Phobias

I don't remember why, 

but recently I was talking to some students about PHOBIAS, 

or irrational fears / anxiety disorders. 

Click the picture for a link to a list of phobias.

My favorites have to be,

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia – fear of long words

Anatidaephobia – the fictional fear that a duck is watching you.

and

Venustraphobia – fear of beautiful women (Which I have!)

:Phil

I saw him, that is to say I've seen him.

Regular VERBS are easy, just add ~ed to the end.

(e.g Jumped, kicked, cooked etc)

But IRREGULAR VERBS are difficult.

Here is a good list of irregular verbs.

http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/verbs.htm

Try and remember as many as you can.
Good luck, there are SO many!

A part of our heritage - Canada

Canadian History
Where did the name Canada come from?

In 1535, two young Indians referred to their 'village' or 'settlement' as 'kanata'. The French explorer Jacques Cartier then used this name 'Canada' to refer to not only their village (now present day Quebec City) but also a much larger area. As fur trading grew so did the region of 'Canada'. It was not until 1791 that the name was used officially by the Province of Quebec. At the time of Confederation on July 1st, 1867 when the country separated from Britain it assumed the name of Canada.

This is a TV commercial from Canada that depicts the naming of 'Canada'.

The blog!!

You may have noticed that last week we barely posted anything on this blog. This was because we were not sure what to post!!

What would you like to see on the blog?
Do you have any English questions or requests for us?
How can we make this blog better for you?
What are your favorite post topics?

Please give us your ideas and let us know what you think about this blog in the comments section below. :)

Pronunciation

Here is a video to help with "Pronunciation".

Baby (wild) animal names

Here is part 2 of our baby animal names post.

This one is a little more difficult so good luck.

(BTW we are still waiting for a few more comments

on part one before we post the answers)

Pronunciation

OK as requested lets try "PRONUNCIATION" practice.

We will start with L vs R.

Try saying the words on this list

until you can hear the difference.

Remember L is a smooth sound like a bird would make

and R is a rough sound like a tiger.

Good luck.

rice – lice

leaf – reef

lock – rock

lamb – ram

lead – read

lie – rye

lake – rake

light – right

lick – Rick

lay – ray

lip – rip

lion – Ryan

lace – race

lamp – ramp

leek – reek

link – rink

leap – reap

look – rook

locket – rocket

load – road

lap – wrap

limes – rhymes

locker – rocker

lute – root

lane – rain

lung – rung

limb – rim

boring – bowling

lot – rot

belly – berry

flee – free

law – raw

Jerry – jelly

fly – fry

wrong – long

row – low

Baby (farm) animal names

As requested here are some
names we use for "BABY" animals.
Lets first have a look at some
"farm" animals. They are all mixed up
so you will have to try and match the pairs.
Please post your answers and
I'll let you know if you are right.
-Phil