суббота, 18 января 2014 г.

четверг, 16 января 2014 г.

MUST and CAN'T

- ful & - less

10 ENGLISH WORDS ENDING IN -FUL
1. cheerful = happy, full of positivity, in a good mood
I’m much more cheerful after I have my morning cup of coffee.
Opposite = grumpy

Get & Become

The word get and become are sometimes interchangeable. However, get has several different meanings. Become, on the other hand, is mainly used to talk about a development of some kind.
Get is one of the commonest words in English. It is mainly used in informal English. Some people even believe that get should not be used in formal speech and writing. That probably doesn’t make much sense, though.

среда, 15 января 2014 г.

Watch the video and answer the questions

1.     In Britain, when were ‘National Parks’ created?
2.     Why were they created?

понедельник, 13 января 2014 г.

It takes...


You're a middle school science teacher. You're teaching your students about space. You want to explain how far away stars are from each other.
The distance between us and the nearest star is so vast, it takes about 4 years for its light to reach us.

English listening ex. 2 - Exam reforms


Make no bones

Let the cat out of the bag



Let the cat out of the bag


Are you a person who lets out secrets unintentionally? A person who can't keep a secret, is someone who always lets the cat out of the bag.
The idiom 'to let the cat out of the bag' means to reveal a secret or a surprise by accident.

воскресенье, 12 января 2014 г.

Phrases And Idioms Using Snow

It was snowing hard there the other day. The snowflakes were big and light, and the wind was making a few different snowdrifts. A lot of people like snow because snow can make the landscape beautiful. For me too much snow makes driving dangerous and in the NYC area, heavy snow can make the trains very delayed, or not run at all.

Idioms for Problems & Difficulties



#1 – at your wits’ end
= when you are at the limit of your mental resources, desperate and without additional options
“I’ve been trying to download the file all day and I keep getting an error message – I’m at my wits’ end!”