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April 30, 2019 This new video will give you some ideas about how to ask questions in class:
April 29, 2019 When something happens in "broad daylight," it happens during the day. This phrase is often applied to any sort of activity that would normally be expected at night, but instead it happens during the day. Here’s an example:
Because many crimes are committed under the cover of darkness, a crime committed during the day is somewhat of a surprise. To say it happened in broad daylight emphasizes that point. The word of the day is "broad." April 28, 2019 As students get close to completing each level, it’s a good idea to complete the reviews and tests. Here are the reviews for each level: There is no review pages for the Orange and Violet Levels. April 26, 2019 I’m currently updating many different parts of the website. If you happen to come across any pages that aren’t working properly, please let me know. Thanks! April 25, 2019 The word of the day is "about." April 24, 2019 Here’s yet another video for the preposition "about." You can use this word when talking about a subject or a topic.
The word of the day is "compare." April 23, 2019 This new video is for the preposition "about" when "about" means "almost."
April 22, 2019 The word of the day is "tool." I also encourage students to take a look at the Think in English section of the website. This is useful for developing thinking and writing skills. April 21, 2019 Happy Easter! The word of the day is "rub." April 19, 2019 There’s a new page for the Red Level which matches the video below. April 18, 2019 This video is about days on a calendar:
April 17, 2019 I just sent out an email regarding the differences between gerunds and infinitives? Did you receive it? If not, make sure you are signed up for free lessons, videos, exercises, and quizzes on the sign up page. April 16, 2019 From time to time it becomes necessary to remind the people who visit this website that it’s a free resource. You don’t have to pay anything to use it. You can download anything that’s on the website for your own personal use. However, my time is valuable and limited. I can’t give individualized, personal attention to students and others who email me and ask for help with their homework or something that they have written or conversations on the phone. I just can’t do it. It would be insane to even try to do that considering the hundreds of emails I receive every single day. So the website is free, but I do work with people who want to pay me a fair wage for my time. Who works for free? Inquiries on the availability of my time and my rates are taken at teacherpaul.com. The word of the day is "prosper." April 14, 2019 You’ll notice I’ve changed the home page by adding more links. This is the way it used to look before I tried to make the website a little faster, but several people contacted me and asked if I would change it back to the way it looked before–so I did. The word of the day is "million." April 13, 2019 The word "keep" shows up in a lot of verb phrases. Click here to see how many different ways you can use "keep" in the form of a verb phrase or an idiom. Are you keeping track of your progress on this website? April 12, 2019 One of the most important words to know how to use if you learn anything is the word "learn." This is the word of the day. April 11, 2019 Here’s a quiz to match the video I put out yesterday. You can also print out the PDF if you want. Teachers are welcome to use any of the quizzes found on this website for their classes–no charge! April 10, 2019 This is a new video for forming echo questions. An echo question is one in which a person repeats what someone else said but uses only a pronoun and a helping verb to form a question that expresses surprise or interest. Watch the video!
April 9, 2019 While teaching a class last night to some upper-level students, we came across the expression, "to put yourself in another person’s shoes." When you put yourself in another person’s shoes, you try to understand that person’s experiences or behavior from his or her point of view. Are you able to put yourself in another person’s shoes? You can find other expressions that begin with the letter "p" on this page. April 8, 2019 The word of the day is "flag." The lesson for today is on modal verbs used with the passive voice.
April 7, 2019 When you use "(be) supposed to," you are using a common phrase that is very similar to the passive voice. It begins with the verb "be" and the word "supposed" is the past participle, followed by and infinitive verb.
Other people have the expectation that he will go to the office; he has an obligation to meet. What are you supposed to do today? April 5, 2019 It will take about 25 minutes for you to listen to and read this old German fairy tale. I’m the person reading it. I hope you enjoy it!
April 4, 2019 The word of the day is "dent." April 3, 2019 When forming the passive voice, it’s important to consider there are two necessary things to use: the verb "be" and the past participle for the main verb. Today’s Green Level lesson is on the present tense, passive voice. April 2, 2019 The word of the day is "shut." April 1, 2019 It’s April Fool’s Day. This is a day on which people play tricks, tell jokes, or pull pranks or on each other. The word of the day is "fool." Yellow Level students who moved to the Green Level learn about the passive voice today. Each course level on this website has a checklist. Print out and keep the checklist next to your computer, tablet, or phone and use it to track your progress as you move through the lessons: PRINT: Click here to go back to March 2019 Click here to go to the LAEO Blog Archive. o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
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