Possessives II

Level: Beginner-Intermediate

Possessive pronouns are words that show ownership.

Here are some examples of possessive pronouns used in sentences:

my
-My job is to teach you.

mine
-This apple is mine.

our
-Our house is big.

ours
-These bags are ours.

its
-Its lid is broken.

his
-His dad is a businessman.

her
-Her umbrella is yellow.

hers
-That yellow umbrella is hers.

their
-Their car is blue.

theirs
-That blue car is theirs.

your
-Your dress looks nice.

yours
-This dress is yours.

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Phrasal Verbs III

Level: Beginner-Intermediate

Phrasal verbs are combinations of words that when used together, usually have a different meaning to that of the original verb. Phrasal verbs are phrases that indicate actions.

Here are some examples of phrasal verbs:

drop out
-quit a class, school, etc.
Example: I dropped out of Math because it was too difficult.

catch up
-get to the same point as somebody else
Example: You’ll have to run faster than that if you want to catch up with me.

come back
-to return
Example: Come back and see us again sometime.

wake up
-stop sleeping
Example: We have to wake up early.

enter into something
-to start to become involved in something
Example: We don’t need to enter into that yet.

throw away
-to get rid of something you do not want any more:
Example: People throw away plastic bags.

come into
-To arrive in a place, or to enter a place
Example: Children are not coming into school.

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Past Simple

Level: Beginner-Intermediate

Past simple is a verb tense that is used to talk about things that happened in the past.

To turn verbs into simple past, add -ed to the root form of the verb, or just -d if the root form already ends in an e.
Example:
walk > walked
play > played
love > loved
like > liked

There are a lot of irregular past tense forms in English. Here are some examples:
choose > chose
come > came
bring > brought
buy > bought
drive > drove
eat > ate
feel > felt
find > found
cost > cost
go > went
be > was/were
begin > began
break > broke
get > got
give > gave
build > built
have > had
cut > cut
do > did
draw > drew

When Advertisers Track Emojis

B2 – Upper Intermediate

Online targeted advertising is nothing new. Advertisers have been using demographics like gender, age, political affiliation, and location to deliver what they consider as relevant ads to the netizens. The folks at Twitter, however, decided to innovate and offer advertisers information about their users’ emotional states through the emojis that they post.

Should this be a matter for concern? Watch the video below and judge for yourself.

Discussion Questions:

  1. According to the video, what is a targeted ad?
  2. What do you think about Twitter giving advertisers access to emoji data?
  3. How does an emoji differ from an emoticon? Which was introduced first to the public?
  4. What three emojis do you use most often?
  5. Give examples of emojis that have an emotional context attached to them. Which emojis come across as positive, negative, or neutral? Which emojis do you feel tend to be ambiguous?
  6. Do you follow any politicians on Twitter? In your country, does the use of Twitter by government officials impact public opinion?
  7. Is it harmless to let a faceless advertiser know how you’re feeling?
  8. A Pew Research Center survey revealed that 51% of US adults are not confident that social media sites protect user data. What do you think about this in the context of data protection practices in your country?
  9. Would you like other social media platforms like YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook to follow Twitter’s lead and use emojis in their targeted advertising?
  10. Can you live without emojis?

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Prepositions of Place

Level: Beginner-Intermediate

Prepositions of place describe the position of a person or thing in relation to another person or thing. Prepositions of place give you the ability to tell others where something is located.

In

-when something is inside something
Example:
She is in the car.
I watch TV in the living-room

On

–when something is in a position above something else and touching it
Example:
Please place the flowers on the table.

–television, radio, internet (website)
Example:
I watched the news on TV.
I saw the picture on Facebook.

–used for showing some methods of traveling
Example:
I love traveling on trains.

At

–to show an exact position
Example: I am at the airport.

–event
Example:
I met her at a concert.
Let’s meet at the party.

–a place where you are to do something typical (watch a film, study, work)
Example:
I’m at work now.
I watched a movie at the cinema.

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Stress Causes Graying Hair

B1 – Intermediate

It is said that our hair is our crowning glory. Sooner or later, that crown will start to gray and we face a decision whether to dye it or maintain that silver hair color.

Read the article below to know what causes our hair to turn gray and be able to answer the questions that follow.

https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2001/200126-grey-hair-4.html

Discussion Questions:

  1. Do you agree that stress is one of the main causes of going gray?
  2. Do you have gray hair? If so, are you worried about it? What are you going to do when all your hair turn gray?
  3. How do you keep your hair looking good and at its best?
  4. How do you deal with stress?