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On the blower

⇒ Telephone English ⇐

∴ Telephone Language

∴ Phoning a company: ⇒[01] ⇔ [02] ⇐

∴ Leaving a Message on an Answering Machine⇐

∴ Saying telephone numbers ⇐

∴ Spelling addresses ⇐

Φ Quizzes … ⇒[01] ⇔ [02] ⇔ [03] ⇐

marzo 8th, 2015 | Tags: , | Category: FunctionaLang | Leave a comment

Conditionals

A comprehensive Powerpoint presentation on all conditional structures.

Notice there’s an omission near the end (count no. 6:14)

The subject’s missing from the last example (i.e. subject pronoun «I»); ‘mixed conditionals’:

Wish + Past Participle → I wish I hadn’t drunk so much ←

Remember to pause the player when […]

Mind your modals!

Auxiliary, or helping verbs, are used before infinitives to add a different meaning. The following auxiliaries are called ⇒Modal Auxiliaries or Modals⇐

Modal Auxiliaries Meanings / Functions can ability, permission, request, possibility could ability, formal request, possibility shall futurity, willingness, intention, suggestion, insistence should obligation, necessity, expectation, advisability will willingness, intention, prediction, […]

Time will tell

⊕ Telling the Time ⇐ / ⊗ Asking for the time ⇐

⇒words-about-time⇐ [www.english-at-home.com] ⇒time-expressions-in-english⇐

¤ Expressions of Time … ⇑ TASK (advanced)

•→Time markers associated to tenses⇐

Φ Time collocations ⇔ [quiz] ⇔ Time expressions⇐ Φ IT’S (HIGH) TIME + PAST SUBJUNCTIVE […]

At the airport

• Survival English for Travelers …⇒ [01] ⇔[02]⇐

· · · Common words and phrases

¤ QUIZZES ⇐… [definitions]

• AT THE AIRPORT: Looking for the check-in desk← • At the check-in desk: ⇒[01] ⇔ [02]⇐ →What’s wrong? Questions and answers←

marzo 4th, 2015 | Tags: | Category: FunctionaLang | Leave a comment

English at Work

•→ Safety at Work ⇐

10 ‘WORK’ Expressions in English ↓

‘overworked’ / ‘dirty work’ / ‘get worked up’ / ‘work out’ / ‘ work on’ / ‘ work up an appetite’ / ‘workaholic’ / ‘work it’ / ‘work … in’ / ‘work something out’

• Employment & Jobs vocabulary … […]

Yum Yum

• Ways of eating …→[01] ⇔ [02]←

•→www.enchantedlearning.com/dictionary/food.shtml ⇐

•→ http://photographicdictionary.com/food ⇐

•→Food Quantifiers ⇐

•→ In the kitchen ⇐

¤ Cooking terms Vocabulary . . . →[01]← / →[02]← / •→ QUIZ ⇐

♦ […]

Fauna

Mammals [⇒crosswords⇐]

•→ http://photographicdictionary.com/animals⇐

•→ Reptiles & amphibians ⇐

←⇐ ←⇐ ←⇐ ←⇐ ←⇐ ←⇐ birds

∞ insects & bugs …⇒[01] ⇔ [02]⇐

⇓ Creepy-Crawlies

¤ IDIOMS ⇓

• Animal idioms … →[01]← / →[02]← […]

Misdemeanour, Crime & Felony

•→ Crime words … →[elementary] ⇔ [intermediate] ⇔ [advanced]←

¤ Quizzes . . . ⇒[01] ⇔ [02]⇐

♣ ‘ROB’ – ‘STEAL’ – ‘BURGLE’ ↓

•→www.usingenglish/crime-&-punishment←

•→www.esldiscussions.com/juvenile_crime.pdf←

•→www2.ku.edu/~topeka/THEMATIC_UNITS/Crime.pdf←

•→www.umich.edu/student_projects/trial/executions.html←

⇐Methods of Execution

•→ The vocabulary […]

Imperialism & War

The actions by which one nation is able to control other usually smaller or weaker nations. The two primary methods of imperialism are military conquest and political diplomacy.

♦ David Crystal ↑ Will English Always Be the Global Language?

[…]

LYRICS GAPS

 This is the home of a fun method for both learning and perfecting your English.  ⇓   It primarily focuses on spoken English.

¤  Taylor Swift:

‘We’re Never Ever Getting Back Together’⇒

 ∇   MORPHINE  ⇓ ◊→ ‘Thursday‘⇐[Cure for Pain]

[… Each blank needs a personal pronoun]

____ used […]