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I Walked Or I Took A Walk? (Video and Free PDF)

A student of mine once asked me:What’s the difference between “I took a walk in the park.” and “I walked in the park?”These sentences […]

I love to teach prepositions to my students here in Japan. Prepositions are very important parts of speech that help us to be understood

Words and phrases in English that are similar but have different meanings can be easily confused. I used an occasion in Japan called “Girl’s

A student once asked me What’s the difference between the questions – Do you believe and Can you believe? She heard one of these

This is a common question I get asked by my ESL students. Should I say ask “any plan or any plans?” It’s a good

The verbs raise and rise are very similar in meaning which makes them easy to confuse. I often hear non-native speakers use these two

One of my private students here in Japan asked me: “Which is correct – suppose to or supposed to?” What a great question. (I

Conjunctions can seem difficult to understand at first. This blog post will help you understand how to use the words Although, Though, and Even

Some English is easy to confuse, even for native speakers. I have heard the question: “Should I use apply to or apply for?” more

ME TOO or ME NEITHER