Common Mistakes With Irregular Verbs
One of the difficult things about learning English is the amount of irregular verbs. Most students learn the common irregular verbs (go, went, gone) but students often make mistakes with some of the other verbs that they don’t realise / don’t remember are irregular. For example I used to hear students often say: My friend [...]
Posted by Aidan under English, English Study Tips | Permalink | No Comments »Sydney Ninjas
There was a news story last week about some robbers who attacked someone in front of a ninja school in Sydney. The ninjas came to the rescue. Lots of foreigners are interested in studying Japanese martial arts and there are several ninjutsu schools in Australia. When I visited Bolivia, I met some people who studied [...]
Posted by Aidan under English, English Study Tips | Permalink | No Comments »The Word: Up
Up is a word that can be used in lots of different ways in English. I came across an email that lists some of the different uses of up. It’s easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we [...]
Posted by Aidan under English, English Study Tips | Permalink | No Comments »New York is the City of Languages
It’s estimated that there are about 800 different languages spoken in New York City. Listening to (and Saving) the World’s Languages http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/29/nyregion/29lost.html Related Articles: The Japanese tourist who joined Pakistani mountain tribe Chinese Fast Trains Spelling Bees Studying at Disney World Nightingale Floors Please support my blog by clicking this blog site ranking list.
Posted by Aidan under English, English Study Tips | Permalink | No Comments »Atmosphere
Atmosphere is a word that Japanese speakers seem to want to use a lot when they’re speaking English. I often heard students say that they liked something because it had a “comfortable atmosphere.” This is not an expression native speakers would use very often. Certainly you don’t use “atmosphere” when you are talking about a [...]
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