Feb
29
Friday 29th February, 2008
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Friday 29th February, 2008
This Friday we have a writing exercise as usual but this time you are going to apply for a job.
Here is the job advertisement.
Invoice Clerk / Accounts Clerk – West Midlands
Salary: £7.50 per hour
TemporaryIndustry sectors: Accountancy Invoice Clerk / Accounts Clerk required for an ongoing temporary position, which has opportunities to [...]
Feb
28
Thursday 28th February, 2008
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Thursday 28th February,2008
Yesterday’s answers.
To fall short of – to not reach or not be good enough
To fall through – to be cancelled or not happen
To fall apart – to break, or a person can collapse of fall apart
To fall for – to believe something, or fall in love with someone.
To fall back on – to [...]
Feb
27
Wednesday 27th February,2008
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Wednesday 27th February,2008
Yesterday’s answers
say what you mean
eat humble pie
get your message across
lie through your teeth
miss the point
make do and mend
Today’s exercises.
More expressions
Look these expressions up in your dictionary. What do they mean?
To fall short of
To fall through
To fall apart
To fall for
To fall back on
To fall into place
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Feb
26
Tuesday 26th February,2008
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Tuesday 26th February, 2008-02-16
Business expressions
Complete these expressions with the correct word, use your dictionary to help you..
Something worth buying is a good buy.
To compare offers before buying is called shopping around.
To make neither a profit nor a loss is to break even.
To buy a lot of something to get a better price is to [...]
Feb
25
Monday 25th February,2008
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Monday 25th February, 2008
Back to work
Today’s exercises.
Business expressions
Complete these expressions with the correct word, use your dictionary to help you..
Something worth buying is a …… buy.
To compare offers before buying is called … around.
To make neither a profit nor a loss is to … even.
To buy a lot of something to get a better [...]
Feb
23
Weekend 23rd- 24th February,2008
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Weekend 23rd to 24th February, 2008
I was born in Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Where were you born?
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Feb
22
Friday 22nd,February, 2008
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Friday 22nd February, 2008-02-16
Today’s exercise is writing as usual on Friday.
I would like you to write a short article for a newspaper telling people why having a pet is a good idea for older people.
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Feb
21
Thursday 21st February,2008
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Thursday 21st February, 2008
Yesterdays answers
Verb
Noun
Other words or phrases
Words in your language
To publish
publication
publisher
To market
The market
Marketing manager
To shout
The shout
To stock
The stock
Stock market
To dry
The dryer
Dried fruit
To laugh
laughter
Laugh out loud
Today’s exercises
Take one of the words from the table e.g. publish and look in the dictionary to see how many connected words you can find and make a mind [...]
Feb
20
Wednesday 20th February,2008
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Wednesday 20th February, 2008-02-16
The answers from yesterday.
i. Please …. me up from the station tomorrow at 9.00am.
ii.We can …. which ever colour we feel looks best on us.
iii. Some people …. up languages very quickly.
i. His hand was ….. as he turned the key in the lock but he was trembling
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Feb
19
Tuesday 19th February,2008
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Tuesday 19th February, 2008
Correction of yesterday’s exercises.
The car of Barry - Barry’s car
The sleeves of the shirt - OK
James is car - James’ car
the father of Janes’ - Jane’s father
Whose’s car - Whose car
The tennis rackets of whose –Whose tennis rackets…
Today’s exercises
One word fits into all these spaces do you know the correct word.
i. [...]
