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/ 

 

A Winter Joke

 

Note: 

A MELTDOWN is when someone gets really angry
TO MELT is when ice or snow turns to water

New Quiz for Kids: CAN

I have uploaded one last new quiz for 2026. This is a simple quiz on the structure of CAN - previously there was only a quiz for CAN and COULD together.

It has ten simple questions, pictures and audio, making it very suitable for young learners. It is highly recommended for teachers to use with a smartboard.

The address is http://junior.roadtogrammar.com/?370 

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Microlessons for Kids

I have uploaded a set of "microlessons" for kids on the Junior section of the site, 45 in total.

These lessons are based on simple vocabulary sets with sentence examples and audio examples.

Teacher, feel free to use them in your classes; they would work well with adults too!

Address: http://junior.roadtogrammar.com/microlessons/

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Origin of the Word HOOLIGAN

Here's one for the word nerds. I was wondering where the word HOOLIGAN comes from and whether it's related to the Old English word "hloo", meaning gang.

It turns out that it's is a relatively recent coinage, appearing in the 1890s. It's origin is murky but believed to be derived from the Irish surname Houlihan and used in a comedy sketch to describe a fictional, very rowdy, Irish family. It caught on from there and is still used widely today.

 

Social Media Posts

Are you following Road to Grammar's social media?

I post 1-2 very useful words or phrases every day along with an extended explanation and further sentence examples.

You can follow on these platforms:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/roadtogrammar/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/roadtogrammar
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/do0089/

Here are some examples of posts from this week: 

New Quiz: Prepositions of Place

One topic that has long been missing from Road to Grammar, and which is a favorite of all ESL textbook publishers, is PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE.

I have now remedied this and the quiz, along with cute accompanying graphics, audio clips and notes, can be found here:

Main site: http://roadtogrammar.com/?374

Kids' site: http://junior.roadtogrammar.com/?369

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