Hi all, One thing that really cheeses me off is when I try to open a bottle or a carton of milk, the kind that are called "Easy opening". Well, it's not easy at all, because when you carefully rip it open, the milk spills everywhere, all over the

wow, it was an excellent summary of the history of the English language, guest. You've summed up almost one year of what I studied at university, but you've explained it better that some of my teachers I can only add one of my favourite major

Ha ha, yes it's very funny. I've just remembered something that happened to a friend of mine when living in London. She run out of batteries for her walkman and she went to a shop to buy some. But she didn't know the word in English for this. We,

Hi again I'm having my car repaired Structure: "Have/Get something done" This is used when someone else is doing something for you, for example, you don't really repair your car, but a mechanic does this. You don't really cut your hair,

Hello arabella, You are right about the first sentence. BEEN TO indicates that you went to a place but you aren't there anymore. Your second sentence is a conditional type III: this type is often called "Impossible" or "Hypothetical" because it

Hello vip, I agree that grammar is one of the hardest and, sometimes, boring aspects that teachers and students face. I don't know if there is a good way to teach it, but I do think that "practice makes perfect" as the proverb says. Explaining

Hello meg2589 and all, I almost exclusively teach Spanish students, with the exception of some American students who are learning Spanish but this is a different story. I can tell you the most common mistakes and difficulties that we, Spanish

I agree with Reme: it's more useful if you give them the definition of the word and an example to clarify the meaning, only when the students' level is high enough to understand what you are trying to explain to them. Of course, this is not useful

Hello Reme, I think that the best way to find out your students' level is by means of a quiz. According to the results you can have an idea of how much they know and what they are bad at. A little conversation afterwards is not a bad idea either.

Hello Guest, It's "Catch 22" and it comes from the title of a novel by Joseph Heller (1961) about the madness of war. You can also find this expression in the phrase "It's a Catch-22 situation" According to Merriam-Webster, it's a