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Verbs followed by -ing-

1. admit: I admitted stealing the money.
2. advise: She advised leaving the child alone.
3. anticipate: We anticipate sending the money tomorrow.
4. appreciate: They appreciated receiving the gift.
5. avoid: I avoid eating Sushi.

Now, make new examples with those verbs and post them to me.
Regards
Michael

Nouns in English

Dear all,
I'd like you to read the text below first and then post me an example of each different kind of nouns.

What is a noun?
Noun is a word to define a person, animal or living object, place, thing or quality.
There are many different kinds of nouns in English.
1. Common Nouns - general nouns such as cat, bowl, hand, tree clock etc.
2. Countable Nouns - nouns that can be counted, such as car-cars, child-children etc.
3. Uncountable Nouns - nouns that can't be counted, such as water, fire, air etc.
4. Collective Nouns - nouns that refer to a group of things or people such as family, police, worker's union etc.
5. Proper Nouns - nouns that refer to a specific name of a person, corporation, company, product, such as IBM, Microsoft, Mr. David Green, Dr. Mary Jones.
6. Concrete Nouns - a noun that is a physical object, something that can be touched, seen, such as an animal, window, table, computer etc.
7. Abstract Nouns - is a noun is not a physical object, it can't be touched physically. They are ideas and feelings such as intelligence, love, hate, bravery etc.

Intensifying Adjectives

When describing physical objects you can use a wide variety of adjectives such as: large, big, tiny, minuscule, small, etc. However, when describing nouns that are not physical (e.g. joy, anger, wealth) you need to pay careful attention to the choice of intensifying adjectives.

This feature provides a guide to the use of the most common intensifying adjectives for non-physical nouns.

Absolute / Complete / Total / Utter

Absolute, complete, total and utter are used to express strong feelings, extreme situations, and other events - especially negative experiences.
absolute agony
complete astonishment
total bliss
(an) utter catastrophe
absolute despairtotal
ecstasyutter furya
complete idiotutter
loathingtotal madness

Text Message Abbreviations

Here is a list of sms text message abbreviations for you to learn and use
always ... Alwz
and ... &
any ... NE
are you ... RU
are ... r
Be right back ... BRB
be ... B
before ... B4
boyfriend ... BF
Bye for now ... B4N
come ... cum
come on ... CMON
cutie ... QT
dinner ... DNR
easy ... ez
face to face ... f2f
for ... 4
get a life ... GAL
girlfriend ... GF
great ... GR8
hate ... h8
i see ... I C
late ... l8
later ... l8r
laughing ... Lar-fn
laughing out load ... LOL
mate ... M8
maybe ... mayb
mobile ... mob
night ... nite
nothing ... nufN
please ... PLS
regards ... rgds
right ... rite
see you ... CU
see ... C
sleep ... ZZZ
someone ... some1
speak ... SPK
thanks ... tks
to ... 2
today ... 2day
too ... 2
too late ... 2l8
wait ... w8
what ... wot
what ... wot
why ... y
you ... u
your ... ur

The Functions of Clauses in English

Hi Gangs,
Read through different types of clauses and bring your own exmaple of each type to class on Thursday morning.
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The Functions of Clauses

NOUN CLAUSE AS SENTENCE SUBJECT
1. Whatever that woman told you about this case is probably wrong.
2. That Charlie has paid all his bills remains a surprise to all of us.

NOUN CLAUSE AS SENTENCE OBJECT
1. He said whatever was on his mind.
2. Tell your classmates what you plan to do next.

NOUN CLAUSE AS OBJECT OF PREPOSITION
1. He wrote a book about what he did during the Vietnam War.
2. She was interested in where he went to school.

NOUN CLAUSE AS PREDICATE
1. You are what you eat.
2. The trouble with this plan is that we don't have enough money.

ADJECTIVE CLAUSE
1. Instructors who read from their old class notes aren't doing their job.
2. The old jalopy in the driveway, which Elmer hasn't driven in years, needs to be towed away.

ADVERB CLAUSE
1. They bravely go where no one else has gone before.
2. I haven't seen my brother since he borrowed all that money from me.
3. Mother will stay with you until you fall asleep.

Aussie Slang of the day

beaut(adjective)
very good or excellent, perhaps even desirable. Generally pronounced bewd or bewdie.

buzz off
(verb)leave

dodgy (adjective) below standard, awkward, suspicious or underhanded. Similar to the American "Cheesy".

entree /ahn-trey/(noun) starter or appetizer in a meal before main course.

loo (noun) toilet

rip off (verb)to cheat


digger (noun) A soldier from the Australia Army who served Turkey during the First World War. So named for their tenacity in "digging in", both literally and emotionally. Australian Diggers are well respected, particularly on ANZAC day.