It takes time to master gerunds and infinitives in English. In this lesson, I identify and correct the ten most common mistakes that English learners make with gerunds and infinitives. Do you make any of them? For example, if you want to say that you do not smoke anymore, should you say “I quit smoking” or “I quit to smoke”? Is it “I need go to the bathroom” or “I need to go to the bathroom”? What about the idiomatic phrase “look forward to”? Should you say “I’m looking forward to hear from you” or “I’m looking forward to hearing from you”? Find out, then do the quiz to double check your under ..read more

Are you looking for love? Want to meet someone online? Don’t let your grammar and spelling mistakes get in your way! Grammar and writing skills are very important in the world of dating. When people make grammar mistakes, it can be a turn-off for potential romantic partners. In this class, I will teach you how to avoid common grammar and spelling mistakes. This will help you in online dating. Your or you’re? To or too? Then or than? I will end your confusion over these and more ..read more

Learn 20 of the most common English verb and preposition combinations. In addition to common prepositional verbs such as depend on and listen to, you will learn believe in, agree with, belong to, plan on, provide someone with something, and more. This is also a great video for English listening and speaking practice! I understand that English prepositions can be tough for learners, but by seeing, hearing, and repeating correct forms, you can improve your grammatical accuracy. Make sure to listen to and REPEAT the correct forms in the video, and to do the quiz to test your English skills when y ..read more

When do you say there is and there are? It’s more complex than you realize! In this lesson, you’ll learn how to use these common expressions at three levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced. After watching, you’ll know how to choose the right expression with countable and uncountable nouns, collective and irregular nouns, and with noun phrases. You’ll understand why we say “there is some equipment”, “there are some computers”, “there is a team of experts”, and more. Watch and communicate correctly in professional, academic, and social life ..read more

Learn how to use the second conditional in real life. If you know the basics of the second conditional, but are not sure when and how to actually use it when you speak, this advanced English grammar lesson is just for you. I will teach you about implied “if” clauses, common sentence types, and formal words and phrases that you can use with the second conditional. Wouldn’t it be great if you could learn how to talk about potential realities? Imagine if you knew how to use the second conditional with ease! That would be wonderful, wouldn’t it? That’s exactly what this lesson is for. If you are f ..read more

Do you have little time or a little time? Do you have few friends or a few friends? In this English lesson, you’ll learn why these questions are completely different, what they mean, and how to answer them. You’ll also see how the little article “a” totally changes your message. To take your learning further, sign up for my course, Correct Your English Errors in 10 Minutes a Day ..read more

I’ll show you how to use 8 modals, 4 conditionals, 2 tenses, 6 phrases, and 8 words to predict the future. You’ll learn exactly when to use modals like might, may, could, should, must, and will; phrases like “before long”, “in the near future”, and “over the next decade”; words like “impossible”, “unlikely”, and “probably”. This lesson will definitely take your English to a higher level – now and in the future ..read more

Learn how to use reported speech with me and my sister Audra. Reported speech is when we say what someone else said. This is also called indirect speech. For example, Audra says, “I am Emma’s sister.” When I tell other people what Audra said, I would say the following: “Audra said she was my sister.” We use reported speech with verbs like “said”, “told”, and “ask”. We use reported speech frequently in conversation. Watch this class to learn about reported speech and see many examples ..read more

Do you say “I went to school at 7:00” or “I went at 7:00 to school”? Learn the expected word order when giving information about place and time in an English sentence. Understand why it is hard for people to understand you when you mix up the order of the words. Start speaking and writing like a native English speaker by applying this simple word order rule. After you practice enough, you will be able to stop thinking about the grammar and just do say it correctly every time ..read more

Are you confused about whether to add an s at the end of a word? It’s not just for plural nouns, but also for verb endings, and there’s also a pronunciation issue in some cases. Then, there’s the added question of whether to add an apostrophe—even native English speakers get mixed up about that one! This lesson on when to add the s, and how exactly to add it, is designed to clarify all of this for you. Make sure to practice with the quiz after watching ..read more