Wishing you the very best in health and happiness for the year 2015. Forget about new year’s resolutions. Crash diets don’t work, so why would crash English courses work? Instead, read and practise your English just a little bit each day, for a whole year. See you in the new year with lots of new quizzes… Continue reading Happy New Year!
Underneath is a short guide to holiday songs, movies and series. You want to read a holiday book? Um, well, sorry, hadn’t thought of that. By Jacqueline Schaalje ®Mary Vertulfo & EwaS Holiday Songs Pentatonix – That’s Christmas to Me To get into the right mood, first let’s listen to this big hit by American… Continue reading A Short Guide to Holiday Songs, Movies and Series.
Underneath is a short guide to holiday songs, movies and series. You want to read a holiday book? Um, well, sorry, hadn’t thought of that. Holiday Songs By Jacqueline Schaalje ®Mary Vertulfo & EwaS Pentatonix – That’s Christmas to Me To get into the right mood, first let’s listen to this big hit by American… Continue reading A Short Guide to Holiday Songs, Movies and Series
hiatus [hai-a-tus, put the stress on the hi] – (noun) a break Jonny Hughes Examples: There was a big hiatus while the professor was looking for the right words. We couldn’t make sense of the text. This seems to be caused by a hiatus in the manuscript where words are missing. There was a hiatus when she was… Continue reading Word to the Wise: Hiatus
Don’t lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. – Ralph Marston By Jacqueline Schaalje ®Fede-EnglishwithaSmile I’m sure you sometimes think to yourself: I wish I had more money next month, or next year. Well, if you’re working, there is only one easy way to get more… Continue reading How to Ask for a Pay Rise – Contains Examples from Real Life
raise a hue and __________– make a lot of noise about an issue to draw people’s attention Choose the right answer: shout cry tears scream scroll down for the answer scroll some more The right answer is: BIPIN cry. (In the past, hue and cry was… Continue reading Instant Idiom: raise a hue and …
Ready for a Slightly More Difficult Tenses Quiz? By Jacqueline Schaalje Not so Easy Not so Easy Not so Easy Not so Easy Not so Easy Not so Easy Not so Easy Not so Just like last time, but now slightly more tricky. Can you use the correct tense in these sentences? Try the test… Continue reading Basic Tenses Review 2
entrench, intrench – (verb) to fix, from the literal meaning: to dig a trench around a position (in the army) – see picture entrenched, intrenched – (verb) fixed Reinis Traidas Examples: The rich have entrenched themselves in all branches of the government. He had entrenched himself in the wrong ideas, and it was very hard… Continue reading Word to the Wise: Entrenched
pry – (verb) looking closely, often sneakily or uninvited (like looking into someone else’s business) Andrés Nieto Porras Examples: Our office secretary is always prying into our private appointments. Most people don’t like it when their friends pry into their telephones. The man next to me on the train pried into my book, which I found… Continue reading Word to the Wise: Pry
By Jacqueline Schaalje Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy Easy ®Mary Vertulfo & Ewas Leave a reply I don’t know whether this has anything to do with the Israeli school system (often terrible English teaching). Some of my middle school and high school students get hysterical… Continue reading Verbs with Y in the Present with –ies: He Flies and She Pays
English with a Smile 