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Small Business Advice. Email English Worksheets. Get more out of teaching with Email English with these free downloadable resources.

Email English Worksheets

In these website activities you will find free writing practice for most Email English units. You can print out the page for the unit you are working on and give it directly to the students. No additional preparation will be necessary. Alternatively, you may want to prepare a transparency for an overhead projector. There are extensive notes on the classroom management of writing tasks on page 7 of Email English. 1. Write two emails: the first asking for information; the second asking for action.

50 Things Everyone Should Know. By Mark and Angel Self-reliance is a vital key to living a healthy, productive life.

50 Things Everyone Should Know

To be self-reliant one must master a basic set of skills, more or less making them a jack of all trades. Contrary to what you may have learned in school, a jack of all trades is far more equipped to deal with life than a specialized master of only one. While not totally comprehensive , here is a list of 50 things everyone should know how to do. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. How To Mix Chalkboard Paint in Any Color. We love using chalkboards as backdrops for displays and parties (like this one here!).

How To Mix Chalkboard Paint in Any Color

So we were super excited to learn that you can create your own custom colors-and it's really easy! We first learned how from Martha Stewart whose tutorial you can read here. She recommends that you use latex paint, but we tried it out with acrylic paints with much success. Here's how you too can create your own chalkboard paint... Supplies: 1/2 cup acrylic paint (choose any color you like, or mix colors together to make the perfect shade!) 1. 2. Once your chalkboard has fully dried be sure to slate the surface before using it for the first time. Have fun creating any color combination you like!!

Skillswise - Homepage. About.com: Radio Lingua Network: Language-learning where and when it suits you. BusyTeacher: Free Printable Worksheets For Busy Teachers Like YOU! Internet Resources - Writers Resources - Writing Links & Writers Links for Writers - Word Stuff. Unsorted [/writers] James Patrick Kelly - Murder Your Darlings - "When time comes to make that final revision, however, you must harden your heart, sharpen the ax and murder your darlings.

Internet Resources - Writers Resources - Writing Links & Writers Links for Writers - Word Stuff

" Greda Vaso - Determining the Readability of a Book - includes formulas for Gunning's Fog Index, Flesch Formula, Powers Sumner Kearl L. Kip Wheeler - Literary Terms and Definitions L. Kip Wheeler - Comp - Lit - Poetry - Links - more Style - Grammar - Errors in English [/writers]American Heritage - Book of English Usage - free download Band-Aid AP StylebookPaul Brians - Common Errors in EnglishCJ Cherryh - Writerisms and other Sins The Chicago Manual of Style FAQ Gary N.

Curtis - The Fallacy Files - Logical fallacies and bad arguments Prof. British to American Translator & British Dictionary. English Grammar 101: All You Need to Know. By Daniel Scocco Just ask a friend what is the role of prepositions within sentences, or what are the four moods of verbs, and I am sure that you will see a puzzled look on his face.

English Grammar 101: All You Need to Know

Understanding the basic grammar rules is essential for communicating efficiently, but most of us have forgotten those concepts years ago. In order to solve this problem we decided to put together all the basic rules on a single page, so that you can use it as a refresher, or print it out for future reference. Enjoy! Sentences Sentences are made of two parts: the subject and the predicate. The subject is the person or thing that acts or is described in the sentence.

Complete sentences need both the subject and the predicate. Clauses Sentences can be broken down into clauses. For example: The boy is going to the school, and he is going to eat there. This is a complete sentence composed of two clauses. Independent clause example: The boy went to the school. Phrases Phrases act like parts of speech inside clauses. Nouns. Index. Business English Materials.com - Free Business English Lessons.