Time for some phrasal verb fun! Here are five for you to learn. Complete the sentence using the correct verb and remember to change the tense when necessary.
slip up - to make a mistake/an error
pick out - to choose
nod off - to fall asleep
close down - to close a place forever/permanently
Have something done is used to show that something is done for us, we do not do it ourselves. Compare these two sentences:
"I washed my car." - I washed my car myself.
"I had my car washed." - I paid someone to wash my car for me.
Take a look at these ten words and choose the opposites (antonyms).
near: "I live near here. It will only take a couple of minutes to get home."
quiet: "The house is quiet when everyone has left for work or school."
Patrick is at an English school in Malta. His friend, David, has sent Patrick an email asking about his trip. Read through the email and help David choose the correct missing words.
Hi Patrick,
I'm very _1_ to hear about your study abroad trip to Malta.
Is there any difference or limitation in usage of "inside" and "within" or they are completely interchangeable? Thank you in advance.
Bodies - we all have them. When you get to my age, you notice that they don’t work as well as they used to. Just like an old car, they’re harder to start in the morning, they don’t go as fast as they used to and they suddenly start making strange noises! But that’s enough about my problems.
How well do you know these basic body parts in English? Type in the missing words. Thanks to Adele at EC Cape Town English school for today’s lesson.
Chris
Complete the following sentences using the correct preposition. Use a dash "-" when you think that no preposition is needed.
Good luck!
Lesson by Adele, EC Cape Town English language school
Today's cartoon is based on the idiom Put your heart into something:
When you put your heart into something you make a lot of effort to do something.
"He's the kind of person who puts his heart into his job."
"She wanted her company to be a success and really put her heart into it."
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:
