Today's task is a reminder to use online English news sites like the BBC to improve your reading and vocabulary skills.
The following news item is taken from BBC News. You can read the whole story on their webiste: British Airways lines up 1,000 volunteer crew
Snakes are dangerous if they bite.
They is a pronoun. Snakes is an antecedent. The antecedent is the word that the pronoun is about.
A pronoun must always agree with its antecedent:
An airline passenger _A_ a scratch-off lottery ticket aboard a Ryanair plane. After scratching off the ticket he _B_ that he had winning numbers. The ticket he scratched off was said to be _C_ about €10,000.
Do you have a short fuse (become angry quickly)? There are times when we all blow our top (get angry). Here are some phrasal verbs that may be useful for the times when we get a little hot under the collar (get angry)!
When someone does not have money we can say they are poor. It is an adjective.
"A poor man."
The noun form of poor is poverty.
"Many people in the world still live in poverty."
Here is a list of ten departments that can find in a large company or business. Maybe the place where you work has more, less or even different departments. As English is the language of international business communication, it's useful to understand some basic terms.
Match up the departments to what they do.
When someone gets tricked, cheated or decieved, we say that they have been had. Being mistreated, cheated or dealt with badly, is known as being had.
This expression uses the verb to have in the sense of getting someone in one's power or at a disadvantage.
Take a look at these ten words. They are all related to health. Using the letters, match each word to the correct definition. Type A into the correct space, not weather.
How many did you get correct? Can you use these words in your own example sentences?
In British English they are called mobile phones; in American English they are called cell phones. Whichever term you prefer, I'm sure you have one! I've noticed English students arriving at our English schools usually bring their phones with them and if they don't, getting one as soon as they arrive is one of their first priorities!
