Commonly confused words

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British Vs American Vocabulary

British	American
lift	elevator
boot	trunk
trousers	pants
autumn	fall
cinema	movies
chips	fries
car park	parking lot
holiday	vacation
main road	highway
nappy	diaper
petrol	gas, gasoline
pocket money	allowance
pavement	sidewalk
postbox	mailbox
rubber	eraser
rubbish	garbage
sweets	candy
timetable	schedule
tube	subway
windscreen	windshield
torch	flashlight
tin	can
railway	railroad
post code	zip code
lorry	truck
driving licence	driver’s license
biscuit	cookie
aeroplane	airplane
grey	gray

Tips on effective learning of English language

If you want to learn English language you have to be motivated and prepared for a serious work. Set a goal for yourself and try to achieve it. If you come across any difficulties, don’t  give up quickly. Be persistent and patient. Ask for help from your friends, from other learners or from teachers.

Below you can see a list of eight most useful tips on learning English.

1) Learn

Set up your plan for learning English and stick to it. Try to learn at least one word a day. Use grammar books, CDs, workbooks, English dictionaries, visit some website that publish lessons and study online.

2) Think

Regularly ask yourself this question: “How would I say this in English?”. Think of some situation and how would you communicate in English. If you are not sure, try to find the answer in your books or ask someone for help.

3) Listen

Listen to the radio or music in English. This a very interesting way of practising English as there are a lot of exercises you can do while you listen to music, such as learning new words, filling the gaps, discussing the meaning of the song, etc.

4) Watch

Watch films and TV programmes in English. Listen to the people speaking in English will help you learn the correct pronunciation and stress. Additionally you will learn new words and phrases while enjoying a nice film or a TV show.

5) Read

It doesn’t matter if it is a magazine, newspapers, blog articles… Read something in English every day as this will help you get familiar with sentence constructions in English.

6) Write

You should write something in English as often as possible.  It can be a short story; you can write a response to an article / forum post, you can post your status update, anything. Keep a vocabulary notebook where you would write new words and expressions you learn. When you learn new words, try to use them and write example sentences in your notebook.

7) Review

Always review the grammar and / or vocabulary before the next lesson. It is important to review regularly so that you don’t forget what you have learned so far. As language is a system, you have to review what you have learned in order to connect that to the new lessons.

8) Communicate

Speak, speak, speak! Your ultimate goal is to speak English, right?! So speak English every day. Find if there are conversation groups in your city and join them. If it is difficult to find someone to talk to, try practising English with other people online, via email or in the chat rooms, forums, etc.  Alternatively you can find pen pals online and write emails.

Conditional sentences

Whatever It Takes (Imagine Dragons)

1. WRITE DOWN THE MISSING WORDS

Falling too fast to ___________ for this
Tripping in the world could be ____________
Everybody circling, it’s vulturous
Negative, __________

Everybody waiting for the fall of ____________
Everybody praying for the end of ____________
Everybody hoping they could be the___________
I was born to run, I was born for __________

Whip, whip
Run me ___________ a racehorse
Pull me ____________a ripcord
Break me___________ and build me up
I wanna be the slip, slip
Word upon your lip, lip
__________ that you rip, rip
Break me ____________ and build me up

2. PUT THE LINES IN CORRECT ORDER

_____ You take me to the top I’m ready for _____Whatever it takes
_____I do whatever it takes
_____’Cause I love how it feels when I break the chains
_____ Whatever it takes
_____ ‘Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins
_____ I do what it takes

_____’Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins

_____ Whatever it takes

3. CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD

Always had/has a fear of being typical
Looking at my body feeling miserable/classical
Always hanging/taking on to the visual
I wanna be invisible/visible

Looking at my tears/years like a martyrdom
Everybody needs/feedsto be a part of ’em
Never be enough, I’m the prodigal pond/son
I was born to run/fun, I was born for this

4. WRITE DOWN THE MISSING WORDS

Whip, whip
Run me ___________ a racehorse

Pull me ____________a ripcord
Break me___________ and build me up
I wanna be the slip, slip
Word upon your lip, lip
__________ that you rip, rip
Break me ____________ and build me up

5. PUT THE LINES IN CORRECT ORDER

_____ You take me to the top I’m ready for _____Whatever it takes
_____I do whatever it takes
_____’Cause I love how it feels when I break the chains
_____ Whatever it takes
_____ ‘Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins
_____ I do what it takes

_____’Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins

_____ Whatever it takes

6. FIND THE MISTAKES AND CORRECT THEM

Hypocritical, egotistical
Don’t gonna be the parenthetical, hypothetical
Working onto something that I’m could of, out of the cold
An epoxy to the world and the vision we’ve love
I’m an apostrophe
I’m judge a symbol to remind you that there’s more to sail
I’m just a product of the system, a catastrophe
And get a masterpiece, and yet I’m half-diseased
And when I am deceased
At least I go up to the grave and die happily
Leave the body of my soul to be a part of me
I do what it cakes

7. PUT THE LINES IN CORRECT ORDER

_____ You take me to the top I’m ready for

_____Whatever it takes
_____I do whatever it takes
_____’Cause I love how it feels when I break the chains
_____ Whatever it takes
_____ ‘Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins
_____ I do what it takes

_____’Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins

_____ Whatever it takes

Whatever It Takes

Active and Passive Voice

SPECULATION AND DEDUCTION