Showing posts with label The English Language. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The English Language. Show all posts

Monday, 2 December 2013

Peculiarities of English: Plural Words

A brief history of plural words in English, by American linguist John McWhorter: click on the captions to both hear and read  the lesson



Now, do some listening practice:

To do a multiple choice listening exercise, click here

Tuesday, 19 November 2013

Who vs. Whom

Let´s see if this infographic helps you  understand the difference between the relative pronouns who and whom


Grammar.net[Infographic provided by Grammar.net]

Tuesday, 5 November 2013

Formation of Plurals In English

Sometimes we (teachers) take things for granted. For example, we think our students know how to form the plural of any word in English and, suddenly, when we are correcting essays, we see the same mistake over and over again and we realize it is time to review the basics...



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