The Verb Page – verbal phrases 2

I have just finished my lunch.
I just finished my lunch.
I just ate.

Which one did you hear?

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Bilingual – English and Cambodian – 2

Download audio file (cambodian2.mp3) Where are you from? (Cambodian) I am from Australia. (Cambodian) Where are you from? (Cambodian) I am from Cambodia? (Cambodian) Where is he from? (Cambodian) He is from America. (Cambodian) How long have you been in Cambodia? (Cambodian) One hour. (Cambodian) Two hours. (Cambodian) Three days (Cambodian) Four days. (Cambodian) Five [...]

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Past Tense

There are two important past tenses. They are past simple tense and past continuous tense. Past simple tense looks like this: I came to India two days ago. When did you arrive? I arrived a month ago. Let’s look at some more examples. Follow the link and listen to (and read) the conversations. They have [...]

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Present Perfect Tense

Present Perfect Tense (simple) looks like this: I have been here for a long time. How long has he been here? He has only just arrived. Have you eaten? No, I haven’t. Have they? No, they haven’t. They haven’t eaten either. Have you ever worked as a taxi driver? Present Perfect Tense (continuous) looks like [...]

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Lessons

Here are some topics and language points with lesson ideas. Click the links and follow them. A Adjective and Verb together About Academic English Almanac Articles Accents Adjectives Adjectives – Listening Agreeing and Disagreeing Alan Ginsberg Audio of Speech by President Eisenhower Asian Languages Asking Questions B Beginner’s English Breaking News Box of Smoke The [...]

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Interactive Stories

Interactive Stories or Guided Stories is the name of an English language teaching technique developed by Mark White, a language teacher/writer based in Asia. What is an Interactive Story? The technique consists of a story, which includes both sentences and questions so that as one student reads it to the other, the listener can respond [...]

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