Daily Lessons / blog posts

“Why do you need English?”

That was yesterday’s question. 

Many answered “For my job.”  Read More >

Create memories. 

Just like you can navigate your city because the streets look familiar… 

You can say a sentence correctly because every word and preposition and verb tense sounds familiar.  Read More >

C! 

A train wreck.

(If you don’t know what I’m talking about, go back and read yesterday’s Vitamin V here.) Read More >

What? 

How? 

Who? Read More >

“Can I start next month?”

“How long until I become fluent?”

“Why are there so many verb tenses?” Read More >

I was having dinner with a Czech friend last week.

He spent the winter in Sri Lanka. 

“I miss the sun,” he said.  Read More >

Change is good. 

It’s good for a homeless person.

And it’s good for a language.  Read More >

Here’s a weird grammar rule.

My seventh grade English teacher, Mr. Lynn, taught us this is correct: 

“Everyone take out his book.” Read More >

Here’s an interesting article from the American media: 

McKernan uses the pronoun “they” instead of “his” or “her” to call themself. The 37-year-old artist from Nashville, Tennessee calls their works “surreal.” They say they are “dealing with discomfort in the human journey.”

He…? Read More >

Well done! 

Yesterday, I asked you to write sentences with the word “funny.” 

I think you know this word!  Read More >