A quiet place in Ireland

A very relaxing and calm place in Ireland.

Where do you like to visit to relax? What is your favourite holiday destination and why?

 

Why English Can Be Hard to Learn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Did you find learning English difficult?

Improve your English speaking

Improve your English speaking

The Japanese language has many many words which are pronounced the same but written differently- some times twenty in a group- so the Japanese speaker trusts eyes before ears.
/l/ and /r/ are both pronounced as a Japanese /r/,causing confusion  in pairs like glamour and grammar, election and erection.

Dublin video

http://youtu.be/LV5QYfpKvEE

This is a great video. It brings up so many memories for me.
The sound track is also very good.

English Grammar prepositions and articles

Prepositions

A preposition is a word that tells you where or when something is in relation to something else, for example:

• after
• before
• on
• under
• inside
• outside

After walking for miles she rested on a small hill.

After tells you when she rested and on tells you where she rested.

Articles

An article is a word that tells you whether a noun is specific or general, for example a, an, the.

She took a big suitcase on holiday.

A tells you that the noun suitcase is general. It's not talking about any particular suitcase, it's any old big suitcase.

She took the big suitcase on holiday.

The tells you it was a particular suitcase. Perhaps she has a big suitcase and a small one. She took the big suitcase.

The lure of the open road

 Where are you going next? 

You never know what you will find around the next corner.

To lure....
tempt (a person or animal) to do something or to go somewhere, especially by offering some form of reward.