Real ESL

Hey all, ‘Hey’ means Hi or Hello. People say it all they time. How should you answer? You can say Hi back to them. Or Hey. Or What’s up? I wanted to give you this link I found in case you’d like to order my novel and you live in another country. TRAFFICKED doesn’t come [...]

Okay, so these words are nouns – height, weight, width, length. You say, “What is the height of the entertainment center?” You do not say, “What is the heighth of the entertainment center?” It is such a common mistake, even for highly educated American people, and I think people get confused because width and length [...]

I love finding an ESL site that’s easy to read and not clogged with a bunch of confusing categories. (clogged with something = filled with too much of something) Lucy’s blog has a lot of fun information and she gives great vocabulary explanations. I also really like how she blogs about English music because this [...]

….”that you can live with” is an expression that means that maybe it’s not easy, but it will work in your life. People often say, “I can live with that.” “That” refers to an agreement, a compromise, a change. So, if you want your significant other (boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife) to clean up his/her mess, [...]

If you really want to speak English well, you should ask yourself this question: why do you want to learn English? I want you to come up with five reasons. (come up with something = think up s.t., find s.t. in your mind, list s.t., have an idea) When you are trying to think up [...]