tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61071173005153823212024-02-29T02:15:28.792-08:00London English ClassesLEChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11291226946416941481noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107117300515382321.post-21932891645808677092013-10-30T11:53:00.002-07:002013-10-30T11:53:29.415-07:0012 Phrasal Verbs you actually needPhrasal verbs - two words to strike terror into the heart of every learner of English. Just when you think you might be starting to really understand English and become quite fluent...they tell you that actually there are several thousand phrasal verbs that you have to learn. NO! It can't be true!<br />
Some phrasal verbs are pretty pointless - I mean what's the difference between "to kneel" and <b>"to kneel down"</b>?<br />
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Nothing. And you can't exactly "kneel up" can you? So the word "down" seems to be doing no job except making English just that little bit more difficult.<br />
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Then there all the confusing phrasal verbs that make no sense at all - "<b>carry on"</b> - meaning "continue". It's hard to see the connection with carrying.<br />
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In the world of language teaching there seems to be an accepted list of the most useful phrasal verbs and these include <b>"put off"</b> - postpone, <b>"call off"</b> - cancel, <b>"put up with"</b> - tolerate, <b>"make up for"</b> - compensate. If you are a student you have probably seen these before and if you are a teacher doubtless you have <b>come across</b>...sorry... I mean <i>found</i>...these in countless books. Somebody once decided that these were the most useful/common and every textbook writer since has followed with the same list. They are also an important part of FCE, CAE and other exams, but are they really that common or useful?<br />
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It seems to me that there are at least 12 phrasal verbs which we use every day and which are therefore far more common and useful than those above. They are so simple that I think books and teachers often forget to teach them and when they <i>are</i> included in course books (I can think of English File for example) they are taught at Upper Intermediate level. <br />
I would have thought that actually these 12 should be among the first vocabulary taught whereas, at the moment, I find that even Advanced level students inevitably have difficulty describing these very basic actions.<br />
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So here is a film I put together to introduce these 12 verbs. There are numerous examples of each action, taken from various films. You can find the answers under the movie on the Youtube page. <br />
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There is also a free 6-page worksheet for students and teachers to download here: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1LCyaQkPPAhUDZPTGYyYkdJaU0/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1LCyaQkPPAhUDZPTGYyYkdJaU0/edit?usp=sharing </a><br />
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I hope you find it useful - if you do, you can click "Like" on my Facebook page. Thanks!LEChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11291226946416941481noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107117300515382321.post-54517980800805780252013-02-28T08:41:00.002-08:002013-02-28T08:57:21.380-08:00Falling<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Falling over, falling down, falling out....choosing the correct proposition can be tricky so here are some pictures and also some idioms with "fall" to look at and check your understanding. </div>
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I've made a worksheet (with answers) which you can download for free below.<br />
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Here are some common idioms with "fall"<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">b)</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">stop rising and decrease (for graphs etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">c)</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">start to sleep!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">h)</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">not happen (for plans)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There was a large rise in sales for Samsung in the first two months of the year but then sales <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">fell off</b> in March and April.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We had made very detailed plans to visit Turkey for a holiday but they all <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">fell through</b> when the earthquake forced us to cancel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">After fierce fighting outside the capital city the government army has <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">fallen back</b> and the rebels are advancing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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LEChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11291226946416941481noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107117300515382321.post-6054597192070843252013-02-25T04:28:00.001-08:002013-02-25T04:28:31.954-08:00"A"? "An"? "The"? nothing? ("The English is the crazy")<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Articles ("a/an", "the") are great fun for all the family and ensure that I and other English teachers will never be unemployed. Not, at least, as long as there are 935 million speakers of Mandarin, 144 million Russian speakers, and 40 million speaking Polish - for all of whom (and numerous speakers of other languages) articles are an unfamiliar and confusing concept.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And they have every right to be confused. Why do we say <span style="color: blue;"><u>THE Himalayas</u></span> but <span style="color: red;">not THE Mount Everest</span>? Why do we use the definite article for <span style="color: blue;"><u>rivers and canals</u></span> but not for <span style="color: red;">lakes</span>? </span></div>
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LEChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11291226946416941481noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107117300515382321.post-36253836669456101822013-02-06T04:35:00.000-08:002013-02-06T04:35:51.357-08:00Flying in the face of authority<h2 class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">There are so many more rules to remember when you fly nowadays – you <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">mustn’t</span> </b>take liquids, you <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">have to </span></b>take off your belt and your shoes when you pass through customs, you <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">can’t</span></b> take photos, you <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">must</span></b> switch off your mobile phone and “other electric devices” (whatever they are!) I’m surprised we <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050;">don’t have to </span></b>pass through customs naked to ensure we’re not wearing any explosive underpants.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">In the past it was so much easier: all you needed to remember was that you <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">had</span> <span style="color: red;">to</span></b> fasten your seatbelt for take off and landing, and you <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">couldn’t</span> </b>smoke (oh, and you <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">weren’t allowed</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>to carry a weapon onboard either!). You <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050;">didn’t have to</span></b><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span>worry about how many mililitres your bottle of water contained and you <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050;">didn’t have to</span></b><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span>argue with some teenager in a uniform whether that jar of jam you had bought as a gift for grandma was actually a solid or a liquid.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">I wonder what the future holds? Perhaps we <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">will have to </span></b>arrive at the airport the day before our flight to pass all these incredibly pointless tests Maybe we <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">won’t be allowed to</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>sweat as that might be a “dangerous liquid” I hope we can soon return to the days of common sense and going on holiday can become an enjoyable experience again, when we <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050;">won’t have to</span></b><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span>worry about silly laws that only exist to maintain the level of public fear regarding “the war on terror” (so that our governments can continue to start illegal wars abroad).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">(paragraph 1)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">past<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">(paragraph 2)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">future<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">(paragraph 3)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">we use these words for rules –</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: red;">(</span><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;">it</span> is compulsory)</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">will +<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">we use these words for rules – </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: red;">(it is prohibited/it is not permitted)</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">won’t +<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">we use this to say something isn’t necessary<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">won’t<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Exercise 2. </span></h4>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Now check your understanding by saying if these statements are <span style="color: red;">TRUE</span> or <span style="color: red;">FALSE</span>:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All these modal verbs are followed by <u>the bare infinitive</u> (e.g. “<s>to </s>go”)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> <em> </em></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em>“Must”</em> and <em>“have to”</em> have very similar meanings.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We can use both <em>“must”</em> or <em>“have to”</em> in the past, present and future.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em>“Don’t have to”</em> is the negative of <em>“have to”.<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Exercise 3. </span></h4>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Can you complete these sentences using the modal verbs above?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">You ______________________ stand up when a plane is taking off.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">You ______________________ take a passport when travelling from England into Scotland.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If you are British you ______________________ get a visa to travel to the United States but you ______________________<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>get a visa when travelling to most European countries.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">You ______________________ tell customs if your are bringing more than 200 cigarettes into the UK.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">There is a long list of things (food, drink, seeds, plants etc) which you ______________________ take into Australia.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Fifty years ago you ______________________ wear a helmet when riding a motorbike (and there were many more deaths as a result).<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I hope that in the future gun laws become much stricter and people won’t ______________________ to keep guns in their homes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If you earn less than £6,500 next year you ____________________ pay any tax.</span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"Martin's class were soon highly disciplined..."</span></em></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Between 1939 and 1960 British men ______________________ do National Service. My father, for example, was in the Royal Air Force.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Here are some laws in the UK - how do they compare with your country? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">In the UK you must drive on the left.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">You don’t have to vote.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">You must be 18 to buy cigarettes.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">You don’t have to wear a helmet when riding a bike.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></em></span></div>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 114.1pt;" width="152"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 103.5pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">You can’t smoke in any public place. This includes football matches.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">People don’t have to have ID cards.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">You have to pay for a TV licence to own a TV.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">Usually, pubs must close at 11pm.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></em></span></div>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 114.1pt;" width="152"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 103.5pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">You are not allowed to carry anything which may be considered a weapon.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">You mustn’t drive at more than 70mph on the motorway<o:p></o:p></span></strong></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">Nude sunbathing is allowed on some UK beaches.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">People are not allowed to beg in the street and buskers on the underground must have a licence<o:p></o:p></span></strong></em></span></div>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 114.1pt;" width="152"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 103.5pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">Everyone in a car – front and back seats – must wear a seatbelt<o:p></o:p></span></strong></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">You don’t have to have private health insurance.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">Gun ownership is strictly controlled (you must have a licence) and automatic weapons are not allowed.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">You don’t have to do military service in the UK.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">the law isn’t enforced<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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LEChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11291226946416941481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107117300515382321.post-70257531060786657782013-01-23T01:51:00.000-08:002013-01-23T01:51:05.757-08:00Phrases with "get"It's <strong><span style="color: red;">getting on for</span></strong> three months since I promised one of my students, Raul Rodriguez, that I'd do something on phrases with "get" and I've finally <span style="color: red;"><strong>got round to</strong></span> doing it. There are so many different ways we use "<strong>get" </strong>(especially in British English, it's less common in America) but we can try to group them into 4 main categories.<br />
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It's easy to <strong><span style="color: red;">get confused</span></strong> when trying to <strong><span style="color: red;">get your head round</span></strong> all of these phrases, but hopefully thing's will <strong><span style="color: red;">get easier</span></strong> after you've read this week's worksheet.</div>
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with 70 phrases of "get" and then check them all and how they fit into these 4 catagories with a free 7-page worksheet. You can get the worksheet here <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1LCyaQkPPAhN3JVb0tYcFhNUk0/edit">https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1LCyaQkPPAhN3JVb0tYcFhNUk0/edit</a>. I hope you find it fun (and helpful!) if you want to do me a favour in return you can click "like" on my facebook page - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/londonenglishclasses1">https://www.facebook.com/londonenglishclasses1</a>. </div>
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Ok, now <strong><span style="color: red;">get going!</span></strong></div>
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But why do we say <span style="color: purple;">"I've lost my keys"</span> and not just "I lost my keys"? </div>
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Well, because although I lost my keys<strong> <u>in the past</u></strong> it has an effect <u><strong>now</strong></u> - I can't open the door to my flat!</div>
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And what's the difference between <span style="color: purple;">"Sarah's gone to Paris"</span> and <span style="color: purple;">"Sarah's been to Paris"?</span><br />
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This is the third (and final!) way we use the Present Perfect and you can watch a lesson here: <br />
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Have you ever fallen off a bike and landed on a small child called Norman?<br />
Have you ever put earwax in your company manager's coffee?<br />
Have you ever cried in a cinema <u>before</u> the film started?<br />
Have you ever woken up in a field with a cow looking down at you?<br />
Have you ever been stung by a bee while playing the drums?<br />
Have you ever wished English were easier?<br />
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If the answer to any of the above is <strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"yes, I have"</span></strong> then you must be ready for more Present Perfect fun with this week's marvellous London English Classes lesson! <br />
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So here's the second part of the great Present Perfect lesson. There's the usual littleYoutube clip <br />
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and then there's also this free worksheet for teachers and students to download (see bottom of this page).<br />
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<br />LEChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11291226946416941481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107117300515382321.post-28896438981615999372012-11-27T07:23:00.001-08:002012-11-27T07:23:18.545-08:00Joey Barton English/French?<div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I wasn't intending to write a post today but couldn't resist after reading this BBC article and hearing the footballer Joey Barton (from Liverpool) speaking English in a "French" accent. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">After years of nothing but trouble in the UK (both on and off the pitch), this season he has moved to the south of France to play for Marseille. I</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">n the very international world of modern football Barton must have played alongside numerous foreign teammates who had to struggle with English (and generally have made fantastically impressive attempts). Poor Joey seems to think that by speaking with a French accent and making basic grammatical errors (!) French journalists will understand him better. It's quite sweet of him really.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Here is a transcript with the errors and unnatural phrases in red - if you're learning English perhaps you can identify the problems and improve Joey's English!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">You can listen to the interview here: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20509103">http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20509103</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Of course <u>grading your language</u> (selecting your language to be appropriate for the level of the audience with whom your speaking) is something all (good) teachers do. Here's another interesting BBC article about "speech accomodation" - <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20508309">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20508309</a> </span></div>
LEChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11291226946416941481noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107117300515382321.post-8586539536039736902012-11-22T14:11:00.000-08:002012-11-22T14:13:23.826-08:00Present Perfect - Part 01<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This week's post is a wee bit of grammar to get you all excited over the weekend - the Present Perfect! Woohoo! Hang on to your hats! <br />
This is just part 1 of what will be three thrilling lessons which look at the different ways we use the Present Perfect (or don't if you're American). <br />
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I taught in Berlin for a couple of years and basically just taught the Present Perfect all day, every day. It was as if the entire tense had been invented just to frustrate and annoy German speakers, for whom no grammatical equivalent exists. The school had a large collection of audio cassettes (yes, cutting edge technology I know) and I soon realised that in Germany it was generally unecessary to rewind or forward the various tapes to the place you required as they tended to already be at the correct unit - because the unit was always the Present Perfect, and whoever had last used the cassettes... well they had of course also only been teaching the Present Perfect etc etc.<br />
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Years before that, in Spain, I had a one-to-one student, a bank manager who wore a camel hair coat over his shoulders like a mafia don, tell me that the Present Perfect was stupid and unnecessary. I have often thought about that since then (ooh look! "I have often thought..."!) and it always makes me smile. So Señor Venegas, this one's for you!<br />
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There is also a worksheet which you can download for free here It has lots of extra exercises (and answers):<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Euphemia','sans-serif';">I expect that every language makes good use of animals in their idioms – they’re pretty useful things to compare ourselves to. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<em><span style="color: blue;">to kill two <strong><span style="color: red;">birds</span> </strong>with one stone</span> - to save time/effort by doing jobs at the same time.</em></div>
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<em><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">to have <strong><span style="color: red;">butterflies</span></strong> in your stomach</span> - to feel nervous/excited</em></div>
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<em><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">to be <strong><span style="color: red;">pig</span></strong>-headed</span> - to be obstinate/stubborn</em></div>
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<em><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">to let the <strong><span style="color: red;">cat</span></strong> out of the bag</span> - to reveal a secret (when you shouldn't)</em></div>
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<em><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">to go at a <strong><span style="color: red;">snail</span></strong>'s pace</span> - at annoyingly slow speed</em></div>
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<em><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">to make a mountain out of a <strong><span style="color: red;">mole</span></strong>hill</span> - to overreact, to act as if something is more important than it really is.</em></div>
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Despite what numerous vocabulary books might say, one thing that no native speaker ever says is <em>"it's raining cats and dogs"</em> - but I will address this pet hate (no pun intended) in another post!</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I'm always interested to hear what similar (or different) idioms or similes you have in your language if you want to leave some in the comments below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">And to finish, predictably, here is a little clip - even if you're one of the 122 million people (and counting) who've already seen it, you must surely want to see it one more time...don't you?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">A worksheet for teachers (and students) with exercises and answers for all the above vocabulary can be downloaded for free here: <a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1LCyaQkPPAhRklDRWZPUE5rRnM">https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1LCyaQkPPAhRklDRWZPUE5rRnM</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today is the Mexican Day of The Dead where people in Mexico and some other cultures remember those family and friends who have died. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I think it’s a lovely thing to do and very different to the way we deal with death in Britain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over here dying is on the long list of perfectly natural things which we find impossible to talk about – instead we try to change the subject as quickly as possible with a mixture of distaste and embarrassment. I’ve never taught a lesson on death, doubtless for this reason, and thus the subject joins the long list of things which teachers seldom teach thus leaving serious gaps in students’ vocabulary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So here are some of the most important words.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Use a dictionary if you don’t know what they mean and put them in the text below. Answers are on the worksheet (see bottom of page).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">There are a number of phrases in English which use “dead” as an intensifier, where it means “extremely/absolutely” (see the worksheet for exercises for these).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">A dead end</b> – when you drive down a dead end street there is no exit. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">A dead heat</b> – when two people in a race finish at exactly the same moment. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">A deadline </b>– the time by which you must have finished something. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Deadpan </b>(adj.) – when someone says something funny but doesn’t smile. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The number of euphemisms for “die” reflect our uncomfortable relationship with death. The most polite and sensitive way to say someone has died is to say that they “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">passed away</b>”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are however many more completely unsuitable slang phrases including:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Perhaps most importantly is what to say when you hear that someone has lost a family member or friend. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Please accept my sincere condolences for your loss</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">”</i> is the rather formal phrase used in writing.</span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">On this worksheet <a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1LCyaQkPPAhRWtsbDhDVDRYVWM">https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1LCyaQkPPAhRWtsbDhDVDRYVWM</a> you can find exercises for all of the vocabulary as well as a transcript of the Dave Allen monologue.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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LEChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11291226946416941481noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107117300515382321.post-17972883576732244482012-10-26T04:49:00.004-07:002012-10-26T16:36:22.046-07:00English and DrinkingI think the number of synonyms in English for "drunk" says a lot about our culture:<br />
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Now watch this clip - it shows a group of English friends who have a new flatmate from Holland. They find her attitude to (not) drinking very confusing. It sums up the British perfectly:<br />
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You can find a tapescript of the clip on this free worksheet, <a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1LCyaQkPPAhdWNteFRFamZaMEk">https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1LCyaQkPPAhdWNteFRFamZaMEk</a><br />
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Here is some more useful vocabulary for drinking in Britain:<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">a teetotaller<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">a soft drink<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">spirits<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">sober<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">an off-licence<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">lager<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Here's a video clip about two Capuchin monkeys, Vulcan and Virgil, and how they understand sharing and fairness. I thought it was pretty cute. Watch the clip and see how much you understand - here is some vocabulary which you'll need - <br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: red;">smart</span> – smart is an adjective with two meanings 1) to talk about clothes - looking nice and neat <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2) clever (the meaning in this video).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Learning English was a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">smart </i>decision”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: red;">to struggle </span>– to have difficulty doing something “He <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">struggled</i> through the deep snow.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: red;">the lot </span>– all of something “I wanted some cake but my brother ate <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the lot</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: red;">a fair share </span>– a good, equal amount. “There was a lot of work but we all did our <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">fair share</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: red;">to lose your composure </span>– to start to get upset or angry “She tried to stay calm but his unkind words made her <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">lose her composure</i> and she started to shout back at him.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: red;">would sooner </span>– an alternative to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">would rather</i> “We can go to the party if you want but <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I’d sooner</i> stay at home.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: red;">to short-change someone </span>– to not give enough money back “The beer was £4 and I gave the barman £10 but he <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">short-changed</i> me and only gave me £5 back!”</span></div>
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There is some other vocabulary which you maybe don't know but should be able to understand more or less from the context. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>A pot of hazelnuts…and the flint that’s needed to open the lid. You need both to get a nut, but they’re separated by a see-through barrier. Vulcan has the rock but can’t reach the nuts. Virgil has the nuts but knows he can’t eat them without a rock.<o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>Vulcan quickly offers the tool. He must hope Virgil is<span style="color: red;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">smart</b> </span>enough to open the lid and fair enough to cut him in on the spoils. <o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>Virgil is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">struggling</span></b>. He doesn’t have his friend’s skill and Vulcan is getting impatient. The flint is finally through the lid but can Virgil be trusted to share the nuts? With Vulcan out of reach it must be tempting to take <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">the lot</span>.</b><o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>Three nuts - <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">a fair share</span></b>. Vulcan and Virgil have used teamwork to beat the system but can Capuchins really have a sense of fair-play?<o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>Ted gives Vulcan a white chip which can be exchanged for food, in this case a dry biscuit. An identical token for Virgil but in return he gets a juicy grape - a far better exchange. Vigil is back for seconds, but this time Vulcan sees him get the grape, he now expects one too.<o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>Biscuit? That’s not fair. Virgil is back again…another grape! Vulcan is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">losing his composure</span></b>, this injustice is too much, he was happy with biscuit but that was before Virgil got grapes, now <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">he’d sooner</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>have nothing than be <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">short-changed</span></b>. It’s a point of principle.<o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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Here are some pairwork exercises which teachers can print out and use with their students for further practice:<br />
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<br />LEChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11291226946416941481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107117300515382321.post-52638517384712037922012-10-01T01:20:00.002-07:002012-10-01T01:25:00.426-07:00Pronunciation - Top Twenty Mispronounced Food WordsFood, we all love it (or at least I clearly do) and it usually makes for an interesting English lesson as everybody has an opinion and, especially in classes of mixed nationalities, we can often find some interesting cultural differences and similarities.<br />
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I've been teaching for a long time now and the subject of food has come up on countless occasions. It's very noticeable that the same English words cause the same pronunciation problems every time. <br />
This can be because of silent letters (e.g. "salmon") or because they are pronunciation false friends (there is already a word like this in your language, but it is pronounced differently); e.g. "yoghurt" in some languages.<br />
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I recently made this top twenty of the words I often need to correct. Can you pronounce them all perfectly? If you can I think you must have a fantastic level of English!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="color: blue;">vegetables<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="color: blue;">biscuits<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="color: blue;">tuna<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="color: blue;">pies/peas<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="color: blue;">yoghurt<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="color: blue;">spinach<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="color: blue;">salmon<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="color: blue;">cereal<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Later I'll add audio files here so you can listen but until then you can check here: <a href="http://www.howjsay.com/">http://www.howjsay.com/</a><br />
just type the word in and listen. It's a good site as it gives both British and US pronunciation (<em>tomato</em>, most famously).<br />
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So this is your task to start this week - make sure you can say all 20 perfectly! What other food or drink words do you find difficult? I'd be interested to hear people's suggestions - I'm sure there are many words which I've forgotten. .<br />
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I shall finish with this food-related illustration of the obstinancy of English sometimes. I like the imagined conversation on the right - "we've just discovered this new fruit, what shall we call it?"<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Phrasal verb<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: dark1;">meaning<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: dark1;">get on </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: dark1;">(with someone)</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: dark1;">have a good relationship<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: dark1;">ask</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: dark1;"> (someone) <b>out</b></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: dark1;">ask somebody to go on a date<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: dark1;">fall for </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: dark1;">someone</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: dark1;">fall in love with someone<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 203.85pt;" valign="top" width="272"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: dark1;">go out </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: dark1;">(with someone)</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: dark1;">be in a relationship with someone</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 203.85pt;" valign="top" width="272"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: dark1;">move in </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: dark1;">(with someone)</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: dark1;">start living in the same home</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 203.85pt;" valign="top" width="272"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: dark1;">fall out </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: dark1;">(with someone)</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: dark1;">have an argument, stop being friends,</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: dark1;">split up </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: dark1;">(or <b>break up </b>)(with someone)</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: dark1;">end a relationship</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: dark1;">get over </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: dark1;">(someone/something)</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: dark1;">stop feeling upset about something </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: dark1;">bump into </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: dark1;">someone</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: dark1;">meet by accident</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: dark1;">make up</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: dark1;">become friends again after falling out</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: dark1;">get back together</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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I think "fall for someone" might be a bit old-fashioned, but you still find it in romantic comedies "Oh, I think I'm falling for him..." etc.</div>
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"Get over it" has become a common expression, meaning "stop making a fuss".</div>
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LEChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11291226946416941481noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107117300515382321.post-83237423599898995122012-09-27T01:55:00.000-07:002012-09-27T02:45:53.990-07:00The Britishisation of American EnglishHi, I already have another blog for academic/IELTS stuff over at <a href="http://martins-ielts-help.blogspot.co.uk/">http://martins-ielts-help.blogspot.co.uk/</a> but this is going to be for anything else that I think might be interesting or useful for learners and teachers of English. Here's something from the BBC today:<br />
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19670686">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19670686</a><br />
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I must remember to email the link to my American friends - it smells like victory...<br />
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Actually I'm not one of those people who gets too upset about differences in American and British voabulary and spelling. I think it's just an interesting part of the language and at least it gives teachers a nice easy lesson when they can't think of anything more useful to study that day..."Ok everyone, here is a list of words...lift, biscuits, pavement, tap, (etc)...now, with a partner I want you to write them in AMERICAN." Marvellous.<br />
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But there are a few phrases which have crept into English over recent years which I hate and for which I blame American English, although that could be completely unfair, I don't know. <br />
Anyway, my list of pet hates is:<br />
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3) <strong>to grow a business</strong> - I think we grow flowers and tomatoes in the garden. I think we expand or build a business. But hey, what do I know?<br />
2) <strong>to impact on something</strong> - I feel like a grumpy old man for saying this, but I remember when<em> impact</em> was a noun and we used the phrase <em>to have an impact on</em> something. We used to use the verb <em>affect</em>, as in "Smoking affects our health". But now it seems fine for everyone to say "Smoking impacts on our health." It sounds ugly to me.<br />
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1) <strong>much different to</strong> - I hear this more and more and every time it makes me want to shoot myself in the face.<br />
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"Yeah this part of the job is much different to the rest". AARRGHHHH!<br />
<em>Different</em> is an adjective, just like <em>rich, fat, old, </em>and <em>expensive</em> are adjectives<br />
Would you say"David is much rich now that he sold his business."? no (I hope)<br />
Would you say "Shirley is looking much fat these days"? no (possibly also because it would be impolite)<br />
Would you say "this car isn't much expensive when you compare it to others"? no<br />
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With adjectives you use quantifiers (words like <em>very, a bit, quite</em> etc.)<br />
So you would say "David is very rich now." "Shirley is looking very fat" and so on.<br />
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And that's what you need for <em>different </em>"This part of the job is very different to the rest".<br />
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Lynyrd Skynryd - the American rock group - had a song called "We Ain't Much Different" so perhaps they started it. But apart from being ignorant hicks they also died in a plane crash, so beware - The God of Grammar is a vengeful deity.<br />
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Anyway I hope I'm able to grow this blog and it impacts on your life as it is, I'm sure you will find, much different to other blogs. I feel a bit ill after that sentence so I shall stop now. <br />
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See y'later y'all!<br />
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