idioms

Here is a slideshow of some common idioms (round 10) with illustrations and examples. I used this in my class and I hope students will benefit from it, start using it and look at it as a nice way to express themselves ;)

Idiom of the month: When things are easy ;)

1-"Easy as ABC"
An idiom which means Something that is as easy as ABC is very easy or simple.

Read more at http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/easy+as+abc.html#dLwif9oCsLtZzE4O.99

2- "It's a piece of cake"

Something easy to do. 

e.g.

No problem. When you know what you're doing, it's a piece of cake. 

Glad to help. It was a piece of cake.

Rescuing frightened cats is my specialty. Piece of cake!

source: {http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/piece+of+cake}

3- "Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy"

slang phrase (from an old British detergent commercial) used to express that something was quickly and easily done. source: {http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=easy%20peasy%20lemon%20squeezy}

Quotes on Learning

Fun facts about the English language

No word in the English language rhymes with month.

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language.

"Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und."

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."

There are only four words in the English language which end in"-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

The only other word with the same amount of letters is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.

There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, here, ere, therein, herein.

No words in the English language rhyme with orange, silver or purple.

'Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.


The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways. The following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."

The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.

The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable."

Source: http://www.antimoon.com/forum/t80.htm

The secret to learning a language in 10 days - interesting ;)

Fallimha 1 ( it's a piece of cake :)

A very good and simple way to learn English.

It's a "piece of cake" :)

Thanks for this creative young man who is making the show

7 tips on improving your conversation skills

1. Take your time and slow down the conversation.
2. Make eye contact, just don’t creepy stare.
3. Take note of details.
4. Skip generic compliments.
5. Share emotions (without over-sharing).
6. Steer away from basics and pull out interesting insights.
7. Develop your vocabulary.

Improvement requires practice, so get chatting.

Source: AllTop 

A promising new YouTube show (Fallimha)

An interesting way to improve your English. I wish him best of luck with this new YouTube show..
It promises to be a good beneficial one. 

Thank you dear Bayan for sharing it ;)

Free Online English Grammar Test

VEC English Grammar Test https://secure.vec.bc.ca/vec/online-test.cfm Shared by: Bayan Fatani (G7-1st Term 1432) Thank you :)

Present Perfect continuous Vs. Present Perfect Simple

I have often found that students often get confused between present perfect simple and present perfect continuous.

Here is a very clear instructional video that explains the two in a wonderfully simple clear way. I really hope that my students found it useful when I played it in class few days ago ;)

And here is a slideshow dealing with these two tenses:

Present Perfect Simple And Present Perfect Continuous

View more presentations from anarosaleda

And here is another one explaining the present perfect simple:

PRESENT PERFECT

View more presentations from tcher_joe

To make sure that students understand these tenses well, they can go to these following sites where they can test themselves using some online exercises:

Present perfect simple or continuous

English Grammar Lessons

1st conditional videos

1st conditional  is covered in our New Headway Plus Special Edition (Pre-intermediate Level), Unit 9. 

Here is a very useful video tutorial about factual conditionals in the present (first conditional). It is taken for JenniferESL channel, which is a very useful and helpful channel in learning English.

 






Another useful and interesting video on the 1st conditional. It points at its rule and its different uses and a song in the background to help remember the conditional.....

soooo......sing along ;)

And here is another song that uses the 1st conditional:

Do you remember that cute children song "If you're happy and you know it"?

It uses the 1st conditional, doesn't it?

Here is a cute reminder of it from the mother goose club.

Videos about The Passive voice

Passive voice is covered in our New Headway Plus Special Edition (Pre-intermediate Level) on Unit 11

Here are few videos to add some sparkle to the passive lesson ;)

(1)

 A rap song that can really capture students' attention ;)

A movie segment to assess grammar goals; here it is about the passive ;)

(The movie is: 300 )

Enjoy :)

(Not) my cup of tea {Idiom of the day}

Idiom: "It's not my cup of tea"

e.g. coffee is not my cup of tea

Meaning:

If something is not your cup of tea, you don't like it very much.

It's raining cats and dogs!! (Idiom of the day)

How I hope that it would rain soon.

It rained last week "cats and dogs" :) LOL

This means that : "It rained very hard"

I honestly wish it would rain this week and I'd have a chance to use this idiom ;)

It's a piece of cake! (Idiom of the day)

This is one of the idioms that I love to use ...& I think even my students love it and started to use it a lot ;)

When you say that something is "a piece of cake", it means that it is very easy and you can do it. 

Idioms - what is an idiom?

dioms are words, phrases, or expressions that cannot be taken literally.  In other words, when used in everyday language, they have a meaning other than the basic one you would find in the dictionary.  Every language has its own idioms.  Learning them makes understanding and using a language a lot easier and more fun!

For example, “break a leg” is a common idiom.

Literal meaning:  I command you to break a bone in your leg and you should probably go to the doctor afterwards to get it fixed.

Idiomatic meaning:  Do your best and do well.  Often, actors tell each other to “break a leg” before they go out on stage to perform.

Source: 

ESL on the Web 

Learn English or you might cause someone's death!

Learn English...!

It's important so as not be the cause of someone's death..LOL

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