Englishing
Lesson on ADJECTIVES (modifying nouns and do not change gender and number)
This is the first episode of a new series called "What you don't know about...". There are many rules in English, but a myriad of exceptions. In this episode, Mr. P./Marc will talk about all the points and exceptions you don't learn when...
Englishing
English Vocabulary Lesson on American or British English (subway/underground - eggplant/aubergine)
This video is about the differences between American and British English. Mr. P./Marc will delve into the main differences in the language, starting from grammar, spelling and vocabulary. He will provide easy examples and pictures to...
Englishing
English Vocabulary Lesson on INTENSIFIERS and MITIGATORS (extremely, so, very, a bit, quite)
This video is about intensifiers and mitigators. These adverbs modify other adverbs or adjectives. To intensify means increase or become intense, so intensifiers make an adverb or an adjective more intense. Mitigators instead make an...
Englishing
The TIME & PREPOSITIONS of Time (at, on and in) - AT very specific, ON specific, IN less specific
In this video lesson, Mr. P./Marc will delve into how to say the time in two different ways; a difficult way and the easiest way. He will provide two easy formulas in order to learn how to say the time comfortably. He will then talk...
Englishing
Lesson on how to use Present Participles - GERUNDS (Dancing, looking, etc.)
In this lesson Mr. P./Marc explains what present participles are and how they are used in formal context. He introduces the lesson by reading a short story using present participles. He then proceeds by explaining each sentence with its...
Englishing
Lesson on how to use QUITE - (He is QUITE rich - He QUITE understands Italian)
Quite is an adverb and so it modifies adverbs and adjectives. However, #quite can have many meanings in different contexts. Mr. P./Marc will explain all these meanings by giving a diagram with different easy examples for students to...
Englishing
Lesson on FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS (By the end of the month, I will have been living in.....)
This video is about the Future Perfect Continuous. This is one of the hardest tenses for students English. The teacher will give you easy an easy example sentence to better understand it and provide you with formulas to make the...
Englishing
ESL - Coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS)
Coordinating conjunctions are used everyday. They are for, and, nor, but, or, yet and so. In this lesson, Mr. P. will show when and how to use them. At the end of the lesson, there are two exercises for students. This lesson is designed...
Englishing
What are INTENSIFIERS & MITIGATORS (Very, extremely, fairly, a bit, really, incredibly, completely)
What are intensifiers and mitigators ? This is the question that Mr. P. will answer in this concise lesson. He will provide example sentences using both intensifiers and mitigators. This lesson is intended for intermediate students who...
Englishing
Lesson on PRESENT SIMPLE tense or PRESENT CONTINUOUS tense (Find out their differences)
This video is about the difference between the Present Simple and the Present Continuous tenses. As usual, Mr. P/Marc will start by giving two simple examples to show contrast between both tenses. He will then draw a table to list the...
Englishing
ESL - Dialogue Writing (A step-by-step guideline)
Writing dialogue is hard work. However, there is a step-by-step guideline that you need to follow. In this video lesson, Mr. P. will teach you the rules you need to follow in order to write a good dialogue, and he will provide examples...
Englishing
English Language Lesson on 5 Most Common Grammatical Mistakes (HOW TO AVOID THEM !!)
In this video Mr. P./Marc will go over the five most common grammatical mistakes students learn when learning the language. He will talk about the 3rd person singular in the Present Simple, Conditionals, Possessives, the differences...
Curated Video
How to Use Prepositions of Place: in, at, on | English Grammar
Prepositions are one of the most frustrating parts of English grammar! In this lesson you'll learn how to use the most common prepositions of place: in, at and on. We'll look at general rules and exceptions to those rules... I also give...
Englishing
Making INDIRECT QUESTIONS (making questions/subject or object questions used with expressions)
Mr. P. has already talked about how to make questions in English. In this lesson, he explains four different ways on how to make indirect questions. What are indirect questions ? They are questions used to sound more polite or to...
Englishing
Past Continuous & Adjectives + Prepositions (GREAT 2 Topics - MUST WATCH !!)
This video is about the Past Continuous tense and adjectives plus prepositions. Mr. P./Marc will start by explaining how and when to use the Past Continuous. He will give you the formulas to use with every type of sentence with examples....
Englishing
Third Conditional (Livello di INGLESE B2 - Adatto per ESAMI CAMBRIDGE)
How do we talk about something in the past that will never happen again, or that never happened at all? We need to use the third conditional. I’ll show you an example from my personal life using the third conditional.
Englishing
Lesson on VERB PATTERNS ( VERB + ING - VERB + TO)
This video is about verb patterns. In this mini lesson, Mr. P./Marc will explain four types of verb patterns: Verb + gerund, verb + infinitive, verb + to + gerund, and verb + base of a verb (without either an infinitive or a gerund). As...
Englishing
Lesson on Present Perfect SIMPLE or Present Perfect CONTINUOUS (I have lived or I have been living?)
This video is about the difference between the Present Perfect Simple and the Present Perfect Continuous. Being one of the most difficult grammar points in the English language, Mr. P./Marc introduces this lesson by giving an example...
Englishing
Lesson on how to use IT'S TIME...(It's time to learn ENGLISH!)
This video is about the expression "It's time". This useful expression can be used in the present and it has two different meanings. It can express that the right moment has arrived to do something and we are still in time to do it. But...
Englishing
Lesson on how to use BE TO (Citizens are to observe laws of a country)
This video is about the grammatical form be to + inf. It is used mainly in formal contexts such as laws, contracts, formal letters, and instruction manuals. It can be easily substituted with "to be supposed to". My mini-lesson will...
Englishing
Lesson on CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS (Both...and, either...or, neither...nor)
This video is about correlative conjunctions. Conjunctions are joiners, words that connect parts of a sentence. There are three types: coordinating, subordinating and correlative. In this mini lesson Marc will talk about the correlative...
Englishing
Lesson APPOSITIVES (words or groups of words that describe/identify the pronoun or noun beside them)
In this lesson, Mr. P./Marc will delve into apposition. What are appositives? Appositives are words or groups of words that give further information about the subject (a noun or pronoun). They actually describe or identify the subject of...
Englishing
ESL - Verb Patterns (verb + ing / + infinitive)
In this lesson, Mr. P. will talk about the four verb patterns used in the English language. Verb plus -ing verb, verb plus bare infinitive, verb plus full infinitive, and verb plus -ing verb or full infinitive. He will provide a thorough...
Englishing
ESL - Types of sentences (declarative, interrogative, imperative and exclamatory)
There are four types of sentences in English. They are declarative, interrogative, imperative and exclamatory. In this video lesson, Mr. P. will explain how they are made and the type of punctuation needed. He will provide examples and...