So another year has bitten the dust, and a new one just begun, and it is now, a decade into the millennium and three decades and six into my life, that I have decided to change my ways before my ways change me...
Yep, it’s time for some New Year’s Resolutions, and this year...I'm going to take them seriously. So seriously, in fact, that last Monday I plonked myself down in front of my computer and typed out a list of all the wonderful things that I would do in twenty-ten that would change my life for the better.
Match these ten answers to the requests. Type in the letter, do not type in the whole sentence.
Here are ten words. Do you know them?
Unscramble the words to find the answer:
e.g. A black and white striped animal - zebra (braze)
Today's lesson by Adele, EC Cape Town
When you look in a mirror you see your own reflection, i.e. you see yourself. 'Yourself' is an example of a reflexive pronoun. Just as a mirror reflects your image, so does a reflexive pronoun reflect the subject pronoun!
Reflexive pronouns are used in two different ways:
Use a, an and the in the sentences below:
Lesson by Adele, EC Cape Town
Take a look at these ten well-known idioms. How many of them are you familiar with. Do you know what they mean?
An adjective is a word which give us more information about a nonun. Car is a noun, big is an adjective.
"That is a big car."
My is an adjective. In this sentence, It shows who the cars belong to.
"That is my car."
Have you been following the news out of Haiti using English-speaking media. Here's some of the vocabulary that's being used. What are your thoughts on the earthquake. Do they happen in your country?
The famous sitcom and now movie "Sex and the City" makes use of so many comparisons, people in New York are always comparing their clothes, bodies, houses, salaries etc.... etc... ! Read about the different characters from the movie and complete the comparative and superlative gap fill.
When we meet someone for the first time we often ask them, "What do you do in your free time?" or, "What do you do in your spare time?" Both of these questions are asking, "What is your hobby?"
How many of these hobbies do you know? Match each hobby to its definition.
Are any of these your hobby? Have you tried them? What do you think about them? What do you do in your spare time?
