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If you went rock climbing, which style would you choose? 

What would you do, if you could live to be 100? Regina Boi lives on the Italian island of Sardinia, where she works in a community bakery with eleven other women. Boi, who is in her eighties, lives in one of the world’s «Blue Zones» – areas where people tend to live longer than other

The (dark) History of Valentine’s Day Icon label This article comes from npr.org and has been modified for phrasal verbs.  Icon label Valentine’s Day is a time to celebrate romance and love and going out. But the origins of this festival of candy and cupids are actually dark, bloody — and a bit muddled up. Though

If you could go to a World Heritage Site, where would you go?   This question above is the second conditional, if you are not comfortable with the grammar, click here to review.    UNESCO Site   India’s Taj Mahal, the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu, and Petra, the «Rose Red City,» in Jordan, are

If you could help pandas, how would you do it? Need help with the second conditional? Click Here I love books   The black and white giant panda, a much-loved cultural icon of China, lives high in the bamboo forests in China’s mountains. But giant pandas have been in danger of becoming extinct for years,

Quiz Coming Soon What if…  This page will explore how to form questions in the 1st & 2nd Conditionals  Start Here What is the 1st Conditional?  Real things, idea or events. If + subject + present simple verb, + will + subject + base verb?   If I call you on Friday, will you have

This page will explore the 1st & 2nd Conditionals 

  Tips for a great 3-part introduction: 1. This is Eric and I am the director at LEI.2. I organized the class this evening. 3. And thanks for joining me.  Keep the introduction simple, but it must be perfect. Simple and perfect is good. Complex and full of mistakes is bad. 

Take Quiz Here Do you have trouble with Silent Letters in English? Why are words so hard to pronounce in English?  What is a syncope? Definition: noun: syncope 1: the loss of one or more sounds or letters in the interior of a word (as in bus’ness for business, and the words below)   2: loss

If you could play any game, which would it be?  Hugging two shiny silver trophies, 10-year-old Tanitoluwa («Tani») Adewumi smiled proudly over his latest accomplishment: becoming a US national chess master! Serious chess players can compete for years trying to earn a «master» title, but Adewumi had been playing chess for only about three years