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31/07/2015

MUST / HAVE TO / NEEDN'T (pre-intermediate level)


Fill in the gaps:

  1. I ____ work from nine to three every day except Sunday.
  2. Are you sure we ____ see Aunt Lucy tonight?
  3. Sheila ____ go to university on Tuesdays. Tuesday is her day off.
  4. I've got a terrible headache. I think I ____ take an aspirin.
  5. Let's run. We ____ get home before dark.
  6. You look so pale. I think you ____ see a doctor.
  7. It's a pity we ____ work on such a lovely day.
  8. We ____ work even on such a lovely day if we want to finish soon.
  9. She ____ take exams at the end of each term.
10. She ____ learn more if she wants to pass the exam.
11. My brother ____ cook meals, he's only a waiter.
12. The room is tidy, you ____ clean it.
13. 'Are you a driver?' - 'Yes, I ____ drive a lorry.'
14. We ____ walk, there's a bus to the hotel.
15. You ____ feed the baby, she isn't hungry.

Possible solutions:

  1. I have to work from nine to three every day except Sunday.
  2. Are you sure we must see Aunt Lucy tonight?
  3. Sheila doesn't have to go to university on Tuesdays. Tuesday is her day off.
  4. I've got a terrible headache. I think I must take an aspirin.
  5. Let's run. We must get home before dark.
  6. You look so pale. I think you must/should see a doctor.
  7. It's a pity we have to work on such a lovely day.
  8. We must work even on such a lovely day if we want to finish soon.
  9. She has to take exams at the end of each term.
10. She must learn more if she wants to pass the exam.
11. My brother doesn't have to cook meals, he's only a waiter.
12. The room is tidy, you needn't clean it.
13. 'Are you a driver?' - 'Yes, I have to drive a lorry.'
14. We needn't walk, there's a bus to the hotel.

15. You needn't feed the baby, she isn't hungry.

How to learn a foreign language. A non academic opinion about how to learn languages.


HERE ARE SOME EXTRACTS WHICH I HAVE FOUND EITHER AMUSING OR THOUGHT-PROVOKING:

....Maybe the most rapid way of learning a language would be to fall in love with someone who is a native speaker of the foreign language, then go and live in their country and have no contact with your own language. After 6 months of such a total immersion most people would be very proficient. .....
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.... If you consider that learning a language is a tedious chore then give up now, don’t waste any more time. Do something you like doing. .....
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.....One of the slowest most inefficient ways of learning a language is in a classroom full of people. School children often spend 10 years learning a foreign language with almost no result. ....   .....The results from adult education classes are a little better but only if the teacher is very good and if you also study outside of the classroom. ....
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Some activities and ideas which can help you learn a language:
-Attend language classes but don’t expect to learn very fast unless you do a lot of supplementary study.
-Use the immense amount of free online courses available on internet.
-Sign up for the “word of the day” offered by many sites.
-Read books which have specially reduced vocabularies designed for language learners.

-Note that Jehova’s Witnesses will give you hours of free conversation classes if you invite them into your house to speak about religion. 

20/07/2015

TIPS TO HELP YOU LEARN ENGLISH.(9)

1. Take a deep breath and SPEAK!
The more you think about speaking, the more nervous you will get. Just try speaking more. Next time you go to English class or speak English, count how many times you speak in five or ten minutes. After that, try to speak more. If you spoke one time today, next English class, try to speak two or three times. The more you speak the more you will learn how to communicate properly.

2. Don’t apologize for not knowing everything or “Not speaking English!”
You are learning English… You are trying, right? That’s what’s important. You don’t say “I don’t know how to cook that.” and stop cooking new things or “I don’t know how to use a computer.” and stop using new computer apps and programs. You just keep doing your best and you learn more and more as time goes on.  Please don’t say ‘I DON’T speak English’. Instead you could say:
• “I am learning English. Could you speak a little slower?”
• “I’m sorry, I didn’t understand.”
• “Could you repeat that?”
• “So, you’re saying that…. [rephrase what you heard]”.
• “What does _________ mean?”

(Read more at the website mentioned at the top of this post.)

TIPS TO HELP YOU LEARN ENGLISH.(8)


Get help!
If you don’t understand something, you MUST ask someone.
Ask your teacher, a classmate, a family member or a friend for help.
If all of the above fails, get a private teacher.



TIPS TO HELP YOU LEARN ENGLISH.(7)

If you can't manage on your own,get yourself a GOOD teacher!

Nobody wants to learn wrong things,do they?


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