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English Listening: Where are All the Children? | Episode 30

October 24, 2016 by Melanie 7 Comments

English Listening: Where are all the Children? | Episode 30 | English Teacher Melanie

Listen to a story about Halloween! You’ll also learn how how to link the American T sound in natural spoken English.

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Filed Under: Blog, Podcast Tagged With: Canada, fall

English Grammar: “If You Could … ?”

October 23, 2016 by Melanie 10 Comments

English Grammar: "If You Could ... ?" | English Teacher Melanie

Could is a modal verb. Modal verbs are common in English. Modals are used before other verbs to express ideas such as ability, possibility, certainty, necessity, or permission. A modal verb is an auxiliary verb. It is a helping verb. It can’t be used by itself in sentence. It must be used before another verb. […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Grammar Tagged With: conditionals, modal verbs

The Story of Halloween

October 23, 2016 by Melanie 9 Comments

The Story of Halloween | English Teacher Melanie

  Halloween is a community event. It’s a combination of an ancient pagan festival from northern Europe and a religious holiday created by Christians in ancient Rome, but its name comes from Scotland. Now it’s a day when children wear costumes and get free candy! On October 31, kids put on costumes and go door-to-door […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Seasonal Tagged With: Canada, fall, holidays

5 Useful English Phrases to Say When You are Late

October 20, 2016 by Melanie 29 Comments

5 Useful English Phrases to Say When You are Late | English Teacher Melanie

Do you know someone who is always late? It is important to be on time in English-speaking countries! On time is the opposite of late. It means arriving or departing at the correct time, not early and not late. If you agree to meet someone at 9am, you must be there at 9am. If a […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Popular, Vocabulary Tagged With: useful phrases

English Listening: Behind the Scenes | Episode 29

October 10, 2016 by Melanie 24 Comments

English Listening: Behind the Scenes | Episode 29 | English Teacher Melanie

Listen to a story about how each podcast episode is created! You’ll also learn how to say and hear the reduced form of the preposition “for” in fast, natural spoken English.

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Filed Under: Blog, Podcast Tagged With: function words

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