by Mark Pedrin | Jul 26, 2024 | Grammar Guide, Video
Vocabulary: Using Say, Tell, Talk and Speak – This video lesson will help you recognize how and when to use these four important verbs. Click here to download a free pdf of the charts presented in the video: Download PDF Where could building English language...
by Mark Pedrin | Jun 10, 2024 | English Skills, Video
Pronunciation: Can and Can’t – This video lesson will help you recognize the difference between can and can’t in American English conversation. Remember that can is usually a structure word: It is often unstressed in a sentence, with a reduced...
by Mark Pedrin | May 20, 2024 | Grammar Guide, Video
Participial Adjectives: Grammar Guide – This video lesson offers rules and examples for understanding participial adjectives and using them to create great English sentences. When working with participial adjectives, remember the rule: Use Present Participle...
by Mark Pedrin | May 19, 2024 | Resources
American English Vowel Sounds: American English has a large number of vowel sounds: around 20 of them! This set of sounds changes in different parts of the United States; some sounds are more popular in the Western U.S. and some are more popular in the Eastern....
by Mark Pedrin | May 6, 2024 | Living
7 Helpful Tips for Being a Good Houseguest – The rules and expectations for what it means to be a good houseguest have a lot of variety from culture to culture. If you have been invited by an American friend to have an overnight stay, you might be wondering...