1. QUIZ
2. NEW WORDS FROM THE VOCAB CLUB
3. COUNT AND NONCOUNT
4. ARTICLES
5. POSSESIVE PRONOUNS
1. QUIZ
a. When you are in trouble the _____ of friends is helpful
b. The ____ went into hibernation
c. The painting by Picasso is ______
d. My father always ___ us a story before we went to sleep.
e. I had to buy paper and pens at the ________ store.
2. NEW WORDS FROM THE VOCAB CLUB
Idle = not busy
Kiln = oven
Lawn = grass
Jumble = mix
Nasty = foul
Metropolis = city
Hamper = to slow down, impede
3. COUNT AND NON COUNT
There are two categories for nouns, count and non count. Count nouns are nouns that are possible and reasonable to count. Count nouns have plural froms made by adding -s or -es, and can take singular or plural verbs. They can have a/an or a number in front of them.
Example :
a book, two books
there is a book on the sofa.
there are is two books on the sofa
Non count nouns are not possible or reasonable to count.(reasonable : think of rice, you could count it, but it is too difficult together !)
Non count do not have a plural form, can't take a plural verb, and can't have a/an or a number in front of them.
I ate cereal for breakfast
Not = i ate cereal for breakfast
There is rice for dinner
Non count nouns can be categorized :
Abstract emotion or concepts : happines, anger, justice, love.
Liquids : Bear, water, juice,gases, oxigen, air
Natural phenomena and weather : thunder, lighting, rain,frog
Activities : dancing & baseball
General subject : Chemistry, physics, mathematics
Language : English, chines, German
Food : rice, sugar spaghetti
4. ARTICLES
There are many, many rules about articles to remember. Here is a very simple one. Use articles with the names of buildings, theaters and brigdes.
Example :
-The Brooklyn bridge is one of the most famous bridges in the world.
-The Merriot Hotel is close t the airport
-The Harry hays building hosts many goverment offices.
5. POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
possessive pronouns word that take the place of nouns. Possessive pronouns that take the place of nouns and show ownership or that noun. Something possessive pronouns are confused with possessive adjective. so here is a quick review.
Possessive adjective are used in front of a noun :
My-his
Your-her
Our-their
he took his dog for a walk
Possessive pronouns are used without a noun following it :
Mine-your
Hers-his
Ours-theirs
I won a car, it is mine.
ANSWER
a. Advice
b. Bear
c. Priceless
d. Told
e. Stationery
1. QUIZ
1.QUIZ
a. The head of a university departement is a ___
b. The leader of an orchestra is a ___
c. The commander of an army is a _____
d. The boss of a museum is a ____
e. The leader of a meeting is a _____
2. NEW WORDS FROM THE VOCAB CLUB
Briliant = intelegent
Foresignt = knowledge of the future
Census = official account
Garish = brightly colored
Destiny = fate
Hamper = to slow down, impede
4. PUNCTUATION
Punctuation is an important part of written English. It helps to express emotion, intonation and ideas clearly in a written sentence, some common punctuation marks and their names :
, = comma
; = semicolon
: = colon
. = period, full stop
! = exclamation mark
? = question mark
_ = hypen or dash
' = apostroophe
SOME UNCOMMON MARKS
& = ampersand, maening 'and'
@ = at
* = asterisk
() = parenthese, used to include information not to the main idea
[ ] = brackets, used to include information not important to the main idea
{ } = brace, used to en- close two or more lines
5. ADJECTIVE
Adjective have there forms 'the base form' the comparative form. and the superlative form.
The comparative used to compare two things and can be formed by adding to the base adjective (pretty = prettier)
or by placing "more" in front of the base word. The superlative form is used to compare three or more things, or all things (he is the best in the worlds!). The superlative is formed by adding and ending (pretty=prettiest). or placing "most" in front of the base word. The superlative always takes 'the'.
Words of one or two syllables are usually changed to the comparative by adding. For example :
Loud - louder - the loudest
happy - happier - the happiest
Words of more than two syllables are usually changed too the comparative or superlative by adding 'more' or 'most' . example:
Experienced - more experienced - the most experienced
Beautiful - more beautiful - the most beautiful
There are several irregular adjective, but there are five main ones to know :
Good - better - best
Bad - worse - worst
Far - father, further - farthest, furthest
Many - much - more - most
6. EPONYMS
Eponyms are words that are derived from the names of people. Most of the day of the week are eponyms, except for Sunday and Monday.
Tuesday - Tuesday comes from and old English word 'Tyr'. Tyr was the Anglo - Saxon god of war and the sky.
Wednesday - Again, this word is old English. Wednesday is a from of Woden's day. Woden or odin was the Norse god of wisdom, culture and war.
Thursday - Thor'sday, Thor was the Norse god of thunder.
Friday - Friday was named after the Norse Goddes Frigga, the Goddes of married. In legend, Frioga was jealous that Wednesday and Thursday were named after her husband woden, and son Thor, and demanded a day to be named after her to appease her !
Saturday - of course, Saturday was named after a god, but surprise it is not a Norse bad. I was named after a Roman God, Saturn, the God of agriculture.
ANSWER
a. Dean
b. Conductor
c. General
d. Curator
e. Hair person
IN THE ISSUE
1. QUIZ
What words finishes the sentence ?
a. The ______ on my investment account is 7,9%
b. I need an _______ to help me telephone germany
c. The ______ departement hires new employess
d. Will that ______ the decision ?
e. I want to ______ mary to my party
2. NEW WORDS THE VOCAB CLUB
Temporary = short term
Warren = rabbit family
Usher = doorman
Zoologi = study of animals and pants
Vigorous/giant = Energetic
Yawn = open mouth wide in tirednes
Anomaly = something strango
3. EXPRESSIONS WITH "GET"
The words "get" is used in many different. Combination with many different meanings. Once "get" is part of a two word verb or a pharse , it may no longer mean to action or retrieve something here are some of the pharse in which "get" is used :
a. Get up ! = Wake and leave your bed
b. Get cracking ! = hurry up and start working
c. Get with it ! = keep up to date with information or fashion or hurry up.
d. Get on with it/you ! = continue, move along
e. Get it? get me ? = do you understand ?
f. Do you get the message ? = do you understand?
g. Get on my/your nerves = gother or annoy someone
h. Get lost = go away
i. Get nowher = not make progress
4. SPRING VOCABULARY
The 'vernal equinox' was on March 20, that day signals the beginning of spring. So here are a few "spring" words :
- Sprout >> begin to grow
- Bud >> unopened flowers or leaves
- Thaw >> when ice, ets warms and becomes water
- migrate >> the movement of birds, animals and insects from a winter home to a summer home
- Lamb >> baby sheep
- Chick >> baby chicken
- Foal >> baby horse
- Calf >> baby caw
- Kitten >> baby cat
- Puppy >> baby dog
5. EPONYMS
English is a language developed from many other languages. Most of our words come from German, French or Latin. But some came from the names people. These name come to be commonly used words, and often can represent. The anaracter or actions of the person.
Words derived from the names of people are called "eponyms" here are 3 common eponyms, but can you think of any more?
Sandwich - The favorite of north American lunches, the sandwich was named after an Englishman, the earl of sandwich. Sandwich is a place name and "earl' was his title. The earl was addicted to gambling and would a slice of beef between 2 slice f bread.
John Hancock - A 'John Hancock' is a person's signature.John Hancock was the first person to sign the American. "Declaration independent". He signed it so large and bold that now we use his name to refer to anyone's signature !
March - The name of the month comes from the name of the Roman God, Mars. Mars was the god a war. Mars come in the springtime, which was also thought to be a good time to start a war !
ANSWER
a. Interest
b. Operator
c. Personnel
d. Effect
e. Invite
IN THE ISSUE
1. QUIZ
2. NEW WORDS FROM THE VOCAB CLUB
Our daily vocab has leraned saved new words this week. Here are the seven new words ;
Fascinate = Amaze (Verb)
Limb = Arm or leg (Noun)
Hovel = A small or dirty living area (Noun)
Indigestion = Inability to digest food (Noun)
Jubile = Celebration (Noun)
Knead = Work dough (Verb)
Grumpy = Unhappy/Not nice (Adjective)
3. MAKE OR DO ?
There are a lot pharse in English that combine either "make" or "do" with an object noun or preposition. How do you know who to use "make" and when to use "do"?. One guideline is that when you use "make" it usually refers to something that you produce or create and "do" it usually used for a more physical action, here are example :
DO
- The dishes
- The housework
- The vacuming
- Exercise
- The laundry
- Homework
MAKE
- A mistake
- Breakfast, lunch and supper
- Food (any find)
- Your bed
- Money
- Amends (apologize)
- Fun of
SOME THAT MAY BE CONFUSING
- Do way with = to get rid of, or something kill something
- Make a way with = to steal
- Do up = to fasten
- Make up = to apologize
MEASURING UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
Water is an uncountable (non account) noun and so is nine. Because it is either difficult (for rice) or impossible (foe water) to count the individual parts, so,how do you count them? you use countres such as one "glass" of water, or one "cup" of rice. Here are some more unusual countres :
A sheaf of paper A head of lettuce
A ream of paper A leaf of lettuce
A piece of food A bunch of grapes
A cob of corn A cord of wood
An ear of corn A bundle of wood
A spear of broccoli A tube of toothoaste
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3. NEW WORDS FROM THE VOCAB CLUB
4. IDIOMS CONTINUED
Remember, an idiom as a pharse that has a meaning different from the individual words.
I can ask my friend t be on time until i'm "blue" in the face = I can do something for a long. Long time and i still can't get the result that i want.
he's feeling 'blue' today = John look sick, maybe from seasickness.
She turned "green" when she saw her sister's beautiful dress = She was jealous
Anne is in a "black" mood = anne is very angry and lipset
Everything is just "peachy" = everything is great!
5. PREPOSITION : AT, ON, And IN
proposition are those little linking words which can help show time, place location cause reason and direction. They are one of the most difficult things to learn in the English language because many times,they don't follow any rules. You just have to know which preposition to use. At, on and in are the most common preposition, but there are a lot more. Here are a few rules to help you with at, on, and in :
As a preposition of time ;
At - is for specific time
- I will meet you at 10:00
On - is far a specific day and date
- The appointment is on
In - Is a for period of time
- He's coming in an hour
As a preposition of location ;
At - Is for a address
- I live at 2439 Richmond road
On - Is far a street, avenue or road
- I live on Richmond road
In - Is for a country, city, province or state
- I live in Chicago
Rules can't always help you for example ;
- The woman is in the car
- The women is on the bus
sometimes, you just have to memorize
1. QIUZ
2. NEW WORDS FROM THE VOCAB CLUB
3. IDIOMS
4. TWO - WORDS VERB
1. QUIZ
A. If i go tomorrow, i will bring my tickets.
B. The principal of our school is in the hospital.
C. Can you pick up the telephone please?
D. There are a lot of time to think about this.
E. Let's take the car out for a drive.
2. NEW WORDS FROM THE VOCAB CLUB
Jitters = Nervous
Kelp = Seaweed
Magnate = Person of power
Nectar = fruit juice
Opt = chose
Pane = Place of glass
3. IDIOMS
Idioms are phrase used in casual or informan language that have a maening different from the maening of the individual words. There are hundreds of idioms and they are used regulary by everyone who speak english. Idiom often have colours, animals and body parts in them, you can't look idioms up in regular dictionaries, so here are a few idioms and their meanings to help you.
This week, i will show you some example of body idioms with hand, hair, leg and heart :
We could go to the theater, but 'on the other hand'.
we could go out for dinner. Means that we have a choice.
4. TWO - WORDS VERBS
Two words verbs that are made up words that yu can understand by themselves, but when they are put two - words verbs are usually made up of a main verbs and a preposition.
some example using the main verb ' look' and 'put' :
Look up : means to follow someone or something as a leader and go a son look up to his father.
Look out ! : means be careful or move, there is danger.
Look out ! : that car is not stopping !.
Put on : means the action of placing a place of clothing on your body. child put on her shoes this morning
by herself.
Put off : means to delay, not do something until a later date i put off my homework until the night before it is
due.
Put up : means to build, they put you a new office building last year.
In the issue
1. Derivatives
2. new words from the vocab club
3. articeles
4. words families
1. DERIVATITES
a. i can't her the 'spekear' i'm gong to miss the entri SPEECH
b. i'm so excatited , i think this the EXCITEMENT is unbelieveable!
c. where are 'they'? i was supposed to gives this t THEM
d. this seems familiar' FAMILIARLY can cause a lack of. motivation.
e. i hate driving through construction 'i think they are CONSTRUCTING a new
bridge here.
2. NEW WORDS FROM THE VOCAB CLUB
created = make
dip = put into
flesh = skin/meat
garment = clothing
huge = large
agloo = house make of ice
3. ARTICELES
using 'the' before the names of cuntries the general rule is tha no articeles
is needed before the name of cities, states, prounces, adn countries.here are
some example;
canada is a large coountry
france is a famous fr it's wine
chicago is a fabalous city
As always, there are exceptions to the rule use ' the front of countries or ther place name when the name include words such as : united, union, kingdom, dominion or republik
for example:
The presidnet of the United States is Bill clinton
London is a city in the United KIngdom
There was a tropical storm near the republic of South africa.
5. WORDS FAMILIES
In english, there are root words from witch other words are made. if you know the rules for making new words. you can increase you vocabulary quickly! these realated words are caled words families or you might know them as derivatives. let me show you what i mean.
Here is the verb 'to satisfy ' it means to get enough to fullfill your needs.
Examples : I was very hungry, so i satisfied my hunger with sandwiches, now i;m nt hungry.
This verbs can also changed into a noun ; satisfacation, an adjective, satisfactory, and an adverb ;satisfactorily.
since you now understand the not word, you should also understand outhat word family.
Some rules to help you recognize nouns, adjective, verbs and adverbs in words family. Nouns usually have endings suffixes which include : -at, -ment, -tion, or -ful.
Verbs have suffixes like : -en, -ify, or -ize. A verbs usually end in -ly.
Examples;
Achieve (verb) = Achievenment (noun)
Happy (adjective) = Happines (noun)
Beautiful (adjective = Beautifully (adverb)
Eat (verb) = Edible (adjective)
