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Hmm I would use "didn't use to be" with no problem. Just goes to show there are a lot of varieties!

Can anyone inform me or direct me to a source about the use of practice tests? I am particularly interested when a practice test is given before the final test but contains exactly the same format with a few changes in wording. Is this OK teaching practice or just loading ths bases, so to speak? My...

Are you saying that your students are having trouble differentiating between the final sounds in thin and thing? The vowels are technically both "i" although the quality changes before "ng".

Actually, she posted the same thing in a lot of forums. Here's the one with the most answers: http://forums.eslcafe.com/teacher/viewt ... ght=#42659

One of my favorites, is the use of "the" before bridges. Thus, it was always fun to explain to students that they could visit "the Golden Gate Bridge" or "Golden Gate Park".

You can check out my website too if you want. http://fog.ccsf.edu/~lfried If you click on "ESL classes" at the top, and then on "Past Classes" you can also see the assignments I gave my students, including other websites. I have a mixture of listening, grammar, and reading quizzes too.

That's a pretty good idea of what it means. By the way, you might want to take a look in the Student Forums. There are lots of questions like yours in the "Help Center". In fact, I forgot which forum I was moderating for a second!

In your sentences, I think it is an adjective.

I think it's more likely that students who like the class will like the material. Even students who like the material may be unhappy if the class is poorly taught.

Ah nice to hear from you on this topic again, Larry. I did buy and read "The English Verb" and used it in several higher level classes to give them an alternate way of thinking about verbs. I appreciated your suggestion that we read it.

Actually, I don't generally like starting sentences with "And" either. I think you could leave it off. "For a three-ounce portion of skinless turkey breast has only 0.2 grams of saturated fat." does not seem like a complete sentence to me. It could be attached to the sentence before as was just sugg...

Hmm. I can say, "He always has trouble on exams." "What did you get on the exam?" but "He got tired during the exam." I don't think I can use "in".

I think you could say something like "I wish I would stop smoking." especially if you find you are addicted and it's too difficult to quit. Or even "I wish I would go to the grocery store." because you are just too lazy and won't leave the house. However, it is definitely rare.

I'm sure what you say is true. For my part I have found texts for ESL to be quite poor and certainly not student centred. Not matter what method they think they employ it still comes across as GTM to me. That is why I'm doing my Masters on a Freirean approach to ESL. Hmm you might want to start a t...

Been a while since I've seen some of those names...