良い・悪い - Good & Bad

私は、若い頃、フランスでホームステーをしました。二週間をフランス人の家族と一緒に暮らしました。非常にいい経験でしたが、フランス語はまだ流暢に話せなかった。 (Continued)

仮定法 - If I had known…

In this post we are going to look at one more kind of sentence which uses the word ‘if’ to talk about events in the past. (Continued)

Capital Punishment

The recent executions in Iraq of Saddam Hussein and others made headline news in newspapers around the world. (Continued)

何か・何でも - Something & Anything

今回は、「something-anything / someone-anyone / somewhere-anywhere」の使い方を説明してみたいと思います。 (Continued)

Anything & Nothing

In English, it is possible to make certain negative sentences in two different ways and in this post I want to explain about those two ways.

certain negative sentences - ある否定文 (Continued)

The Problem with Religion

This is an important topic for me, for a number of reasons, not least that religion seems to be one of the main causes of people killing each other in this day and age. One of the most controversial books published in the UK last year was ‘The God Delusion’, written by an Oxford scientist, whose aim is to debunk the myth that having faith in a religion is a good thing. It’s a fascinating, humane and thoughtful book. (Continued)

過去形 - Past Tense (2)

前回は、「be」動詞と「can」動詞の過去形を紹介しました。今回は、一般動詞の過去形という話になります。 (Continued)

私でもビックリした - Even I was surprised

‘Even’ is a very useful little word and the topic of this entry. It usually comes before the word or phrase it modifies, as in the title above. ‘Even’ can come before a noun, or before a verb. (Continued)

Learning English in English

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When I first arrived in Japan I could not speak Japanese at all, but from my third day here I had to start teaching English to Japanese students ranging in age from toddlers to retired people. (Continued)