Beth Parent

When Beth is not writing or teaching ESL (English as a Second Language), she can be found blogging or watching "The Office," "Lost" or "Magnum, P.I." She also enjoys making crafty things, Donald Miller, sleeping in, baking, reading, burritos, interior decorating, Target, accessorizing and hummus.

Articles by Beth Parent:

• 10 Rules of Capitalization
• 15 Sentences Using Compound Subjects and Compound Verbs
• 150 More Often Mispelled Misspelled Words in English
• 5 Examples of Onomatopoeia
• A Closer Look: Definition of Double Negative
• A Closer Look: Definition of Social Networking
• A Closer Look: Definition of Spoof
• Activities for Simple Past Tense in ESL
• Adjectives That Start with K
• Adjectives That Start with N
• Adjectives That Start with O
• Adjectives That Start with Q
• Adjectives That Start With U
• Adjectives That Start with X
• Adjectives That Start with Y
• Adjectives That Start with Z
• Alliteration Examples
• Auxiliary Verb
• Can a Worm See?
• Christmas Words Scramble
• Comma Rules
• Comparative and Superlative Suffix ESL Activities
• Coordinating Conjunctions
• Correlative Conjunctions
• Definite and Indefinite Articles
• Definition of iPod?
• Demonstrative Adjectives Quiz
• Does Dave Batista Have Children?
• Double Negative Trouble
• ESL Fun Activities For Talking About Dating
• Examples of Connotative Words
• Examples of Funny Puns (and Punny Funs)
• Examples of Homographs
• How Many Amendments or Changes Are There to the Constitution?
• How Many Children Did Martin Luther King Jr. Have?
• How Many Plays Did Shakespeare Write?
• How Many Stars Does the American Flag Have?
• How Many States Are in the United States?
• How to Divide Fractions
• How to Take Good Pictures
• How to Twitter
• How to Use Quotation Marks
• Idioms That Begin with Prepositions
• Infinitive Verb
• Irregular Verb List
• Irregular Verb Worksheet
• List of Two-Letter Scrabble Words
• Measurement Abbreviations
• Phrasal Verb List
• Redneck Slang Words
• Speaking Activities for Intermediate ESL
• Subordinating Conjunctions
• Teaching Conditionals for ESL
• Texting Abbreviations
• The Difference between Phonetics and Phonology
• Tips for Writing Activity/Lesson Plans
• What Are Some Facts About Candy Starburst?
• What Are Some Facts About Earth Day?
• What Are the Different Types of Books in the Bible?
• What Are the Names of Each Finger?
• What Did People Wear in the 50s?
• What Did People Wear in the 70s?
• What Did People Wear in the 80s?
• What Do We Call a Change to the Constitution?
• What Does iPod Stand For?
• What Does PDA Stand For?
• What Does the Word Invictus Mean?
• What Does URL Stand For?
• What Foreign Nation Has Five-Sided Flags?
• What Is a Blog?
• What Is a Conjugated Verb?
• What Is a Conjunction?
• What Is a Demonstrative Pronoun?
• What Is a Noun?
• What Is a Verb?
• What Is an Adjective?
• What Is Code Switching?
• What Is MP3?
• What Is the Address of the Empire State Building?
• What Is the Constitution?
• What Is the Definition of the Constitution?
• What Is the Difference Between an Abbreviation and an Acronym?
• What Is the Purpose of the Bill of Rights?
• What Is the Quote on the Statue of Liberty?
• What Is Twitter?
• What State Is Washington, D.C. In?
• What Three Delegates Did Not Sign the Constitution?
• What Vitamins Do What?
• What Year Did Segregation End?
• When Did Christianity Start?
• When Did Dr. Seuss Win the Pulitzer Prize?
• When Did the iPod Come Out?
• When Is Easter?
• When Is Labor Day?
• When Was New York City Founded?
• Where Can I Find a List of Arnold Schwarzenegger Movies?
• Where Did Mexicans Come From?
• Where Did Oprah Winfrey Go to School?
• Where Did the Christmas Tree Come From?
• Where Did the First Target Open?