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原创 Day 20 Some adjectives with -ic and –ical AND Mixed tenses

1.Some adjectives with -ic and –ical:classica very good, or well-known, example of a category.‘I like classic English novels, by writers like Jane Austen or Charles Dickens.’classicaldescribes a ...

2020-01-14 07:09:06 1818

原创 Day 18 Male and female job words AND Subject-object questions

1.Job gendersFor a man - For a woman - For a man or a woman:actor - actress - actorwaiter - waitress (sometimes) - waiterpoliceman - policewoman - police officerbusinessman - businesswoman - (so...

2019-12-15 10:00:48 3007

原创 Day 19 Strong adjectives AND Too much / too many / enough / not enough / very

1.Strong adjectivesNormal adjectives - Strong adjectivesfunny - hilariousbad - terriblegood - wonderful, amazing, fantastic, fabulousIntensifiers for normal adjectivesvery, quite, not so, just a...

2019-12-13 09:38:21 754

原创 Day 17 New words AND Used to

1.New wordsflashmob (noun)a crowd of people who gather together quickly and suddenly, often organised through social mediaselfie (noun)a photo that you take of yourself, normally on a mobile phone...

2019-12-12 10:45:33 469

原创 Day 16 Weather words AND ‘Might’, ‘may’ and ‘could’ for possibility

1.Weather wordsnoun - verb - adjectiverain - rain - rainyThere is a lot of rain; It rains a lot; It’s very rainysnow - snow - snowyThere is a bit of snow; It snows in winter; It’s a bit snowywin...

2019-12-11 10:26:32 934

原创 Day 15 Homophones And Defining relative clauses

1.Homophonesredthe colour. ‘I bought a red dress to wear at the party.’readthe past of read. ‘I read that book last year.’flourthe main ingredient in bread. ‘I need half a kilo of flour for this...

2019-12-10 11:00:31 545

原创 Day 14 Compound nouns and Present perfect with just, already and yet

1.Compound nounsCompound nouns are nouns that are made up of a combination of two (or sometimes more) nouns or a combination of a noun and a prepositional phrase. Some examples of these are:popcorn...

2019-12-04 22:32:08 800

原创 Day 13 Similar words and Comparatives and Superlatives

1.Similar wordstall or highmore than average heightExamples:Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world. My brother is six foot tall.Sherlock Holmes fell from the top of a high building.I ...

2019-12-03 16:01:49 408

原创 Day 12 Adjective order and Present perfect and ‘for’/’since’

1.Adjective orderAdjective order can be tricky, so it’s useful to note down some examples. Writing adjectives before a noun, separated by categories, can be a good way to help you to remember the ord...

2019-12-03 09:56:29 982

原创 Day 11 Contractions and Present Perfect

1.ContractionsContractions with ‘to be’am becomes -'m:I am here → I’m hereare becomes → 're:you are right → you’re rightwe are talking → we’re talkingthey are colleagues → they’re colleaguesis...

2019-11-27 10:11:18 446

原创 Day 10 Job suffixes and gerunds and infinitives

1.Job suffixesJob names ending in –er:presenter, teacher, train driverJob names ending in –or:actor (some people say actress for female actors), translatorJob names ending in –ian:librarian, pol...

2019-11-26 09:00:13 1716

原创 Day 9 Word stress AND Present continuous and ‘be going to’ for talking about the future

1.Word stressWords with stress on the third syllable from the end:bi-O-gra-phyge-O-gra-phypho-TO-gra-phyWords with stress on the penultimate syllable (4-syllable words):al-pha-BET-icbi-o-GRAPH-...

2019-11-24 10:14:00 2634

原创 Day 8 Compound adjectives and Articles

1.Compound adjectivesCompound adjectives with numbers:a 22-hour journeya seventy-second lapa four-kilometre coursea six-foot mana nine-hour tripa six-mile runCompound adjectives with high and ...

2019-11-22 07:40:50 812

原创 Day 7 A lexical set and past simple and past continue

1.Vocabulary points to take awayA lexical set is a group of words that share the same topic or theme and belong to the same part of speech - they are all nouns, all verbs, all adjectives (for example...

2019-11-21 07:44:54 938

原创 Day 6 -ing and -ed adjective and Past simple

1.-ing and –ed adjectivesBoth –ing and –ed adjectives help us to talk about our feelings.The main difference is that –ing adjectives are usually used to talk about the person, place or thing that is...

2019-11-20 09:09:16 988

原创 Day 5 Binomials and "must" and "have to"

1.BinomialsSick and tired is a phrase which means annoyed and bored. Phrases like this with two nouns joined by and are very common and useful in English. They’re called binomials.Here are a few mor...

2019-11-17 09:33:18 350

原创 Day 4 Chunks of language and Adverbs of frequency

1.Chunks of languageto do something on an empty stomachto do something without eating firsta full English breakfasta cooked breakfast, usually with bacon, sausage, eggs, mushrooms, beans, tomatoes...

2019-11-16 07:01:25 671

原创 Day 3 Prefixes and Like

1. vocabulary prefixesPrefixes: un-, in- and dis-We can put prefixes at the beginning of some words to change their meaning. They are usually only a few letters long like these:un- (unhappy) ...

2019-11-15 11:02:21 187

原创 Day 1 suffix and question forms

day 1:1. 1.English Vocabulary Suffix2.English Grammar Question forms:Grammar ReferenceQuestion formsMeaning and UseIn English, there are two basic types of question.Yes/no questions often b...

2019-11-14 07:51:26 309

原创 Day 2 Adjectives and adverbs Present Simple and Present Continuous

1.vocabulary adjectives and adverbs1.1 AdjectivesAdjectives are words that describe nouns.scruffynot neat or cleanExample: He’s wearing a scruffy old t-shirt.casualinformal and comfortableExam...

2019-11-14 07:50:34 733

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