Archive for the 'Grammar' Category

Real ESL Video Lesson 17 - Fewer flowers or less flowers? What’s right?

Should you say ‘fewer flowers’ or ‘less flowers’?
Fewer flowers.
Should you say ‘fewer makeup’ or ‘less makeup’?
Less makeup.
Should you say ‘fewer items’ or ‘less items’?
Fewer items.
Should you say ‘fewer ice cream’ or ‘less ice cream’?
Less ice cream.
If you had a problem with any of these, watch the following video blog! Below the video, I have written […]

Focus on Famous ESL Speakers: Vladimir Putin #1

I thought it would be fun to look at some of our famous ESL speakers around the world. The first person I’m going to evaluate is Vladimir Putin.
He has a speech in English about the 2014 Winter Olympics. He’s a real guy with a busy life, like a lot of you, and he has […]

Real ESL Video Lesson 12 - The Future Perfect - Setting a Goal

Do you want to save money?
Do you want a new job?
Do you want a new life?
If you have any big goals, this is the perfect tense for you. You can set a goal with a deadline. A deadline is a time or date you must achieve/accomplish/do something in your life.
The big question in this […]

Real ESL Video Lesson 11 - What did you do this weekend?

People ask you about what you did in the past all the time, so it’s important to know how to explain all the details of what happened in the past. Someone might ask you what you did yesterday or what you did last week. Do you know how to answer? Here’s a video lesson on […]

Write a Journal and Use Adjective Clauses!

When I lived and traveled through Mexico and Central America for a year (Note - ‘traveled’ can be spelled as ‘travelled’ if you are not living in the United States), every day I wrote in a spiral notebook, which served as a journal (a spiral notebook - a notebook that has a wire binding…wires that […]

Real ESL Video Lesson 10 - Are you too pretty or too intelligent?

Are you too pretty or too intelligent? You’d better hope you are NOT too pretty or too intelligent. It’s much better to be so intelligent or very pretty. In this video lesson, I explain the difference between too + an adjective and so/very + an adjective. See the transcript below if you can’t understand.

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Real ESL Video Lesson 3 - Using the Simple Present

Here’s a video I made about using the simple present to describe the plot of a novel or movie. So, if you are reading a book, when someone asks you what it’s about, you will know how to answer.
Have a great day!
Kim

Vocabulary:
What’s it about? - What is the plot?
She’s a tomboy - She acts like […]