This is the first video lesson for Opinion Essay writing. You will need to watch lessons 1, 2, 3 and 4 to complete the series. We suggest watching also the lesson on how to write a thesis statement posted in the same playlist (Essay...

In this lesson, Mr. P. discusses what themes, motifs, and symbols are when used as literary devices. He provides examples from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Crucible, Hamlet, and Romeo and Juliet. At the end of the video, he...

Writing is extremely important in the English language. In this lesson, Mr. P. will provide you with step-by-step instructions on how to write a good topic sentence. At the end of the video lesson, he will list some prompts for students...

A genre is a category of literature or other form of art or entertainment (such as paintings or music) based on certain defining criteria. Genres change over time. Some become unpopular and go away while new ones spring up as trends...

If you are a shy person, presentations can be really hard for you. In this lesson, Mr. P. will give you some tips on how to build a good dramatic presentation.

This lesson is designed for intermediate students who wish to improve...

Adjectives modify nouns and noun phrases. Adverbs modify other adverbs, adjectives or verbs. In this lesson, Mr. P. will explain the difference with easy examples. At the end of the lesson there will be an exercise for students to...

In this lesson, Mr. P. will show you how to make simple ppt presentations. This lesson is designed for intermediate students who wish to improve their English, and for those above levels who wish to clear up doubts about this topic.

Mr. P. will discuss how to use the first conditional by first reviewing the two tenses involved. He will then proceed with the explanation using two formulas to build the topic in discussion. He will then list examples and finally, he...

In this lesson, Mr. P. will discuss how to write a body paragraph of an opinion essay. He will focus on how to write a topic sentence, detail/supporting sentences, and a conclusion sentence by looking at an easy essay.

The past perfect simple tense is used for actions that happened before another action in the past. In this lesson, Mr. P. will discuss how to use the past perfect simple tense and contrast with the past simple tense. At the end of the...

Mr. P. will delve into the main characteristics of the Present Perfect Simple, dividing it into three main points: helping verb, past participles and time expressions. At the end of the lesson, he will give a short exercise for students...

There are groups of regular and irregular verbs that can be learnt together in order to better remember them. In this lesson, Mr. P. will go over each group of regular and irregular verbs past and past participles. At the end of the...

What's the Present Simple or Simple Present ? In this lesson, Mr. P. will answer this question by explaining the six different ways in which this tense is used. He will naturally list easy examples for each usage. He will also provide...

Phrasal verbs are difficult to learn and to use. In this video lesson, Mr. P. will try to make this topic of english grammar easier for students. He will explain how a phrasal verb is made of and how to use them. He will talk about...

Mr. P. will begin the lesson by giving a description of modal/auxiliary verbs. He will then delve into the three different ways to use may and might. He will end the lesson by giving an exercise to complete. This lesson is designed for...

Expletive constructions are phrases or sentences that begin with “There are,” “There is,” “It is,” “It was", "Here comes", etc. The verb “to be” is also part of many of these uninspired sentences. In this lesson, Mr. P. will give an easy...

In this lesson, Mr. P./Marc explains seven different ways you could use the verb have. Some of them being; have/has got to - have/has better, using have as a full verb, modal auxiliary and auxiliary.

He provides simple examples to...

Mr. P. will discuss how to use the second conditional by first reviewing the two tenses involved. He will then proceed with the explanation using two formulas to build the topic in discussion. He will then list examples and finally, he...

Correlative conjunctions are words that work together and relate one sentence to another. Mr. P. will discuss many issues that students face when learning these conjunctions. At the end of the video, he will provide an exercise. This...

Collocations are groups of words that they usually go together. There are seven groups of collocations. In this video lesson, Mr. P. will explain every pattern and will give examples for each. He will list collocations with HAVE, MAKE...

Mr. P. will start off by asking the following questions; what are they? what kind of nouns are there? are they countable or uncountable? He will then answer all those questions and give examples of each. He will proceed with the...

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...

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...

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...