Lesson Starters

How Common English Words Can Surprise You

How Small Word Parts Can Change Meaning Completely Negative prefixes are powerful tools in English that can completely change a… Read More »Mastering Negative Prefixes in English

How Words from Around the World Became a Natural Part of English

How a Persian Fairy Tale Gave Us One of English’s Most Beautiful Words

The Evolution of ‘Nice’

Unlocking Polite, Powerful, and Precise English

The Many Meanings of ‘Set’

Why We Say ‘A Big Red Apple’ and Not ‘A Red Big Apple’

Speaking of Animals

“It’s the Thought That Counts”