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READING FOCUS: The Present Tense
Despite its name, this tense isn’t just about what is happening right now. Instead, it focuses on actions and facts that are regular, repeat
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Jan 53 min read
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GCSE FOCUS: Dramatic Irony
Dramatic irony is a powerful literary device that has been used by authors and directors for centuries. It can create tension, inject...
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Oct 25, 20248 min read
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Pre-fixes!
Prefixes, those small groups of letters placed at the beginning of words, play a crucial role in the english language, and understanding...
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Mar 29, 20242 min read
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;-) How To Use Semicolons ;-)
Semicolons can be a bit of a mystery in English punctuation, even for native speakers. But once you understand how to use them, they're...
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Feb 11, 20244 min read
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Could, Would, Should: Modal Verbs in English
In English, modal verbs are auxiliary (additional) verbs that modify (change) the mood or mode of the verb they accompany. They are...
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Jan 25, 20244 min read
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We have reached an important Conjunction: Conjunctions and how to use them.
Conjunctions might seem like small, insignificant parts of speech, but they hold a mighty role in the structure and coherence of...
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Jan 16, 20243 min read
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Time To Get Active...and Passive. The Active and Passive Voice.
Understanding Active and Passive Voice. Today, we're diving into an essential aspect of English grammar: the Active and Passive Voice....
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Jan 7, 20243 min read
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You're not my (sentence) type: Simple, Compound, Complex
Understanding these three sentence types will transform the clarity and accuracy with which you write English. Understanding them is...
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Dec 26, 20234 min read
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I have a preposition for you...: Prepositions 101
Without prepositions, we would be confused and afraid. We wouldn't know where we were, when we were or where we were going. Prepositions...
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Dec 22, 20232 min read
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He/Him, She/Her, They/Them: Mastering Pronouns
They've been in the news a lot recently. I love to see a part of speech blow up. But even before that, pronouns were extremely important...
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Dec 14, 20234 min read
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You Can Count on Me: Countable Nouns.
Hopefully this blog will prevent you from making one of the most common mistakes that I come across with English leaners: getting...
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Dec 2, 20232 min read
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Through a Glass Fastly: Adverbs
Let's get it out of the way before we start: 'fastly' is not a word. It's one of the most common mistakes I hear with early learners of...
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Nov 29, 20231 min read
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We Live in a Universe of Order: Adjectives
Fluent English speakers obey many rules of the language without thinking about them, maybe without ever knowing about them. These things...
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Nov 28, 20232 min read
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The Art of Teaching #2: Hattie
John Hattie is a prominent education researcher known for his work on visible learning, which is a comprehensive analysis of factors that...
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Nov 25, 20233 min read
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The Art of Teaching #1: Rosenshine
Here at English With Mr. Jack we use teaching methods that are based on cognitive science and that have been tried and tested in the...
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Nov 22, 20232 min read
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How to be SMART when learning a language.
Many language learners give up or become discouraged when the magnitude of learning a language hits them. Our goals for the year are...
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Nov 15, 20232 min read
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