tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83751102990849124272024-03-12T05:51:16.676+01:00MyplaceforenglishTHIS BLOG HAS BEEN CREATED AS A HELP FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS OF ENGLISHEBOOKSTAGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14617242635502453197noreply@blogger.comBlogger463125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375110299084912427.post-34090164225983260652016-07-30T01:24:00.000+02:002018-01-03T19:52:30.383+01:00For how long or How long?<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Someone asked me today in class about the use of </span><br />
<u><i><span style="font-size: large;">For how long or How long?</span></i></u><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><u>This is the answer:</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Back in the nineteenth century someone decided, on the analogy of a
language other than English, that it was improper to end a sentence in
English with a preposition, even though the language had been doing just
that since its beginnings. So we're required to follow a rule in formal
written English that says we must put the preposition and its objects
in the correct order near the word they modify. </span>
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So in formal English we write: "For how long have you been in therapy?" </span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
In colloquial U.S. English we say: "How long have you been in therapy for?" </span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
The particular example you chose has <u>a simpler solution that works in
both formal and colloquial English:</u> just <span style="color: #741b47;"><b>omit "for,"</b></span> since<u> "how
long" and "for how long" are synonymous:</u> "How long have you been in
therapy?" </span>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><u>Most other prepositions in questions can't simply be discarded</u></span>: "To whom
did you give the message?" is formal while "Who did you give the
message to?" is standard in spoken U.S. English. Note the nominative
case of the pronoun "Who," also colloquial. </span><br />
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<u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Spanish Explanation / Ahora en Español:</span></b></u><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Algunas
indicaciones para diferenciar How long? y For how long? em inglés. Como
regla general diremos que las preposiciones en las preguntas informales
van al final de la pregunta. En este caso en concreto la mejor solución
es usar How long? Ya que significa "¿Por cuánto tiempo? Y es equivalemte
a for how long? que queda algo redundante.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">HTTP://WWW.MYPLACEFORENGLISH.BLOGSPOT.COM</div>EBOOKSTAGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14617242635502453197noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375110299084912427.post-19353759516212524062015-10-25T20:57:00.001+01:002015-10-25T21:04:00.702+01:00¿Por qué los niños piden chucherías en Halloween? Whydo kids ask for sweets in Halloween?<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span>
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">¿Sabéis por qué los más pequeños van piediendo chucherías por las casas la noche de Halloween?</span></b></span><br />
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<u><span style="font-size: large;">Os cuento de dónde viene la leyenda...</span></u><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Los celtas dejaban dulces y comida afuera de sus casas para no “enfurecer” a los espíritus que pudieran estar sueltos ese día y usaban máscaras de formas diabólicas con figuras y decoraciones para “darles miedo” y alejarlos.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Es por eso que los niños se tienen que disfrazar para ir recorriendo las casas pidiendo dulces bajo el lema “trick or treat” (literalmente traducido como “truco o trato” pero mejor conocido como “dulce o travesura”), la travesura hace alusión a la “maldad” de los espíritus.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It all comes from an ancient custom at the time of Celts, they left some food outside in order to calm down the evil spirits. They believed that the spirits didn't come in and that's why they also set some terrifing masks and decorations to scare the spirits and ghosts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This old tradition has been adapted by children who are supposed to be the evil spirits and if you don't give food or chocolates as in the past they will play some tricks on you!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy Halloween! </span><div class="blogger-post-footer">HTTP://WWW.MYPLACEFORENGLISH.BLOGSPOT.COM</div>EBOOKSTAGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14617242635502453197noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375110299084912427.post-787022285365954412014-09-27T02:07:00.001+02:002014-09-27T02:07:18.478+02:00Question Tags practice<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">See if you can finish the following sentences with the correct question tag. <span style="color: #cc0000;">The first ones are relatively easy, but then they get more difficult!</span></span><br />
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<li class="li"><span style="font-size: x-large;">You don't like me, ... ...?</span></li>
<li class="li"><span style="font-size: x-large;">It isn't raining, ... ...?</span></li>
<li class="li"><span style="font-size: x-large;">You've done your homework, ... ...?</span></li>
<li class="li"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I'm not late, ... ...?</span></li>
<li class="li"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I'm invited to your party, ... ...?</span></li>
<li class="li"><span style="font-size: x-large;">You like German food, ... ...?</span></li>
<li class="li"><span style="font-size: x-large;">You'll come to my party, ... ...?</span></li>
<li class="li"><span style="font-size: x-large;">You remembered to feed the cat, ... ...?</span></li>
<li class="li"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Let's play tennis, ... ...?</span></li>
<li class="li"><span style="font-size: x-large;">There's a problem here, ... ...?</span></li>
<li class="li"><span style="font-size: x-large;">He never says a word, ... ...?</span></li>
<li class="li"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Nobody came to your party, ... ...?</span></li>
<li class="li"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Don't forget, ... ...?</span></li>
<li class="li"><span style="font-size: x-large;">You think you're clever, ... ...?</span></li>
<li class="li"><span style="font-size: x-large;">So you think you're clever, ... ...?</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The <strong>3rd conditional</strong> sentence structure is also called the <strong>past unreal conditional</strong> or <strong>past hypothetical conditional</strong>. It is used to <em>imagine</em> a different past than the one that happened.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">((Este tipo de condicional se conoce como <b>"IMPOSIBLES"</b> pues ya ocurrieron en el pasado y no tenemos posibilidad de cambiar el resultado, solo nos queda lamentarnos.)) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If I hadn’t eaten so much, I wouldn’t have got so fat. (Si yo no hubiera comi tanto, no habría engordado tanto)</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The <strong>if</strong> clause is <em>unreal</em>. It did not happen. The <strong>result</strong> is what <em>would have</em> happened IF the <strong>if</strong> clause were real:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><em>If I hadn’t eaten so much,</em></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: large;">Did I eat a lot? Yes, I did. However, I’m imagining what <em>would have happened if</em> I hadn’t eaten so much.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What would have happened if I hadn’t eaten so much? The <strong>result</strong>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><em>…I wouldn’t have gotten* so fat.</em></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: large;">Am I fat now? Yes. I would not be fat now if hadn’t eaten so much in the past. If I ate well in the past, I would not be fat now.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">*In American English, ‘gotten’ is used at the past participle of ‘got.’ In British English, ‘gotten’ is not used.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">[I'm not fat in real life! I am just using this as an example sentence!]</span><br />
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<u>The <strong>3rd conditional</strong> form:</u></h2>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>If + past perfect, would have + past participle</strong></span></span></div>
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<strong>NOTE:</strong><br />
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*Because you are imagining the past, you can ONLY use <strong>if</strong>. In this sentence structure, you cannot use <em>when</em>, <em>after</em>, or any other time conjunction. (normalmente usaremos la partícula condicional if, ya que es pasado)<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><u><strong>Common uses of this sentence structure:</strong></u></span></h2>
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<strong>((Usos comunes de la tercera condicional: )) </strong></h2>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><strong>1.What would you have done if … ? (¿Qué habrías hecho si...?)</strong></span><br />
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<em>What would you have done if you hadn’t been accepted at any university?</em><br />
<em>What would you have done if we hadn’t been there to help?</em><br />
<em>What would you have done differently if you had known you would never speak to him again?</em></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><strong>2. If I had known… (Si yo hubiera sabido que...)</strong></span><br />
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<em>If I had known that you needed help, I would have come!</em><br />
<em>If we had known you were sick, we would have gone to visit you in the hospital.</em><br />
<em>We wouldn’t have driven all this way if we had known the museum was closed.</em><br />
<em>If I had known that you needed a ride to school, I would have driven you.</em><br />
<em>I really wanted to see that movie! If I had known you were going, I would have gone with you!</em></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><strong>3. You can use this sentence structure to express regret about something in the past, and to wish the past had happened differently. </strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75;"><strong>(Usamos la 3ª condicional para lamentarnos de una situación pasada que queremos hubiese sido de manera diferente)</strong></span><br />
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<em>If we had known the movie was so awful, we wouldn’t have wasted our money on it.</em><br />
<em>If I had finished high school and gone to university, I would have gotten a better job.</em></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><strong>4. You can use this structure to criticize someone/something or point out mistakes:</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75;"><strong>(Para criticar algo o señalar errores) </strong></span><br />
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<em>If you hadn’t stayed out so late last night, you wouldn’t have slept in and been late for work!</em><br />
<em>It would have been quicker if we had taken a taxi to the park instead of walking.</em></blockquote>
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<strong>More example sentences:</strong><br />
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<em>If I hadn’t gone to the party, I would have never met my husband.</em><br />
<em>We would have gone out last night if we hadn’t been so tired.</em><br />
<em>If his brother hadn’t reminded him, Dan would have forgotten his wife’s birthday.</em><br />
<em>If she had seen the ice on the road, she would have slowed down and she wouldn’t have gotten in an accident.</em></blockquote>
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Other <strong>modal verbs</strong> can be used in the result clause:</h2>
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<strong><span style="color: blue;">might have + past participle = maybe</span></strong></div>
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<em>If I had known you would be at the party, I <strong><span style="color: blue;">might have gone</span></strong>.</em><br />
<em>If I had known about his police record, I <span style="color: blue;"><strong>might not have dated</strong></span> him.</em><br />
<em>If he had finished high school, he <strong><span style="color: blue;">might have had</span></strong> a better life.</em><br />
<em>If she had been wearing her seatbelt, she <strong><span style="color: blue;">might have survived</span></strong> the car accident.</em></blockquote>
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<strong><span style="color: purple;">could have + past participle = possibility or ability</span></strong></div>
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<em>I <strong><span style="color: purple;">could have been</span></strong> a world-class swimmer if I had practiced more when I was younger.</em><br />
<em>If I had known you didn’t have a car, I <span style="color: purple;"><strong>could have driven</strong></span> you to the meeting.</em><br />
<em>If my parents hadn’t lent me money, I <strong><span style="color: purple;">could never have afforded</span></strong> university.</em><br />
<em>If you had told me the TV was broken, I <span style="color: purple;"><strong>could have fixed</strong></span> it for you!</em></blockquote>
<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u><b> ONLINE ACTIVITIES to PRACTICE: (practica en tu ordenador la 3ª condicional)</b></u></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/3cond1.htm"><span style="font-size: large;">1. In this exercise, you will practise forming the third conditional. Based on the example sentence, complete the third conditional sentence by filling in the spaces.</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Animals feature strongly in idioms. This is logical if we consider the various habits and characteristics of animals that we have lived side-by-side with for centuries.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">
a sly fox / to be as sly as a fox</span></h2>
<span style="font-size: large;">Someone who is very experienced and has acquired a lot of guile.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>You can’t trust him; he’s as sly as a fox. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">
to let sleeping dogs lie</span></h2>
<span style="font-size: large;">To leave well alone and refrain from starting trouble.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>You must have known that mentioning his ex-wife would upset him. You should have let sleeping dogs lie.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i>as stubborn as a mule</span></h2>
<span style="font-size: large;">Someone who is unwilling to listen to reason or change his mind.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>It’s a waste of time trying to get him to change his mind; he’s as stubborn as a mule.</i></span><br />
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a dark horse</span></h2>
<span style="font-size: large;">A person of unknown abilities or a person who has kept his abilities to himself and may surprise everybody. This is a racing metaphor which says that an unknown horse which could win the race unexpectedly.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Who would have thought George would win the competition? He’s a real dark horse.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">no room to swing a cat</span></h2>
<span style="font-size: large;">A very small, cramped place. The original phrase was probably ‘not room to swing a cat-o’nine-tails’, and dates from the time when sailors were flogged (whipped) on ships. The floggings took place on the deck because the cabins were too small.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>This room’s not big enough to swing a cat in.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">
to put/set the cat among the pigeons</span></h2>
<span style="font-size: large;">To provoke a quarrel.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>You shouldn’t have criticised the boss in your speech; now you’ve really put the cat among the pigeons.</i></span><br />
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a dog’s-body</span></h2>
<span style="font-size: large;">One who does the routine or mechanical work, especially that which no one else wants to do.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>When I worked in the factory I was the dog’s-body; I was given all the worst jobs.</i></span><br />
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as weak as a kitten</span></h2>
<span style="font-size: large;">Feeble, very weak, having no strength.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><i>After her operation she felt as weak as a kitten.</i></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">HTTP://WWW.MYPLACEFORENGLISH.BLOGSPOT.COM</div>EBOOKSTAGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14617242635502453197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375110299084912427.post-84530833815901627982014-03-20T02:00:00.004+01:002014-03-20T02:00:51.874+01:00LEARNING WITH SONGS: Say Something, A great big world <br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Today we learn English with songs. Hoy aprendemos con esta bella canción romántica.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Songs are extremely useful to improve your pronunciation and listening.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Esta canción es muy sencilla.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">If you don't know the wods in bold, learn them! Si no sabes las palabras de colores apréndelas, son muy útiles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>LYRICS</b><br />Say something I'm <span style="color: #990000;"><b>giving up</b></span> on you<br />
I'll be the one if you want me too<br />
Anywhere I would have followed you<br />
Say something I'm giving up on you</span>
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And I am<br />
Feeling so small<br />
It was over my head<br />
I know nothing at all</span>
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And I will</span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Stumble</b></span> and fall<br />
I'm still learning to love<br />
Just starting to <span style="color: #351c75;"><b>crawl</b></span></span>
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Say something I'm giving up on you<br />
I'm sorry that I couldn't get to you<br />
Anywhere I would have followed you<br />
Say something I'm giving up on you</span>
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And I will <span style="color: #4c1130;"><b>swallow</b></span> my pride<br />
You're the one that I love<br />
And I'm saying goodbye</span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
Say something I'm giving up on you<br />
I'm sorry that I couldn't get to you<br />
Anywhere I would have followed you</span>
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Say something I'm giving up on you<br />
Say something I'm giving up on you<br />
Say something.<br /><br /><br /><b>Letra traducida en español</b><br />Diga algo que me estoy <span style="color: #990000;"><b>dando por vencido </b></span>por ti<br />
Yo seré el único si tú me quieres también<br />
Donde quiera yo te hubiera seguido<br />
Diga algo que me estoy dando por vencido por ti</span>
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Y me<br />
Siento tan pequeño<br />
Estaba sobre mi cabeza<br />
Yo no sé nada en absoluto</span>
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Y voy<br />
A<span style="color: #38761d;"><b> tropezar</b></span> y caer<br />
Todavía estoy aprendiendo a amar<br />
Apenas comenzando a <span style="color: #351c75;"><b>gatear</b></span></span>
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Di algo que me estoy dando por vencido por ti<br />
Lo siento por no poder tenerte<br />
Donde quiera yo te hubiera seguido<br />
Di algo que me estoy dando por vencido por ti</span>
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Y voy a <span style="color: #4c1130;"><b>tragarme</b></span> mi orgullo<br />
Tú eres a quien amo<br />
Y estoy diciendo adiós</span>
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Di algo que me estoy dando por vencido por ti<br />
Lo siento por no poder tenerte<br />
Donde quiera yo te hubiera seguido</span>
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Di algo que me estoy dando por vencido por ti<br />
Di algo que me estoy dando por vencido por ti<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">as cool as a cucumber</span></h2>
<span style="font-size: large;">To be very relaxed and calm in a particular situation</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Swedish tennis player Bjorn Borg was known for always being as cool as a cucumber on court. He never looked nervous or stressed.</i></span><br />
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not my cup of tea</span></h2>
<span style="font-size: large;">Something is not to your taste.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Beach holidays are not my cup of tea: I much prefer going sightseeing in cities.</i></span><br />
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don’t put all your eggs in one basket</span></h2>
<span style="font-size: large;">Spread your risks; don’t depend on one thing</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Don’t put all your eggs in one basket by investing all your money in one company. Invest smaller amounts in several companies.</i></span><br />
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take something with a pinch of salt</span></h2>
<span style="font-size: large;">Don’t automatically believe something / Don’t immediately assume that someone is telling the truth.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>You should take what she says with a pinch of salt – she’s always exaggerating.</i></span><br />
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a bad egg</span></h2>
<span style="font-size: large;">Someone who is often in trouble and is not to be trusted</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>My mum says that John Smith is a bad egg and she doesn’t want me to be his friend. She says he’ll get me in trouble.</i></span><br />
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have your cake and eat it</span></h2>
<span style="font-size: large;">You can’t always have everything / you can’t have two opposing things or situations.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Mike loves his easy part-time job and all the free time he has, but he says he wants to be rich and successful. He can’t have his cake and eat it – if he wants more money he’ll have to get a full-time job.</i></span><br />
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the apple of my eye</span></h2>
<span style="font-size: large;">To love and adore someone.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>My daughter is the apple of my eye.</i></span><br />
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cheesy</span></h2>
<span style="font-size: large;">To be kitsch and / or without style</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>That film was so predictable and unoriginal – it was just a cheesy love story.</i></span><br />
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to butter someone up</span></h2>
<span style="font-size: large;">To be especially nice to someone or give someone something in order to get what you want.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>She doesn’t usually speak to me but yesterday she was buttering me up after she heard I had been promoted to a higher position at the company.</i></span><br />
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in a nutshell</span></h2>
<span style="font-size: large;">Basically / to summarise.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>He’s selfish, greedy and impolite. In a nutshell, he’s horrible.</i></span><br />
<i><br /></i><div class="blogger-post-footer">HTTP://WWW.MYPLACEFORENGLISH.BLOGSPOT.COM</div>EBOOKSTAGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14617242635502453197noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375110299084912427.post-87702612882275931472013-10-12T14:36:00.000+02:002013-10-12T14:37:49.416+02:00WE THOUGHT WE WERE ASLEEP<span style="font-size: large;">Today I show you my second book for the English Readers Collection:</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>We thought we were asleep</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>LEVEL</b>: A2-B1. 4ESO, 1 Bahillerato.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>AUTHOR:</b> Rafael Alcolea Harold </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Author's webpage:</b> www.rafaelalcolea@blogspot.com.es </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Genre: </b>Science Fiction, Young Adult.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pages:</b> 20</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>PLOT:</b></u></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Every year the goverments around the world give us a pill to sleep for some
hours. The whole planet remains asleep at the same time, but... What would
happen if you realise that you are not sleeping when you are supposed to
be?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> The protagonist discovers a terrible secret hidden by the rulers of
our world.<br />Will he escape from his fate?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Link Download for FREE:<span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: black;"> http://www.bubok.es/libros/227897/WE-THOUGHT-WE-WERE-ASLEEP </span></b></span></span><br />
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Note for teachers: You are allowed to use this material in class.<br />
Aquellos profesores que quieran usar estos materiales en clase pueden hacerlo. Solo deberán indicar la autoría del libro.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today, we present the first title of our collection of <span style="color: red;"><strong>MyPlaceforEnglish's Readers in English:</strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Title: The Next Victim.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Author: R. Alcolea Harold.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Genre: Mystery, vampires.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Pages: 50.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Level: Intermediate (A2, B1) / Bachillerato (1,2)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Price: 0.89€ / $1.19</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Link to buy the Ebook at Amazon:</span> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/THE-NEXT-VICTIM-ebook/dp/B00DESIHXC/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1371597773&sr=1-3&keywords=the+next+victim">http://www.amazon.com/THE-NEXT-VICTIM-ebook/dp/B00DESIHXC/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1371597773&sr=1-3&keywords=the+next+victim</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This text is appropriate to be used in EFL Classroom. It includes questions for the understanding of the story and further activities to be carried out in class.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">También podéis adquirirlo en Amazon España o cualquier país del mundo. Este libro es el primer título de la colección de lecturas para estudiantes de Inglés de nuestra web. Esperamos os guste. Se puede descargar y trabajar en clase por su económico precio.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here you are the Worksheet for Summer Paradise song by Simple Plan. The keys are in the second paper, but don't cheat and look before completing the blanks and listen to the song, if you don't have it you can watch the music video in the following link:</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.myplaceforenglish.blogspot.com.es/2013/04/summer-paradise-next-song-for-our-class.html"><span style="font-size: large;">http://www.myplaceforenglish.blogspot.com.es/2013/04/summer-paradise-next-song-for-our-class.html</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope you have as fun as we had today in class!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">(Si estáis aprendiendo Inglés, esta es una buena canción para empezar a mejorar vuestro Listening, y es muy divertida, fácil de seguir. Si no tenéis la canción pinchad en el enlace de arriba y podréis ver el video mientras completáis la letra de la canción. Las soluciones en la segunda hoja.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Summer is coming back so we'll practice our listening skill with this song in class. I leave the video as a starter, the lyrics and activities coming soon...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, they definitely weren’t speaking about the weather. They were using an <em>idiom</em>, i.e. a phrase whose collective meaning is different to the meaning of its individual words.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Here are six common weather idioms to impress your friends with.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><u>Frases idiomáticas sobre el Tiempo meteorológico.</u></span></strong><br />
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raining cats and dogs</h2>
<span style="font-size: large;">This is used to describe very heavy rain.</span><br />
<em><span style="font-size: large;">It’s terrible weather outside; it’s raining cats and dogs.</span></em><br />
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<em></em>to weather the storm</h2>
<span style="font-size: large;">To get through a difficult time and survive.</span><br />
<em><span style="font-size: large;">The government is in a crisis but they look like they will weather the storm.</span></em><br />
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<em></em>to be snowed under</h2>
<span style="font-size: large;">To have too much work or things to do.</span><br />
<em><span style="font-size: large;">Oh, no! Not another new project. I’m already snowed under. I don’t have time to do any more.</span></em><br />
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every cloud has a silver lining</h2>
<span style="font-size: large;">You can always find something positive in a bad situation.</span><br />
<em><span style="font-size: large;">Don’t worry about losing your job, it might be the best thing that’s happened to you. Remember, every cloud has a silver lining!</span></em><br />
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<em></em>stormy waters</h2>
<span style="font-size: large;">To be in trouble. To be going through a period of problems.</span><br />
<em><span style="font-size: large;">The government is in stormy waters over its new transportation policy.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-size: large;"> I’m in stormy waters with my girlfriend; I didn’t get home till 2 o’clock this morning. </span></em><br />
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to be a bit under the weather</h2>
<span style="font-size: large;">To feel ill, sick; not feeling completely well.</span><br />
<em><span style="font-size: large;">I’m taking the day off work today – I’m feeling a bit under the weather.<br />You look a bit under the weather, John. Aren’t you feeling well?</span> </em><div class="blogger-post-footer">HTTP://WWW.MYPLACEFORENGLISH.BLOGSPOT.COM</div>EBOOKSTAGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14617242635502453197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375110299084912427.post-53915854772722550512013-03-05T01:29:00.006+01:002013-03-15T19:28:34.796+01:00UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS OFTEN CONFUSED<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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10 uncountable nouns / Nombres incontables que solemos <span style="color: magenta;">confundir :</span></h2>
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<tr><td style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><strong>1. advice</strong></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><strong>2. news</strong></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><strong>3.information</strong></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><strong>4. equipment</strong></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><strong>5. luggage</strong></span></td><td style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><strong>6. experience</strong></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><strong>7. progress</strong></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><strong>8. traffic</strong></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><strong>9. trouble</strong></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><strong>10.accommodation</strong></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Before uncountable nouns we often use <em>some </em>or<em> any</em>:</span><br />
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<li><em><span style="font-size: large;">I need some advice.</span></em></li>
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<li><em><span style="font-size: large;">We don’t have any news.</span></em></li>
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<li><em><span style="font-size: large;">He doesn’t have much experience.</span></em></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We can also use <em>a lot of, </em><em>a little, very little and much</em>:</span><br />
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<li><em><span style="font-size: large;">There is a lot of information.</span></em></li>
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<li><em><span style="font-size: large;">They only have a little equipment.</span></em></li>
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<li><em><span style="font-size: large;">They don’t have much luggage.</span></em></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is possible to make the following nouns countable by saying:</span><br />
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<li><em><span style="font-size: large;">a piece of advice</span></em></li>
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<li><em><em><span style="font-size: large;">two pieces of news</span></em></em></li>
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<li><em><em><em><span style="font-size: large;">three pieces of information</span></em></em></em></li>
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<li><em><span style="font-size: large;">four pieces of equipment</span></em></li>
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<li><em><span style="font-size: large;">five pieces of luggage.</span></em></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The nouns <em>experience</em>, <em>progress</em>, <em>traffic, trouble</em> and <em>accommodation</em> <strong>cannot</strong> be made countable in the above way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">N.B. <em>Experience</em> also exists as a countable noun, as in this sentence: ‘We had a lot of good experiences on our trip’.</span><br />
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Seven tips for making idiomatic phrasal verbs easier to learn:</h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. Be careful when checking for meaning in your dictionary – phrasal verbs often have more than one meaning. Study the context of the sentence in which you first saw the phrasal verb. From that context you may be able to tell which definition in the dictionary is the one you need.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2. If possible, ask a native speaker about the meaning of the phrasal verb.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">3. Find out how common the phrasal verb is (again, a native speaker will be a big help). Focus on learning common phrasal verbs, not ones which are seldom used.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">4.<strong> Learn the phrasal verb as part of a sentence or phrase</strong> (this helps you to remember it).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">5. <strong>Double check that you can use the phrasal verb correctly.</strong> You can do this by inventing your own sentence containing the verb and again asking a native speaker if it’s correct. By doing this, for instance, you will see if you are putting the object of the verb in the correct place. Look at these examples: ‘I invite friends over’ and ‘I invited over friends’ are both correct because the position of the object is flexible with this verb. However, with the verb <em>give up</em>, we can say ‘I gave up smoking<em>‘</em> but not ‘I gave smoking up’.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>6. Don’t try to learn every meaning of a phrasal verb: </strong>one is enough to start with. Learn the other meanings once you are sure you’ll remember the first.</span></div>
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Here is a list of phrasal verbs that contain <em>put</em>.<br />
A word in brackets, such as <em>something</em>, means that we can use the phrasal with or without that word.<br />
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put something down</h2>
To stop carrying something.<br />
<em>Put down those heavy bags you’re carrying and take a seat.<br />He stopped writing and put his pen down for a moment. </em><br />
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put money down</h2>
To pay a deposit on something.<br />
<em>I put a £1000 deposit down on the car.</em><br />
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put money in</h2>
To make a financial contribution.<br />
<em>The cost of driving to Paris and back is €400 so we all need to put in <em>€</em>100.</em><br />
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put something off</h2>
To postpone or delay something.<br />
<em>She put off telling him the bad news until he was feeling happier.<br />A procrastinator is someone who is always putting things off. </em><br />
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put off, be put off (something)</h2>
To get the feeling that something is bad and consequently to change your mind or plan.<em><br /></em> <em>I’d love to try oysters but the look of them always puts me off.<br /><em>It puts me off my writing if lots of people are talking around me.</em><br /><em>I was put off going to India when I read about how many tourists get ill when they go there</em>. </em><br />
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be put off (by something)</h2>
To be distracted or disturbed by something else happening.<em><br />The footballer missed the penalty because he was put off by the crowd whistling. </em><br />
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put on weight</h2>
To get fatter.<br />
<em>He put on a lot of weight after he lost his job and had to stay at home.<br />No dessert for me, thanks – I don’t want to put on weight. </em><br />
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put something on</h2>
To turn on something electrical.<br />
<em>I’ll put the television on – there’s a good film on tonight.<br />Put the light on! I can’t see. </em><br />
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put someone out</h2>
To be upset by something someone has done.<br />
<em>I don’t want to put you out but could you work late tonight?</em><br />
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put up the price of something</h2>
To increase the price of something.<br />
<em>The government have put up VAT again.<br />We’ve put up our prices in order to cover our costs.</em><br />
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put something up</h2>
To fix something to a wall.<br />
<em>Why don’t you put a sign up to tell people where the party is.<br />I’m going to put some more pictures up on the wall. </em><br />
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put someone up</h2>
To accommodate someone; to let someone sleep at your house for a night or a few nights.<br />
<em>Can you put me up for a few days while I’m in London?</em><br />
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put up with something</h2>
To live with something you don’t like; to tolerate something you don’t like.<br />
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The goal of grammar instruction is to enable students to carry out their communication purposes. This goal has three implications: </div>
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<li> Students need overt instruction that connects grammar points with larger communication contexts. </li>
<li>Students do not need to master every aspect of each grammar point, only those that are relevant to the immediate communication task. </li>
<li>Error correction is not always the instructor's first responsibility. </li>
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Overt Grammar Instruction </h3>
Adult students appreciate and benefit from direct instruction that allows them to apply critical thinking skills to language learning. Instructors can take advantage of this by providing explanations that give students a descriptive understanding (declarative knowledge) of each point of grammar. <br />
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<li>Teach the grammar point in the target language or the students' first language or both. The goal is to facilitate understanding. </li>
<li>Limit the time you devote to grammar explanations to 10 minutes, especially for lower level students whose ability to sustain attention can be limited. </li>
<li>Present grammar points in written and oral ways to address the needs of students with different learning styles. </li>
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An important part of grammar instruction is providing examples. Teachers need to plan their examples carefully around two basic principles: <br />
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<li> Be sure the examples are accurate and appropriate. They must present the language appropriately, be culturally appropriate for the setting in which they are used, and be to the point of the lesson. </li>
<li>Use the examples as teaching tools. Focus examples on a particular theme or topic so that students have more contact with specific information and vocabulary. </li>
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Relevance of Grammar Instruction </h3>
In the communicative competence model, the purpose of learning grammar is to learn the language of which the grammar is a part. Instructors therefore teach grammar forms and structures in relation to meaning and use for the specific communication tasks that students need to complete. <br />
Compare the traditional model and the communicative competence model for teaching the English past tense: <br />
Traditional: grammar for grammar's sake <br />
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<li>Teach the regular <em>-ed </em> form with its two pronunciation variants </li>
<li>Teach the doubling rule for verbs that end in <em>d </em> (for example, <em>wed-wedded</em>)</li>
<li>Hand out a list of irregular verbs that students must memorize </li>
<li>Do pattern practice drills for <em>-ed </em></li>
<li>Do substitution drills for irregular verbs </li>
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Communicative competence: grammar for communication's sake <br />
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<li>Distribute two short narratives about recent experiences or events, each one to half of the class </li>
<li>Teach the regular <em>-ed </em> form, using verbs that occur in the texts as examples. Teach the pronunciation and doubling rules if those forms occur in the texts. </li>
<li>Teach the irregular verbs that occur in the texts. </li>
<li>Students read the narratives, ask questions about points they don't understand. </li>
<li>Students work in pairs in which one member has read Story A and the other Story B. Students interview one another; using the information from the interview, they then write up or orally repeat the story they have not read. </li>
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Error Correction </h3>
At all proficiency levels, learners produce language that is not exactly the language used by native speakers. Some of the differences are grammatical, while others involve vocabulary selection and mistakes in the selection of language appropriate for different contexts. <br />
In responding to student communication, teachers need to be careful not to focus on error correction to the detriment of communication and confidence building. Teachers need to let students know when they are making errors so that they can work on improving. Teachers also need to build students' confidence in their ability to use the language by focusing on the content of their communication rather than the grammatical form. <br />
Teachers can use error correction to support language acquisition, and avoid using it in ways that undermine students' desire to communicate in the language, by taking cues from context. <br />
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<li>When students are doing structured output activities that focus on development of new language skills, use error correction to guide them. </li>
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Example: <br />Student <em>(in class)</em>: I buy a new car yesterday. <br /> Teacher: You <em>bought </em> a new car yesterday. Remember, the past tense of buy is bought. </blockquote>
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<li>When students are engaged in communicative activities, correct errors only if they interfere with comprehensibility. Respond using correct forms, but without stressing them. </li>
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Example: <br /> Student <em>(greeting teacher) </em>: I buy a new car yesterday! <br /> Teacher: You bought a new car? That's exciting! What kind? </blockquote>
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Forming Comparatives and Superlatives from Adjectives:</h2>
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<td align="center" style="background-color: #3366ff;" valign="top" width="24%"><span style="color: white;">Example of Type</span></td>
<td align="center" style="background-color: #3366ff;" valign="top" width="29%"><span style="color: white;">Comparative</span></td>
<td align="center" style="background-color: #3366ff;" valign="top" width="31%"><span style="color: white;">Superlative </span></td></tr>
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<td style="background-color: #3366ff;" valign="top" width="20%"><span style="color: white;"><br />One Syllable</span></td>
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<img border="0" src="http://www.grammar-monster.com/images/bullet_1.gif" /> strong</td>
<td style="background-color: #cccccc;" valign="top" width="29%"><span style="background-color: yellow;">add "er"</span><br />
<img border="0" src="http://www.grammar-monster.com/images/bullet_1.gif" /> stronger</td>
<td style="background-color: #cccccc;" valign="top" width="31%"><span style="background-color: yellow;">add "est"</span><br />
<img border="0" src="http://www.grammar-monster.com/images/bullet_1.gif" /> strongest</td></tr>
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<td style="background-color: #3366ff;" valign="top" width="20%"><span style="color: white;"><br />One Syllable Ending Vowel Consonant</span></td>
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<img border="0" src="http://www.grammar-monster.com/images/bullet_1.gif" /> big<br />
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thin</td>
<td style="background-color: #cccccc;" valign="top" width="29%"><span style="background-color: yellow;">double consonant and<br />add
"er"</span><br />
<img border="0" src="http://www.grammar-monster.com/images/bullet_1.gif" /> bigger<br />
<img border="0" src="http://www.grammar-monster.com/images/bullet_1.gif" /> thinner</td>
<td style="background-color: #cccccc;" valign="top" width="31%"><span style="background-color: yellow;">double consonant and<br />add
"est"</span><br />
<img border="0" src="http://www.grammar-monster.com/images/bullet_1.gif" /> biggest<br />
<img border="0" src="http://www.grammar-monster.com/images/bullet_1.gif" /> thinnest</td></tr>
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<td style="background-color: #3366ff;" valign="top" width="20%"><span style="color: white;">More Than One Syllable</span></td>
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<img border="0" src="http://www.grammar-monster.com/images/bullet_1.gif" /> famous</td>
<td style="background-color: #cccccc;" valign="top" width="29%"><span style="background-color: yellow;">add "less" or "more"</span><br />
<img border="0" src="http://www.grammar-monster.com/images/bullet_1.gif" /> more famous</td>
<td style="background-color: #cccccc;" valign="top" width="31%"><span style="background-color: yellow;">add "most" or "least"</span> <br />
<img border="0" src="http://www.grammar-monster.com/images/bullet_1.gif" /> least famous</td></tr>
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<td style="background-color: #3366ff;" valign="top" width="20%"><span style="color: white;">More Than One Syllable Ending "y"</span></td>
<td style="background-color: #cccccc;" valign="top" width="24%"><br />
<img border="0" src="http://www.grammar-monster.com/images/bullet_1.gif" /> silly</td>
<td style="background-color: #cccccc;" valign="top" width="29%"><span style="background-color: yellow;">remove "y" add "ier"</span><br />
<img border="0" src="http://www.grammar-monster.com/images/bullet_1.gif" /> sillier<br />
<span style="background-color: yellow;">for less</span><br />
<img border="0" src="http://www.grammar-monster.com/images/bullet_1.gif" /> less silly </td>
<td style="background-color: #cccccc;" valign="top" width="31%"><span style="background-color: yellow;">remove "y" add "iest"</span><br />
<img border="0" src="http://www.grammar-monster.com/images/bullet_1.gif" /> silliest<br />
<span style="background-color: yellow;">for least</span><br />
<img border="0" src="http://www.grammar-monster.com/images/bullet_1.gif" /> least silly </td></tr>
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<td style="background-color: #3366ff;" valign="top" width="20%"><span style="color: white;"> Irregular</span></td>
<td style="background-color: #cccccc;" valign="top" width="24%"><br />
<img border="0" src="http://www.grammar-monster.com/images/bullet_1.gif" /> bad<br />
<img border="0" src="http://www.grammar-monster.com/images/bullet_1.gif" />
good<br />
<img border="0" src="http://www.grammar-monster.com/images/bullet_1.gif" /> many </td>
<td style="background-color: #cccccc;" valign="top" width="29%"><span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="color: black;">no rules
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<img border="0" src="http://www.grammar-monster.com/images/bullet_1.gif" /> worse<br />
<img border="0" src="http://www.grammar-monster.com/images/bullet_1.gif" /> etter<br />
<img border="0" src="http://www.grammar-monster.com/images/bullet_1.gif" /> more</td>
<td style="background-color: #cccccc;" valign="top" width="31%"><span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="color: black;">no
rules</span></span><br />
<img border="0" src="http://www.grammar-monster.com/images/bullet_1.gif" /> worst<br />
<img border="0" src="http://www.grammar-monster.com/images/bullet_1.gif" /> best<br />
<img border="0" src="http://www.grammar-monster.com/images/bullet_1.gif" /> most<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On the whole, British and American speakers of English have very few problems understanding one another. Over the last half a century or so television and film have done much to familiarise Americans with British English (BrE) and Britons with American English (AmE).</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">There are actually thousands of vocabulary differences between British and American English. While many of these words can be instantly understood by speakers from the other country, other words might easily baffle someone who hasn’t spent a long period of time in both countries.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">First let’s look at some of the <strong>well-known vocabulary differences</strong> between Britain and the United States. Native speakers from either country should know all of these:</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">10 well-known vocabulary differences</span></h2>
<span style="font-size: large;">petrol (BrE), gas (AmE)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">pavement (BrE), sidewalk (AmE)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">lift (BrE), elevator (AmE)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">boot (BrE), trunk (AmE)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">lorry (BrE), truck (AmE)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">sweets (BrE), candy (AmE)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">car park (BrE), parking lot (AmE)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">motorway (BrE), highway (AmE)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">biscuit (BrE), cookie (AmE)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">rubbish (BrE), garbage (AmE)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">OK, they were the easy ones. Now try 10 more difficult ones, some of which may be completely unknown or are liable to cause some confusion between an American and British speaker.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">10 lesser-known vocabulary differences</span></h2>
<span style="font-size: large;">How many do you know? (The correct answers are at the bottom of the page.)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">_______ (BrE) / barf (AmE)</span></li>
<span style="font-size: large;">
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">pedestrain crossing (BrE) / _______ (AmE)</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">_______ (BrE) / downspout (AmE)</span></li>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">drawing pin (BrE) / _______ (AmE)</span></li>
<span style="font-size: large;">
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">flyover (BrE) / _______(AmE)</span></li>
<span style="font-size: large;">
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">_______ (BrE) / teeter-totter (AmE)</span></li>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">_______ (BrE) / rutabaga (AmE)</span></li>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">_______ (BrE) / eggplant (AmE)</span></li>
<span style="font-size: large;">
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">_______ (BrE) / antsy (AmE)</span></li>
<span style="font-size: large;">
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">braces (BrE) / _______ (AmE)</span></li>
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</span></ol>
<span style="font-size: large;">(Scroll down to see the answers.)</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Here are the answers:</span><br />
<ol>
<li> vomit (BrE) / barf (AmE)</li>
<li>pedestrain crossing (BrE) / crosswalk (AmE)</li>
<li>drainpipe (BrE) / downspout (AmE)</li>
<li>drawing pin (BrE) / thumbtack (AmE)</li>
<li>flyover (BrE) / overpass (AmE)</li>
<li>see-saw (BrE) / teeter-totter (AmE)</li>
<li>swede (BrE) / rutabaga (AmE)</li>
<li>aubergine (BrE) / eggplant (AmE)</li>
<li>fidgety (BrE) / antsy (AmE)</li>
<li>braces (BrE) / suspenders (AmE)</li>
</ol>
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<span style="color: blue;">Mickey Mouse</span> </h2>
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<strong>Mickey Mouse</strong> is a cartoon character who has become an icon for the Walt Disney Company. Mickey Mouse is short for Mitchell Mouse. It was created in 1928 by <strong>Walt Disney</strong> and <strong>Ub Iwerks</strong> and voiced by <strong>Walt Disney</strong>. <br />
The first appearance of Mickey Mouse was in <strong><em>Plane Crazy</em></strong> on May 15, 1928. But the Walt Disney Company celebrates Mickey Mouse birth as November 18, 1928 upon the release of <strong><em>Steamboat Willie</em></strong>, because it is the first Mickey Mouse Cartoon with sound. The anthropomorphic mouse has developed along the years. He first appeared in color in 1935. The first <strong>Technicolor Disney</strong> film was <em><strong>Flowers and Trees</strong></em> from 1932. He also evolved from being simply a character in animated cartoons and comic strips to become one of the most recognizable symbols in the world. <br />
Mickey's popularity has grown around the world. This was due to his angelic nature. Mickey never does anything immoral. However, in 2009 the Walt Disney Company announced that they will begin to re-brand the Mickey Mouse character by moving away from his pleasant, cheerful image and reintroducing the more devious side of his personality, starting with the upcoming <em><strong>Epic Mickey, </strong></em>a Mickey Mouse video game. The Walt Disney company thus intends to show the mischievous side of Mickey's personality.</blockquote>
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Source: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></blockquote>
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<li>Mickey Mouse's birthday is celebrated on <br /> a. <input name="gap1" type="radio" value="a" /> May 15, 1928 <br /> b. <input name="gap1" type="radio" value="b" /> November 18, 1928</li>
<li>The first Mickey Mouse with sound first appeared in <br /> a. <input name="gap2" type="radio" value="a" /> Steamboat Willie<br /> b. <input name="gap2" type="radio" value="b" /> Plane Crazy</li>
<li>Mickey Mouse first appeared in color in<br /> a. <input name="gap3" type="radio" value="a" /> 1932 <br /> b. <input name="gap3" type="radio" value="b" /> 1935</li>
<li>Mickey Mouse has always been popular thanks to <br /> a. <input name="gap4" type="radio" value="a" /> his good nature,<br /> b. <input name="gap4" type="radio" value="b" /> mischievous side of his character. </li>
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It is not only learners of English who confuse <em>less</em> and <em>fewer</em> – some native speakers also frequently use them incorrectly.<br />
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But <em>less</em> and <em>fewer</em> are not actually so difficult to use correctly: <em>less</em> means ’a lower amount’ (menor cantidad de algo), while <em>fewer</em> expresses ‘a lower number’ (menor número de algo). <br />
In other words:<br />
<ul>
<li><em>fewer</em> and <em>less</em> are both the opposite of <em>more</em>;</li>
<li>we use <em>fewer</em> with <strong>countable </strong>nouns; <strong><span style="color: blue;">Fewer con nombres contables</span></strong></li>
<li>we use <em>less</em> with <strong>uncountable </strong>nouns. <strong><span style="color: blue;">Less se usa con incontables.</span></strong></li>
</ul>
Let’s look at some examples:<br />
<ul>
<li>I’ve got <strong>less time</strong> than I had last year. (<em>time </em>= uncountable noun)</li>
<li>He’s got <strong>less money</strong> than his wife. (<em>money </em>= uncountable noun)</li>
<li>Low-fat milk has <strong>fewer calories</strong> than full-fat. (<em>calories = </em>countable noun)</li>
<li>The government built <strong>fewer houses</strong> last year. (<em>houses </em>= countable noun)</li>
</ul>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: red;">Easy-to-remember tip</span></h2>
If thinking about countable and uncountable nouns is a bit too technical for you, here’s an easy way to remember how to get <em>less </em>and <em>fewer </em>right:<span style="color: #38761d;"> <strong><u>Use <em>fewer </em>when the noun is plural</u></strong> <strong>(e.g.<em>doors</em>, <em>dogs</em>, <em>people</em>, <em>mistakes</em>, <em>days</em>, etc.) and you will always be correct.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><strong>Steve Jobs</strong>, the American businessman and technology visionary who is best known as the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of <em>Apple Inc</em>, was born on February 24, 1955. His parents were two University of Wisconsin graduate students, Joanne Carole Schieble and Syrian-born Abdulfattah Jandali. They were both unmarried at the time. Jandali, who was teaching in Wisconsin when Steve was born, said he had no choice but to put the baby up for adoption because his girlfriend's family objected to their relationship. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"> <img align="right" alt="Steve Jobs" height="298" src="http://www.myenglishpages.com/images/voc/reading/SteveJ-jobs.JPG" title="Steve Jobs holding a en:MacBook Air (at en:MacWorld Conference & Expo 2008 - Moscone Center - San Francisco, CA) source: wikipedia" width="213" /></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">The baby was adopted at birth by Paul Reinhold Jobs (1922–1993) and Clara Jobs (1924–1986). Later, when asked about his "adoptive parents," Jobs replied emphatically that Paul and Clara Jobs "were my parents." He stated in his authorized biography that they "were my parents 1,000%." Unknown to him, his biological parents would subsequently marry (December 1955), have a second child, novelist Mona Simpson, in 1957, and divorce in 1962. The Jobs family moved from San Francisco to Mountain View, California when Steve was five years old. The parents later adopted a daughter, Patti. Paul was a machinist for a company that made lasers, and taught his son rudimentary electronics and how to work with his hands. The father showed Steve how to work on electronics in the family garage, demonstrating to his son how to take apart and rebuild electronics such as radios and televisions. As a result, Steve became interested in and developed a hobby of technical tinkering. Clara was an accountant who taught him to read before he went to school. Jobs's youth was riddled with frustrations over formal schooling. At Monta Loma Elementary school in Mountain View, he was a prankster whose fourth-grade teacher needed to bribe him to study. Jobs tested so well, however, that administrators wanted to skip him ahead to high school—a proposal his parents declined. Jobs then attended Cupertino Junior High and Homestead High School in Cupertino, California. During the following years Jobs met Bill Fernandez and <em>Steve Wozniak</em>, a computer whiz kid. Following high school graduation in 1972, Jobs enrolled at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Reed was an expensive college which Paul and Clara could ill afford. They were spending much of their life savings on their son's higher education. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Jobs dropped out of college after six months and spent the next 18 months dropping in on creative classes, including a course on calligraphy. He continued auditing classes at Reed while sleeping on the floor in friends' dorm rooms, returning Coke bottles for food money, and getting weekly free meals at the local <em>Hare Krishna</em> temple In 1976, Wozniak invented the <em>Apple I</em> computer. Jobs, Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, an electronics industry worker, founded Apple computer in the garage of Jobs's parents in order to sell it. </span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">They received funding from a then-semi-retired Intel product-marketing manager and engineer Mike Markkula. Through Apple, Jobs was widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution and for his influential career in the computer and consumer electronics fields. Jobs also co-founded and served as chief executive of <em>Pixar Animation Studios</em>; he became a member of the board of directors of <em>The Walt Disney Company</em> in 2006, when Disney acquired Pixar. Jobs died at his California home around 3 p.m. on October 5, 2011, due to complications from a relapse of his previously treated pancreatic cancer. Source: </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs" target="_blank"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Wikipedia</span></a><br />
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<li><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Steve Jobs never knew who his real parents were. <br /> a. </span><input name="gap1" type="radio" value="a" /><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"> True<br /> b. </span><input name="gap1" type="radio" value="b" /><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"> False </span></li>
<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">
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<li><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">His adoptive parents were rich.<br /> a. </span><input name="gap2" type="radio" value="a" /><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"> True.<br /> b. </span><input name="gap2" type="radio" value="b" /><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"> False.</span></li>
<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">
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<li><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Jobs was a university graduate.<br /> a. </span><input name="gap3" type="radio" value="a" /><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"> True<br /> b. </span><input name="gap3" type="radio" value="b" /><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"> False</span> </li>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">SUCH + Nouns </span></b></h3>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">such + a + (adjective) + singular noun + that + result</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">(It is common to
put an adjective before the noun)</span><br />
<ul><span style="font-size: large;">
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">He is <b>such a tight person that</b> he even reuses his servillettes.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Christopher is <b>such a handsome man that</b> all the ladies want him.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">She had <b>such a long speech that</b> everyone stopped paying attention to her.
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">such + plural/uncountable noun + that + result</span></b><br />
<ul><span style="font-size: large;">
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">She has <b>such big feet that </b>she has to buy special shoes.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Woodward Restaurant has <b>such good food that</b> it's always full of people.
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<h3 style="color: magenta;">
<span style="font-size: large;">
SO <b>/ SUCH in exclamations</b></span></h3>
<span style="font-size: large;">In exclamations we drop the word 'that' and use:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">i) such + noun (singular/plural)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">ii) so + adjective</span><br />
<ul><span style="font-size: large;">
</span>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">You are <b>such</b> an idiot! (noun)</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Celebrities have <b>such</b> weird tastes! (noun)</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">You are <b>so</b> stupid! (adjective)</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">It's <b>so</b> sunny outside! (adjective)</span></li>
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Too/Enough</h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Too</i></b> and <i><b>Enough</b></i> are used with adjectives and indicate degree.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <i><b>Too</b></i> means more than necessary, and it precedes the adjective. <i><b> </b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Enough</b></i> means sufficient and usually follows the adjective and precedes nouns.</span><br />
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</span><td><span style="font-size: large;">He is <i>too old</i> to ride the Merry-Go-Round.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">She has <i>too much</i> money.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Tony was <i>tall enough</i> to play on the basketball team.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">They were <i>smart enough</i> to pass the test.</span></td><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><td width="10"><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /></td><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><td valign="bottom"><span style="font-size: large;">(NOT: enough tall)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">(NOT: enough smart)</span></td><span style="font-size: large;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Enough</b></i> can also be used with nouns. In such cases, <i>enough</i> usually precedes the word it modifies.</span><br />
<ul><span style="font-size: large;">I have <i>enough money</i> for the CD player. <br />
I don't have <i>enough</i> (money) for the computer. <br />
There aren't <i>enough</i> people to make a team.</span></ul>
<span style="font-size: large;">In some cases, <i>enough</i> can stand alone.</span><br />
<ul><span style="font-size: large;">I have had <i>enough</i> of this nonsense. <br />
<i>Enough</i> is <i>enough</i>!</span></ul>
<span style="font-size: large;">Common problems include using <i>very</i> in place of <i>too</i> or <i>enough</i>.</span><br />
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<tr><td><span style="font-size: large;">She is very young to drink alcohol.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">She is too young to drink alcohol.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">He is not very tough to play football.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">He is not tough enough to play football. </span></td><span style="font-size: large;">
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</span><td><span style="font-size: large;">(Wrong)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">(Correct)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">(Wrong)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">(Correct)</span></td></tr>
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