sábado, 5 de julio de 2014

synonyms and antonyms



SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS 


     LIVE - DIE 

                                                     
 

 MIDNIGHT - NOON


                           




UNHAPPY - GLAD


                                                      



HIGHER - LOWER





PRETTY - UGLY





 OLD - YOUNG





CLOSED - OPEN 



DIFFICULT - SIMPLE




SHORT- LONG 




PREVENT - CAUSE






MISERY - PLEASURE




UNLIKE - SIMILAR






MOIST - DRY





RESIST - YIELD






LIMP - STIFF








MASSIVE - MINIATURE 




CORRUPT - PRINCIPLED 




URBAM - RUSTIC






REPULSION - ATTRACTION




JOKE- SPLIT




DOLE - AMASS







AFFABLE - SURLY




OBTUSE - SAGACIOUS





INFIRM - ROBUST 





MELANCHOLY - EXUBERANT 




INDULGE - ABSTAIN 






CANDOR - GUILE



ADULATE - LAMBASTE





TORPO - ALACRITY






OBLITERATE - FORGE






domingo, 25 de mayo de 2014

PASSIVE VOICE




  • PRESENT TENSE 

My brother studies the lesson
pass: The lesson is studied by my brother


  • PAST TENSE 

My brother studied the lesson
pass: The lesson was studied by my brother


  • PRESENT PROGRESIVE 
My brother is studying the lesson
pass: The lesson is being studied by my brother


  • PAST PROGRESIVE
My brother was studying the lesson
pass: The lesson was being studied by my brother


  • FUTURE ( WILL )
My brother will study the lesson
pass: The lesson will be studied by my brother


  • FUTURE ( GOING TO )
My brother is going to study the lesson
pass: The lesson is going to be studied by my brother


  • PRESENT PERFECT 
My brother has studied the lesson
pass: The lesson has been studied by my brother


  • PAST PERFECT
My brother had studied the lesson
pass: The lesson had been studied by my brother


  • MODAL
My brother can studied the lesson
pass: The lesson can be studied by my brother




CORRECCIÓN


  • MODAL VERB (MUST)

They must make their double bed slowly at university for a year
R// How must they make their double bed at university for a year?

  • SIMPLE PAST

They made their double bed slowly at university yesterday
R// Where did they make their double bed slowly yestarday?

  • FUTURE (going to)


They are going to make their double bed slowly at university next week
R//When are they going to make their double bed slowly at university?

  • PRESENT PERFECT

They have made their double bed slowly at university since 2010
R//How long have they made their double bed at university?

  • PRESENT

They make their double bed slowly at university today
R//What do they make slowly at university today?
R//Wich bed do they make slowly at university today?



martes, 11 de febrero de 2014

VOCABULARY 2

STEERING: Cattle, point, head for, direct, drive, motor, manoevre, lead.

DEALING: Understanding, settlement, compromise, arrangement, agreement, bargain.


CHAIRING: Captivating, cut, fascinating, delightful, lovable, sweet, winning, irresistible.

DRIVEWAY: Drive, entrance, street, avenue, roadway, parkway, boulevard.


COUGHING: Hem, hack, convulse, tussis, cold, disease, ailment,illness.

CHOKING: Asphyxiate, strangle, strangulate, stifle, throttle, garrote, down.

GAZE: Stare, gape, look.

BRIEFCASE: Attache, case, dispatch case, note case, folder, portfolio.

LUCKILY: Opportunely, happily, fortunately, by a stroke of luck.


TURNED: Spun, rounded, circled, circulated, rotated, rolled, whirled, gyrated, set going, changed, dodged. 

jueves, 6 de febrero de 2014


VOCABULARY 1 

INCOME: Earnings, salary, wages, pay, interest, revenue.

SORTS: Species, description, class, kind, variety, brand, breed, category, genus, make,     order, type.


STORIES: Write-up, fable, narrative, tale, myth, anecdote, legend, account, memoir,     parable. 



IMPROVEMENTS: Betterment, amelioration, amendment, reformation, advance,   progression, renovation, furtherance.

STEAM: Vaporized water, fumes, vapor, water vapor, smoke.

FACT:  Reality, actuality, truth.

ENCOURAGED: Help, aid, foster, sanction, approve, incite, spur, sustain, fortify,      promote, boost. 

ACHIEVEMENTS: the act of reaching a goal: Attainment, realization,              actualization, completion, execution.
a creditable cation completed: Feat, exploit, triumph, deed, victory, masterpiece.                                                       

EARNED: Win, merit, gain, deserve, garner, earn, get, achieve, attain, be entitled to.


LEVEL:  Smooth: smooth, polished, rolled, planed, flat.
Of an even height: even, flat, flush, of the same height, parallel, on a line, lined up, aligned.
 Horizontal: horizontal, flat, leveled, flattened.
To straighten: surface, bulldoze, smooth, straighten.
To demolish: wreck, demolish, knock down, destroy (THIS HOUSE WAS DESTROYED).
To be honest with: be frank with, be level with, be straight with, be open and aboveboard, be truthful with.


FOREST: Woods, wood, woodland, jungle.

KNOWLEDGE: That which is known: information, learning, lore, wisdom, scholarship, facts, data, expertise, education, experience, store of learning, know-how.
 Awareness: awareness, familiarity.

OWN: Mine, yours, his, hers, its, theirs, personal, individual, owned, very own, private.

 To possess: hold, have, enjoy, have inherited, fallen heir to, have title to, have rights to, be master of, occupy, control, dominate, have claim upon, boast, reserve, retain, keep, have in hand, have a deed for, maintain.

SHARP: Acute, edged, keen, keen-edged, razor-edged, sharpened, ground fine, honed, razor-sharp, fine, cutting, knife-edged.

LANDSCAPE: Scenery, scene.

ROUGH: Unequal, broken, coarse, choppy, ruffled, uneven, ridged, rugged, scabrous, unsanded, needing sanding.  


SEND: Transmit, forward, convey, advance, ship, mail, send out, expedite, hasten, accelerate, post, adders, rush off, consing, dispatch,




    




miércoles, 5 de febrero de 2014

PARTS OF THE BODY








SINGULAR AND PLURAL


WOMAN                                                                              WOMEN






TOMATO                                                               TOMATOES




                   



MAN                                                                  MEN


                        



POTATO                                                            POTATOES

            


TOOTH                                                                           TEEHT

                           



LEAF                                                                                   LEAVES


                        


WIFE                                                                                          WIVES

                           


LOUSE                                                                                        LICE

                               



MOUSE                                                                                 MICE 


          


GOOSE                                                                                          GEESE