​[Excerpt below taken from https://www.clarkandmiller.com/numbers-in-english-the-ultimate-guide/]

"Saying numbers in English can be tricky. In fact, some of the most advanced learners make mistakes saying numbers in English. A lot. But it’s important to get them right, right? We need numbers all the time.

We need numbers when we talk about money or how long that really boring film was or what the temperature is or the size of your new elephant factory. Numbers are everywhere! So let’s make you an expert in saying numbers in English!"

To continue reading about how to saying and read large numbers in English, please click on the following link: NUMBERS IN ENGLISH.

Here are some other links that you might find useful on this topic: 

"How to Say Big Numbers"

"Saying Large Numbers in English"

"Writing and Saying Large Numbers"

"Many languages have one form to speak about the future, but there are four ways of using the future tense in English! These can often cause some confusion, so here are brief and basic explanations of the most common uses for each one.

Which form of the future tense should you use?"To keep reading this article about the Future Tense, click HERE

Here are some more thoughts on the Future Tense (from FluentU):
"Consider this: right now, we’re in the present. In a minute, we will be in the future. You read those sentences, and now that is all in the past.

Crazy, right? Everything that has not happened yet is part of the future.

It might happen after a few seconds, a few years or even after hundreds and thousands of years. It is hard to think about things that will happen that far ahead…but it is very easy to talk about them.

Talking about the future makes it possible to make plans and predictions, create schedules and wonder what the weather will be like this weekend.

To speak about the future in English, you need to learn some important facts about the English future tense. 

To read about 6 Surprising Facts About the English Future Tense, click HERE! 

To practice using the Future Tense, click on the links below:
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Future Tense Practice 1 
Future Tense Practice 2
Future Tense Practice 3

A gerund is not a verb. It is a verb form, and it has an -ing ending (also known as a present participle). Most any action verb can be used as a gerund. An infinitive is the most basic form a verb. It is "to + verb." The infinitive does not act like a verb. Instead it acts like a noun, adjective, or adverb might in a sentence. Both gerunds and infinitives are considered verbals. 

Sometimes referred to as "verb complements," gerunds and infinitives often follow verbs. When this happens, they are functioning as subjects or objects.  

To learn more about gerunds and infinitives and to practice using them correctly, click on this link: Englishpage.com.

Other helpful resources on this topic:

• When to Use Gerunds and Infinitives: 5 Simple Rules for English Learners
• Using Gerunds and Infinitives
• Verb Lists: Gerunds and Infinitives

 

​​As an English language learner, you have many goals. Some of those goals might involve education beyond high school or GED. In other words, you may desire to someday enroll in a college or university in order to receive some specific career training. There are many different types of institutions for higher learning, including public universities, private colleges, community colleges, and trade or technical schools. 

Or, maybe you have no interest in attending college in the future, but you have children, teenagers perhaps, who are beginning to explore the idea of attending university or college after high school. 

There are many choices that a student must face when considering higher education. One write puts it this way and then offers some ideas on what to think about. "While choosing a college can seem like a daunting task, there are ways to narrow the choices and make the decision-making process a little easier. Check out these 10 tips for choosing the best college for you." 

To read over these tips, click on the this article: "10 Tips For Choosing a College."

[The excerpt below is from Grammarly.com.]

"A subordinating conjunction is a word or phrase that links a dependent clause to an independent clause. This word or phrase indicates that a clause has informative value to add to the sentence’s main idea, signaling a cause-and-effect relationship or a shift in time and place between the two clauses." 

To read more about subordinating conjunctions and to see a list of them, click on the image below: 

​[This excerpt is taken from EnglishClub.com.]

"Grammar is the way we arrange words to make proper sentences. Word level grammar covers verbs and tenses, nouns, adverbs etc. Sentence level grammar covers phrases, clauses, reported speech etc."

To review the parts of speech click on this page: The English Club or click on the image below. 

​[The excerpt below is from Grammarly.com. Click on the link at the end to read more on this topic.]

"What is a run-on sentence? Run-on sentences, also known as fused sentences, occur when two complete sentences are squashed together without using a coordinating conjunction or proper punctuation, such as a period or a semicolon.  Run-on sentences can be short or long. A long sentence isn’t necessarily a run-on sentence. "



To continue learning more about this topic and how to make corrections, click on the following link:  RUN-ON SENTENCES 

To practice finding and identifying run-on sentences in your writing, click on these links: 

• Repairing Run-On Sentences
• Run-On Practice Exercises
• Run-On Sentences Quiz ​

"Most ESL students learning to write an English passage have a hard time understanding the purpose of a thesis statement.
Here’s a simple approach: one thesis sentence pattern suitable for intermediate+ level students.

Part 1. What’s a Thesis?

A thesis has a few important features:

• usually one sentence
• tells the reader the main idea
• is the focus of the essay or story

Everything in the story, passage or essay explains and proves the thesis. If someone asks what your essay is about, the best answer is to say the thesis.

To continue reading about Thesis Statements on eslwriting.org, click HERE. 

Here are some other sites that have some very helpful information on writing thesis statements:

• ESL: Thesis Statements
• The Writing Center: Thesis Statements

And, to practice identifying good thesis statements, click here. 

Finally, click on the video below to review your understanding of writing a good thesis statement.