A cat teaching English? Really?
“The people forgot to feed their cat”. That’s a normal use for the word “their”. “Their cat sleeps a lot”. They have a cat. They cat sleeps. Sometimes we use their to refer to a singular. For example: “Somebody forgot their phone at my house”. We do that because we don’t know who left the…
Maybe he is, but that means you’re getting a break from lessons about “get”, and you get to spend time with me.
Remember, you will also hear humans ask confirming questions. “You do like pizza, don’t you?” This is a way of checking with someone if they like something, or if a situation is OK. Sometimes, people see this as “leading question”, which means they’re pretty sure you like something or are OK with it. Again: “You…
Flash asked me if i wanted to do a lesson this week. As usual, he gave me no ideas, so I thought I would review forming a question. For those of you taking standard English tests, this is an important thing to remember. Always start a question with a question word: What, How, Who, Where,…
“Humans sleep 7 hours each night, if that”. “If that” is a way of emphasizing a small amount or number. So that sentence is a way I would tell you that I don’t think people sleep very much, and probably not enough. “There were 10 people at the party, if that”. This means there were…
Flash asked me to remind you that if you “cat-nap” it means you’re taking a short nap, or sleeping for a short time. I’m doing this because Flash is asleep.