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 If you’re finding it difficult to master prepositions in English, you’re not alone. Many English learners find learning and…
written by Lilian Ndongmo. ESL Teacher “Arts students are good at languages and science students are not”. If, like me, you’ve heard or seen this sentence countless…
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 Today, we will look at three more functions of So. Go here to see the first three. Using So Usage 4:…
written by Lilian Ndongmo. ESL Teacher Using So There are at least seven different situations (functions) in which so can be used. Today, we will…
written by Lilian Ndongmo. ESL Teacher Today, we will look at two idioms: 1. To make faces (at someone) Meaning: make (usually silly) expressions with…
Written by Lilian Ndongmo. ESL Teacher When talking about animals and the meat of these animals, the names are not the same. Let’s look at…
written by Lilian Ndongmo. ESL Teacher The purpose of this article is to address the usage of course, class and lesson, which many of my…
written by Lilian Ndongmo. ESL Teacher The word “babymoon” is a fairly new word in English usage. It was coined in 1996 from “honeymoon’, which is…
written by Lilian Ndongmo. ESL Teacher No more Meaning 1: A definitive and permanent stop of an action, a thing or a person Examples: There are…
written by Lilian Ndongmo. ESL Teacher Anymore Meaning 1: a definitive and permanent stop of an action, a thing or a person Synonym: any longer Example: …
written by Lilian Ndongmo. ESL Teacher Isn’t it interesting how the English language is able to manipulate words into beautiful – or not so beautiful –…
written by Lilian Ndongmo. ESL Teacher Workafrolic was coined in 2005 by Richard St. John during a TED presentation. Definition Workafrolic is a combination of the…
written by Lilian Ndongmo. ESL Teacher What makes these words confusing? 1. Difference in spelling Complement is spelled with an ‘e’ in the third syllable, while…
written by Lilian Ndongmo. ESL Teacher For many learners, learning English is even more challenging when they come across certain words which make them feel confused…
written by Lilian Ndongmo. ESL Teacher A student once asked, “Which is more important when learning a language: listening, reading, writing or speaking? The answer is…
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 Spelling: logorrhea (US); logorrhoea (UK) Do you know someone who always has something to say; who’s always talking and doesn’t…
written by Lilian Ndongmo. ESL Teacher When it comes to learning a language, we all have those things we do to help us along the way….
The correct pronunciation of PSY
written by Lilian Ndongmo. ESL Teacher Words that begin with PSY are often very troublesome for many English learners to pronounce. People whose first or native…
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