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A Taste of American and British Poetry

  “How Do I Love Thee?”, Elizabeth Barrett Browning  How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.  I love thee to the depth and breadth and height  My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight  For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.  I love thee to the…

What’s Poetry For or What’s Life For Should I Say?

Have you ever written any poems? What were they about? What made you write them? What is poetry for? How does it connect with us, our life and life in general? Do you agree with the following point of view? It is a video of  a small part from the…

Stative or Dynamic? Check on these verbs

Study this presentation to understand the difference between stative and dynamic (or action) verbs how they function. [slideboom id=815149&w=425&h=370] Stative Verbs List like know belong love realise fit hate suppose contain want mean consist need understand seem prefer believe depend agree remember matter mind recognise see own appear look (=seem)…

O-SI-SH-A-CO-O-M-P English Adjective Order

In English, we don’t usually place many adjectives before a noun. Two or three adjectives before a noun sounds normal but if we need to use more to describe a noun, we put an extra part (usually a relative clause).  Example: Our new English teacher is funny and interesting. Every day our neighbour walks his two black dogs…

Past Habits and States with used to and would

  Here’s an excerpt from a well known short story for kids: The Selfish Giant, Oscar Wilde “Every afternoon, as they were coming from school, the children used to go and play in the Giant’s garden. It was a large lovely garden, with soft green grass. Here and there over…

Causative form

CAUSATIVE FORM EXAMPLES                         ACTIVE                                                                    …