What Do You Hope to Do? A Kid's Fun Guide to Verbs Followed by Infinitives
Imagine you are the captain of a spaceship. You have a mission. You want to explore. You plan to land. You hope to discover. The words 'want', 'plan', ...
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Are You Running or To Run? A Kid's Fun Guide to Gerunds and Infinitives
Look at a verb. It is an action word. Sometimes, we want to use that action as a thing. We want to use it as a subject or an object. How do we do that ...
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Who Does the Work for You? A Kid's Fun Guide to Causative 'Have' and 'Get'
Imagine you are the manager of a team. You don't do every job yourself. You ask others to help. In English, we have a special way to talk about this. ...
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What Will Be Built Next? A Kid's Fun Guide to the Future Passive Voice
Imagine you are a city planner. You look at a map. A new park will be built here. A library will be opened there. The focus is on the park and the lib ...
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What Happened to the Treasure? A Kid's Fun Guide to the Past Simple Passive Voice
Imagine you are a history detective. You find an old castle. The castle was built 500 years ago. The walls were painted long ago. The treasure was hid ...
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How Is a Pizza Made? A Kid's Fun Guide to the Present Simple Passive Voice
Look at a pizza. The pizza is baked. The cheese is melted. The toppings are added. Who bakes it? Who melts the cheese? We don't always say. The focus ...
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What Did the Captain Say? A Kid's Fun Guide to Reported Commands
Imagine you are the first mate on a pirate ship. The captain shouts, "Raise the sails" Your job is to tell the crew what the captain ordered. But you ...
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How Do We Tell Someone What Another Person Asked? A Kid's Guide to Reported Questions
You are a detective. Someone asks you a secret question. Your mission is to tell your friend what was asked. But you can't use the exact same words. H ...
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How Do We Share What Someone Said? A Kid's Fun Guide to Reported Speech
Have you ever played a game of telephone? One person whispers a message. The next person repeats it. But they change the words a bit. Reported speech ...
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What If You Had a Magic Lamp? A Kid's Fun Guide to 'Wish' and 'If Only'
Have you ever seen a shooting star? What did you wish for? In English, we use the words 'wish' and 'if only' to talk about our desires. They are like ...
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Bridging Past and Present: A Kid's Fun Guide to Mixed Conditionals
Life is like a story. Sometimes, the past affects the present. What if you had practiced the piano yesterday? You would be a better player today. This ...
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What If the Past Were Different? A Kid's Fun Guide to the Third Conditional
Have you ever thought about the past? What if you had studied more for a test? What if you had caught that ball? The past is done. You cannot change i ...
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