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In this issue... 1 - Quiz 2 - New Words From The Vocab Club 3 - Make or Do? 4 - Measuring Uncountable Nouns 5 - Quiz Answers 1 - Quiz -------- What word finishes the sentence? Answers in section 6. a) Are you (serious/seriously)? b) I (woke/waked) up this morning with a headache. c) Did you (see/watch) the accident? d) We are going to vacation (in/on/at) an island. e) My two (brother-in-laws/brothers-in-law) are lawyers. 2 - New Words From The Vocab Club --------------------------------- Our Daily Vocab Club has learned seven new words this week. Here are the seven new words: fascinate = amaze (verb) limb = arm or leg (noun) hovel = a small or dirty living area (noun) indigestion = inability to digest food (noun) jubilee = celebration (noun) knead = work dough (verb) grumpy = unhappy/not nice (adjective) 3 - Make or Do? --------------- There are a lot of phrases in English that combine either 'make' or 'do' with an object noun or preposition. How do you know when to use 'make' and when to use 'do'? One guideline is that when you use 'make' it usually refers to something that you produce or create, and 'do' is usually used for a more physical action. Here are some examples: DO - the dishes - the housework - the vacuuming - exercise - business - the laundry - homework MAKE - a mistake - breakfast, lunch or supper - food (any kind) - your bed - money - amends (apologize) - fun of Some that may be confusing: - do away with = to get rid of, or sometimes kill something - make away with = to steal - do up = to fasten (for example: your coat) - make up = to apologize 4 - Measuring Uncountable Nouns ------------------------------- Water is an uncountable (noncount) noun and so is rice, because it is either difficult (for rice) or impossible (for water) to count the individual parts. So, how do you count them? You use counters such as one 'glass' of water, or one 'cup' of rice. Here are some more unusual counters: a sheaf of paper a ream of paper a piece of food a cob of corn an ear of corn a spear of broccoli a head of lettuce a leaf of lettuce a bunch of grapes a cord of wood a bundle of wood a tube of toothpaste Have fun! 6 - Quiz Answers ---------------- Here are the answers from section 2: a) serious b) woke c) see d) on e) brothers-in-law