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ESL ESL Start Learning Continue Learning Teach ESL From Kenneth Beare, your Guide to ESL This week's newsletter provides a number of visual aids such as dictionaries, and tense charts to help with learning. The visual tense charts provide a picture for each tense to help with understanding, and a tense timeline shows all the tenses on one page. The visual dictionaries provide context for each picture with plenty of related vocabulary. There's also visual help with prepositions and finally a sheet on separable and inseparable verbs. Visual Tense Charts Visual clues can really help learners understand tense usage. This resource provides a visual tense chart for each of the major uses of the 14 tenses in English... Read more For more advanced learners, this tense timeline chart shows all the tenses on one page moving from past to future and can be a good way to review tenses by contrasting and comparing usage. Visual Dictionaries Visual dictionaries help by providing pictures of what is defined and discussed. These visual dictionaries go beyond just providing the name of the objects in each picture by providing context and relevant vocabulary to surround each picture. Sports Food Animals Professions Visual Clues for Prepositions Prepositions lend themselves to visual clues to understand the relationship between objects. Here is a beginner's guide to prepositions using pictures pointing out differences between 'near' and 'next to', 'on' and 'in' and more. For more advanced learners, check out the prepositions of place and movement page for visual clues. Separable and Inseparable Phrasal Verbs What did Tom do with his bonus? - He put it away. The previous sentence is an example of a separable phrasal verb. Separable phrasal verbs must separate when... Read more English as 2nd Language Ads ESL Lessons English Lessons Listening ESL Speaking ESL Learning English Featured Articles English Grammar Help - Rules, Worksheets, Games, Quizzes, Exercises English Vocabulary Builder - Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced English Listening Skills and Activities-Effective Listening Practice English Writing Skills - Letters, Resumes and Writing Style Teaching English - Techniques, Resources, Certificates, Employment English Reading Comprehension Skills for ESL EFL Learners   More from About.com 10 Bathroom Remodels There's nothing worse than a bathroom remodel that looks like it belongs in a gas station. If you're looking for inspiration, you'll find it in these luxe, lush photos. More> Inspired Bathroom Tile Choices New tile can transform your bathroom in countless ways, whether you're looking for a playful, colorful child's bath, a cool and elegant sanctuary, or a bold sophisticated escape. More> This newsletter is written by: Kenneth Beare ESL Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About ESL newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2011 About.com   Must Reads Free English Courses Build Your Vocabulary Do You Need Lesson Plans for Your Class? Do you Know Basic English Grammar? Vocabulary Quizzes Advertisement