The main segment of this episode comes from my YouTube channel.  I often go live to take questions from viewers about any questions they might have about learning English.  This is an extra long episode, right around two hours.   

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In this video, I explain how to use the present tense, past tense, and past participle of the following verbs: fall, fight, fly, freeze, and grow.

I also talk about:

Hayrides in the fall

The idiom, head over heels

The future tense difference between “will” and “is going to”

The difference between “a cold” and “the cold.”

April Fool’s Day in the United States

When to use “I” and when to use “me” in a sentence

How fly can be a noun

The United States’ new celebrity, Dr. Fauci

The verb, “to thaw”

Grown vs. Groan

and

How to use leftover as a noun and an adjective

In the first segment about Sacagawea, I briefly explain the important historic events leading up to her important calling. The American Revolution, the French Revolution, and the Louisiana Purchase.  I also get into the very beginnings or her life.

In the second segment, I finish reading the NEWSELA article, CULTURAL PIONEERS: SACAGAWEA, but also introduce several new vocabulary words.  Edible and inedible  Capsized  Cargo Suspicion  Suspicious  Suspiciously  Miraculous  Miracle  and mint as a verb  I also discuss what exactly nouns, adjectives, and adverbs are and how they are used.   

Link to the article I read: https://tinyurl.com/rn2ym4f

The rest of the states of the Union.  I hope all are doing well out there.  We will get through this, eventually. Stay safe. Wash your hands. Stay inside. 

In this episode, I discuss the first 20 states of the United States beginning with Delaware and ending with Mississippi. 

DelawareDecember 7, 1787*

PennsylvaniaDecember 12, 1787*

New JerseyDecember 18, 1787*

GeorgiaJanuary 2, 1788*

ConnecticutJanuary 9, 1788*

MassachusettsFebruary 6, 1788*

MarylandApril 28, 1788*

South CarolinaMay 23, 1788*

New HampshireJune 21, 1788*

VirginiaJune 25, 1788*

New YorkJuly 26, 1788*

North CarolinaNovember 21, 1789*

Rhode IslandMay 29, 1790*

VermontMarch 4, 1791

KentuckyJune 1, 1792

TennesseeJune 1, 1796

OhioMarch 1, 1803

LouisianaApril 30, 1812

IndianaDecember 11, 1816

MississippiDecember 10, 1817