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• If a verb is irregular, the past simple and past participle do not end in –ed.
Example: The security guard foresaw the robber’s intent to cause panic in the shop.
(Foresee-foresaw)
• All three forms (infinitive, past, participle) are the same with some verbs.
Example: The government shut down our branch in Osaka last year.
(shut down – shut down- shut down)
• Some irregular verbs have the same past and past participle forms but not the same infinitive form.
Example: The CEO thought that Jeff’s proposal was interesting.
(think – thought – thought)
• For other irregular verbs, all three forms are different.
Example: Our Company underwent an unprecedented growth last year.
(undergo- underwent – undergone)
• Some verbs can be regular or irregular.
Example: He burned his hand while cooking.
She burnt the eggs she was cooking.
Burn-burned or burnt
Spell-spelled or spelt
Learn-learned or learnt
Spill-spilled or spilt
Smell-smelled or smelt
Spoil-spoiled or spoilt
Irregular verbs
bid-bid-bid
-To submit a competitive proposal to buy or sell
products or services
hold on to – held on to – held on to
-To keep in one’s possession
undertake-undertook-undertaken
-To accept a challenging/difficult responsibility
B2 – Upper Intermediate
Trying to understand someone who does not speak your language could now be a thing of the past, thanks to some groundbreaking gadgets that claim to translate foreign languages in real-time. Imagine how easy it will be to communicate with people from any parts of the world without breaking a sweat. However, the rise of this technology should not replace learning languages and stop people from doing so.
Click the link below to know the most accurate reasons for that.
Translation Technology Should Not Replace Learning Languages
Discussion Questions:
1. According to the text, why should translation technology not replace learning languages?
2. What are your thoughts on translation technology?
How much do you rely on translation tools?
3. Besides English, what other languages are you learning or do you want to learn?
4. Give an example of a Spanish word, phrase, or idiom that is often mistranslated to other languages.
5. As you see it, should or should not translation technology replace learning languages?
B2 – Upper Intermediate
Post-truth, ‘Face with Tears of Joy’ Emoji, vape, and selfie are just some of the words Oxford declared as Word of the Year in the past four years.
Find out last year’s Word of the Year and why Oxford chose it.
And the Word of the Year 2017 is…
Discussion Questions:
1. How did youthquake come into rise?
2. What do you think of the youth in this generation?
How do they differ to the youth in the past?
3. Explain how you can observe youthquake in Spain in the recent years.
4. What is the most significant cultural, political, or social change that arose in Spain last year? What significant cultural, political, or social change would you like to emerge in Spain?
5. If you could coin a word, what would it be?
6. What could you choose as 2017 Spanish Word of the Year?
ADJECTIVES
• Describe nouns
Example: That car is fast. (What kind of car? Answer: a fast car.)
• Have the same form in both plural and singular number
Example: She has three lovely cats.
• Often comes before nouns and after “be”.
Example:
He is a powerful CEO.
I hope to be a famous pharmacist.
Adjectives like nice/bad/good are OPINION adjectives. They tell us what somebody thinks of someone or something.
Example: The company’s choice to diversify during these times is a bad one.
Adjectives like new/golden/round are FACT adjectives. They give us factual information about age, size,color, and so on.
Example: We prefer the new advertisement over the old one.
Opinion adjectives come before fact adjectives.
Example: Did you have a nice, long holiday?
At time, we use several fact adjectives to describe someone or something. We follow this order.
Determiner – Quantity/Number – Size – Age – Shape – Color – Origin/Proper Adjective – Material/Purpose – NOUN
Examples:
Mr. Sham bought a large, old, round, red, Chinese, wooden drawer.
There is a disgusting red metal crab ornament in their front yard.
We took a ride on an ancient, red Californian tram.
Exemptions:
• Adjectives of size and length usually come before adjectives of shape and width.
Example: She is a tall, thin girl.
• When there are two or more adjectives from the same group, we use “and”.
Examples:
She wore a yellow, red, and black gown for the product launch.
The shop sells old and new things.
• We use adjectives with the verbs be/get/become/seem.
Example: I am tired and I’m getting sleepy.
• We also use adjectives to say how somebody or something looks, feels, tastes, smells, and sounds:
Example: That was an interesting presentation.
I am interested in your new product.
B1 – Intermediate
Japanese tourists were allegedly ripped off their meal at a Venice restaurant. The tourists reported the incident to the police which was then escalated to the mayor.
Let’s find out more by clicking on the links.
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https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1801/180124-rip-off-restaurant.html
Discussion Questions:
1. What’s your take on the issue?
2. What do you think of the mayor’s reaction?
3. Have you ever been ripped off? If so, how and why?
4. Do you check TripAdvisor.com for a certain establishment’s rating?
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C1 – Advanced
At a time when we depend on computers so much, we opt to digitize everything.
Old handwritten weather data from the Ben Nevis weather station are aimed to be copied into a database.
Learn more about the old way they gathered weather data at Ben Nevis and the quest to have all records digitized.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41166778
Discussion Questions:
1. Do you think that the project is relevant? Why or why not?
2. How can the digitized weather data be helpful for us at present and in the future?
3. Given a chance, would you be willing to volunteer in a project such as this?
4. Asked which is more accurate between a computer or a human, Prof. Hawkins said, “for accuracy, the human eyes still do it better”. Do you agree or disagree with him.