You can tag the dog, but can you wag the question? Watch these two hilarious videos, and my question may become a little clearer. Reading Idioms Part 12 may also help.UK version:US version:The main issue, as you've probably noticed, is that of question tags (in both versions). In the US version, one of the girls constantly mixes up idioms - this ...

Some of you may already know that we have a Twitter ''group'' which goes by the hashtag #eltpics, and each week we have a 'theme', this week's being Every Picture Tells a Story. These pictures here form part of my contribution to this theme. If you would like to share your photos, read through Sandy's post on how to join us. In recent weeks, I've ...

Here's a simple fun activity for you to practise listening and conditionals. First, listen to the song, and you can follow the lyrics if you want (there are some minor errors).Then, click on the image below the lyrics, and this will direct you to an interactive cloze activity, prepared using Lucy Georges' Cloze Creator. Try to fill in the gap ...

A 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

Many students have problems structuring questions correctly. It could be that this is due to their teachers asking the questions most of the time, or it could just be that constructing questions in English is somewhat more complicated than in other languages. Let's run through the main rules again. First, make sure students know what an auxiliary ...