Give Me Peace On Earth

Here's another song from the album "You're my heart,you're my soul " by the band Modern Talking .It's a nice song with a wonderful lyrics .

I wish peace to all the people around the world !

                                            - Give me peace on

The Prepositions # 1

You Are The Inspiration

Ten Important Hints on Writing

1- Before writing anything make a short plan of your entire  composition ,using any help ( pictures -videos - quotes .....)

2-Use only words and constructions with which you are familiar, or use  some help from  good dictionaries to look up the new wo

Verbs Often Confused

In English there are many verbs that we get confused with.Some of those confusing verbs are :

 -" Been " and  " gone" :

The past participle of go is gone ,but when we want to imply that somebody has not only gone to a place but left it as well , we use

The Tenses of The Verbs-6-The Past Perfect Tense

The past perfect tense is best understood if it is called the " before" tense.When we wish to indicate that an event happened before another event in the past, we use the past perfect, it means to order the events in the past.

       usage:

 We use the

The Tenses of The Verbs-7- The Future Tense

English language  has several forms for expressing ideas about the future.I will talk here about the simple future and the difference between using will and going to .

1- Will + infinitive without to

We use will:

A- To express predictions based on opini

The Tenses of The Verbs -5- The Past Continuous Tense

The simple past tense and the past continuous tense are so often confused ,so I think it's a good idea to revise them together and see how they differ.

In the simple past tense a specific time is used to show when an action began and finished but in t

The Tenses of The Verbs -1- ( The Simple Present Tense )

Dear friends ,

I will post some of the important tips  about the tenses of the verbs in simple and clear way.  At the end of every tense ,you can try yourself to answer here some exercises  related to every tense...

I hope these lessons can help you al

The Tenses of The Verbs -4- The Simple Past Tense

The tenses of the past "simple- continuous- perfect.."are so often confused, that it's a good idea to revise the simple past tense first, then in the next lessons I will connect the simple past with the other tenses but remember: if the past activity

" Tense " and " Time" ":...

Don't confuse the word "tense" with "time " .

Tense : indicates sense rather than time .The tense we use depends on the sense we wish to give our sentence . For example , the Present Simple can be used to indicate the future:

- He leaves to London next

The Tenses of The Verbs -3- The Present Perfect Tense

This tense gives difficulty because students look upon it as a past rather than a present tense.It's a present tense describes events which happened in the past but are closely connected with the present.

- I have been a teacher for 9 years " still te

The Tenses of The Verbs- 2 -( The Difference Between Present Continuous and Simple Present )

                  The present continuous tense

  Usage:

We use the present continuous "progressive" tense :

  1-To talk about activities that are going at the time of speaking:

       -My friend is waiting for me ,I have to go now .

       - Look! It is r

The infinitive :" to + a verb"

The infinintive : I want to learn English   

Infinitives are used :

1- After certain verbs : " try - agree-  decide - expect - help - learn - hope  - need ....

Examples :

- We need to practice the language everyday.

- I hope to improve my English language

Personal and possessive pronouns

Personal pronouns can be  subject :I -you - he -she -we- they - it

and can be object:me- you - him -her- us - them -it-

       Subject                                   object

         I                                             me  " He sent me some

Avoid Some Mistakes

Here are some of the most common mistakes we use in English :

1- there  - their -they 're:

There: trefers to a place " There are 25 students in my classroom".

Their: a possessive adjective "their car is new ".

they're:abbreviation of they are " they're l

"A few" and "few" - " a little" and " little"

 What is the difference between using " a few" and "few":

  -I'm taking a few books with me on holiday.

  -I'm taking few books with me on holiday.

   Also " a little" and "little" :

   Is it a matter of positive and negative meaning? I'm not sure.

   Tha

How can teachers help students to speak English fluently?

How can we -ESL teachers-help the students to overcome the difficulties of speaking English in the class? They like reading texts, but they hesitate and confuse when I ask them to speak and share ideas. 

Teaching English

 Is it wrong to use our native language to translate some new English words to our classes? Or we should always speak English ?