This is a version of Allan Seager’s “The Street,” first published in the London Mercury in 1933 and republished in Vanity Fair in 1934. The Window – A short story There were once two men, both seriously ill, in the same room of a great hospital. Quite a small...
Rob Woodward will be doing a LIVE English lesson on YouTube. Today’s topic is… To Be – Error Analysis. This is an Error Analysis activity using TO BE in the Present Simple Tense. A sentence (or a question) will appear on the screen which is not...
Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who has subscribed to the Woodward English YouTube channel. This weekend we recently passed another major milestone … 500,000 subscribers. THAT IS HALF A MILLION!!!! The number really blows me away (surprises me)...
Is the letter Y a vowel or a consonant? Traditionally, A E I O and U are vowels and the rest of the letters are consonants. See our lesson about the difference between a vowel and a consonant for more information. However, sometimes the letter Y represents a vowel...
What is the difference between a vowel and a consonant? To avoid giving an intense linguistic definition, I will try to keep things very easy and give a simple explanation about the difference between a vowel and a consonant. What is a vowel? A vowel sound is...
What is the difference between take for and take for granted? Take for is a phrasal verb. Take for granted is an idiom. They have different meanings. Let’s look at the meaning of each one with example sentences. The phrasal verb TAKE FOR The idiom TAKE FOR...
