Simple Past - Signal Words    This post is to remind you not to say "I have done it yesterday" or "We have seen him last week", which are classic mistakes when translating from German.Wenn Sie immer das neuste „Tuesday Tip“ Video wöchentlich automatisch erhalten...

Present Perfect - SIGNAL WORDS | Check out these ten signals for present perfect! They go pretty quickly, so watch it a few times to note the keywords and also how the present perfect is built. Keep in mind that PRESENT perfect has a link to the PRESENT and all these...

"For and Since" For and Since with the present perfect. Not always easy. Wie benutze ich FOR und SINCE? Wann setze ich sie wie ein. Einer der meist gemachten Fehler von Deutschen ist hier die falsche Übersetzung der Zeit und oft auch die falsche Verwendung von FOR und...

Pronunciation of W - F - V! I hear mistakes with W, V and F perhaps more than with TH. So get in front of a mirror or shoot a quick video like I did and SEE if you're making the sounds correctly. Another combo to practice with is whale - fail - veil (always remember...

HÄD I DAD I WAR I! Every action (or non-action) is so easy to judge AFTER an event has happened. Today I show you a phrase you can use (and which words the phrase comes from). Some vocab connected to it is: hindsight / heind-seit/ = späteres besseres Wissen to regret...

If clauses made easy part 1 "IF and WILL is ILL""IF and WOULD is NOT GOOD" Here are some more examples of what to do and what not to do:If we see him tomorrow, we will say hello. (correct)If we will see him tomorrow, we will say hello. (incorrect)If I had a million...

Two classic email mistakes If you can eliminate these two mistakes from your emails, you will be one step closer to excellent email writing.  And the fact that they are at the start and end of emails, makes them extra important to remember (first impression / last...

Writing the date In today's tip I show you some dos and don'ts regarding writing the date. There are many ways to write it!  Writing numbers Is it 7.300 or 7,300? 20,5 cm or 20.5 cm? A lot of people are unsure about how to write numbers (with commas and points)...

Multiple Meanings What do elephants and trees have in common? Today is part 1 of 5 in a series showing you words/sounds that have multiple meanings. It’s a fun and often surprising way to learn words together. And because the various meanings are often so different,...

Irregular plurals word Plurals in English are pretty easy... just putting an S at the end. But there are many plurals which don't follow this rule and here are some of the most problematic. Pay close attention to the last two examples!Wenn Sie immer das neuste...