Hi, I have been working on 'Future Functions,' and they were a little tricky. I have answered them all, but I need some help to clear some of these up. There is the possibility that I am using will and shall all wrong. Thanks for the

Hi everybody, I strongly disagree with the views mentioned on behalf of the Callan Method. Just because it promises to get the student where he or she wants to, doesn't mean the Method deserves criticism. I've been teaching English both

As will the desire to more fully understand the development of the living organism thus provoking impassioned debates between conflicting communities . what is verb here?

Your question is very open-ended so difficult to answer succinctly. Are you using an ESL series of books as the basis for your course? If you are following a particular plan, then I would look at the teacher's manuals and see how it

My bread and butter is teaching English. When the compound subject is treated or considered as a unit, use a singular verb. When it is treated otherwise, both the plural and singular is okay. There was chocolate and (there was) flour on the floor.

hi, I'm a teacher in a local school in Malaysia. I teach english subject. my first degree was social science and diploma was tesl. english taught in my country is communicative. teaching english in a rural school is a great challenge.at the

My job is to teach English. My job is teaching English. My wish is to win the game. My wish is winning the game. Your bad habit is to bite nails. Your bad habit is biting nails. May I ask which forms of verbs in the above pairs of

Hoa Thai wrote: Hi Amy, I totally agree with you on your assessment. It has been very frustrating for me to deal with the problems that you’ve just talked about. In my country, in the distant past, teachers were trained well and I was

Hoa Thai wrote: Yoong Liat wrote: You're right. In an exam, it is advisable to use a verb in the past tense. However, in fact, if the marker is knowlegeable, he will not mark the answer as wrong. Hi Yoong Liat, I agree. I have had a chance to

Dear all, For whatever its worth – Here is my opinion as I promised to deliver: The issue we have been dealing with here boils down to one question – “In one sentence, grammatically and semantically, could we use both simple past and