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2 - Quiz 3 - New Words From The Vocab Club 4 - Idioms continued 5 - Prepositions: At, On, and In 6 - Quiz Answers -------------------------------------- EnglishPractice is happy to announce the start of four new courses: Beginner Intermediate Advanced TOEFL If you are in one of these levels and want to improve your English, just follow the daily guidelines for studying in the courses. You will see your English getting better quickly! You can find the courses under "Courses" on the home page of EnglishPractice. 2 - Quiz -------- What word finishes the sentence? Answers in section 6. a) How many (woman/women) will be coming? b) Hold (on/onto) the sides when we speed up. c) I'm going (at/in/on/up) to the Arctic Circle for a job. d) I will try (finishing/to finish) before noon. e) I (will have graduated/will have been graduated) by 2005. 3 - New Words From The Vocab Club --------------------------------- Our Daily Vocab Club has learned seven new words this week. Here are the seven new words: quadruped = an animal with four feet (noun) recreation = relaxing time (noun) scribble = messy handwriting (noun) tenant = person who rents an apartment or house (noun) uncanny = unusual/odd/weird (adjective) vivacious = full of energy (adjective) wrinkle = fold in a paper/skin/etc. (noun) 4 - Idioms continued -------------------- Last week, there were some examples of 'body' idioms, but there are many different kinds of idioms, probably thousands! Here are some examples of 'color' idioms. Remember, an idiom is a phrase that has a meaning different from the individual words. I can ask my friend to 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. = He feels sad. John is looking a little 'green'. = John looks 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 upset. Everything is just 'peachy'! = Everything is great! 5 - Prepositions: At, On, and In -------------------------------- Prepositions are those little linking words which can help show time, place or location, cause or 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 prepositions, 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 for a specific day and date The appointment is on Wednesday. The appointment is on the fifth. In - is for a period of time He's coming in an hour. As a preposition of location: At - is for an address I live at 2439 Richmond Road. On - is for 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 woman is on the bus. Sometimes, you just have to memorize. 6 - Quiz Answers ---------------- Here are the answers from section 2: a) women b) onto c) up d) to finish e) will have graduated |