If you want to speak and write good English, there is one thing you must know how to make. What is it? How to make complex sentences. There are lots of ways to make complex sentences. One of them is to start with simple sentences. Yes, from SIMPLE to COMPLEX. You don’t believe it. Read […]
What happened to you the last time you did a presentation? Did you get tongue-tight? Did you prepare well but did not know what to say? Did you have some big ideas to talk about but …… Well, if you have a better knowledge of English, if you know more about grammar, or if […]
This summer I went some kind of diving in Bali with my family. When we were done, I talked to a diving coach, in English. We chatted and chatted. Yet, all of a sudden, something popped into my mind. What is that something? In our conversation, I found something, something that is unique to most Asian languages. What […]
Do you want to enhance your written English? Do you want to speak better English? If you do, you have to have a ‘feel of sentences‘. How do you ‘feel’ it? Look at the picture and you’ll get the answer: You have to visualize a sentence to locate the Big Verbs and Small Verbs. (Want the grammar terms? Well, Big Verbs are finite verbs and Small Verbs are non-finite.) […]
3 questions for you. Is English your mother tongue? Do your parents talk to you in English all the time? Do you think English sentences are something easy to master? If your answers to the questions are negative, then this post is important to you. How? It will probably change the ways you think about English sentences. Yet, don’t just sit where you are. This post asks […]
When your coworkers or friends say, ‘How are you?’, how will you reply? Which one (of the following) do you prefer? ‘I am Good‘ or ‘I am Well‘. Are they the same? Absolutely not. ‘I am well‘ has something to do with your health, which is why you hear people say: I am not feeling well. So when people say, ‘How […]
Summary: The post is about how to make sentences with regard to verbs in English. You will understand that words are like children that they change all the time, that is, the same word can be a noun or a verb. In other words, the post attempts to change the way you think about English, […]
Do you want to make your presentation more powerful? Using Powerpoint? Well, maybe, but what if the Powerpoint has no power? There are lots of ways to do it. One of them is to start a sentence with ‘Wh’ words. ———————— Say, in your presentation, you want to talk about a BIG (city) plan to […]
Summary: This post is about how to apologize using long sentences. As it is not easy for you to grasp the structure of English sentences, I attempt to link it with eating ice-cream. You will learn how to write long sentences in an easy and funny way, if you remember the idea of two scoops (of […]
Do you know which word is one of the most troublesome in English? A hint: it is just a word with two, not four, letters. ‘To’ is just a two-letter word, right? Yet it is a word that causes lots of trouble in English, especially when you want to end your email or letter by asking someone to reply. You don’t think so. Alright, which […]
