Do you know all the words for the meals that we eat during the day? Most people probably eat about three main meals every day, but here are seven words for main and other meals that we often use: breakfast The first meal of the day. Usually around 6am-9am. brunch A meal ea ...

There are several different ways to write the date in English. They vary from formal to informal, and there are differences between British and American English. The following table shows some typical formats. Format British: Day-Month-Year American: Month-Day-Year A the Fourt ...

Everybody knows that there are 7 "days of the week". But do you know that there are only 5 "weekdays"? And of course the "weekend" has 2 days. The days of the week come from the Names of mythical figures, so the first letter of each day must be a CAPITAL letter. D ...

What's a "teen", or a "teenager"? People sometimes talk about "teenagers" when they really mean "young people". For example, you might read: "This is a club for teenagers from 12 to 16." Time to get accurate. Someone who is twelve years old is not a teenager. Someone who is th ...

There are 7 continents. The word "continent" comes from the Latin "terra continens", meaning "continuous land". Like countries, continents are proper nouns. That means they are "names" and the first letter must be a CAPITAL letter. Even for the adjective, the first letter is always a capita ...

Have you ever seen a rainbow? Sometimes when the sun is shining and it is rainy somewhere at the same time, you can see a rainbow. It's a huge arch of colours in the sky. It's caused by the light from the sun being broken up by water droplets in the atmosphere. The sun's light is "white", but the ...

Some British English (BrE) and American English (AmE) words have the same meaning and pronunciation but different spellings. If you are not sure about a spelling, it's best to look it up in a British or American dictionary as appropriate. Here are seven common differences: 1. ogue/og B ...

Archive See what happened each week of the year. Weeks Of The Year Wk 01: Khmer Rouge Is Overthrown In Cambodia January 1979After nearly 4 years in power, the regime led by Pol Pot is brought down. Wk 02: US President Bush Vomits On Japanese Leader ...

You probably know the word "ache". It can be a verb or a noun, and means "to hurt" or "a pain". We sometimes combine the word "ache" with parts of the body. For example, if our back hurts, we say that we have "backache" or "a backache". We do *not* do this with all parts of the body. For example ...

10 Tips for improving your child's reading ability: 1. Read with and to your child everyday. 2. Teach them how to read slowly by first teaching them their name and helping them recognize that letters form a word. 3. Use phonics to promote phonetic awareness (that letters repr ...