Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! Did you ever borrow your parents’ clothes to play dress up when you were a child? Whether you donned your father’s suit and tie or slipped on your mother’s high heels and jewelry, many children, English-speaking and others, have gone through this ritual. No matter what you chose to wear, your mother or father probably told you something similar to this in English: “Don’t try to grow up too quickly. Be a kid as long as you can, and then you’ll have a chance to wear grown-up clothes later.” But you still wanted something fancy to wear, so your parents probably bought you at least a little something that made you feel more mature. At some point, you probably also began to put on adult airs. Well, in this lesson, our English blog writer will tell you about a similar experience with her daughter.

Learning English with EnglishClass101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn English! This English Audio Blog lesson will tell you in English about the speaker’s trip to a yard sale to buy clothing for her daughter, and how her daughter made her preferences known in English after the shopping trip! Visit us at EnglishClass101.com where you will find English Lesson notes as well as many more fantastic English lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! On your way home from work, you call your roommate and say in English, “Man, am I hungry! Do we have any food in the house?” Your roommate responds in English, “Let me look in the fridge…no, it’s pretty empty.” You reply in English, “I’ll pick something up then. What do you want for dinner?” Your roommate says in English, “I personally would really like Chinese food…but I also could go for a pizza. What do you think?” You tell your roommate in English, “A pizza would really hit the spot. I’ll stop by this new pizza place and get a pie on the way home.” Your roommate asks in English, “But I thought you were getting a pizza?” You tell your roommate in English, “You’ve been working too much…I meant a pizza pie!” Your roommate says, “Duh, I get it now.”

Learning English with EnglishClass101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn English! This English Lower Intermediate lesson will teach you how to use the English modal verb “would” to make a polite request or statement. To balance out the English formality, we’ll also show you how to use a few informal English phrases, including “get it” and “I personally like.” Visit us at English Class101.com where you will find many more fantastic English lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! You’re signing up for next semester’s classes at the American college you’re attending, but you’re not sure what to choose. You have a few electives outside your major, chemistry, so you want to take something that’s educational but also taught by an interesting American professor. Fortunately, the American students at this college aren’t afraid to speak their minds about professors, so you ask your roommate in English, “Have you heard of this professor?” He responds in English, “Yeah…what’s he teaching?” You tell him in English, “Looks like an English seminar on Shakespeare. What do you know about him?” Your roommate replies in English, “I took the class and loved it. You’ll read a lot of good English books, but because it’s a seminar, it’s really fast-paced.” You ask him in English, “Maybe that class isn’t for me, so who else can you recommend as a professor? Maybe one with a little lighter workload?”

Learning English with EnglishClass101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn English! This English Beginner lesson will show you the way to form basic questions that start with “who,” “what,” “when,” “where,” “why,” and “how” in English. With these questions in your arsenal of English vocabulary, you’ll be well prepared to get all the answers you need in English! Visit us at English Class101.com where you will find many more fantastic English lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! Your friends walk into your house, and one asks in English, “What’s that smell?” You think to yourself in English, “How polite,” as you sniff and try to determine what it is that your friend has noticed. You tell your friend in English, “I don’t smell anything. Is it a good smell or a bad smell?” Your friend responds in English, “Oh, I think it smells like a cat’s litter box.” You respond in English, “Well, we do have one of those…let me go tend to that while you make yourselves at home.” After you clean up the litter box, you come back into the room and find your dogs have taken care of welcoming your guests for you. The same friend who complained tells you in English, “Friendly dogs you have here. Are you running a zoo?” As you assess how to answer in English, you make a mental note not to invite this friend over for lunch again.

Learning English with EnglishClass101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn English! This English Audio Blog lesson will discuss the speaker’s affection for animals in English. She will also relay in English how she and her husband react when they come across a stray animal. Visit us at EnglishClass101.com where you will find English Lesson notes as well as many more fantastic English lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! You go into your usual coffee shop and ask the barista in English, “Double espresso, skim, please.” While the barista prepares your coffee, you scan the other Americans in the coffee shop in case you run into someone you know. You say “hello” in English to the people who are there with you almost every morning, but across the shop you spy a face that looks oddly familiar. You try to place it, and finally you figure out that you see your long-lost college roommate. You walk over to the person and say in English, “I know you! You’re my college roommate!” Your former roommate glances up, studies your face, leaps up to give you a hug, and says in English, “Hey, it’s been a long time, roomie! How have things been going for you? Let’s catch up!”

Learning English with EnglishClass101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn English! This English Lower Intermediate lesson will teach you how to form and use the present perfect English verb tense. We’ll also tell you what it means to “catch up” with someone and why you may want to avoid someone who fits the English description of the term “high maintenance.” Visit us at English Class101.com where you will find many more fantastic English lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! You are sitting in your class at the university today, and your professor promises a special challenge. You must admit, you are a little nervous. In the past, ’special challenge’ has meant anything from pop-quizzes to his grandmother’s secret recipe…blech, now THAT was a challenge! As your professor approaches the podium, he starts up the projector and begins showing slides of what appears to be animals from Australia. You are thoroughly confused now. He explains in English, “Your test results on the last exam were so bad that I decided I would give you an easy bonus grade. For each of these animals that you can name in English, I will give you five points on your exam…and believe me, you ALL need it!” With that, the class erupts into applause…but not you. You NEVER thought about learning how to say ‘platypus’ or ‘kangaroo’ in English. Well, you’ll know when you retake his class next semester… Learning English with EnglishClass101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn English! This English Video Vocabulary lesson will teach you how to talk about Australian animals in English. In this English vocabulary video, you will learn English by watching the video while listening to the English read aloud by our native English speakers. Visit us at EnglishClass101.com where you will find many more great English lessons and learning materials! Leave us a message while you are there!

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! Being in the middle of something can be wonderful or annoying, depending on what the thing is. Let’s say you’re in a crowded elevator and everyone is jabbering on their cell phones in English…and someone smells less than fresh. Not so pleasant! Another example where being in the middle isn’t so good is when you’re caught between two friends arguing in the English, and you’re trying to play the peacemaker by calming them down and rationalizing with them in English. So maybe now you’re wondering when being in the middle of something might be good! How about when you’re in the middle of eating a delicious molten chocolate cake, and the fudgy center of the dessert oozes onto your plate? That works…as does the middle we’ll tell you about in today’s lesson.

Learning English with EnglishClass101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn English! This English Audio Blog lesson will tell you what the term “in medias res” means in English (even though it’s a Latin expression, it’s a popular expression in America). She’ll tell you about how Americans use this English expression in connection with an Oscar-winning film and her experiences watching movies in the United States. Visit us at EnglishClass101.com where you will find English Lesson notes as well as many more fantastic English lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! One of your favorite game shows has always been “Let’s Make a Deal.” So when you go shopping in America, you decide to try the tactics the game show host used to negotiate in English with contestants…without the door with chickens behind it, of course. When you’re in an grocery store, you try to bargain and say in English, “This cake says sell by the date of today. If you give me a discount, I’ll take it off your hands.” The bakery manager replies in English, “Sir, we’re open for another five hours…someone will buy it for the original price. I can’t change it.” You respond in English, “But I can buy the cake right now if you will sell it for a dollar less.” The bakery manager says in English, “I can’t do that. It’s a perfectly good cake. There’s nothing wrong with it. And if you put it down, someone will buy it in the next twenty minutes. If you’ve ever tasted my cakes, you know how popular they are!”

Learning English with EnglishClass101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn English! This English Lower Intermediate lesson will show you how to form a clause using “if” in English. We’ll teach you how to use this word at both the beginning and end of sentences in English. We’ll also tell you how you can try to make a deal in English in American stores. Visit us at English Class101.com where you will find many more fantastic English lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

EnglishClass101.com’s February Newsletter will include all the normal English content, PLUS a Bonus English Audio Lesson that you can only download through a special link you will find in the monthly newsletter. What’s the Bonus Audio Lesson about? It’s a surprise from us here at EnglishClass101.com! So if you want your Bonus English Audio Lesson, you had better keep an eye on your inbox for February’s Monthly EnglishClass101.com e-Newsletter…it goes out the last week of every month! You will only find your special link for the Bonus lesson in the Newsletter along with EnglishClass101.com’s top audio lessons, blog posts, and special news for the month!

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! While you’re cleaning out your closet, you come across some old memorabilia from when you first moved to the United States. You find some old airline ticket stubs tucked in a folder, which say in English that you arrived in December two years ago. “Wow,” you tell your roommate in English, “Next week I will have been in the U.S. for two years. The time has flown by!” Your roommate agrees and says in English, “It has. It seems like yesterday that you moved in, but think about all you’ve accomplished in these last two years!” Thoughtfully, you ponder the time and after a moment tell your roommate in English, “Yeah, I’ve started college, held a job, went on some dates, played some intramural sports, and partied way too much!” Your roommate says in English, “There’s nothing wrong with that! They say the years just go faster as we get older…” You reply in English, “So let’s make the most of it before time will have passed us by, and go do something aside from sit in this apartment!”

Learning English with EnglishClass101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn English! This English Beginner lesson will teach you how to use the English future perfect tense. You’ll also hear about the kinds of homework American college students typically have. Finally, we’ll share two common English phrases with you, and it will be “no problem” for you to understand the lesson “coming up!” Visit us at English Class101.com where you will find many more fantastic English lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! “What time is it?” you mutter in English. You look at the clock, and it tells you that it’s only six o’clock in the morning. Your sister’s child, who is staying with you for a week, has awakened you from your peaceful slumber by tugging on your arm and saying in English, “Come on…it’s time for cartoons!” You try to get your bleary eyes to focus on the child, and you ask her in English, “I didn’t think it was Saturday morning…isn’t it Friday?” The child responds in English, “It’s Friday…it’s time for cartoons.” You tell the kid in English, “Cartoons come on TV on Saturday morning…go back to sleep for an hour and then I’ll get up and make you breakfast. Doesn’t that sound good?” The kid pleads in English, “But the dinosaur show I like comes on now!”

Learning English with EnglishClass101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn English! This English Audio Blog lesson will reveal the speaker’s acknowledgement that times have changed since she grew up watching cartoons in English. She’ll tell you what you can expect children will want to watch on television in typical American households today. Visit us at EnglishClass101.com where you will find English Lesson notes as well as many more fantastic English lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! So your friend who canceled your dinner just called and begged in English, “Please forgive me for bailing on you the other night…let me buy you lunch to make up for it.” You think about it for a moment, and then you tell him in English, “Oh, it’s not a big deal, but I appreciate your apology. I’ll have lunch with you.” Your friend suggests in English, “How about next Wednesday?” You respond in English, “Oh, I’m booked all of next week.” Your friend then says in English, “How does the following week look?” You reply in English, “Oh, I’m booked solid. I have an opening the third week of next month.” Your friend responds in English, “This is the last time I cancel with you-you’re too popular.” You think to yourself in English, “That’s because I keep my promises!”

Learning English with EnglishClass101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn English! This English Lower Intermediate lesson will show you how to use the simple present tense to talk about scheduling an appointment in the future in English. We’ll also explain why Americans use lunch to address business and social obligations. Visit us at English Class101.com where you will find many more fantastic English lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

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Learning English with EnglishClass101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn English! This English Gengo lesson shows you how to ask and answer common questions in English using the six most common interrogative pronouns. You’ll learn how to start conversations in English with your fellow travelers and answer their questions. It’s easy once you’ve studied this English Gengo lesson. Engaging in conversations is one of the most powerful ways to improve your English, and that’s what you’ll learn at EnglishClass101.com! Visit us at EnglishPod101.com where you will find many more great English lessons and learning materials. Leave us a message while you are there!

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! Of the wonderful opportunities available to American college students, perhaps none is more appealing than the options to study and work abroad outside America for a portion of their college years. Having the option to travel to a foreign land may give English-speaking students the chance to learn a new language other than English, but it may also give American students the chance to learn about different English-speaking cultures too. So when you were given the opportunity to travel to work over the summer, you told the advisor in English, “I’d like to work in an English-speaking country so I won’t have the language barrier to deal with.” Little did you know that even though you spoke English, there would still be plenty for you to learn about the English language from the perspective of speakers in another country!

Learning English with EnglishClass101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn English! This English Audio Blog lesson will discuss the English speaker’s trip abroad, where she learned that her version of English sounded a lot different from that spoken in the country she visited. Are you ready to hear about her eye-opening experience with English outside America? Visit us at EnglishClass101.com where you will find English Lesson notes as well as many more fantastic English lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

Learning English with EnglishClass101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn English! This English Beginner lesson continues the discussion of the present tense and the English perfect aspect. You’ll learn how to combine these two to speak correctly in English about factual events that were completed before, but have importance now. It’s an important concept in English. Visit us at EnglishClass101.com where you will find many more fantastic English lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! While you’re packing for your weekend trip to the beach, you decide to try on your bathing suit to make sure it still fits. As you slip it on, you say to yourself in English, “This seems a little more snug than the last time I put it on…maybe it doesn’t fit?” You look at yourself in the mirror, and you tell yourself in English, “You can make it work, but let’s go to the store to find something just in case.” You go to the mall and ask another shopper in English, “Is there a store here that sells bathing suits?” She points you in the direction of a department store. When you get there, the salesperson greets you in English, “Welcome. Can I help you find something?” You tell the salesperson in English, “Yes. I need a bathing suit that won’t make me look like a whale on the beach. What do you have?”

Learning English with EnglishClass101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn English! This English Audio Blog lesson will discuss the speaker’s trip to a store to try on bathing suits. We’ll tell you how the English speaker and other shoppers fare while shopping for the elusive perfect swimsuit. Visit us at EnglishClass101.com where you will find English Lesson notes as well as many more fantastic English lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

Learn English with EnglishClass101.com! It’s the thirty-first day of December, and it’s time to make your resolutions for the upcoming year. You think to yourself about what you want to improve, and you hear your American friends saying in English, “I’m going to eat healthier this year” and “I’m going to study more.” One friend tells you in English, “My New Year’s resolution is to work out almost every day. Do you want to come with me?” You respond in English, “I don’t know…I used to work out, but it’s been a long time since I’ve been to the gym. I am SO out of shape!” Your friend tells you in English, “Yeah, I think I used to see you jog around campus. It’s time to get back in shape! Don’t put it off: the longer you wait to start working out, the worse shape you’ll be in.” You respond in English, “Yeah, yeah. Oh jeez, my pants are a bit snug after all that holiday eating. I guess I need to get to the gym after all!”

Learning English with EnglishClass101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn English! This English Beginner lesson will teach you how to form negative sentences in English verbs. We’ll also tell you about a few popular English expressions and tell you why some American students on college campuses seem to always be in a hurry! Visit us at English Class101.com where you will find many more fantastic English lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!