Have a Happy Halloween

Halloween is October 31st and everyone is preparing for a ghoulishly good time!  But how much do you know about the origins and history of this spooky holiday?  Visit the links below to learn everything you ever wanted to know about trick-or-treating, jack o’lanterns, superstitions, costume ideas, safety tips, and more.  Above all, have fun [...]

It’s Daylight Saving Time…not Savings!

This weekend we will turn the clocks back one hour in the United States and enter Daylight Saving Time until March.  However, many people incorrectly refer to it as Daylight “Savings” Time…which is grammatically incorrect.  Saving is used here as a verbal adjective (a participle).  It modifies time and tells us more about its nature…meaning that it [...]

Let’s Talk at the Library

The Gwinnett County Library offers FREE English conversation classes every week at many of their branch locations throughout the county.  All classes are held in English only and there are a variety of times to choose from.  This would be a great activity for you to participate in as an ESL student in order to practice [...]

Don’t Fear the Census!

Every ten years the United States conducts a census.  The census is a way for the United States to figure out how many people are living in the country and what kinds of people they are in order to serve their needs.  As an immigrant from another country, you might not fully understand this process, [...]

Know Your Verb Conjugations

The most important part of understanding any language is being able to master the correct verb forms.  Every sentence we speak is referencing the past, the present, or the future…so knowing how to conjugate those verbs in order to communicate correctly is essential to masteirng the language.  This test will help you with your verb [...]

Get an English Tip Every Day

Here is a great ESL newsletter that you can sign up for that will be emailed to you daily.  Everyday you’ll receive a new English learning tip with example sentences, daily quizzes, and helpful worksheets that will give you the opportunity to practice your English a few minutes every day.  So sign up and have fun [...]

Loads of Listening Quizzes

If you need practice with your listening skills, as most English language students do, then you need to check out these English listening quizzes.  Listen to the conversations and then answer the questions that follow to see if you truly understood what was being talked about.  There are conversations for all levels, so start perfecting [...]

Top Ten English Quizzes

Ready to test your knowledge of what you’ve learned so far in your English classes?  If so, then try your hand at one of these popular quizzes!  There are quizzes for beginning, intermediate, and advanced students, so there’s something for everyone here, including…grammar, verbs, TOEFL, and more! http://esl.about.com/od/englishtestsandquizzes/tp/top10quiz.htm

Know Your Mistakes

In order to improve your English language skills, you need to have a good understanding of what you are doing wrong.  Being able to recognize the mistakes you are making early on in your English language studies will help you to correct those mistakes and avoid bad habits in the future.  Here you will find [...]

Beginning Reading Comprehension

Do you truly understand what you’re reading?  Comprehending or “understanding” what you are reading is very important when learning to speak English.  The more you read the more you will learn and the better you will understand how English is spoken.  So, try reading these short articles and then answering the questions below.  Don’t worry [...]

Intermediate Reading Comprehension

The link below will help those ESL students who are at the intermediate level with their reading comprehension skills.  Read each article, study the vocabulary, and then take the quiz at the end of each article to see how well you understood what was being discussed.  Comprehending or fully “understanding” what you are reading in English [...]

Advanced Reading Comprehension

Here you will find several dozen articles that you can practice reading for English comprehension.  After each article there is a quiz that will test your comprehension skills.  These reading examples are for the advanced ESL learner and will help you prepare for the TOEFL, GED, or other college level classes and exams that require advanced reading comprehension [...]

Adjective or Adverb?

What is the difference between an adjective and an adverb?  Well, adjectives describe nouns and adverbs describe verbs.  Most adjectives become adverbs simply by adding an “ly” after the word.  For instance…sad becomes sadly and quiet becomes quietly.  However, adjectives that end in “y” will be replaced with “ily” (happy becomes happily) and those that [...]