Homographs

How do you like this: I bought this piece of china in a china shop when I was in China.

English is a crazy language. There is no ham in hamburger, no egg in eggplant, neither apple nor pine in pineapple. French fries weren’t invented in France, and English muffins weren’t invented in England. Furthermore, quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is not from Guinea nor is it a pig!

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MUST and CAN'T

MUST and CAN'T in Logical conclusions - using English modal verbs

- 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.

Watch the video and answer the questions

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

2.     Why were they created?

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.