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Connectors
Connectors or linking words join phrases while adding a shade of meaning. In out textbook you will find exercises on connectors in the accurate writing section. It important to use a variety of connectors. You need linking words/phrases: * To … Continue reading
Guess the City Competition
As we are working on memorable places in our textbook, we are going to play a guessing game in which you write a short paragraph describing a memorable city of your choice anywhere in the world using some of the … Continue reading
Participle Clauses
In English, participle clauses are mainly used in writing in order to put a lot of information into one sentence. There are three kinds of participles in English: present participle, past participle and perfect participle. The Present Participle is the ing-form. … Continue reading
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Adjective word order
Normally you find one or two adjectives maximum in front of a noun in English. However, occasionally there are times when you need to be very specific and you want to describe things in detail and need to use more … Continue reading
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Travelling
Sometimes we can go places and not see their real essence because we are not looking in the right direction or we just miss a turn. Beyond the postcard is a BBC Learning English site that aims at showing the … Continue reading
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Intensifying adverbs
We can use some adverbs with adjectives or verbs to amplify or intensify their meaning i.e. I am deeply fustrated at the amount of new vocabulary we need to learn. However it’s… Using intensifying adverbs will help you with highlighting … Continue reading
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Gradable or non gradable,that is the question
Adjectives can be either gradable or non-gradable Gradable adjectives are adjectives like ‘cold’ ‘hot’ and ‘frightened’. You can be very cold or a bit cold. Gradable adjectives show that something can have different degrees. Non-gradable adjectives are adjectives like ‘married’ … Continue reading
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Relative clauses
Pronouns Review relative pronoun use example who subject or object pronoun for people I told you about the woman who lives next door. which subject or object pronoun for animals and things Do you see the cat which is lying … Continue reading
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Extraordinary lives
Unit 2 of our book begins with an article on exceptional people. As Shakespeare put it Twelfth Night, 1602 Malvalio: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ‘em. The article talks about Kim Peek … Continue reading
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