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.

                                 

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