English Grammar
These little words such as "a" and "the" can cause problems for English learners.
What are articles?
This is the ocean that is of the coast of Vancouver.
What is the Pacific Ocean.
This is an infraction when you drive to quickly and you could get a ticket for it.
What is speeding?
Before reading a text, it is a good idea to do this.
What is previewing/skimming?
This man said, "That's one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind."
Who is Neil Armstrong
In English, there are 12 of them and they communicate the time of the verb.
What are tenses?
Instead of saying I need two dollars, I can ask for this coin.
What is a toonie.
Oh no! Winter is coming! You need to change these on your car.
What are the tires?
On a multiple choice reading test, after you select your answer, you never do this unless you are 100 percent sure?
What is change your answer?
This man from Nazareth has been quoted as saying "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."
Who is Jesus Christ
John said he had to go to work. What grammatical noun clause structure is this?
What is reported speech.
This is the name of the professional hockey team in Toronto.
Who are the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Watch out for these people when driving. They cross the street unpredictably at times.
What are pedestrians?
This is a skill where you read efficiently by grouping words together logically into one whole segment, part or idea.
What is chunking?
This world famous boxer, religious and social activist, "flew like a butterfly and stung like a bee." He was a voice for marginalized African Americans.
Who is Mohammed Ali
These special verbs are tricky but useful because they can show how certain you are, help you to request politely and agree and disagree.
What are modal verbs?
Many people skate to work here in the winter time and it is Canada's capital city.
What is Ottawa?
What are seatbelts?
When you need to find some specific information very quickly, you will use this skill.
This Albanian-Indian woman, who became a Catholic nun, dedicated her life to helping the poor people of Calcutta India for all of her adult life until she died in 1997.
Who is Mother Teresa?
These are incomplete sentences that are left alone without an independent clause.
What is a fragment?
One of Candada's most famous tourist destinations, a small town situated in the Rocky Mountains.
What is Banff National Park?
Stay safe. If you go out to a party, make sure you do not do this dangerous and illegal driving activity?
What is drinking and driving?
In order to improve reading speed and chunking skills, students can visit this useful website.
What is Breaking News English?
This man led thousands to the North of China in what is now referred to as the Long March.
Who is Mao Zedong?