http://teacherlingo.com/search/SearchResults.aspx?o=DateDescending&tag=elementary,q%2Ba&orTags=0Search results matching tags 'elementary' and 'q+a'en-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61120.2)http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/a_clil_to_climb1/archive/2011/10/29/there-is-or-there-are.aspxSat, 29 Oct 2011 08:19:00 GMT2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:534272AnonymousThe rule is quite clear...or is it? We generally use 'there is' or 'there are' to talk about the existence (or not) of something, and the general rule is that we use 'are' with plural subjects. There is a girl from Greenland in our class.Can you believe that there aren't any messages for me on Facebook?There are supposed to be five of us. Who's missing? However, in informal speech, we oftenhttp://teacherlingo.com/blogs/a_clil_to_climb1/archive/2011/10/28/practice-or-practise.aspxFri, 28 Oct 2011 14:36:00 GMT2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:534139AnonymousPractice or Practise? Both sound the same: /ˈpræktɪs/, but one is a noun and the other is a verb. The Americans don't make it better by spelling both the same way: practice. The way I remember it is very simple. Noun comes before Verb in our alphabet, and similarly, C comes before S; therefore, the N corresponds to the C, and the V corresponds to the S; in other words, practice is the noun, andhttp://teacherlingo.com/blogs/a_clil_to_climb1/archive/2011/10/27/either-or-singular-or-plural-verb.aspxThu, 27 Oct 2011 22:23:00 GMT2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:534017AnonymousFirst of all, I'd like to point out that in British pronunciation, both/ˈaɪðə(r)/ and /ˈiːðə(r)/ are acceptable. The US tend to use the latter version. Either usually means 'one or the other': Either you choose me, or her. You can't have both! The reason why a lot of people have doubts over whether  either...or... carries a singular or plural verb is very simple - both are acceptable! The samehttp://teacherlingo.com/blogs/a_clil_to_climb1/archive/2011/10/27/used-to-infinitive-or-ing.aspxThu, 27 Oct 2011 21:37:00 GMT2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:534018AnonymousThere are two forms of 'used to'. When we talk about past habits and states, especially when they are no longer true, used to is followed by a verb in the infinitive form and always refers to the past. When we want to convey the meaning of 'accustomed to', used to  is followed by a verb in the -ing form; this version exists in all the tenses: present, past and future. In addition it has to behttp://teacherlingo.com/blogs/a_clil_to_climb1/archive/2011/10/07/saxon-genitive-steve-jobs-s-or-steve-jobs.aspxFri, 07 Oct 2011 17:28:00 GMT2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:530175AnonymousI was surprised, to say the least, to see this on Twitter yesterday. I immediately responded with this tweet. The apostrophe 's to denote possession is also known as 'Saxon genitive', which originated from Anglo-Saxon, also known as Old English. The fact that English is the only language to use this form of spelling makes it difficult for learners. The purpose of this post is not,http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/a_clil_to_climb1/archive/2011/09/25/adjectives-with-ed-and-ing-endings-but-how-about-relaxed-and-relaxing.aspxSun, 25 Sep 2011 16:42:00 GMT2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:527885AnonymousMost learners very quickly grasp the concept of the difference between adjectives ending in -ed and those ending in -ing. They would have been told that adjectives ending with -ed describe our feelings and those ending with -ing describe what cause the feelings in the first place. Compare: We were bored out of our minds in today's class. Today's class was terribly boring! Suzanne was terriblyhttp://teacherlingo.com/blogs/a_clil_to_climb1/archive/2011/04/19/when-do-you-use-a-an-and-one-are-they-interchangeable.aspxTue, 19 Apr 2011 22:36:00 GMT2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:472004AnonymousWhen do you use 'one', and when do you use 'a'? Are they interchangeable? I get asked this quite often, unsurprisingly, so I'll try to explain it in words here. 'A' is used before numbers and measurements to mean 'one' and is more common in an informal style. However, in more formal language, or when we want to be precise, we use 'one':    A hundred people came to the conference.   One hundredhttp://teacherlingo.com/blogs/a_clil_to_climb1/archive/2011/01/19/alone-or-lonely-have-you-got-to-be-alone-to-feel-lonely.aspxWed, 19 Jan 2011 19:18:00 GMT2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:404663AnonymousIf I say I'm alone, I mean that there isn't anyone else with me. She's alone in the house tonight as the rest of her family has gone out.I like to be alone sometimes. Sometimes, we use 'on my own' instead. You shouldn't go out on your own at this time of night. These following sentences are all correct: Sheila prefers running on her own.Sheila prefers running alone.Sheila prefers running byhttp://teacherlingo.com/blogs/a_clil_to_climb1/archive/2010/10/27/halloween-q-a-game.aspxWed, 27 Oct 2010 14:22:00 GMT2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:371313AnonymousA little game to combine questions practice and Halloween! You might also like this post: http://acliltoclimb.blogspot.com/2009/10/ideas-for-halloween-in-classroom.html