American English pronunciation involves a wide range of sounds. The Stop T sound is among the trickiest. If you’re working on your pronunciation, you’ll want to master this sound and understand how to use it. American English...

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Grow Your Muscles at the G Y M, and watch those weights! Find out what we are talking about in our livestreaming spelling lesson: Even More Acrostics & “Susie’s Stories” (Sir Linkalot Time!). Livestreaming on Sir Linkalot’s YouTube...

Our cousins the other side of the pond like to do things a little bit differently and that includes spelling! Material covered: Jewellery Skilful Focused Practice & practise Licence & license Manoeuvre Fulfil Susie's Story - Manoeuvre...

Speaking English is difficult! You probably have learned to say some of the most common English words wrong. I know, it’s amazing to think about but speaking English well actually involves un-learning some of what you thought you knew!...

Avoid these common speaking mistakes in English and speak fluent English.

Literary elements are the technical components in all narrative stories. They are the universal and essential elements of all narrative fiction. And all are integral to creating the basic structure of a story in an engaging, compelling,...

American English is full of subtly different sounds. In this video you’ll get trained on how to say two of the trickiest! If you’re fluent in American English but want to work on your accent this is a great place to start. The American...

Multiple choice test items are found in most standardized tests and multiple choice items can be quite difficult because they are constructed in such a manner that all choices will seem plausible, reasonable, or probable. And there’s a...

Effective readers use the characteristics of text to their advantage. Whether consciously or subconsciously, knowing how to use these cues to your advantage will help you to strategically read and engage with text at a more effective...

In this lesson, you will learn about the zero, first, second, and third conditionals. You will also learn about mixed conditionals and inverted, or reduced, conditionals. You'll also learn how the subjunctive mood is triggered by the...

When you think of the subject in the sentence, you usually think of a noun or a pronoun. This is because the subject represents what or whom the sentence is about. Understanding and recognizing the subject of the sentence will help you...

Idioms are a form of figurative language that require a critical understanding of the expressions. Not to be taken literally, idioms are analogous to the literal representation they evoke. These eleven summer idioms relate to summer...

You probably already know that adverbs are words that modify adjectives, verbs, other adverbs, phrases, and entire sentences. And conjunctive adverbs, also called adverbial conjunctions, connectors, connective adverbs, linkers, linking...

Recognizing text structure will help you be a better reader. Once you are familiar with the text's organizational pattern, you can make predictions as you read and form a mental map. In this lesson, we cover eight elements or structure...

This lesson is an introduction to reducing adverb or adverbial clauses. There may be times when you will want to reduce the adverb clause. The reduced adverb clause is especially used in formal writing by adding variety to your sentence...

An adjective clause, also known as an adjectival, or relative clause is a dependent clause that modifies a noun or a pronoun. In effect, this clause functions as one part of speech: the adjective. Why would you want or need to reduce the...

Catenative verbs are verbs that connect to other verb forms and form a chain; thus their name catenative because in Latin, catena means chain. A catenative verb will link or connect to other verbs to form a chain of verbs. And in theory,...

This video explores the different spellings of the word "color" in American and British English. It delves into the historical context of language development, highlighting the influence of Samuel Johnson's dictionary in Britain and Noah...

In this humorous and educational video, the speaker explores the linguistic origins and cultural perspectives surrounding the topic of flatulence. Using examples from different languages and historical references, the video sheds light...

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A subject complement is a word or phrase that follows a linking verb (called the copula) to connect the predicate to the subject. There are two types of subject complements: the predicate nominative which renames the subject and the...

In this lesson, we'll learn about the participial phrase and the gerund phrase. The participial functions as an adjective and the gerund functions as a noun. Participles and gerunds are types of verbals. A verbal is a verb form that can...

The BE verb is the most important verb in the English language. It communicates a state of being, or existence. The verb BE is used as a main verb as well as an auxiliary verb. It is a most irregular verb and has eight forms: be am are...