A Comic Puzzle

 

A Teacher-Student Joke

 

New Quizzes on Modal Verbs

Redone the quizzes and notes on modal verbs on Road to Grammar to make them more comprehensive.

There are now seven quizzes on modal verbs with accompanying notes and audio clips:

Modal Verbs Part 1 (The basics)
Modal Verbs Part 2 (Second Meanings)
Continuous Modal Verbs
Past Tenses of Modal Verbs
Negative Modal Verbs
Passive Modal Verbs
Topic Review

New Quiz: LIKE + VERB

I have created and uploaded a new quiz for the JUNIOR section of the site. This quiz tests the structures:

LIKE + VERB(ing)
LIKE + TO + VERB

This topic is excellent for beginners.

The quiz can be found here:

http://junior.roadtogrammar.com/?373

New Quiz: A or AN

I have created and uploaded a new quiz testing when to use A or AN. There were already two quizzes on articles, but this one is for beginners and focuses solely on A and AN.

The kids' and adult versions are the same for this quiz.

The version for kids is here:

http://junior.roadtogrammar.com/?372

The version for adults is here:

http://roadtogrammar.com?376

The other quizzes on articles (more advanced) are here:

http://roadtogrammar.com?16

http://roadtogrammar.com?17

New Quiz: Basic Connectors

I have created and uploaded a new quiz on the topic of basic connectors - AND, BUT, SO and BECAUSE.

This quiz should be ideal for beginner students who are just starting to create compound sentences.

The version for kids is here:

http://junior.roadtogrammar.com/?371

The version for adults is here:

http://roadtogrammar.com?375

There is also a quiz on more advanced connectors here:

http://roadtogrammar.com?51

Color Quiz

Test yourself! Who knows the answer?

Just for fun

 Just for fun... can you find the hidden sentence in this image?

Talking with Your Hands

Science has confirmed that talking with your hands can make you more persuasive, according to research based on over 1000 TED Talks.

If you use "Illustrator" techniques - demonstrating the size, shape or number of something while discussing it - you will be more persuasive.

"Highlighters"  - pointing to something you are talking about - and random gestures, on the other had, had little or no impact.

The full story is here: https://www.popsci.com/health/hand-gestures-persuasive/