Self-Study Tasks.REMEMBER THAT WHAT YOU SAY IS USUALLY LESS IMPORTANT THAN HOW YOU SAY IT.
четверг, 24 января 2013 г.
Homophones
Here’s one that a lot of people, even first-language speakers, get mixed up: the difference between the words “weather”and “whether”. It’s easy to confuse the two, because they are homophones. Homophones are two words that sound the same (“homo” = same, “phono” = sound), even though they mean different things and are spelled differently.
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phonetics
вторник, 22 января 2013 г.
delicious
I always hear, “Do you think this is delicious?” “What
foods do you think are delicious?” Native speakers almost never use “delicious”
in a question.
For example, I might say, “Wow, this pizza is really
delicious” but I would never ask, “Do you think this pizza is delicious?”
Instead I would ask, “Do you like this pizza?” or “What do you think of this
pizza?” or “Do you think this pizza is any good?” In fact, I almost never use the
word “delicious” at all. I rarely say “this pizza is really delicious” I
usually say, “This pizza is really good” or “this pizza is amazing”.
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conversation,
lexis,
topic
Winter Vocabulary Words
While
it’s only winter for half the world, and even then, it doesn’t snow everywhere,
there are still an abundance of words that you can use for the coldest
part of the year.
Use
these words to help you grow your English vocabulary when talking about winter.
black
ice –
a very thin coating of ice found on roads and sidewalks that is difficult to
see, and therefore quite dangerous
ex:
Irina said that the black ice on her street caused 3 car accidents.
понедельник, 21 января 2013 г.
Talk about time
Don't you wish that there were more hours in the day? Time is one of our most valuable resources. There never seems to be enough time to accomplish everything that you want to accomplish.
Today, take a minute to think about time and how to talk about it in English.
Today, take a minute to think about time and how to talk about it in English.
What do people do with time?
- spend time on things
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conversation,
lexis
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