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English Word of a day

2009-12-20T21:29:00.000-08:00

heed
Definition: (verb) To pay attention to; listen to and consider.
Synonyms: listen, mind
Usage: Listen, my son, to the words of the wise and heed the advice of the righteous.

learn english word of the day

2009-12-13T11:25:00.000-08:00

finis
Definition: (noun) The end; the conclusion.
Synonyms: close, finale, finish, last, stopping point
Usage: From the start, we were plagued with setbacks that wrote finis to our venture

English word

2009-12-11T19:16:00.000-08:00

Trump
Definition: (verb) Get the better of.
Synonyms: best, outdo, outflank, scoop
Usage: She trumped his news by announcing that she had been picked for the Olympic team.

ESL word of the day

2009-12-10T21:18:00.000-08:00

Pert
Definition: (adjective) Saucy, impudent, or forward.
Synonyms: impertinent, irreverent
Usage: Passepartout was by no means one of those pert dunces depicted by Moliere with a bold gaze and a nose held high in the air.

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2009-04-25T12:21:00.000-07:00

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ENGLISH GRAMMAR QUIZZes

2009-04-20T16:43:00.000-07:00

This is a good resources that help you to improve grammar skills. There are many level of examination. Let's got here. Click Please wait a few minute after you click.it will be redirect to the site.

GRAMMAR LESSON

2009-04-19T09:20:00.000-07:00

A motivating way to teach grammar in middle school and beyond. Lively lessons teach parts of speech, parts of sentences, tricky homonyms, and more. Students create a Personal Skills Record to monitor their errors and guide their proofreading. Includes a reproducible Decoder List that describes the common errors students make and shows how to correct them. This classroom-tested approach makes teaching and assessing grammar manageable for teachers and meaningful for students.

TOEFL IBT GRAMMAR SKILLS

2009-04-19T09:07:00.000-07:00

A complete guide to English Grammar, which covers every part of speech, and is presented with people who are planning to take the iBT TOEFL exam in mind. Over 50 key grammar points which feature: clear, detailed explanations, over 115 exercises, and thousands of questions.

ibt toefl Kapland with CD

2008-03-02T13:27:00.002-08:00

-4 practice tests on CD-ROM in iBT format

-Audio CD and transcripts of authentic-language conversations for listening comprehension

-8 comprehensive chapters of reading, writing, listening, and speaking practice

-Hundreds of strategies for answering integrated skills questions

english vocabularies

2008-01-27T12:08:00.000-08:00

periphrasis
Definition: (noun) A style that involves indirect ways of expressing things.
Synonyms: ambage, circumlocution
Usage: Parents often engage in periphrasis when discussing adult matters in the presence of their children.

criterion
Definition: (noun) A basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated.
Synonyms: standard, touchstone, measure
Usage: Their criterion of a good rider is, a man who can manage an untamed colt, or who, if his horse falls, alights on his own feet.

pourboire
Definition: (noun) A relatively small amount of money given for services rendered.
Synonyms: baksheesh, gratuity, tip
Usage: The bellboy waited expectantly, but no pourboire was forthcoming

obtuse
Definition: (adjective) Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity.
Synonyms: dumb, slow, dense, dim, dull
Usage: Though he was generally regarded as obtuse by his fellow students, his math scores were the highest in the class.

foramen
Definition: (noun) An opening or orifice, as in a bone or in the covering of the ovule of a plant.
Synonyms: hiatus
Usage: The tribe made necklaces by passing string through the foramens of fang-shaped bones.

perspicuous
Definition: (adjective) Clearly expressed or presented; easy to understand.
Synonyms: lucid, luculent, pellucid, crystal clear, limpid
Usage: The lawyer presented a perspicuous closing argument, clarifying the forensic evidence for the confused jurors.

zoophagous
Definition: (adjective) Feeding on animal matter; carnivorous.
Synonyms: flesh-eating, meat-eating
Usage: Zoophagous insects include predators and parasites.

remunerate
Definition: (verb) To pay (a person) a suitable equivalent in return for goods provided, services rendered, or losses incurred.
Synonyms: recompense, compensate
Usage: John carefully weeded his neighbors' gardens, aware that they would remunerate him for a job well done.

sagacity
Definition: (noun) The quality of being discerning, sound in judgment, and farsighted; wisdom
Synonyms: discernment, sagaciousness, judgment
Usage: Spies cannot be usefully employed without a certain intuitive sagacity.

fulminate
Definition: (verb) To issue a thunderous verbal attack or denunciation.
Synonyms: rail
Usage: He fulminated against corruption in governmental institutions

prudery
Definition: (noun) Excessive or affected modesty.
Synonyms: Grundyism, primness, prudishness
Usage: Casting prudery to the wind, I lifted my head, looked him in the eyes, and professed my undying love.

centerboard
Definition: (noun) A movable keel in a sailboat that can be pivoted upward to reduce the boat's draft in shallow water.
Synonyms: drop keel, sliding keel

arid
Definition: (adjective) Lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or woody plants.
Synonyms: waterless
Usage: Only a few cacti managed to survive in the arid climate.

farrier
Definition: (noun) A person who shoes horses.
Synonyms: horseshoer
Usage: The farrier took a look at the limping horse and declared that a badly fitted horseshoe was the culprit.

spline
Definition: (noun) A wooden or metal strip.
Synonyms: slat
Usage: Humidity and weathering had caused the spline on the edge of the door to detach.

mugwump
Definition: (noun) A person who acts independently or remains neutral, especially in politics.
Synonyms: fencesitter, independent
Usage: The public relations firm believed that the key to victory was to capture the hearts and minds of the mugwumps who would otherwise remain passive.

gambol
Definition: (verb) To leap about playfully.
Synonyms: frisk, frolic, lark, rollick, romp, cavort
Usage: Then he ran back to the shed pulling the playful young horse, who wanted to gambol all over the yard, by the rein.

pestilence
Definition: (noun) A usually fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague.
Synonyms: plague
Usage: The place might have been desolated by a pestilence, so empty and so lifeless did it now appear.

revivalist
Definition: (noun) A preacher of the Christian gospel.
Synonyms: evangelist, gospeller
Usage: The revivalist drew a crowd of devoted followers to his weekly prayer meetings.

drachm
Definition: (noun) A unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce.
Synonyms: fluidram, fluid drachm
Usage: She measured out a drachm of the sweet-smelling elixir and administered it to the ailing child.

abase
Definition: (verb) Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of.
Synonyms: chagrin, humiliate, humble, mortify
Usage: Today she overwhelmed me with shrill reproaches, and abased me to the level of a hearth-brush.

exigent
Definition: (adjective) Requiring much effort or expense; demanding attention.
Synonyms: crying, insistent, clamant, instant
Usage: The professor regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous.

english essay

2007-11-28T13:55:00.000-08:00

Some people have said that computers have made life easier and more convenient. Other people say that computers have made life more complex and stressful. What is your opinion? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Most people usually use computer to keep data in computer while others still use paper. People who like computer may feel it is convenience for them to support their work but people who do not familiar with using computer may feel it doesn’t create their work. On the same time, the feel it made their life more complex. In my word of this statement I agree that computer make life easier and more convenient.

First, using computer can support your work anytime anywhere while you are connecting to the internet. The internet technology has grown quickly so its network can support your communication with others people around the world. You can use your computer by connecting to internet to do your jobs while you are in the remote area. You do not necessary to go into your office .You can check e-mail who will send message to you, send information via your company web portal and talk to others via video conferencing. For these reasons I would think that computer do more than you thing and it make you life more convenience.

Second, computer can help people who live in remote area can learn via distance learning. This is a good change for people who have problems with time schedule so they can study via computer. The benefits of using computer make people easy to learn while they work. After they finish their work then they just login to internet from computer to study.

To sum up, computers make people gain more advantage than disadvantage because of its technology .People will do their work anytime and anywhere. Moreover, the can learn from distance via online learning. Without computer, people are inconvenience.

english superative adj

2007-11-15T10:31:00.002-08:00

english Superlative Adjectives

The superlative is used to say what thing or person has the most of a particular quality within a group or of its kind. Superlative adjectives normally come before any other adjectives.

Snowdon is not the highest mountain in Britain, Ben Nevis is.
Mount Snowdon is 3,559 feet high. Ben Nevis is 4,408 feet high.

The rule for forming the superlative is any one syllable adjective add -est to the end of the word. Any longer adjective (two syllables or more) use most in front of the word. Usually superlatives are preceded by 'the'.

For example:

* "Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.", 'high' is a short (one syllable) word.
* "Arguably, Rome is the most beautiful city in the world.", beautiful is a long word.

The following adjectives are exceptions to this rule:

* 'good' becomes 'the best'
* 'bad' becomes 'the worst'
* 'far' becomes 'the farthest' or 'the furthest'

processive adj

2007-11-15T10:31:00.001-08:00

Possessive Adjectives

Possesive adjectives are used to show ownership or possession.
Subject pronoun Possessive adjective
I my
you your
he his
she her
it its
we our
they their

For example:

* I own this website. = This is my website.
* You own this computer (I presume). = It is your computer.

comparative

2007-11-15T10:30:00.000-08:00

A) We use than after comparatives(older than .../ more expensive than ... etc.):

* İstanbul is older than Rome
* Are oranges more expensive than bananas?
* It's easier to phone than to write a letter.
* "How are you today?" Not bad. Better than yesterday.
* The restaurant is more crowded than usual.

B) We say: than me / than him / than her / than us / than them. You can say:

* I can run faster than him. or I can faster than he can.
* You are a better singer than me. or You are a better singer than i am.
* I got up earlier than her. or I got up earlier than she did.

C) more less than ...

* A: How much did your shoes cost? $30?
B: No, more than that. (=more than $30)
* The film was very short - less than an hour.
* They've got more money than they need.
* You go out more than me.

D) a bit older / much older etc.
A
B

C
D
Box A is a bit bigger than box B. Box C is much bigger than box D.

* Canada is much bigger than France.
* Jill is a bit older than Gary - she's 25 and he's 241/2
* The hotel was much more expensive than I expected.
* You go out much more than me.

IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH LEARNING SKILLS

2007-11-15T10:27:00.001-08:00

IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH LEARNING SKILLS

Learning is a skill and it can be improved.

Your path to learning effectively is through knowing

* yourself
* your capacity to learn
* processes you have successfully used in the past
* your interest, and knowledge of what you wish to learn

Motivate yourself

If you are not motivated to learn English you will become frustrated and give up. Ask yourself the following questions, and be honest:-

* Why do you need to learn/improve English?
* Where will you need to use English?
* What skills do you need to learn/improve? (Reading/Writing/Listening/Speaking)
* How soon do you need to see results?
* How much time can you afford to devote to learning English.
* How much money can you afford to devote to learning English.
* Do you have a plan or learning strategy?

Set yourself achievable goals

You know how much time you can dedicate to learning English, but a short time each day will produce better, longer-term results than a full day on the weekend and then nothing for two weeks.

Joining a short intensive course could produce better results than joining a course that takes place once a week for six months.

Here are some goals you could set yourself:-

* Join an English course (and attend regularly).
* Do your homework.
* Read a book a month.
* Learn a new word every day.
* Visit an English speaking forum every day.
* Read a news article on the net every day.
* Do 10 minutes listening practice every day.
* Watch an English film at least once a month.
* Follow a soap, comedy or radio or TV drama.

A good way to meet your goals is to establish a system of rewards and punishments.

Decide on a reward you will give yourself for fulfilling your goals for a month.

* A bottle of your favourite drink
* A meal out / or a nice meal at home
* A new outfit
* A manicure or massage

Understanding how you learn best may also help you.

There are different ways to learn. Find out what kind of learner you are in order to better understand how to learn more effectively..
The visual learner

Do you need to see your teacher during lessons in order to fully understand the content of a lesson?

Do you prefer to sit at the front of the classroom to avoid visual obstructions (e.g. people's heads)?

Do you think in pictures and learn best from visual displays including: diagrams, illustrated text books, overhead transparencies, videos, flipcharts and hand-outs?

During a lecture or classroom discussion, do you prefer to take detailed notes to absorb the information?

!Learning Tip - you may benefit from taking part in traditional English lessons, but maybe private lessons would be better.
The auditory learner

Do you learn best through verbal lectures, discussions, talking things through and listening to what others have to say?

Do you interpret the underlying meanings of speech through listening to tone of voice, pitch, speed and other nuances?

Does written information have little meaning until you hear it?

!Learning Tip - you may benefit from listening to the radio or listening to text as you read it. You could try reading text aloud and using a tape recorder to play it back to yourself.
The Tactile/Kinesthetic learner

Do you learn best through a hands-on approach, actively exploring the physical world around you?

Do you find it hard to sit still for long periods?

Do you become distracted easily?

!Learning Tip - you may benefit from taking an active part in role plays or drama activities.

source:learnenglish.de

Here's How:

1-Remember that learning a language is a gradual process - it does not happen overnight.
2-Define your learning objectives early: What do you want to learn and why?
3-Make learning a habit. Try to learn something every day. It is much better to study (or read, or listen to English news, etc.) 10 minutes each day than to study for 2 hours once a week.
4-Remember to make learning a habit! If you study each day for 10 minutes English will be constantly in your head. If you study once a week, English will not be as present in your mind.
5-Choose your materials well. You will need reading, grammar, writing, speaking and listening materials
6-Vary your learning routine. It is best to do different things each day to help keep the various relationships between each area active. In other words, don't just study grammar.
7-Find friends to study and speak with. Learning English together can be very encouraging.
8-Choose listening and reading materials that relate to what you are interested in. Being interested in the subject will make learning more enjoyable - thus more effective.
9-Relate grammar to practical usage. Grammar by itself does not help you USE the language. You should practice what you are learning by employing it actively.
10-Move your mouth! Understanding something doesn't mean the muscles of your mouth can produce the sounds. Practice speaking what you are learning aloud. It may seem strange, but it is very effective.
11-Be patient with yourself. Remember learning is a process - speaking a language well takes time. It is not a computer that is either on or off!
12-Communicate! There is nothing like communicating in English and being successful. Grammar exercises are good - having your friend on the other side of the world understand your email is fantastic!
13-Use the Internet. The Internet is the most exciting, unlimited English resource that anyone could imagine and it is right at your finger tips.

Tips:

Remember that English learning is a Process Be patient with yourself.
Practice, practice, practice

source:about.com

sample test

2007-11-15T10:22:00.001-08:00

Here is a list of all your incorrect answers. The number corresponds to their number in the quiz.
1. A soccer match lasts ninety minutes.
2. We don't associate the flamenco dance with Portugal. We associate it with Spain.
3. Venus, Pluto and Uranus aren't signs of the Zodiac. They are planets.
4. The Red Sea separates Africa from Asia.
5. You don't mix red and yellow to get purple. You mix red and blue.
6. A north wind blows towards the south.
7. The British prime minister doesn't live at 11 Downing Street. He lives at number 10.
8. The main religion of Egypt, Lybia, Morocco and Algeria is Islam.
9. The ghost of Jacob Marley appears in the story A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens.
10. If a tornado moves through an inhabited area, it does a lot of damage.
11. The word outgoing doesn't mean shy. It means the opposite.
12. Blues music doesn't express happy emotions. It expresses sad emotions.
13. Gorillas aren't monkeys. They're apes.
14. Koalas don't live in Africa. They live in Australia.
15. In the story Pinnocchio's nose grows longer when he doesn't tell the truth.
16. A geologist studies the history, structure and composition of the earth.
17. The Richter Scale doesn't measure the speed of the wind. It measures the magnitude of earthquakes.
18. The word hippopotamus means river horse.
19. Birds don't sing because they are happy, but because they want to attract a mate or tell other birds to keep out of their territory.
20. Parrots live a very long time in captivity, up to 80 or more years.

What is gerund?

2007-11-15T10:17:00.001-08:00

gerund: a noun that is made by adding -ing to the end of a verb.

For example:

* running, swimming, eating, selling, hoping

are all gerunds.

But

* run, ran, to run, swim, swam, swum, eaten, sold, hoped

are not gerunds.

It is important to understand that gerunds function as nouns, but are derived from verbs. In a sense, they are part noun and part verb, but grammatically, they are considered nouns. For example, gerunds can be subjects or objects of a sentence, but they cannot function by themselves as verbs. For example:

* Running is great exercise. (gerund as subject)
* I don't like running. (gerund as object)

But they cannot be used alone as verbs:

* Tomomi *running two miles every morning. (This sentence needs a verb, such as runs.)

Gerunds may cause a bit of confusion because they look exactly like present participles; for example, if you see the word running all by itself, there's no way you could know whether it's a gerund or a present participle. You'd need to look at the sentence to figure it out. Look at these simple examples:

* Running is tiring. (running is a gerund.)
* I used to love running. (running is a gerund.)
* Running quickly, Tomomi won the race. (running is a present participle..)
* The running students passed a sleeping rabbit. (running is a present participle..)

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2007-11-05T23:30:00.000-08:00

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