Sigrid is having a friend over for dinner and needs to plan the menu and figure out the table setting. Join her in the kitchen!

To finish setting the table, Sigrid needs silverware and some final touches such as salt and pepper, hot pads, and some candles.

Every four years, in the United States, elections are held for the office of the presidency. Sigrid lives in Italy, so she needed an absentee ballot in order to vote. Here's her story.

Sigrid takes a walk in Huntington on New Year's Day. She talks as she walks, thinking about the year to come and about the changes to the area since she had last been there.

Sigrid continues walking up the hill and into the park on her right. She finds a little trail through the woods and then heads back to town.

Sigrid talks about The Cloisters, a unique museum of medieval European art in New York City.

Sigrid has a long to-do list. She takes us around the house to show us what needs doing. You'll notice she has different ways to say the same thing, such as "to have to" and "to need to." She also uses plenty of gerunds, such as "ironing" or "vacuuming."

Sigrid enjoys a late afternoon moment in the sun. She thinks back on the previous day's "adventure," following a stream and getting lost on purpose.

Join Sigrid in her car as she drives to the supermarket to get some groceries that she needs. While driving, she talks about the verb "to need."

Sigrid picks up some things she needs at the supermarket. When she gets home, she talks about the groceries she bought and what she needs them for.

This video focuses on the verb "to be," with useful phrases for when you first meet people or are asked for your personal information. The second part of the video has an amusing skit, which may not be that funny if you're the sick person in the hospital emergency room.

This video will help you learn how to say where you are—and where other people are—in various rooms around the house, such as the attic, dining room, basement, and kitchen.

In this video, you can review subject pronouns, and learn how to ask and talk about where people are around town, whether it be at the library, in the park, or at the hospital.

Here's a grammar lesson about how to use the present continuous tense to say what you and anyone else is doing right now at the moment

Here's Part 2 of the grammar lesson about using the present continuous tense to say what you and anyone else is doing right now at the moment. TV news reporter Gary Carter meets the Jones family in Central Park and finds out exactly what they’re doing today.