The ESL HELP! Desk

Our Library: Audio, Grammar, Reading and more

Our INNER CIRCLE and our LIBRARY are free to all ESL Help Desk users. Our library is full of grammar, vocabulary and conversation lessons and more. Use the navigation bar above, or just click here now for OUR LIBRARY AND INNER CIRCLE.

Grammar in the News

"I WANT NOTHING... I WANT NO QUID PRO QUO." Do you recognize the note on the left, handwritten with a Sharpie pen? Read the news article, and let's learn a little about DOUBLE NEGATIVES.

Vocabulary You Can Use

Do you recognize the building complex on the left?  History is not a thing of the past; history is written every day. In our vocabulary blog, we look at how two-word verbs and other vocabulary are commonly used to write about reading current events.

Tune in to this vocabulary lesson on " Jane's ESL (idioms, words and anything else) BLOG." 

Online Grammar HELP! Book

Our online GRAMMAR BOOK is now available online.  Study from and obtain the individual lessons online, including  hundreds of free handouts and quizzes with an answer key available, by clicking here now for our GRAMMAR HELP HANDBOOK, ONLINE.

Reading Comprehension: Weekly Blog

Whether it's world news, national news or local, life is changing and it's a struggle to keep up with it. Tune in to our newest reading comprehension lesson on our HELP FOR LEARNERS OF ENGLISH BLOG. 

Reading

In the current prose non-fiction reading activity, we read about the Office of the President of the United States, and its history. We read about the TWENTIETH AMENDMENT to the Constitution of the United States.

CLICK HERE for the reading, and a vocabulary list, comprehension questions, and ideas for further research.

 

Last Week's Two-word Verb

Climate change... Tax reform... Immigration...  Guns....  Where do you stand on these issues?

This lesson introduces the two-word verb, "to stand on (an issue)." It's impossible to participate in a democratic society, with its free elections and political processes, without using this verb.  Let's look at some real news headline and learn more!

World News:  GLOBAL WARMING

World temperatures continue to hit record highs. Temperatures have hit a ceiling for global warming with extremes. There has been unprecedented heat in India and ice melt in the Arctic. What can we expect for 2022 and beyond? What can each of us do to reverse these changes that will change life on Earth forever?

Send us your thoughts about global warming and climate change through our blog or Twitter us.

Don't hesitate to tweet us just to say "hello"!

All material is copyrighted, Software for Students.  Copying for PERSONAL USE ONLY. All others must contact Software for Students for permission to use in schools or other educational institutions.