Can you pronounce the differences in these words?

• "liter" and "leader" sound the same in American English.
•The "t" sounds like a "d" in "liter" (very common in many words where a "t" is between two vowels!..."city", "beauty", "beautiful", "bottle", etc.

• "litter" and "little" sound the same excep...

"It's still raining."
"The rain hasn't stopped yet."
These sentences mean the same thing --- The rain continues.
"Still" and "yet" are adverbs that modify verbs, adverbs, and adjectives.
● Still: something is continuing to happen or continues to exist. It's placed before the main verb.
"I still enjoy rid...

● Get your foot in the door 🦶🦶
An entry or opening into some job or opportunity l, usually through some connotation or internship
"By working as a substitute teacher, I was able to get my foot in the door and get a job as a full-time instructor."

● Hands-on experience 🤚
The skills and practical experien...

Crispy or Crunchy - Do you know the difference?

Think of more foods that are crispy or crunchy.

Textures of food
• Adjectives

Crispy: •breaks easily
•hear the crispy sound once or twice
•then the sound disappears
*crackers
*chicken tenders/fried chicken 🍗
*thin-crust pizza 🍕
*bacon 🥓
*apple 🍎

Crunchy: •...

Expressions with colors.  How many do you know?

• Green with envy  (jealous or envious of someone)
"I was green with envy when my coworker was promoted."

• Feeling blue 😥 (Sad)
"I'm feeling blue because my friend moved away."

• Out of the blue  (happens suddenly or unexpectedly)
"The announcement came o...

Do you know the different pronunciations for these words?

clothes th = z
clothing th = voiced th /ð/
clothe th = voiced th /ð/
cloth th = unvoiced th /θ/

This common expression has multiple meanings:

1. To increase power in something, such as sound, volume, light, heat         

 "Turn up the music, I like that song."   

 "Turn up the heat, it's cold in here."

2. To be in attendance

"Who turned up for the meeting?"   

We can also say:   Showed...

 How many ways do you use the phrase "turn out"?

1. A result
"How did your recipe turn out?"
2. Turn off a light
"Turn out the lights."
3. To force someone to leave
"I will not turn you out into the street."
4. Attendance
"We had a good turn out at the charity dinner."

Common English verb phrase "Turn In" and it different meanings. How often do you hear or use this phrase?

1. To give something to someone in authority.
"I had to turn in my assignment." OR "I had to hand in my assignment."

2. To return something that you found.
"Did someone turn in a jacket to the 'lost...

*Chores: Work you do in and around the home.

• laundry
• take out the trash
• gardening
• dishes
• sweep/clean the floors
• make the bed
• clean the bathroom

*Errands: Things you have to do that are away from the home. Errands usually involve delivering something or collecting something (picking up someth...