Homographs, Homophones, Homonyms

These words are often tossed around by teachers and linguists. What do they really mean? The prefix homo- comes from the Greek word homós which meant “one and the same.” So all of these words describe some types of sameness.

Homographs are words that are spelled alike, but have

“Visit” vs “go”

“Visit”  vs  “go” –  confusing vocabulary lesson

Many people like to visit the flatiron building

Visit and go are sometimes confused by English learners. For today’s English lesson, let’s focus on how to use visit, and how it differs from go. Learning this will help your English conversations sound more natural, so check it out!
Here are the example sentences:

Words Starting With "W"

Linking Sounds...

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Native English speakers tend to connect or link sounds together when they speak. This makes listing to English a bit tricky for a lot of English learners. For today’s English lesson, I’m going to show you a few examples of how we connect sounds when we speak. Learning this can help your English listening skills and help you to sound more natural in English!

Think English or American

Learn how to think in English! Watch this video then try the same techniques yourself - talk about what you are doing, when you are doing it. It is more difficult than you think! 

The suspect steps out on to the pavement. He's wearing a black coat, dark hat and carrying a bag. He approaches a blue car, puts the bag in the car. He closes the boot, looks around and gets into the car. A red

Phrases with CAN’T

#1 – “Jeff wants to sing in the church choir, but he can’t carry a tune.”

Someone who can’t carry a tune has no musical ability; they can’t sing a simple melody correctly.

13 Essential Literary Terms

Metaphor [met-uh-fawr, -fer]

Aristotle wrote that mastery over the art of metaphor is a sign of genius, but what does this ubiquitous literary term mean in its most basic form? A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a term is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “She is a rose.” Excluding the possibility that the subject of this sentence is literally a flower, this example suggests that the subject possesses figurative extensions of qualities or attributes of a rose, such as exquisite beauty or perhaps a prickly disposition.