Here are some idioms to talk about when you want to tell somebody to wait. “Just wait; wait a minute; please wait.” Okay? One time I had a student who was going to America, now he lives in America, and when he was in my class he said he had friends in America. And he [...]
Hi, I’m English Teacher Fred. How are you today? Here are some idioms to talk about a lie. Something is not true. Somebody’s lying. The first one, it’s called a “tall story” or a “tall tale.” T-A-L-E Tale means story. A tall tale or a tall story is a lie or an exaggeration. When somebody [...]
My birthday was this month and my English class in Ho Chi Minh City made a great party with lots of food and fun. This picture was taken before I came in, when the class was preparing the room. I came in and got the big surprise and the birthday song and there were even [...]
Sometimes I go over to Yahoo Answers and see if I can help somebody with their questions about learning English and today I had a nice surprise: two of my answers on Yahoo Answers were chosen as Best Answer. The first one said, “I need agod website for learning english?” Which, of course, should be, [...]
Hi, my name’s English Teacher Fred. Today I have my deck of idioms. Its a bunch of cards and an idiom on each one. So Ill just pick one, and well see: what does it mean? How about this one? To give in. Give in. To give in means basically the same as give up. [...]
Hello, let’s talk about this word: cover; to cover. The word “cover” C-O-V-E-R has a lot of meanings and a lot of idioms in English. So it’s very useful. To cover something, the very basic meaning, would be put something on top. Like the blanket covers the bed. A hat covers your head. So: put [...]
Hi, this is Fred. My name’s Fred, spelled F-R-E-D. I’m an American teaching English in Vietnam. Today I have a pronunciation lesson for you; I want to talk about silent syllables. “Syllables.” Do you know what syllables are? Let’s see, it’s spelled s y l l a b l e… It’s very important when you’re [...]
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