Friday, 21 June 2013
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Monday, 17 June 2013
EF 2/3 100 most common adjectives and some example sentences
The Top 100 Most Common Adjectives
This
selection of the 100 most common adjectives in modern American English was adapted
from the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA), an extensive body of
450,000,000 words: http://corpus.byu.edu/coca
1. other
2. new newer newest
3. good
4. high higher highest
5. old
6. great
7. big
8. American
9. small
10. large
11. national
12. young
13. different
14. black
15. long
16. little
17. important more
important most important
18. political
19. bad
20. white
21. real
22. best
23. right
24. social
25. only
26. public more
public most public
27. sure
28. low
29. early
30. able more
able most able
31. human more
human most human
32. local
33. late
34. hard
35. major
36. better
37. economic
38. strong
39. possible
40. whole
41. free
42. military
43. true truer truest
44. federal
45. international
46. full more
full most full
47. special more
special most special
48. easy
49. clear
50. recent more
recent most recent
51. certain more
certain most certain
52. personal
53. open
54. red
55. difficult
56. available
57. likely more
likely most likely
58. short
59. single
60. medical
61. current more
current most current
62. wrong
63. private more
private most private
64. past
65. foreign more
foreign more foreign
66. fine finer finest
67. common more
common most common
68. popular more
popular most popular
poor
69. natural
70. significant
71. similar
72. hot
73. dead
74. central
75. happy
76. serious
77. ready
78. simple
79. left
80. physical
81. general
82. environmental
83. financial
84. blue
85. democratic
86. dark
87. various
88. entire
89. close
90. legal
91. religious
92. cold
93. final
94. main
95. green
96. nice
97. huge
98. popular
99. traditional more
traditional most traditional
100. cultural
COMPARITIVE-
“than”
My
family is more traditional than yours.
She
is closer to her mother than her father. UNCLEAR
She
is closer to her mother than to her father. CLEAR
I
like ice cream more than you. UNCLEAR
I like
ice cream more than you do. CLEAR
She
likes ice cream more than he does. CLEAR
I
am taller than you (are).
You
are on a higher floor than I am.
Friday, 7 June 2013
EF2/3 run-on sentence exercises
Part 1
1.
Our tires are old. We need new ones because we might get into an
accident with these.
Our tires are old, so we need new ones because we might get into an
accident with these.
We might get into an accident with our old tires, so we need new ones.
Our tires are old. We need new
ones, or we might get into an accident with these.
Our tires are old, and we might get into an accident with them; therefore,
we need new ones.
4. I’d
like to get the recipe for this because it is delicious. Also,
I’d like some more, please.
5. The
game ended in a tie, so neither team won.
6. The reckless
driver got a speeding ticket, and it was his third ticket this year.
The reckless driver got a speeding ticket which was his
third ticket this year.
The reckless driver got his third speeding ticket this year.
7. I’d love to
see that movie again because it was good.
It was a good movie, and I’d like to see it again.
9. When the phone
rang, I answered it. It was Jim.
Part 2- possible solutions
1. Elena
was late, so they started the meeting without her.
They started the meeting without Elena because
she was late.
2. Bill
had so much work to do. He had to do the
laundry, go shopping, and then make dinner.
3. When
Claudia made a mistake, she tried to hide it, but she got caught.
Claudia got caught when she tried to hide
the mistake that she made. DIFFICULT?
4. Julio
found a wallet in the street. When he
looked inside it for identification, he found a driver’s license and some
credit cards.
5. The
children are tired, so put them to bed.
Put the children to bed because they are
tired.
Thursday, 6 June 2013
EF 2/3 sentence fragment exercises
1. Pete
and Bob are sitting on the grass and watching a game of football.
Pete and Bob who are sitting on the grass are
watching a game of football.
Pete and Bob are sitting on the grass; meanwhile,
they are watching a game of football.
Pete and Bob are sitting on the grass. Meanwhile,
they are watching a game of football.
3. The
diamond ring was stolen last night.
The diamond ring that was stolen last night
is hers.
I know that the diamond ring was stolen
last night.
4. It
was raining while we waited for the mechanic to fix our car.
We had lunch while…
5. I
can’t meet you for supper because I won’t be able to get off work until 6 o’clock
tomorrow.
I won’t be able to get off work until 6 o’clock
tomorrow because I have to finish my job.
I have to finish my job because I won’t be
able to get off work until 6 o’clock tomorrow. NOT LOGICAL
7. John
held his friend’s shoulder, sat on the bench, and then listened to him trying
to explain the story.
He met his friend at the coffee shop and then
listened to him trying to explain the story.
He met his friend at the coffee shop; then he
listened to him trying to explain the story.
semicolon ;
9.The man who entered the country in May
and left again in July worked for this computer company last year.
At first, he entered the country in May,
and then he left again in July.
He entered France in May and left again in
July.
10. If
the recession continues, many people will lose their jobs.
Even
if the recession continues, people will continue to buy luxury goods.
Friday, 31 May 2013
EF2/3 participles
PRESENT PAST PARTICIPLE
1.
be am/are/is was/were been
2.
have have/has had had
3.
do do/does did done
4.
eat eat/eats ate eaten
5.
sleep sleep/sleeps slept slept
6.
drink drink/drinks drank drunk
7.
put put/puts put put
8.
keep keep/keeps kept kept
9.
run run/runs ran run
10.
walk
11.
say
12.
get get/gets got gotten
13.
make
14.
go
15.
know know/knows knew known
16.
take take/takes took taken
17.
see see/sees saw seen
18.
come come/comes came come
19.
think think/thinks thought thought
20.
look
21.
want
22.
give give/gives gave given
23.
use
24.
find
25.
tell
26.
ask
27.
work
28.
seem seem/seems seemed seemed*
29.
feel
30.
try try/tries tried tried
31.
leave
read read/reads read read
write write/writes wrote written
wake (up) wake/wakes woke woken
rise rise/rises rose risen
raise raise/raises raised raised
lie lie/lies lay lain
lay lay/lays laid laid/lain
*uNUSUAL
USAgE
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
E10 Kane's project- Uncle Axel's letter to David.
A Letter From Uncle Axel To David.
Dear
David boy:
I am writing to advise you
regarding your telepathic abilities and the dream you
always had. The special ability to
communicate with others by thought, not through
normal communications, makes you get very confused and distressed.
Sometimes, it almost
drives you crazy. As I mentioned before, you don't need to worry about it
too much, because
it is a gift for you not a bad fortune . From the Bible, we all have
learned that the true image is
God and He has telepathic ability
too. Therefore, your special ability is a present from God.
You don't have to be sorry for it or try to thrust it out. The only thing
you must remember is to
keep it a secret; and that is the promise you made to me before. There
will be no one who can
detect it except me; but I am safe. You would concern the people in
Waknuk who would judge
the abnormal communication ability as a deviation. However, I have been
many places around
the world; the definitions about deviation are vague and varied, Such as,
Fringes, Wild
country, Badlands, sealand and other districts; people there have
different points of view about
it. It is really varied. It seems no one has the same standard about
deviations. Another issue is
about your dream; I suppose no one should care about the Old People and
the mysterious City
because they are no more. What we
do need to care about is the world we have now. Don't
idolize the past, or believe everything you are told. The most
significant thing is to be yourself
and use your mind; act for the
world that exists, not for the world of the past. Good luck!!!
Your Uncle and Best Friend
Axel
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