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Here are two short videos introducing the American English Vowels.

There are 5 vowels: A, E, I, O, U

There are 15 distinctive vowel sounds.

Both videos do a great job in describing the pronunciation.

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This is quite a simple grammar issue to resolve.

We use much for uncountable things:

• How much water is there? (We can’t count water)
• I spent a lot of time at work today (We can’t count time)

We can’t count time? that’s right! we can count minutes
We use many for countable things:

• How many apples do you want?
• I have many problems today!

We use comparatives to compare two different things. THAN or BUT are usually used in sentences to compare.

Than:

• This dog is bigger than that dog
• Peter runs more quickly than Andrew

But:

• Peter is tall, but Andrew is taller
• Simon is smart, but Peter is smarter

An adjective is a describing word. It adds meaning to a noun or pronoun.

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Following on from our first installment:

Adverbs tell us how, when and where.

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“Been to” means that we have gone somewhere  and have now come back.

• I have been to Germany five times.
• Have you been to Germany before?  

“Gone to” means that we have gone somewhere and are still there.

• Andrew is not home, he has gone to France.
• Jack has gone to the bank, he will be home soon.