Mar 08
GRAMMAR – Adjectives & Prepositions Some adjectives need a preposition before their object. There doesn’t seem to be a logical rule, I’m afraid! We just need to learn them. Afraid of Ashamed of Aware of Capable of Certain of Conscious of Envious of Independent of Jealous of Proud of Eager for Eligible for Famous for …
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Mar 08
GRAMMAR – Collocations with GO Native English speakers use the word GO almost daily. Try using some of these collocations in your everyday speech and learn how it can go into virtually any sentence. Can you think of any other collocations using the word go? Let us know with a comment! GO shopping GO dancing …
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Mar 06
VOCABULARY – Colors Do you agree that men and women see colors differently? COLORS FOR MEN: red, purple, pink, orange, yellow, green blue. COLORS FOR WOMEN: maraschino, cayenne, maroon, plum, eggplant, grape, orchid, lavender, carnation Strawberry, bubblegum, magenta, salmon, tangerine, cantaloupe, banana, lemon, honeydew, lime, spring, clover, fern, moss, flora, seafoam, spindrift, teal, sky, turquoise,
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Mar 06
GRAMMAR – Indefinite Pronouns Indefinite Pronouns like everyone and anything often cause problems. Although the appear to refer to more than one person or thing, they are SINGULAR. One way to determine if a pronoun is singular is to put the verb are immediately after it. If the resulting combination sounds wrong, then that pronoun …
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Mar 05
GRAMMAR – PHRASAL VERBS & HEALTH Pass away [die] Uncle Joe passed away last night. Pass out [faint] He passed out from exhaustion. Run over [hit by a car] She was run over by the bus. Get over [recover] He got over his flu quickly. Break out [start suddenly] She broke out in a rash. …
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Mar 05
GRAMMAR – Subordinating Conjunctions Subordinating conjunctions are words or phrases that introduce dependent clauses in a sentence. Adjective clauses are dependent clauses used to do what an adjective does: modify or describe a noun. The seven subordinating conjunctions that introduce adjective clauses are: who, whom, which, that, whose, when, where. Use who, whom, or that …
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Mar 05
GRAMMAR – Conjunctions ‘Though’, ‘although’, and ‘even though’ are all conjunctions that introduce a clause that shows contrast. Clauses of contrast are dependent clauses used to show how one person, place, or thing is different from another. All three have the same meaning, but even though is slightly stronger than the others. The clause that …
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Mar 10
Many people confuse these two expressions. And while they are similar, there is a very important difference. ON time – This referrs to when you have an appointment or scheduled time to be somewhere or do something. The meeting starts at 2 pm. I have to be on time. (If I’m late something bad will …
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Mar 08
The verb “to bear” has a few different meanings in English. to carry – They arrived bearing gifts. to support – The wall can’t bear the weight of the building. to endure – She can’t bear his bad moods. to turn and follow a direction – Bear left at the fork ahead. to give birth …
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Mar 06
When we ask WHAT DO YOU DO?, we want to know what you do for a living. So,… We need to pay attention to the article (a, an, no article): We use ‘a’ when the profession is singular and begins with a consonant sound. We use ‘an‘ when the profession is singular and begins with …
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