Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.10, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # English Language Laboratory englishlanglab.org Learn English Through Pictures ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.englishlanglab.org/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [How should you learn English practically?](https://www.englishlanglab.org/learn-english-practically/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.50″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_video admin_label=”Video” _builder_version=”3.0.50″ src=”https://youtu.be/p701iFHE6aI” /][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.0.50″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”]Learn English grammar in a practical way.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section] - [Learn English Through Pictures](https://www.englishlanglab.org/learn-english-through-pictures/) - Have you ever thought that the words you use create pictures in other people’s minds? - [Suffering From Anglo Mania? Here's The Cure](https://www.englishlanglab.org/anglo-mania/) - Anglo mania is the most dangerous disease most English learners suffer from. How to cure this malady and what is the highly effective drug to cure this? - [Why Learning English Through Pictures?](https://www.englishlanglab.org/english-through-pictures/) - Language learning is purely a personal affair. One can never master a second language unless one tries to compare and contrast it with one’s mother tongue. That is the secret of mastering a second language. If approach in the right way, it is extremely easy to learn English. This article is mostly intended for those - [English for IELTS or TOEFL](https://www.englishlanglab.org/english-ielts-toefl/) - TOEFL and IELTS are the two biggest standardized tests of the English language. These tests assess your reading, listening, speaking and writing skills. This article is a brief introduction about learning English for IELTS or TOEFL. The eye (physical eye and mind's eye) plays a major role in your English language learning process. Eye contact - [Learning English Grammar Articles](https://www.englishlanglab.org/learning-english-grammar-articles/) - Whenever we open our eyes, we see uncountable number of things around us. We see from tiny grains of sand to giant stars, from dew drops to vast sea, from tiny bugs to huge whales. We have given names to all living and nonliving things for our convenience to recognize them. Seeing things and recognizing - [Learn English Nouns Online](https://www.englishlanglab.org/learn-english-nouns-online/) - In our universe, we only see matter and actions. The combination of matter in different quantities has made all fauna such as man, animals, reptiles and birds, then, flora such as trees, plants and creepers, next, things such as soil, sand, rock, planets and stars. So we have named them to recognize them. (In English - [Learning English Sentence Construction](https://www.englishlanglab.org/sentence-construction/) - A single word is a simple picture. A phrase is an unfinished picture. A sentence is a complete picture giving the reader a clear thought and some feeling conveyed through words. Read the following words, phrases and sentences given. Box The box on the box In the box The cat is in the box. There ## Pages - [English Lang Lab: Learn English Through Pictures](https://www.englishlanglab.org/) - Learn English Grammar through Pictures - [LESSON 15 STORY TELLING](https://www.englishlanglab.org/lesson-15-story-telling/) - Story telling is the most effective and natural way to learn a language because it engages the brain's emotional and memory networks much more deeply than traditional memorization. It helps the brain to map the meanings of words to situations and record the words with feelings and grammatical patterns much faster than other methods. LAZY - [Lesson 14 Phrasal Verbs](https://www.englishlanglab.org/lesson-14-phrasal-verbs/) - GET ‘GET’ is a very commonly used verb in English and has many different uses and meanings. The main uses are given below with some examples. GET 1.get = become He got wet coming in the rain. She got excited when she heard the news. He got tired carrying the heavy bag. He got weak - [Lesson 12 Food Preparation](https://www.englishlanglab.org/lesson-12-food-preparation/) - Words related to cooking. BAKE To cook by dry heat in oven. BATTER Any mixture of dry ingredients such as flour and liquids that is stirred or beaten and can be poured. BIND Add a liquid, egg or melted fat to a dry mixture to hold it together. BLANCH To - [Lesson 05 – Time and Tense](https://www.englishlanglab.org/lessons/time-and-tense/) - Learn English Verb and Tenses: present tense, past tense, past participle, present participle, infinitive - [Lesson 04 - Prepositions](https://www.englishlanglab.org/lessons/prepositions/) - Learn English Prepositions - [Lesson 03 – Pronouns: Learn English Pronouns](https://www.englishlanglab.org/lessons/pronouns/) - Pronouns: Learn Subjective Pronouns, Objective Pronouns, Reflexive Pronouns, Emphatic Pronouns, Possessive Pronouns and Possessive Adjective Pronouns - [Lesson 02 – Nouns: Learn English Nouns](https://www.englishlanglab.org/lessons/nouns/) - Learn Abstract Nouns, Concrete Nouns, Proper Nouns, Common Nouns, Collective Nouns and Material Nouns - [Lesson 01 - Articles](https://www.englishlanglab.org/lessons/articles/) - Learn How To Use A/An/The - [Imaginary and Unreal Past](https://www.englishlanglab.org/imaginary-and-unreal-past/) - Imaginary We sometimes have purely imaginary visions, and the second conditional pattern is used to express these unreal imaginations that are impossible in our real world. We use the verb form ‘were’ even with singular nouns and pronouns to show that what is said is purely imaginary, and that is the only visible sign - [Lesson 11 Homophones](https://www.englishlanglab.org/lesson-11-homophones/) - homophones air - The air is the atmosphere enveloping the Earth. heir - An heir is a person who inherits the estate of another. Bare - Bare means devoid of. bear - A bear is an animal. all - (used with plural nouns) - All the people you invited are - [Home Page](https://www.englishlanglab.org/home-page/) - Introduction The grammar of a language is its skeleton. If there is any defect in any part of the skeleton, that part of the body becomes deformed. That is why learning grammar is highly important. Grammar can never be taught or learnt without visual pictures and contextual words or sentences. If you read a word, - [Lesson 10 - Passive and Causative](https://www.englishlanglab.org/lessons/passive-and-causative/) - Learn passive and causative sentence patterns. - [Lesson 09 - Conditionals](https://www.englishlanglab.org/lessons/conditionals/) - Learn English Conditionals: Possible, Probable and Impossible Conditionals - [Lesson 08 - Complex Sentences](https://www.englishlanglab.org/lessons/complex-sentences/) - A complex sentence has one main sentence and one or more subordinate sentences. - [Lesson 07 - Questions and Answers](https://www.englishlanglab.org/lessons/questions-and-answers/) - Questions and Answers: Learn Inversion, Interrogative and Tag Questions - [Lesson 06 – Future and Past](https://www.englishlanglab.org/lessons/future-and-past/) - Learn English Verb Forms - [Passive Voice Sentence Patterns](https://www.englishlanglab.org/passive-voice-sentence-patterns/) - Passive Voice Passive Voice sentences are used in special situations to focus our attention on the action or receiver, hiding the doer. We prefer Passive Voice in less personal, more objective, and scientific speeches and writing. When our main interest is focused on the verb activity rather than the active subject, we immediately turn to - [Causative Sentence Patterns](https://www.englishlanglab.org/causative-sentence-patterns/) - Causative When we do not perform an action directly and get the action done by somebody else, we use Causative sentences. Causing somebody else to do something for us is expressed by using a sentence pattern with ‘GET’ or ‘HAVE’. When you use this sentence pattern, special care should be taken in separating the parts - [3 Dimensions in English](https://www.englishlanglab.org/3-dimensions-in-english/) - 3 DIMENSIONS IN ENGLISH Our world is full of shapes. Some shapes lie only on flat surfaces. We see others everywhere. All these shapes are classified as either 2D or 3D. 2D means ‘Two Dimensional’. 2D shapes have only length and breadth. They lie on flat surfaces. They are called plane figures or plane shapes. - [Lesson 13 Working in the home garden](https://www.englishlanglab.org/lesson-13-working-in-the-home-garden/) - Working in the home garden The simplicity of nature, with plants full of flowers in the greenery itself, provides us with a sense of beauty, peace, and security, and even strengthens our belief in Mother Nature when we take a moment to stop and appreciate our incredibly wonderful world. The miraculous sight of a tiny, - [Active Voice Tense Patterns](https://www.englishlanglab.org/active-voice-tense-patterns/) - Active Voice When we prefer to put the doer of the action first, we use Active Voice because it is clear, concise, and direct in our natural speech. If we use Active Voice, the listener or the reader has nothing to guess. Active Voice sentences are lively and energetic. 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To write a good paragraph, we must learn to write a good sentence. - [The Secret of Causative Sentence Patterns](https://www.englishlanglab.org/advanced/causative-sentence-patterns/) - The Secret of Causative Sentence Patterns - [The Secret of Passive Voice Sentence Formation](https://www.englishlanglab.org/advanced/passive-voice/) - The passive voice is used when it is convenient or interesting to stress the thing done than the doer of it or when we are not interested about the doer or the doer is unknown. - [Secret of English Sentence Formation](https://www.englishlanglab.org/advanced/english-sentence-formation/) - V1 and V2 are finite verbs and they are used just after the Subject in statements. 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