SOME COMMON MISTAKES

VOCABULARY: WHAT'S A PORTMANTEAU?

 

CONFUSING 'TRY'

 TRY is one of the verbs that can be followed either by TO+infinitive or gerund -ING with a change of meaning. Here BBC Learning English flashcards show the difference:

CRIME PHRASAL VERBS WITH "BREAK"

 

HOW TO WRITE A CURRICULUM VITAE (CV)

 

- MORE INFO ON CVs & COVERING LETTERS HERE.

CONFUSING VOCABULARY: 'COUNTRYSIDE', 'ENVIRONMENT' & 'NATURE'

 

COMPARATIVE STRUCTURES

 All these above are possible comparative structures in English.

More on comparing in English:

- DEGREES OF COMPARISON. 

- COMPARATIVES & SUPERLATIVES.

IDIOMS WITH 'JOKE'

 

THE (SAXON) GENITIVE

 

PREFIX 'OVER-' (= TOO MUCH). EXAMPLES

English prefix 'OVER-' means TOO MUCH. The charts show some examples.

Other examples could be: OVERBOOKING, OVERSLEEP, OVERWHELMED

Other examples with a different meaning: OVERHEAR, OVERLOOK, OVERSEAS, OVERVIEW

CONFUSING FALSE FRIENDS: 'SENSIBLE' vs 'SENSITIVE'

 

NOUNS ALWAYS PLURAL

 

COLLOCATIONS: 'LARGE', 'GREAT', 'WIDE' & 'BIG'

 

PHRASAL VERBS WITH 'CHECK'

PHRASAL VERBS WITH 'STAND'

 

CONFUSING: 'TALL' vs 'HIGH'

 

SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT RULES

 

ZERO INFINITIVE (Infinitive without 'TO')

 

BOOK DAY 2021 @ 'BIBLIODIESTE'

[Cover photo from XIXth century edition of 'Robinson Crusoe']

 April 23rd is BOOK DAY. This year our school library has proposed an activity to commemorate this day: to fill up the library's noticeboard with book sleeves that students, teachers and school staff hand in. It can be the book you're reading, one that you like a lot or of special interest... The noticeboard will be covered with all the ones received.

I have chosen and sent Daniel Defoe's "ROBINSON CRUSOE", his first novel published in 1719. The book is an exciting story of a shipwreck and adventure on a tropical island. It's also considered the first English novel and one of the great myths of Western civilization with Don Quixote or Faust. 

Apart from this, my choice, among other reasons, is because Robinson Crusoe set off on his adventure trip from the place where I was born: Kingston upon HULL.

These are the photos of all the book sleeves sent on display: