why the if conditional seems hard for some students ,try the following and tell where the problem areas are.
Conditionals Exercises
1: If he comes,…………..
we will go to lunch.
we would go to lunch.
we would go to lunch
2: I would buy a new house………….
if I have a lot of money.
if I win the lottery.
if I inherited a million dollars.
3: If she misses the bus,…………………
I take her to school by car.
I would take her to school by car.
she have to walk.
4: If I had known you were in town,…………………
I would buy you some flowers!
I would have bought you some flowers.
I will buy you some flowers.
5: If he studies a lot,…………………
he might pass the exam.
he would pass the exam.
he is going to pass the exam.
6: I would get a new job…………………..
if I was you.
if I am you.
if I were you.
7: He will surely fail his exams…………………
if he not work harder.
unless he begins to study.
if he weren't serious.
8: She would live in New York now………………..
if she stays.
if she had stayed.
if she was to stay.
9: They would have bought that new car……………………….
if they had had the money.
if they had the money.
if they were having the money.
10: I leave on Saturdays………………………..
if she will come to visit.
if she comes to visit.
if she won't come to visit.
11: If he were rich,………………………………
he would help the poor more.
he will help the poor more.
he would have helped the poor more
12: If they had had enough good sense,…………………..
they would have moved to Helwan.
they would had moved to Helwan
they will move to Santa Helwan.
13: She will go crazy………………………………….
if you leaves her.
unless she leaves you.
if she don't leave you.
14: If this storm gets worse,…………………………………
we will have to go inland.
we have to get inland.
we must to go inland.
15: Watch out! If you touch that cable,………………………..
you will get a shock.
you shocked.
you had a shock.
16: I might have had time………………………………………
if you needed my help.
if you had asked me for help.
if you ask me for help.
17: I'm afraid I can't understand you………………………….
if you speak unclear.
unless you speak more clearly.
if you don't speak clear.
18: She would have gone…………………………………………..
if she had been in your position.
if she were in your position.
if she was in your position
19: You would certainly have been angry…………………………
if you discovered what he knew.
if you had discovered what he knew.
if you had discovered what he had known.
20: We'll have to walk if we…………………………………
run out of gas.
are going to run out of gas.
ran out of gas.
21: If someone offered to buy you one,……………………………….
which one do you choose?
which one would you choose?
which one had you chosen?
Saturday, 16 October 2010
Thursday, 9 September 2010
This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody.
There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it.
It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.
There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it.
It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.
Saturday, 4 September 2010
Tuesday, 17 August 2010
NLP and Lazy Language Learning
by Diana Beaver
As an Irishwoman, I like doing things the easy way, so here are some thoughts that I hope will make life simpler for language learners.
What is language for?
It is one of the many forms of communication; one of the ways in which we inform people about what is going on inside us - from 'I am hungry' to 'our joint account is empty, and I want to know how and why.'
Language expresses at the deepest level how we are experiencing the world at a given moment; and how we experience the world depends, to a large extent, upon our culture, and upbringing. Cultures have been evolving over hundreds of thousands of years, and languages are rich with the differences: the sounds, the rhythms, and the phraseology - to name but a few.
Try an experiment (you might like to try this with music first, if you haven't got any foreign language speakers available): close your eyes, relax deeply and just allow yourself to drop into the sound - letting go of everything else, so that your eye movements can follow the music. (When you are really relaxed, you will find yourself producing the rapid eye movements of dreams or trance.)
What happens? For example, how do your eye movements record high and low notes? How do they record the rhythm? And do you ever find them moving in advance before a note is played? What else do you notice? The movement of your eyes is recording the sounds in your brain - and we do this in different ways. So get your friends to do this experiment as well, and discover how they record the music. Is it the same way as you do? Or do they do something completely different?
Now you can try the experiment with different languages. What do you notice? What do your eyes do? How do you record the music of different languages in your brain?
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As a linguist, I find comparing languages a fascinating hobby. For example, among European languages, there are profound differences about the concept of the future: English speakers 'look forward' to things; whereas French speakers 'wait for them with impatience'; German speakers 'please themselves at them'; while Spanish speakers 'delight themselves in advance'.
And it's not only the expressions, it's the physiology. On our way home from a party in France, my husband asked crossly why I always waved my hands about when I was speaking French (he thought it was a pretty un-British way to behave). I knew, at the deepest level that - if you tied my hands behind my back - I could not speak French; but I did not think that this was the sort of answer that a British Cavalry Officer would appreciate. So I treated the question as rhetorical.
With the physiology comes the question of whereabouts in your body a word comes from, and what it feels like, as you say it. One of my favourite revelations came from Pierre Emmanuel. He was standing in an English spot, and saying 'tiger'; then he moved to a French spot, and said 'tigre'. He pronounced that, for him, 'tiger' felt long and lean and supple, as a word - whereas 'tigre' was round and solid. (Try it out, and discover what it feels like for you.)
Then, suddenly, Pierre Emmanuel saw something in his mind's eye: the English advertisement for a tiger in your tank (I can't remember which brand of petrol it was), showed a long, lean, supple leaping tiger; whereas the French version showed a round, solid tiger's head. Fascinating!
So where is all this heading? One of NLP's most useful models (developed by Robert Dilts and the late Todd Epstein from the work of the late Gregory Bateson) is the logical levels of thinking. And one day I applied it to speaking foreign languages, by asking myself some questions:
Environment - Where and when do I communicate best in a foreign language? When I'm relaxed and comfortable, etc
Behaviour - What do I do? I copy speakers of that language, etc
Capability - How do I do that? By stepping into the other person's shoes and pretending to be them, etc
Beliefs - Why?
Identity - Who?
It was at the Beliefs level that I realised that, when I was being French, I had a completely different belief system. So I created a German spot, and discovered yet another belief system. Then came the glimpse of the blinding obvious: I had three different identities! And maybe the reason that some people are nervous about getting totally involved in learning another language is because they are terrified of losing their identities - unaware that they would, in fact, enrich them.
Let's go back to the beginning for ourselves, with some thoughts about how we learned our mother tongue.
• we needed to communicate in order to survive
• we concentrated on the message, rather than the language
• we copied other members of our family who were communicating successfully
• our strategy was trial and error - either things worked, or they didn't
• our efforts were greeted with pride and joy by our devoted families
• we were in a safe environment
• people didn't keep correcting our grammar
• we all have an innate knowledge of how language works
• we weren't made to learn irregular verbs before being allowed to communicate
• we were given the freedom to learn in our own way
Language is about concepts and ideas - it's not about the use of the subjunctive.
Let go! Have fun! Be silly! And, if you find this too much of a good thing, think of something else to do in that language, so that your conscious mind is distracted and too busy to give you a hard time. I learned most of my French on a horse or round a bridge table.
Communication is what it's all about. Everything else is irrelevant.
© Diana Beaver 1999
by Diana Beaver
As an Irishwoman, I like doing things the easy way, so here are some thoughts that I hope will make life simpler for language learners.
What is language for?
It is one of the many forms of communication; one of the ways in which we inform people about what is going on inside us - from 'I am hungry' to 'our joint account is empty, and I want to know how and why.'
Language expresses at the deepest level how we are experiencing the world at a given moment; and how we experience the world depends, to a large extent, upon our culture, and upbringing. Cultures have been evolving over hundreds of thousands of years, and languages are rich with the differences: the sounds, the rhythms, and the phraseology - to name but a few.
Try an experiment (you might like to try this with music first, if you haven't got any foreign language speakers available): close your eyes, relax deeply and just allow yourself to drop into the sound - letting go of everything else, so that your eye movements can follow the music. (When you are really relaxed, you will find yourself producing the rapid eye movements of dreams or trance.)
What happens? For example, how do your eye movements record high and low notes? How do they record the rhythm? And do you ever find them moving in advance before a note is played? What else do you notice? The movement of your eyes is recording the sounds in your brain - and we do this in different ways. So get your friends to do this experiment as well, and discover how they record the music. Is it the same way as you do? Or do they do something completely different?
Now you can try the experiment with different languages. What do you notice? What do your eyes do? How do you record the music of different languages in your brain?
________________________________________
As a linguist, I find comparing languages a fascinating hobby. For example, among European languages, there are profound differences about the concept of the future: English speakers 'look forward' to things; whereas French speakers 'wait for them with impatience'; German speakers 'please themselves at them'; while Spanish speakers 'delight themselves in advance'.
And it's not only the expressions, it's the physiology. On our way home from a party in France, my husband asked crossly why I always waved my hands about when I was speaking French (he thought it was a pretty un-British way to behave). I knew, at the deepest level that - if you tied my hands behind my back - I could not speak French; but I did not think that this was the sort of answer that a British Cavalry Officer would appreciate. So I treated the question as rhetorical.
With the physiology comes the question of whereabouts in your body a word comes from, and what it feels like, as you say it. One of my favourite revelations came from Pierre Emmanuel. He was standing in an English spot, and saying 'tiger'; then he moved to a French spot, and said 'tigre'. He pronounced that, for him, 'tiger' felt long and lean and supple, as a word - whereas 'tigre' was round and solid. (Try it out, and discover what it feels like for you.)
Then, suddenly, Pierre Emmanuel saw something in his mind's eye: the English advertisement for a tiger in your tank (I can't remember which brand of petrol it was), showed a long, lean, supple leaping tiger; whereas the French version showed a round, solid tiger's head. Fascinating!
So where is all this heading? One of NLP's most useful models (developed by Robert Dilts and the late Todd Epstein from the work of the late Gregory Bateson) is the logical levels of thinking. And one day I applied it to speaking foreign languages, by asking myself some questions:
Environment - Where and when do I communicate best in a foreign language? When I'm relaxed and comfortable, etc
Behaviour - What do I do? I copy speakers of that language, etc
Capability - How do I do that? By stepping into the other person's shoes and pretending to be them, etc
Beliefs - Why?
Identity - Who?
It was at the Beliefs level that I realised that, when I was being French, I had a completely different belief system. So I created a German spot, and discovered yet another belief system. Then came the glimpse of the blinding obvious: I had three different identities! And maybe the reason that some people are nervous about getting totally involved in learning another language is because they are terrified of losing their identities - unaware that they would, in fact, enrich them.
Let's go back to the beginning for ourselves, with some thoughts about how we learned our mother tongue.
• we needed to communicate in order to survive
• we concentrated on the message, rather than the language
• we copied other members of our family who were communicating successfully
• our strategy was trial and error - either things worked, or they didn't
• our efforts were greeted with pride and joy by our devoted families
• we were in a safe environment
• people didn't keep correcting our grammar
• we all have an innate knowledge of how language works
• we weren't made to learn irregular verbs before being allowed to communicate
• we were given the freedom to learn in our own way
Language is about concepts and ideas - it's not about the use of the subjunctive.
Let go! Have fun! Be silly! And, if you find this too much of a good thing, think of something else to do in that language, so that your conscious mind is distracted and too busy to give you a hard time. I learned most of my French on a horse or round a bridge table.
Communication is what it's all about. Everything else is irrelevant.
© Diana Beaver 1999
Saturday, 17 July 2010
الذكاءات المتعددة
The 8 Intelligence Types
Do you think IQ tests provide the best indication of intelligence? You may be surprised to know that some scientists don't think so.
As a matter of fact, one scientist came up with a new theory about intelligence more than twenty years ago. Dr. Howard Gardner of Harvard University proposed that people were much more complex than standard testing suggested. He argued that traditional intelligence tests favored logical and mathematical people, but that different people had different strengths.
The intelligence types were:
1. Linguistic and verbal intelligence: good with words
2. Logical intelligence: good with math and logic
3. Spatial intelligence: good with pictures
4. Body/movement intelligence: good with activities
5. Musical intelligence: good with rhythm
6. Interpersonal intelligence: good with communication
7. Intrapersonal intelligence: good with analyzing things
8. Naturalist intelligence: good with understanding natural world
Read more about each type and discover your own strengths by choosing from the list below.
1-Linguistic and Verbal Intelligence
Good with Words
Do you keep a journal? Do you plan to write a novel one day? How many of the traits below fit your personality? Count the characteristics that seem to describe you well. If you count more than four, you score well on this type of personality. Remember you can be strong in several intelligence types!
• You are a good writer
• You're good with crossword puzzles
• People say you "have a way with words"
• You tell good stories
• People say you're funny
• You like to debate or argue
• You explain things well
• You have a great vocabulary or enjoy learning new words and their original root
2-Logical and Mathematical Intelligence
Good with Math and Logic Problems
Logical and mathematical intelligence represents the traditional concept of "intelligence," and it is the type of intelligence that is measured on many standardized tests. Count the characteristics that seem to describe you well. If you count more than four, you score well on this type of personality. Remember you can be strong in several intelligence types!
• You enjoy solving mysteries
• You can solve logic problems
• You're good at math
• You like to put things in their places
• You've always been interested in scientific discoveries
• You can be bossy
• You like to figure out how things work
• You're good with computers
3-Spatial Intelligence
Good With Pictures and Images
How many of these traits fit your personality? Do you have a knack for navigating? Are you the leader when it comes to find your way to a new location? If you count more than four of these traits as familiar to you, you might have spatial intelligence.
• You can put puzzles together
• You appreciate art or photography
• You prefer geometry over algebra
• You study with charts and pictures
• You can find your way with a map
• You make outlines when you write a paper
• You doodle or draw
• You notice details
4-Body and Movement Intelligence
Good With Sports and Movement
Are you a natural when it comes to gymnastics or dance? Do you have smooth moves? Body and movement intelligence is a trait of the world's great athletes.
• You're good at sports
• You can dance well
• You talk with your hands
• You're interested in acting
• You like to build things
• You clown around in class
• You have great balance
• You can throw a ball accurately
5-Musical Intelligence Good With Music and Rhythm
Did you start dancing as soon as you started walking? Can you tap out a tune on the piano after hearing it once? People with musical intelligence "have an ear" for music. How many of these traits fit your personality? Count the characteristics that seem to describe you well. If you count more than four, you score well on this type of personality. Remember you can be strong in several intelligence types!
• You'd like to be a drummer
• You can read music
• You criticize a new song when others just accept it
• You enjoy a few types of music
• You can figure out how to play a tune on an instrument
• You've considered writing songs
• You notice patterns
• You remember old songs
6-Interpersonal Intelligence
Good with People
If you seem to know what other people are thinking, you probably have interpersonal intelligence. Do people come to you with their problems? Do you find yourself giving a lot of advice? People can sense if you have interpersonal intelligence and they tend to lean on you.
• You sometimes feel like a mind reader
• You hate injustice
• You're a good listener
• You see through people who aren't being honest
• You know how others feel
• You often lend a shoulder
• You find it hard to be mean
• You enjoy deep conversations
7-Intrapersonal IntelligenceGood With Analyzing Things
Do you get lost in your own little world sometimes? That's a trait of someone with intrapersonal intelligence. A person with strong intrapersonal intelligence might be accused of "thinking too much" about things. This type of intelligence comes in handy when it comes to analyzing essays, deconstructing arguments, and doing a critical analysis of an article.
• You think a lot
• People think you're dreamy
• You can analyze dreams
• You are self-critical
• You second guess yourself
• You really get into a good book
• You can break down complicated ideas
• You judge people
8-Naturalist IntelligenceGood at Understanding Nature
Love bugs? Are you deeply concerned about the environment? These are a few of the traits of people with naturalist intelligence. If you dream about living in the wilderness, or if you love to grow plants, you might fit into this category. If you relate to the characteristics below, you score well on this type of personality. Remember you can be strong in several intelligence types!
• You like the wilderness
• You read about nature
• You stop to look at bugs
• You categorize things
• You read about explorers
• You collect things
• You enjoy studying plant parts
• You notice characteristics
The 8 Intelligence Types
Do you think IQ tests provide the best indication of intelligence? You may be surprised to know that some scientists don't think so.
As a matter of fact, one scientist came up with a new theory about intelligence more than twenty years ago. Dr. Howard Gardner of Harvard University proposed that people were much more complex than standard testing suggested. He argued that traditional intelligence tests favored logical and mathematical people, but that different people had different strengths.
The intelligence types were:
1. Linguistic and verbal intelligence: good with words
2. Logical intelligence: good with math and logic
3. Spatial intelligence: good with pictures
4. Body/movement intelligence: good with activities
5. Musical intelligence: good with rhythm
6. Interpersonal intelligence: good with communication
7. Intrapersonal intelligence: good with analyzing things
8. Naturalist intelligence: good with understanding natural world
Read more about each type and discover your own strengths by choosing from the list below.
1-Linguistic and Verbal Intelligence
Good with Words
Do you keep a journal? Do you plan to write a novel one day? How many of the traits below fit your personality? Count the characteristics that seem to describe you well. If you count more than four, you score well on this type of personality. Remember you can be strong in several intelligence types!
• You are a good writer
• You're good with crossword puzzles
• People say you "have a way with words"
• You tell good stories
• People say you're funny
• You like to debate or argue
• You explain things well
• You have a great vocabulary or enjoy learning new words and their original root
2-Logical and Mathematical Intelligence
Good with Math and Logic Problems
Logical and mathematical intelligence represents the traditional concept of "intelligence," and it is the type of intelligence that is measured on many standardized tests. Count the characteristics that seem to describe you well. If you count more than four, you score well on this type of personality. Remember you can be strong in several intelligence types!
• You enjoy solving mysteries
• You can solve logic problems
• You're good at math
• You like to put things in their places
• You've always been interested in scientific discoveries
• You can be bossy
• You like to figure out how things work
• You're good with computers
3-Spatial Intelligence
Good With Pictures and Images
How many of these traits fit your personality? Do you have a knack for navigating? Are you the leader when it comes to find your way to a new location? If you count more than four of these traits as familiar to you, you might have spatial intelligence.
• You can put puzzles together
• You appreciate art or photography
• You prefer geometry over algebra
• You study with charts and pictures
• You can find your way with a map
• You make outlines when you write a paper
• You doodle or draw
• You notice details
4-Body and Movement Intelligence
Good With Sports and Movement
Are you a natural when it comes to gymnastics or dance? Do you have smooth moves? Body and movement intelligence is a trait of the world's great athletes.
• You're good at sports
• You can dance well
• You talk with your hands
• You're interested in acting
• You like to build things
• You clown around in class
• You have great balance
• You can throw a ball accurately
5-Musical Intelligence Good With Music and Rhythm
Did you start dancing as soon as you started walking? Can you tap out a tune on the piano after hearing it once? People with musical intelligence "have an ear" for music. How many of these traits fit your personality? Count the characteristics that seem to describe you well. If you count more than four, you score well on this type of personality. Remember you can be strong in several intelligence types!
• You'd like to be a drummer
• You can read music
• You criticize a new song when others just accept it
• You enjoy a few types of music
• You can figure out how to play a tune on an instrument
• You've considered writing songs
• You notice patterns
• You remember old songs
6-Interpersonal Intelligence
Good with People
If you seem to know what other people are thinking, you probably have interpersonal intelligence. Do people come to you with their problems? Do you find yourself giving a lot of advice? People can sense if you have interpersonal intelligence and they tend to lean on you.
• You sometimes feel like a mind reader
• You hate injustice
• You're a good listener
• You see through people who aren't being honest
• You know how others feel
• You often lend a shoulder
• You find it hard to be mean
• You enjoy deep conversations
7-Intrapersonal IntelligenceGood With Analyzing Things
Do you get lost in your own little world sometimes? That's a trait of someone with intrapersonal intelligence. A person with strong intrapersonal intelligence might be accused of "thinking too much" about things. This type of intelligence comes in handy when it comes to analyzing essays, deconstructing arguments, and doing a critical analysis of an article.
• You think a lot
• People think you're dreamy
• You can analyze dreams
• You are self-critical
• You second guess yourself
• You really get into a good book
• You can break down complicated ideas
• You judge people
8-Naturalist IntelligenceGood at Understanding Nature
Love bugs? Are you deeply concerned about the environment? These are a few of the traits of people with naturalist intelligence. If you dream about living in the wilderness, or if you love to grow plants, you might fit into this category. If you relate to the characteristics below, you score well on this type of personality. Remember you can be strong in several intelligence types!
• You like the wilderness
• You read about nature
• You stop to look at bugs
• You categorize things
• You read about explorers
• You collect things
• You enjoy studying plant parts
• You notice characteristics
بعض الامثال الانجليزية ومايقابلها بالعربية
a bad workman blames his tools
الصانع السيئ يلوم ادواته
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
عصفور باليد افضل من اثنين على الشجرة
a burnt child dreads the fire
الطفل المكوي بالنار يخافها
a cat has nine lives
مثل القط بتسع ارواح
a cock crows on his dunghill
كل ديك على مزبلته يصيح
a drowning man will clutch at a straw
الغريق يتعلق بقشة
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أعذر من أنذر Forewarned is forearmed
أعط كل ذي حق حقه Give the devil his due
إذا ابتليتم فاستتروا Don't wash your dirty linen in public
إرضاء الناس غاية لاتدرك There's no way contenting some people
الطيور على أشكالها تقع Birds of a feather flock together
إن تذكر الشيطان يحضر فورا Talk of the devil and he'll appear
الأفعال أبلغ من الأقوال Actions speak louder tahn words
الأقربون أولى بالمعروف Charity begins at home
الأماني لا تدرك بالتمنيات If wishes were horses, beggars might ride
االإتحاد قوة Union is strength
التفاحة العفنة تفسد جاراتها The rotten apple injures its neighbors
الجمال جمال النفس Beauty is skin deep
الجوع كافر A hungry man is an angry man
الحب أعمى Love is blind
الصبر مفتاح الفرج Patience is a remedy for every grief
الصديق وقت الضيق A friend in need is a friend indeed
العظمة لله A cat may look at a king
العين بالعين والسن بالسن A life for a life
الغاية تبرر الوسيلة The end justifies the means
a bad workman blames his tools
الصانع السيئ يلوم ادواته
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
عصفور باليد افضل من اثنين على الشجرة
a burnt child dreads the fire
الطفل المكوي بالنار يخافها
a cat has nine lives
مثل القط بتسع ارواح
a cock crows on his dunghill
كل ديك على مزبلته يصيح
a drowning man will clutch at a straw
الغريق يتعلق بقشة
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أعذر من أنذر Forewarned is forearmed
أعط كل ذي حق حقه Give the devil his due
إذا ابتليتم فاستتروا Don't wash your dirty linen in public
إرضاء الناس غاية لاتدرك There's no way contenting some people
الطيور على أشكالها تقع Birds of a feather flock together
إن تذكر الشيطان يحضر فورا Talk of the devil and he'll appear
الأفعال أبلغ من الأقوال Actions speak louder tahn words
الأقربون أولى بالمعروف Charity begins at home
الأماني لا تدرك بالتمنيات If wishes were horses, beggars might ride
االإتحاد قوة Union is strength
التفاحة العفنة تفسد جاراتها The rotten apple injures its neighbors
الجمال جمال النفس Beauty is skin deep
الجوع كافر A hungry man is an angry man
الحب أعمى Love is blind
الصبر مفتاح الفرج Patience is a remedy for every grief
الصديق وقت الضيق A friend in need is a friend indeed
العظمة لله A cat may look at a king
العين بالعين والسن بالسن A life for a life
الغاية تبرر الوسيلة The end justifies the means
Sunday, 20 June 2010
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
Tuesday, 15 June 2010
How to write a descriptive paragraph
Descriptive paragraphs are often used to describe what a person looks and acts like. Read this example descriptive paragraph, notice how descriptive paragraphs are arranged by putting together all the sentences about the same thing.
Here is an example of a descriptive paragraph:
I am forty years old, rather tall and I have blue eyes and short black hair. I wear casual clothes as I teach students in a relaxed atmosphere. I enjoy my job because I get to meet and help so many different people from all over the world. During my spare time, I like playing tennis which I play at least three times a week. I also love listening to classical music and I must admit that I spend a lot of money on buying new CDs! I live in a pretty seaside town on the Italian coast. I enjoy eating great Italian food and laughing with the likable people who live here.
Written Exercise I
Answer these questions about yourself on a piece of paper.
· How old are you?
· What do you look like?
· What kind of clothes do you wear? Why?
· What kind of job do you do? Do you like it?
· What are your favorite hobbies? Why do you like them?
· Where do you live?
· Do you like living there? Why or why not?
Written Exercise II
Now that you have the information about yourself ready. Fill in the gaps in to complete this descriptive paragraph about yourself.
I am ............... years old, I .................................................................... (your looks).
I wear ...................................because ......................................... I am a ................. . I like / don't like my job because ......................................... I enjoy ........................................ . I often ....................... (describe how often you do your hobby). I also like ...................................... (write about another hobby) because ............................................. . I live in .............................................. People in ................... are ........................ . I enjoy / don't enjoy living in ........................... because .........................................
Descriptive paragraphs are often used to describe what a person looks and acts like. Read this example descriptive paragraph, notice how descriptive paragraphs are arranged by putting together all the sentences about the same thing.
Here is an example of a descriptive paragraph:
I am forty years old, rather tall and I have blue eyes and short black hair. I wear casual clothes as I teach students in a relaxed atmosphere. I enjoy my job because I get to meet and help so many different people from all over the world. During my spare time, I like playing tennis which I play at least three times a week. I also love listening to classical music and I must admit that I spend a lot of money on buying new CDs! I live in a pretty seaside town on the Italian coast. I enjoy eating great Italian food and laughing with the likable people who live here.
Written Exercise I
Answer these questions about yourself on a piece of paper.
· How old are you?
· What do you look like?
· What kind of clothes do you wear? Why?
· What kind of job do you do? Do you like it?
· What are your favorite hobbies? Why do you like them?
· Where do you live?
· Do you like living there? Why or why not?
Written Exercise II
Now that you have the information about yourself ready. Fill in the gaps in to complete this descriptive paragraph about yourself.
I am ............... years old, I .................................................................... (your looks).
I wear ...................................because ......................................... I am a ................. . I like / don't like my job because ......................................... I enjoy ........................................ . I often ....................... (describe how often you do your hobby). I also like ...................................... (write about another hobby) because ............................................. . I live in .............................................. People in ................... are ........................ . I enjoy / don't enjoy living in ........................... because .........................................
10 Tips for Multible Choice
10 Tips for Multiple Choice Questions
1. Ask the teacher ahead of time if there is a penalty for guessing. Normally there is not a penalty on a classroom test.
2. Read the question carefully and think of an answer before you see your choices. Read the choices to see if your answer is there. If so, it is probably right. Read the other answers quickly to be certain.
3. If your answer is not one of the choices, then read all the choices carefully and start to eliminate choices.
4. Cross out any answers that are obviously wrong.
5. When you narrow your choices to two, try each answer with the question to see if they both make sense. Sometimes you'll find a hidden clue, like a subject/verb agreement that gives it away.
6. If you are confused by "all of the above" and "none of the above" questions and they tend to take up too much time, leave all of those blank and go back to them. These questions have an element of logic to them, and some people take longer than others to work out logic problems. If you find that they require a little extra concentration, you may need to treat them as a separate section.
7. Mark any questions that you leave blank so you'll know to come back to them.
8. If you are stumped about a word, dissect it for clues. Think about the meanings of the prefix or suffix. Compare it to other words that start with the same letters. For example, the prefix "epi" is found in the word epidermis, which refers to the top layer of the skin. What can you discern, then, about a plant called an "epiphyte?" Would it have roots that stretch deep into the dirt or would it grow on the surface of something?
9. Don’t second-guess yourself. If you make an educated guess the first time around, don’t go back and start changing your answers around.
10. Keep an eye on the clock to give yourself time to re-visit the questions you left blank.
Bonus tip: If all else fails, choose B or C! A few studies show that those answers are correct at a slightly higher rate than A or D.
Bonus tip: If all else fails, choose B or C! A few studies show that those answers are correct at a slightly higher rate than A or D.
Saturday, 12 June 2010
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