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Intermediate

Grow your English Vocabulary Fast with Prefixes and Suffixes

Watch this video to find out about our prefixes and suffixes playlist. Do you want to grow your English vocabulary? Then I’m making a playlist for you. Come and get them. Come and get them. Ten English words for the price of one. Really? That’s amazing. What a good deal! This is the best place to learn new English words. Prefixes and suffixes can tell us a lot about the meanings of words and the

October 18, 2016 No Comments

Elementary

Bath & Bathe. Let’s fix some common mistakes

How do we use the English verbs bath and bathe? And how do we use the word bath if it’s a noun? Find out in this video and watch my jokes drive Jay crazy. I’m going to take a bath. Really? Where are you going to take it? This is our bath. Jay and I pronounce the word ‘bath’ a little differently. Bath. Bath. Bath. Bath. It’s also called a bathtub or tub, especially in

October 11, 2016 2 Comments

Intermediate

For and To. Learn how to use these English prepositions

The prepositions for and to can be confusing in English, especially if you speak a language like Spanish or Portuguese, where one preposition covers many of the uses of them both. Let us help! In this video we explain their key uses. Hi! We’ve had a number requests for a lesson on these prepositions. They are tricky, especially for Spanish and Portuguese speakers. We can’t cover all the uses in this lesson. That would take

October 4, 2016 3 Comments

Elementary

Waiting for ages – English conversation

When Vicki goes to the loo and Jay has to wait, he sometimes gets impatient. Jay is American so he calls the loo the ladies room. ‘Ages’ is an informal way of saying a very long time. Waiting for ages script Jay, hold this for me. Do I have to? I’m just going to the loo. Where have you been? To the loo. The ladies room? Yeah. I’ve been waiting for ages. Click here to

September 27, 2016 2 Comments

Intermediate

YouTube Captions and Deaf Awareness Day

Today is Deaf Awareness Day and we have made a special video, suggested by my friend Rikki Poynter who does awesome work as an advocate for captions for the deaf and hard of hearing. Go Rikki! If you are a YouTuber, please make captions for your videos! They are so helpful for the deaf and hard of hearing and for foriegn language learners. It doesn’t take long and it’s so important. Please do it! Do it!

September 25, 2016 No Comments

Intermediate

Can and Could Questions and Answers with Ronald Grump

We had a question about can and could from a viewer. Come hang out with us and learn how we use the verbs these verbs in English. We answer questions and share a news update about our live English lessons. Oh and we also meet Ronald Grump – a puppet President Check these links for our video lessons on can and could. How to say Can and Can’t in British and American English How to

September 20, 2016 No Comments

Advanced

Vote Ronald Grump and Make American Great Again

It’s election season in the United States and Ronald Grump is running for President. In this parody video, a puppet Donald Trump outlines his plans to make American (rather than America) great again. Update: We made this video before Donald Trump was elected. At the time we thought the chances of him winning were scary but very slim. Oh how wrong we were! You might also enjoy these videos: Talking taxes with Donald Trump A

September 20, 2016 5 Comments

Intermediate

Negative Questions – How to use them and answer them in English

Negative questions can be confusing in English. In this video lesson we demonstrate different ways native speakers use them and you’ll also learn the best ways to answer them. Negative questions can be very confusing in English. In this lesson we’re going to look different ways we use them and you’ll also learn the best ways to answer them. Let’s get very polite and start with the formal use. Imagine an important guest is visiting

September 6, 2016 14 Comments

Intermediate

Nagging – complaining in an annoying way

When we nag we complain about someone’s behaviour in an annoying way. You probably want to avoid nagging if you can. Here’s an example of how me might use this word in English: Oh, your desk’s a mess. Aren’t you going to put that in the bin? Oh yeah. Why don’t you tidy these papers and wash those glasses up? Oh stop nagging. I’m not nagging. I just thought you’d want to clear up before

August 30, 2016 No Comments

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