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Empty-Nesters are Happier

B2 – Upper Intermediate

Perhaps it’s true what they say: having children does make a person happier but research shows, some parents only feel so after their children had left the nest.

Find out more about why empty nesters are happier parents.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/parenting/2019/08/20/empty-nest-parents-happier-when-kids-move-out-study-finds/2052323001/

Discussion Questions:

1. Who really is happier — people with or without children?
2. What is your opinion on the statement: “parents are happier, but only after their children had moved out”? What do you think this implies?
3. What are the positive and negative aspects of parenthood?

Time Outs to Discipline Children

B2 – Upper Intermediate

Time out is often used by parents nowadays as a form of discipline to their misbehaving children. Some suggest that this can be ineffective and even harmful to a child’s emotional health and the relationship with their parents. While others say it doesn’t affect the child’s behavior.

Let’s know more about the effects of time outs on children.

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-49692573

Discussion Questions:

1. What do you think of time-outs as a punishment?

2, What measures of discipline do/would you give your children?

3. How might time-outs affect parent-child relationships?

4, How effective are time-outs in disciplining children?

5. How’s your parenting skills like?

 

 

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Proper Nouns

Level: Beginner-Intermediate

 

A proper noun is any person, place or thing. A proper noun refers to anything or concept that is particular or specific.

A proper noun has two distinctive features:
1) it will name a specific item
2) it will begin with a capital letter

 

Common Noun                                    Proper Nouns
Person                                             Barack Obama, Mary
Website                                             Google, Facebook
Animal / Pet                                                  Snoopy
Food                                                              Oreo
Nationality                                       Chinese, Japanese, African
Place                                         University of Ohio, McDonald’s

 

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Coordinating Conjunctions

Level: Beginner-Intermediate

A coordinating conjunction joins parts of a sentence that are grammatically equal or similar. Also known as coordinators, coordinating conjunctions are used to give equal emphasis to a pair of main clauses.

Coordinating conjunctions are:

for
Example:
I go to the mall, for I love to shop.

and
Example:
The bowl of stew is hot and delicious.

nor
Example:

but
Example:
I took the bus, but there was a delay.

or
Example:
You can eat it with a spoon or fork.

yet
Example:
This chicken is hard on the outside, yet soft on the inside.

so
Example:
I want to go to bed, so I am putting on my pajamas.

 

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Common Nouns

Level: Beginner-Intermediate

 

A common noun is any person, place, or thing, but not the particular names of those people, places, or things. These nouns refer to anything that is not specific.

 

Examples:
People: mother, father, child, toddler, teacher, student, teacher, grandmother, woman, man
Animals: wolf, lion, tiger, dog, cat, bird, crocodile, bear
Things: table, truck, book, pencil, computer, coat, boots,
Places: city, state, country, continent, shop, restaurant, park, zoo

 

>>>Common nouns are not capitalized (unless they begin a sentence).

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Countable Nouns

Level: Beginner-Intermediate

 

Countable nouns are for things we can count using numbers. Countable nouns have a singular and a plural form. We can use the determiner “a” or “an” on singular form. The question “How many?” is used if you want to ask about the quantity of a countable noun.

Examples:
He has three birds.
I own a car.
I would like two pens, please.