I remember it all too well

Was-were SxS videos

Was Were Quiz Game -- Woodward English

Was were in Questions

Was were in short answers

Write about a day that you are happy to remember.

Get it done

Today, Safaa asked how to say, "She needs to get her tooth pulled."  

We use get-object-past participle to indicate that someone else does the action. The get uses verb tenses, but the past participle doesn't change.

She likes to get her nails done.

I got my car fixed last month.

She will get her clothes cleaned on Saturday.

When Kim heard, "do your nails", while we practiced make or do (in 2022), she said that she often heard, "get" not "do" at work. She is correct.  I do my nails at home, but Kim's customers get their nails done in a salon.  We often use get with a past participle form of a verb (regular ---ed/irregular-3rd column) to say that someone else is doing something for us. 

(Official grammar name for this word pattern is passive causative.  You can officially use have instead of get, but DONT practice using have for passive causative before you are good at ALL the verb tenses. Anyway, get is more common for speaking in this area.)

My daughter gets her nails done for all the holidays.  I only got my nails done for my wedding.

I don't fix my car.  I get my car fixed by Backlick Road Service Station or Community Car Care.

I don't cut my hair.  I get my hair cut at a beautician.

My mother doesn't clean her house.  She gets it cleaned.

I don't repair watches.  I get my watch repaired at Silver Dolphin.

I brush my teeth twice a day, and I also go to the dentist to get my teeth cleaned three times a year.

I rarely wash my care and I rarely get my car washed. My car is pretty dirty. (Pretty as adverb=mostly)

The past participle verbs in these examples do NOT show time.  The form of get shows the verb tense. 

Examples: I am getting my car fixed now.  I will get my car washed tomorrow.  My dad used to get his shoes shined every month.  Mark gets his car serviced four times a year. We got the kitchen floor replaced last month.  My mother never goes to Zales Jewelers because when she got her engagement ring cleaned there, they lost her diamond and offered her a much cheaper stone.

Don't stop now!!

Please keep coming and working.  It's not over yet...

I've "hit my limit" means I am very frustrated and

ready to quit.

Learning English is difficult and takes a lot of time, but most of you are doing excellent work.

My curriculum is designed for students to study for one year -- three sessions -- before they move up to the next level.  Some people can move up after one session, but they usually have great listening skills and they often had great reading with our alphabet and a good English grammar education before they came to my class.  Some people come in with reading or listening below my level and need more than three sessions.

 I had a student that took my class eleven times.  Last time I saw here, she had finished her GED and had gotten a good job at the Post Office. Persisting works.

I often keep really excellent students for a second session so they have the opportunity to practice and learn more vocabulary and topics that we didn't do in this session.

  

Please don't compare yourself to other students, and 

please register to come back and keep improving!!

Our Class in on time Tuesday, March 3

 Hope you can come.  The rain washed most of the ice and snow off the streets.  Driving near Plum Center isn't too bad.

Why should I worry?

What is your favorite city?  What should I do if I visit your favorite city?

Ellii on Should and other common modals

Modals are helping verbs.  They are never used in continuous tenses and they have their own way to do past tense.

Should I put more grammar on the class website?  Should we do less grammar in class?

Our class is on time on Tuesday, February 24, 2026

PLEASE COME TO SCHOOL if you can get here safely

We are on time in Trailer 4! (Actually, we had to move to Trailer 2)  If it takes a while to get your car out, come whenever you can.  20 minutes is better than 0 minutes.

When you were a child, did you like school?

Write one thing you liked and one thing you didn't like about getting your education.

Did your teachers teach you the "Golden Rule?"