After teaching present simple to my elementary students, we wrote a test and I collected the most common mistakes my students made. I analysed the mistakes...
The basic explanation of the usage of the phrase THERE IS / THERE ARE is easy to understand and practice. My students caught on very quickly and then used...
Last week I taught passive and present perfect tense. I thought that I was well prepared but in both cases we encountered one big problem. The students...
Two days ago we encountered a simple exercise in our textbook. Students’ task was to fill in the missing prepositions. Even though my students are strong...
Many elementary students feel they cannot see the difference between these two tenses. To help them I have created a rap which explains the grammar and...
Three days ago we were talking about presents with my students and I could hear that they were using the verbs buy,give, get etc. in a way that everyone...
In time clauses it is important to understand that you cannot use WILL after certain conjunctions, even though you are referring to the future. And that...
The concept of uncountability is very difficult to understand and use correctly for learners of English. However, even the English sometimes need to count...
A week ago I published a post on prepositions AT, IN, ON for time. Several students asked me if I could do something like that for prepositions AT, IN,...
Past simple is one of the most important English tenses. Scott Thornbury once wrote that he would sacrifice all the perfect tenses and other grammar if...
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