Prefixes of position or direction:
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Sunday, January 27, 2008
28 Spelling Rules
See the following link from the Riggs Institute for the rules : http://www.riggsinst.org/28rules.aspx
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Vocabulary Pronunciation Pairs
Pronunciation Pairs
English pronunciation is so crazy that it sometimes even trips up native-speakers. Two words can have the same spelling but different pronunciation depending on the meaning.
This is a kind of self-checking exercise. Each of these sentences has such a pair of words. Read the sentence. If you're not sure about the different pronunciation of the two words, use your dictionary to check it. These are all common expressions.
1. We polish the Polish furniture every day.
2. He could lead if he would get the lead out.
3. A farm can produce produce.
4. The dump was so full it had to refuse refuse.
5. The soldier decided to desert in the desert.
6. The present is a good time to present the present.
7. At the Army base, a bass was painted on the head of a bass drum.
8. The dove dove into the bushes.
9. I did not object to the object.
10. The insurance for the invalid was invalid.
11. The bandage was wound around the wound.
12. There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13. They were too close to the door to close it.
14. The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15. They sent a sewer down to stitch the tear in the sewer line.
16. To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17. The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18. After a number of Novocain injections, my jaw got number.
19. I shed a tear when I saw the tear in my clothes.
20. I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
21. How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
22. I spent last evening evening out a pile of dirt.
English pronunciation is so crazy that it sometimes even trips up native-speakers. Two words can have the same spelling but different pronunciation depending on the meaning.
This is a kind of self-checking exercise. Each of these sentences has such a pair of words. Read the sentence. If you're not sure about the different pronunciation of the two words, use your dictionary to check it. These are all common expressions.
1. We polish the Polish furniture every day.
2. He could lead if he would get the lead out.
3. A farm can produce produce.
4. The dump was so full it had to refuse refuse.
5. The soldier decided to desert in the desert.
6. The present is a good time to present the present.
7. At the Army base, a bass was painted on the head of a bass drum.
8. The dove dove into the bushes.
9. I did not object to the object.
10. The insurance for the invalid was invalid.
11. The bandage was wound around the wound.
12. There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13. They were too close to the door to close it.
14. The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15. They sent a sewer down to stitch the tear in the sewer line.
16. To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17. The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18. After a number of Novocain injections, my jaw got number.
19. I shed a tear when I saw the tear in my clothes.
20. I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
21. How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
22. I spent last evening evening out a pile of dirt.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Vocabulary Links
Link to idioms A to Z:
http://humanities.byu.edu/elc/student/idioms/idiomsmain.html
http://www.goenglish.com/Idioms.asp
By way of: http://wccniuesl.blogspot.com/2005/06/esl-vocabulary.html
ESL: Vocabulary
http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Vocabulary/
Another compendium.
This is a sub-page of The Internet TESL Journal's TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL Links and includes sites such as
Arabic Number to English Convertor (Requires JavaScript.)
Enter a number up to 999,999,999 and see it spelled out in English.
BBC News English - Words in the News
Read, listen and learn the English in this week's stories.
Common Errors in English (Paul Brians)
Words that native English speakers frequently find confusing.
Common Usage Problems (Vicki Jones and Ann Bertoldie)
Words that native English speakers frequently find confusing.
English for You - Visual Fruit (Donald Hennessey)
Pictures of fruit and their names in English
English for You - Visual Veggies (Donald Hennessey)
Pictures of vegetables and their names in English
Expanding your Vocabulary (La Trobe University)
Brief hints for advanced students.
Language Adventure - Picture Quiz
Easy. Click on the picture of the word you hear. (WAV files)
Megellan's Log - Pronunciation Pairs (Sentences Using Heteronyms) (Douglas Milburn)
We polish the Polish furniture every day. I did not object to the object. etc.
Nick Miller's EFL/ESL Resource Material - Street & Map Terms (Nicholas E. Miller)
A list of words with definitions.
QuiaCom - Matching Quiz - Countries and Nationalities [FRAME] (AH Syed)
Quia.com activity -Columns
specialist.hu - ESL Topics and Vocabulary [FRAME] (English Specialist)
True/false and multiple choice quizzes on basic exam topics and vocabulary
Testing Vocabulary
By S. Kathleen Kitao & Kenji Kitao
The Compleat Lexical Tutor (Tom Cobb)
Test your word knowledge, Learn words at your level, Read & Listen, ...
Vocabulary - Extended Family Chart
A detailed family tree chart: paternal uncle's wife, maternal cousin, ....
Vocabulary Self-Study Quizzes (The Internet TESL Journal)
See the answers right away. Produced by teachers around the world.
Vocabulary Vulcanizer [FRAME] (Paige Jaeger)
Study 'roots' to improve vocabulary: Phobia (=Fear) claustrophobia, xenophobia
Word Safari: vocabulary expeditions (Ruth Pettis)
For native speakers and advanced students. Expand your English vocabulary while surfing the Web
WordOrigins.org's List of Words and Phrases (David Wilton)
baker's dozen, kick the bucket, left wing, Kilroy was here, ...
http://www.antimoon.com/other/activevocab.htm (Tomasz P. Szynalski)
Why it is normal to understand more English words than you can use
http://learners.englishclub.com/esl-articles/200109.htm (Josef Essberger)
Gonna, Ain't, Gimme, Gotta, Kinda, Wanna, Whatcha, ...
http://vocabulary.englishclub.com/interjections.htm (Josef Essberger)
Charts with meanings and examples: Ah, Alas, Dear, Eh, ...
http://vocabulary.englishclub.com/cw_say-tell.htm (Josef Essberger)
How to use say and tell.
http://vocabulary.englishclub.com/time_tell.htm (Josef Essberger)
UK English: 'just gone three o'clock'; Others: 'a quarter past three' etc.
http://www.forumeducation.net/servlet/pages/vi/mat/voc.htm (Sven Cederberg)
300+ word formation exercises
http://www.forumeducation.net/servlet/pages/vi/mat/voc.htm#1 (Sven Cederberg)
Example of random generated test from huge database
http://www.googlefight.com/cgi-bin/compare.pl?q1=%22The+love+of+money+is+a+root+of+all+evil%22&q2=%22Money+is+the+root+of+all+evil.%22&B1=Make+a+fight%21&compare=1&langue=us (Create Your Own Vocabulary Study)
The love of money is the root of all evil. VS Money is the root of all evil.
http://www.learnenglish.de/vocabulary/buildings.htm#UsefulVocab
See pictures of vocabulary, a dialogue, crossword puzzles, dictation/spelling, .
http://www.learnenglish.de/vocabulary/rooms.htm#UsefulVocab
See pictures of vocabulary, a dialogue, crossword puzzle and jumbled words
I like to see specific categories of words (buildings, rooms, time, fruits and vegetables), and also idioms and informal contractions, which always confound students. There are a few that have online quizzes and pictures to help students understand better. Students who learned English the British way can find translations into American English, and even specific tools such as the Arabic Number to English convertor have a real value for students. Some of the sites are better than others, so if you find one particularly useful (or not at all useful), share it with your fellow bloggers.
http://humanities.byu.edu/elc/student/idioms/idiomsmain.html
http://www.goenglish.com/Idioms.asp
Link to emotions (Unit 4) page:
http://homepage.smc.edu/harrop_adrianne/images/Emotions.jpg
http://homepage.smc.edu/harrop_adrianne/images/Emotions.jpg
By way of: http://wccniuesl.blogspot.com/2005/06/esl-vocabulary.html
ESL: Vocabulary
http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Vocabulary/
Another compendium.
This is a sub-page of The Internet TESL Journal's TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL Links and includes sites such as
Arabic Number to English Convertor (Requires JavaScript.)
Enter a number up to 999,999,999 and see it spelled out in English.
BBC News English - Words in the News
Read, listen and learn the English in this week's stories.
Common Errors in English (Paul Brians)
Words that native English speakers frequently find confusing.
Common Usage Problems (Vicki Jones and Ann Bertoldie)
Words that native English speakers frequently find confusing.
English for You - Visual Fruit (Donald Hennessey)
Pictures of fruit and their names in English
English for You - Visual Veggies (Donald Hennessey)
Pictures of vegetables and their names in English
Expanding your Vocabulary (La Trobe University)
Brief hints for advanced students.
Language Adventure - Picture Quiz
Easy. Click on the picture of the word you hear. (WAV files)
Megellan's Log - Pronunciation Pairs (Sentences Using Heteronyms) (Douglas Milburn)
We polish the Polish furniture every day. I did not object to the object. etc.
Nick Miller's EFL/ESL Resource Material - Street & Map Terms (Nicholas E. Miller)
A list of words with definitions.
QuiaCom - Matching Quiz - Countries and Nationalities [FRAME] (AH Syed)
Quia.com activity -Columns
specialist.hu - ESL Topics and Vocabulary [FRAME] (English Specialist)
True/false and multiple choice quizzes on basic exam topics and vocabulary
Testing Vocabulary
By S. Kathleen Kitao & Kenji Kitao
The Compleat Lexical Tutor (Tom Cobb)
Test your word knowledge, Learn words at your level, Read & Listen, ...
Vocabulary - Extended Family Chart
A detailed family tree chart: paternal uncle's wife, maternal cousin, ....
Vocabulary Self-Study Quizzes (The Internet TESL Journal)
See the answers right away. Produced by teachers around the world.
Vocabulary Vulcanizer [FRAME] (Paige Jaeger)
Study 'roots' to improve vocabulary: Phobia (=Fear) claustrophobia, xenophobia
Word Safari: vocabulary expeditions (Ruth Pettis)
For native speakers and advanced students. Expand your English vocabulary while surfing the Web
WordOrigins.org's List of Words and Phrases (David Wilton)
baker's dozen, kick the bucket, left wing, Kilroy was here, ...
http://www.antimoon.com/other/activevocab.htm (Tomasz P. Szynalski)
Why it is normal to understand more English words than you can use
http://learners.englishclub.com/esl-articles/200109.htm (Josef Essberger)
Gonna, Ain't, Gimme, Gotta, Kinda, Wanna, Whatcha, ...
http://vocabulary.englishclub.com/interjections.htm (Josef Essberger)
Charts with meanings and examples: Ah, Alas, Dear, Eh, ...
http://vocabulary.englishclub.com/cw_say-tell.htm (Josef Essberger)
How to use say and tell.
http://vocabulary.englishclub.com/time_tell.htm (Josef Essberger)
UK English: 'just gone three o'clock'; Others: 'a quarter past three' etc.
http://www.forumeducation.net/servlet/pages/vi/mat/voc.htm (Sven Cederberg)
300+ word formation exercises
http://www.forumeducation.net/servlet/pages/vi/mat/voc.htm#1 (Sven Cederberg)
Example of random generated test from huge database
http://www.googlefight.com/cgi-bin/compare.pl?q1=%22The+love+of+money+is+a+root+of+all+evil%22&q2=%22Money+is+the+root+of+all+evil.%22&B1=Make+a+fight%21&compare=1&langue=us (Create Your Own Vocabulary Study)
The love of money is the root of all evil. VS Money is the root of all evil.
http://www.learnenglish.de/vocabulary/buildings.htm#UsefulVocab
See pictures of vocabulary, a dialogue, crossword puzzles, dictation/spelling, .
http://www.learnenglish.de/vocabulary/rooms.htm#UsefulVocab
See pictures of vocabulary, a dialogue, crossword puzzle and jumbled words
I like to see specific categories of words (buildings, rooms, time, fruits and vegetables), and also idioms and informal contractions, which always confound students. There are a few that have online quizzes and pictures to help students understand better. Students who learned English the British way can find translations into American English, and even specific tools such as the Arabic Number to English convertor have a real value for students. Some of the sites are better than others, so if you find one particularly useful (or not at all useful), share it with your fellow bloggers.
Required Texts
Title: The Big Picture - Idioms as Metaphors
Author: King,Kevin
Publisher: Houghton MifflinYear of publication: 1999
ISBN: 0395917123
Title: Vocabulary Connections Book II, Word Parts
Author: Reynolds, Marianne C.
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Year of publication: 1998
ISBN: 007052629x
Author: King,Kevin
Publisher: Houghton MifflinYear of publication: 1999
ISBN: 0395917123
Title: Vocabulary Connections Book II, Word Parts
Author: Reynolds, Marianne C.
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Year of publication: 1998
ISBN: 007052629x
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
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