We have a light-hearted look at some crazy cures, but some have been proven scientifically to have therapeutic effects, for example Ginger, a fundamental part of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The side effects of some modern medications make you wonder though, which is scarier: big pharmaceutical companies or Witches?

The Social Evolutionary

Herbal Medicine – Witchcraft, folk remedies or complete nonsense?

The world is becoming much more multicultural!

¡Vivan los latinos! The South American population in the US.

Some things that seem unbelieveable about bananas.

Crazy facts about bananas!

In English exams with questions where you have to fill in the missing word, often they will put two words that sound good. But how do you know which one is correct?

Previous quiz question with a preposition trap! https://www.italki.com/en/quiz/quiz/370676

Link to my teacher's profile with my podcast and all my quiz questions: https://www.italki.com/en/creator_portfolio/1667154?tab=quiz

Exam Tips: Filling in the missing word.

There are three different meanings in English for the word "esperar".

Remember to try the quiz questions to check you comprehension.

Hold on! What does "esperar" mean? (For Spanish students learning English.)

Improve your writing and pronunciation with this explanation of double consonants!
In a simple word, the vowel is pronounced with a short sound. If we want to pronounce a word with a long vowel sound, we write the letter "e" at the end of the word.
EXAMPLES:
hat - A simple word with a short "a" sound.
hate - The "e" turns the "a" into a long sound.
kit - short
kite - long
cut - short
cute - long
hop - short
hopped - short
hope - long
hoped - long
can - short
canned - short
canning - short
cane - long
caning - long
Pope - long
popped - short
big (adjective) - short
bigger (comparative) - short
the biggest (superlative) - short
Superman (1 p) - long
Supperman (2 ps) - short
write - long
written (past participle) - short
