Are you ready to apply for U.S. Citizenship? There are a limited number of seats available for the evening citizenship class that begins soon at Framingham Adult ESL Plus. Registration is this Tuesday, January 17th between 6:30 and 8:00PM at the cafeteria inside Fuller Middle School (31 Flagg Drive in Framingham). Read the flyer below for more information.
Most English verbs are regular. The past tense and the past participle of all regular verbs end in -ed.
Work (base/infinitive form of the verb) – I work in Boston.
Worked (past tense) – Yesterday I worked in Boston.
Worked (past participle) – I have worked in Boston for three years.
Play – Played – Played
Cry – Cried – Cried
Stop – Stopped – Stopped
Here’s a long list of 600 common regular English verbs. For all of these verbs, the past tense form (and the past participle) ends with the letters “ed“.
Here is more detail for the spelling rules for regular verbs.
The new Spring 2017 classes begin at Framingham Adult ESL Plus in a few weeks. There are a limited number of seats available for our English (ESL) classes. Here is some important registration information:
The new Spring 2017 classes begin at Framingham Adult ESL Plus in a few weeks. There are a limited number of seats available for our high school equivalency classes. Here is some important registration information:
Pronunciation Power – the full version – is used for practicing pronunciation by our classes at Framingham Adult ESL Plus. Part of this software is available as a free app for Apple and Android.
It shows you mouth and tongue positions for 52 sounds. You can also listen to many sample words using those sounds.
In addition to this blog, Framingham Adult ESL Plus has three other online resources to help you:
faesl.org is our main website. Go there to find out general information about the school. There is also a special Learning Resources page, with many suggested websites to help you practice.
On our Facebook page, get the latest news about the school and our students. Almost every day, there is a picture with a short English lesson. Here’s an example.
Our new Twitter page (@FraminghamESL) also has school news. But in addition, you can take a look at Twitter pages we follow – which post regular English tips.
Don’t say:
– I told my daughter the history about Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
– She told her friend a history about something funny that happened on her wedding day.
– My sister loves to read romance histories.
– My nephew is studying World Story in school.
Say this:
– I told my daughter the story about Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
– She told her friend a story about something funny that happened on her wedding day.
– My sister loves to read romance stories.
– My nephew is studying World History in school.
Remember:
Story is countable (one story, two stories), and can be about something imaginary (fiction) or that really happened (non-fiction). Stories can be about Star Wars, Harry Potter, Moby Dick, something you did in your childhood, something in your dream last night.
History is non-countable, and is non-fiction. It can be about the history of Framingham (collection of events in Framingham’s past), United States history, or your medical history (illnesses, hospital visits, etc. in your life).