by Yolaine Bodin | 27 Oct 2017 | English Language
What is the difference between “Where were you?” and “Where have you been?” Although both questions may seem to mean exactly the same, the difference in meaning is actually implied by the choice of tense. Where were you is the question to ask if you want to...
by Yolaine Bodin | 14 Oct 2017 | English-French Vocabulary
Autumn in British English or fall in American English is the season where days are starting to get shorter and temperatures cooler. It is also the time of the year where we like to spend a little more time indoors and can cook all these delicious autumn...
by Yolaine Bodin | 7 Oct 2017 | French Language
Avoir l’air is a common phrase in French that means to seem, to appear, to look or sound. It is often followed by an adjective. Thus, to say “he looks surprised”, you can say il a l’air surpris. So far so good! But what happens if the subject is the...
by Yolaine Bodin | 22 Sep 2017 | English Language
If you are learning English, maybe you think that so and such are a little confusing. You may sometimes use so instead of such and vice versa. Don’t worry, you are not the only one! I can tell you that I regularly have students in my English classes who...
by Yolaine Bodin | 11 Sep 2017 | French Language
The French word plus can have two different meanings: Plus can mean more, as in: Les gens passent plus de temps sur les réseaux sociaux. (People spend more time on social media.) Elle a mangé ses céréales mais elle en veut plus. (She’s eaten all her...
