Sorry seems to be the hardest word...

English is tough stuff  

Listen to this tricky little poem..

Wood = would 

Could you imagine my wooder (adj) face?

RED is not HEAD 
HAT is not RAT
ROOF RENT 

Cheap Sheep Watch Wash  
Ninety nineteen 
Politician   Sheep Confidential
Colleague got

kink  thin  rink thing pin, win sin think pink kin sink drink wink.... 

there is something in your eyes ("z").
there is something in your rice ("S).

roof
rent
head
hoof 
roof

....   50 Incorrect Pronunciations That You Should Avoid

GO, GOES, GOING, GONE or WENT

Note: Never ever use went after has, have, had, is, will be, are or were! 

Gone always needs an auxiliary verb before it (has, have, had, is, am, are, was, were, be)

Correct: They have gone to the movies.

Correct: They are gone to the movies.

Correct: They went to the movies.

Correct: You could have gone with them.

1. A rare book will go  quickly at auction.
2. When the book has been sold the auctioneer says: ' going, going, gone  !'
3. The internet too, it goes  without saying, is a good source of information.
4. In the theatre the lights went  down and the curtain rose on an empty stage.
5. When the lights went  up at the end of the performance a great cheer came from the audience.
6. Close all doors when you leave. The same goes  for windows.
7. When I drink coffee in the evening I have problems going  to sleep.
8. How many times does 18 go  into 54 ? The answer is 3.
9. Children don't particularly like going  to museums.
10. The neighbourhood is very noisy, it was so quiet in days gone  by!

your turn: English test #29033: Go, goes, going, went, gone

What does RATHER mean?

SOMEWHAT:

It´s rather warm today.
I was somewhat surprised to see you.I was rather surprised to see you.

I am feeling rather tired.

Intend: He did not call, rather he wrote a letter.

Prefer: I would rather eat pizza.

Noticeably: She is rather pretty.

Followed by THAN: sooner, earlier, on the contrary (aware of sentence)

She would rather study a the library than go to parties.

My parents would rather that I drive slowly.

I would rather that you...

The party was rather nice.

I rather regret that, but I cannot attend.

I am rather busy, in fact...

They walked rather slowly. (quite)

I has some rather bad news today (much)

We had rather wait a long time.

It was rather a surprise to find them in the house.

It cost me rather a lot of money.

Now that she saw him again, he was rather less interesting and a little older than she had remembered him.

Thanks to his efforts, or rather the efforts of his employees, they made  decent profit.

I realize that I have been rather stupid and selfish.

                                 

Pronunciation

What have you been doing in recent years?

I recently returned from Ireland, where I had been working in an office and studying English. Before that, I had spent two years travelling in Brazil.

I had eaten dinner by the time Marie arrived home.

I had been eating dinner when Marie arrived home.

         - TALKING ABOUT THE PAST FROM A PAST PERSPECTIVE - 

Lucas arrived home at 8pm. He was hungy but I had already eaten dinner 
This morning he had gone shopping and when he realised that night I had eaten all the food, he was angry. 

• We had paid the bill before receiving the notice.
• The students had looked for the information on the Internet before writing the paper.
• I had  a bad experience.
• I had had an old car then I bought a new car.

Last year, I was talking to my friend about Faith no more.

I had seen them in concert the previous summer.

Past time words

• now > at that time
• yesterday > the day before / the previous day
• today > that day
• tomorrow > the next day / the following day
• soon > soon after
• five minutes ago > five minutes before
• last summer > the previous summer / the summer before that
• next summer > the next summer / the summer after that
• before > before that

A: I first met you at Lou's wedding, I believe.
B: Actually, I think we had met once before that, but it was very briefly.

ING form is used after prepositions

The use of ING after prepositions.

After doing the shopping, we went home.

 = 

After we did the shopping, we went home. 

                                          

After discussing it with her, I've changed my mind.
Before leaving, you need to speak to Sarah.

Instead of feeling sorry for yourself, do some work for charity

I am scared of swimming in this sea.

I am bored with meeting the same people day after day.

We always have breakfast before we going to work.

They had a showed, before playing football.

Without realising, I had won the competition.

After having shower, I waited for you.

The pills or tablets must be taken after getting up in the morning.

I manage it by working much longer than 40 hour weeks.

In spite of studying a lot, he did not pass the exams.

She insisted on calling her sister.

He told the joke without laughing.

They are afraid of losing the job.

She is angry about walking in the rain.

Karl is good/ bad at working in the bank.

He is clever at skiing / surfing.

These business men are interested about buying stock exchange

 / doing bidding exchange.

I am disappointed about seeing your bad behaviour.

They are excited about setting up their own store.

Anna is famous for singing traditional songs.

She is fed up with waking up late day after day.

I am fond of learning English.

I am fond of going on holidays...

We are glad about getting married.

My husband is not happy about finding out I don't have an intention to come back home soon.

Are you interested in writing poems?

Yes I am really interested about creating rehearsal to be exact.

I am keen on (interested) drawing.

I am proud of riding a snowboard.
We are sick of  sitting around like this.
He is sorry for eating in the lesson.
I am tired of waiting for you.
She is used to smoking.
I am worried about making mistakes.
What is the advantage of farming over hunting?
There is a chance of catching a cold these days.
There is a choice between flying to London Heathrow or Stansted.
He has difficulty in texting.
He is in doubt about buying the correct car for his family.

WHAT DO YOU INTEND TO DO?

ARRANGED to do - Present continuous

INTENDED about the future - Going to

PREDICT  or see as a future fact - Will

Ex1_

I have just done a degree in Drama and education, so I will  probably end up teaching drama in a secondary school, I suppose, but I am not going to apply for anything this year. Right now, I want to get away from education and do some travelling, probably to the West Indies. I have got family in Trinidad, so I am hoping to go there for a few months, and maybe find some kind of job there.


Ex2_

I have just finished a degree in Ancient History and I am about (very soon) to join the army for five years! I have applied and been accepted, and I am starting my training in September, assuming I  pass my medical.


Ex3_

I am just finishing my final exams in fashion, and It's been incredibly hard work. So first, I am having a holiday with my family back home. I am leaving in five days, I am so excited. After that I am planning to do a master's degree in Fashion. I have applied for a course, and I have been accepted if I get good grades in my exams, so I am hoping!

Ex4_

I am about to graduate in modern languages, Spanish and Russian and I have already been accepted for a job as a trainee manager with a international clothing company. I am due to start work at the beginning of September, so I am having a couple of months break over the summer. I am going to find a beach somewhere nice and hot for a couple of weeks in August, hopefully, and then after that I will start work. I am really looking forward to it.

Ex5_

My degree is in Business studies, but I am thinking of applying for a course in journalism, but I am not sure yet. It is a bit of  a change, but I think that's what I want to do.

Ex6_

I have just  finished a law degree, but I am definitely not going to be a lawyer. I have realised I hate the law. I have basically got no idea at all what I want to do. I suppose I will do some kind of temporary job for the next  few months and then see what happens. Hope that I get some ideas.

I'll probably not see you before  you go.

I probably won't see you before you go.

I am due to have a baby

When are  you due?

PRACTICE:

I am planning to study engineering (I will study engineering).

My sister is thinking of joining the army.

I am due to take my driving test next week.

Alex says he is not going to apply for a university.

I know, I wont get a job.

My boss is about to retire.

My son is starting a new job on Monday ( My son starts a  new job)

HAVE YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES?

I have been working as a geography teacher in a big secondary school for about three years and  I was getting really fed up (tired). The kids were really badly behaved and rude, and it was really  hard to control them. Every day was really stressful and awful. I was working every evening marking  homework and preparing lessons and I just went to bed exhausted and really depressed every night. It just was not the right  job for me. Then one day I read in the newspaper that there are not enough plumbers in the country. Too many people are going to university and not enough people are training to be plumbers. And I said jokingly to my boy friend. I will be a plumber. I will earn more money and I won't have to  deal with those kids every day. And I will never have to worry about finding a  job.

And at first it was just a joke, but then I started  thinking about it seriously and well here I am, and so far I am really enjoying it. You have practical  problems to solve every day, which I like. You start work early, which I do not like I must say, but when you go home at four that's it, you can forget about it  until next day. No more nights lying awake worrying about it. I am the only woman on the course. My colleagues are call  male, but they are fine. They make a few jokes, mostly because I used to be a teacher,  but it's all very friendly. Sometimes you meet older people who think you can't do the job because you're woman, and that's a real pain, but compared to my classes at the school where I used to work it's really no problem at all.

I would like a job like this - I would not mind doing a job like this - I would not  want a job like  this...

Future clauses with if, when, etc...

When she qualifies as a plumber, she will earn a lot of money.

She will make herself ill unless she gets more rest.

I am sure She is going mad if does not find work soon.

When she has the baby, we will have to get  more staff to help us.

I will be fully qualified in about three years, unless I fail my exams.
I hope, I pass my exams if not I cannot qualify in three years.

We cannot both work full time until our youngest child starts school in about three years' time.

As soon as he finds a job again, I am going to change to working part-time.

I am hoping to redecorate a lot of the hotel before I have the baby.

They will have to sort out (solve) their financial problems before they have the baby.

I am sure, she will go back to work.

Things will not (won't) get easier for them  until the children are a bit older.

If she wants to go to ballet school, she will have to work very hard

She will probably have to do something else if she has children.

Conditional Clause and Main Clause

I will continue learning English until I become fluent.
If I will the lottery, I will buy a house.
If I wake up early, I will have more time to do my duties.
If I don't enjoy it, I'll try something else. I'm never going to go back to teaching though.

1. First conditional:If I have enough money, I will go to Japan.
If I study hard, I will pass the exam.

2. Second conditional:If I had enough money, I would go to Japan.
If I won the lottery, I would buy a house.

3. Third conditional:If I had had enough money, I would have gone to Japan.
If I had studied hard, I would have pass in my exam.

Essay: It does, mass media influence in shaping people's ideas.

This kind of media has power and it is an important way to spread information around the world, on the grounds that, it is a real time, an effective way to keep communication with  (or of keeping in contact with...) different parts of the world at the same time. Has  an important impact in our lives.

In my point of view: TV, RADIO, NEWSPAPERS&MAGAZINES, however, being controlled by governments, which means, using manipulation for their benefit. Information which comes these channels should be confirmation of the real truth.

Look on the bright side, it could be a perfect tools to help people to be better in several aspects of life. sharing our discoveries in a balance way. I mean It is an amazing way to spread good ideas fast and to know how people are living around the world.

Internet, of course, is in the same pack, but I think it is  slightly different from other channels, perhaps, it has been made by people like me and you. Nowadays people have a powerful gun to share opinions and to join in groups, sometimes from far away parts of the world, with the same interest and to add strength in favour or against of varieties topics.

In fact, mass media has negative and positive aspects, and it depend who uses this tool and for what.

Quote by Steve Jobs: “Thinking outside the box"

Don't watch TV!

                                 Cuando hablan del espacio, pienso en el vacío que nos envuelve...