In some languages, to make a negative statement you use a negative determiner and negative verb. English uses only one negative, unless we take a look at the vernacular (slang, basically) or how people might talk at home.
Here is a guide to using the verbs write, draw, sketch and paint which are commonly confused.
Here are some posts you may have missed this week on Get Great English. On Monday I kicked off the week by showing you the difference between done and got done. I followed it up with a post on Tuesday about talking about the paranormal. This week’s podcast was about vowel pronunciation. On Friday I … [Read more…]
A lot of language learners sit down with their books, MP3 player, dictionary and notebooks in a quiet place to study hard. This is good but is it really effective? Do you know what you want to learn? Studying with the target of ‘getting better at English’ isn’t going to help you as much as … [Read more…]
Today’s podcast is about how to pronounce vowels. Some people have problems with the difference between long and short vowels. Vowels- 1st October 2014 The podcast is also available in the iTunes Store by searching for Get Great English or clicking here. Also, you can stream it on Stitcher here or in the sidebar.
I don’t believe in ghosts or anything like that but sometimes you get caught up in talk about the paranormal (things that appear real but don’t have a real explanation). Here is some vocabulary to talk about it. It might come in handy for Halloween next month.
When you move up to the pre-intermediate stage in your learning there are some tricky bits of grammar that are very useful to learn. One of the main pre-intermediate obstacles is the confusion between ‘you have done it’ and ‘you have got it done/you have had it done’. Here’s how they work.
Here are some posts that you may have missed on Get Great English this week.
I went to Yokohama Zoo with my family yesterday and this is what I saw. Tsushima Leopard Cat Seal Otter Leopard There will be a digest post later.
Here is an idea about taking vocabulary notes. I am taking notes like this to study Japanese and I think it might be useful to some of you who read this blog.