Do you want to sound more natural where you're having a conversation? Do you need help to think, to reinforce what you want to say?
Click below and learn some natural ways and words to fill those moments in conversations.
Showing posts with label B1 Business English. Show all posts
Showing posts with label B1 Business English. Show all posts
Tuesday, 6 November 2018
Conversation Fillers
Do you want to sound more natural where you're having a conversation? Do you need help to think, to reinforce what you want to say?
Click below and learn some natural ways and words to fill those moments in conversations.
Monday, 22 October 2018
Useful tips to describe a photo or a picture
You will find some useful tips here to describe a photo or a picture.
Please remember:
- The Present Continuous.
- The Prepositions.
- Some modals for suppositions and speculation.
Wednesday, 17 October 2018
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Wednesday, 24 February 2016
Ads for positive purposes : TED TALK
“In my lifetime, I have never lived one day of peace in my country,”
says Jose Miguel Sokoloff. This ad executive from Colombia saw a chance
to help guerrilla fighters choose to come home — with smart marketing.
He shares how some creative, welcoming messages have helped thousands of
guerrillas decide to put down their weapons — and the key insights
behind these surprising tactics.
This interesting TED Talk shows us an extraordinarily positive use of publicity and its techniques: demobilizing guerrilas in Colombia. Advertising as a tool of change.
Click on 'subtitles' and enjoy this really touching video.
Click on 'subtitles' and enjoy this really touching video.
Jose Miguel Sokoloff: How Christmas lights helped guerrillas put down their guns
Friday, 2 October 2015
Another - Other - Others
Another - Other - Others
My pupils often ask me about these three words. It seems to be a tricky topic. Let's see if we can understand it! Take it easy, read carefully and do the exercise at the end.
ANOTHER is a determiner or a pronoun.
Determiner:
It goes with countable SINGULAR nouns.
It means 'one
more'.
Examples:
Can I have another cup of coffee?
I want another glass of water.
Would you like another piece of cake?
Examples:
Can I have another cup of coffee?
I want another glass of water.
Would you like another piece of cake?
It also can
mean 'alternative' or 'different'.
I would prefer another
colour. (I would prefer a different colour)
Pronoun:
It takes the place of a SINGULAR noun, but with the same meaning: 'one more' or 'different'.
Pronoun:
It takes the place of a SINGULAR noun, but with the same meaning: 'one more' or 'different'.
Examples:
Can I have another? (Can I have one more?)
I want another. (I want one more.)
Would you like another? (Would you like one more?)
I would prefer another.
OTHER is a determiner or a pronoun.
It can go with SINGULAR and PLURAL nouns.
It means 'alternative', 'different'.
Can I have another? (Can I have one more?)
I want another. (I want one more.)
Would you like another? (Would you like one more?)
I would prefer another.
OTHER is a determiner or a pronoun.
It can go with SINGULAR and PLURAL nouns.
It means 'alternative', 'different'.
Examples:
I don't want this one. I want the other one.
He can do other things.
Are there any other alternatives?
No other man can do what he does.
I don't want this one. I want the other one.
He can do other things.
Are there any other alternatives?
No other man can do what he does.
Pronoun:
It takes the place of a SINGULAR noun, but with the same meaning: ‘alternative’ or ‘different’. Usually with ‘the’.
It takes the place of a SINGULAR noun, but with the same meaning: ‘alternative’ or ‘different’. Usually with ‘the’.
Examples:
I don’t want this one. I want the other.
No other can do what he does.
I don’t want this one. I want the other.
No other can do what he does.
OTHERS is a pronoun.
It takes the
place of a PLURAL noun, but with the same meaning: ‘alternative’ or
‘different’.
Examples:
He can do others. (He can do other things)
Are there any others? (Are there any other alternatives?)
He can do others. (He can do other things)
Are there any others? (Are there any other alternatives?)
Exercise: fill in the blanks with another,
other or others.
1. I want _______________ cup of coffee.
2. Would you like ________________ piece of
cake?
3. I think we should make __________________
plans just in case.
4. We need some chairs. I’ll take these ones
and you can take the ___________.
5. Do you have ______________ types available?
6. A: Have ____________________ sausage.
B: No, thanks. I’ve had enough.
6. A: Have ____________________ sausage.
B: No, thanks. I’ve had enough.
7. You take one bag and I’ll take the
________________ one.
8. I really hope there are ___________________
alternatives.
9. This bike might be slow but ______________
are much faster.
10. We really need to buy ________________ car,
so that we can have two cars at home.
11. I’m going to sell this car and get
______________ one.
12. She had an umbrella in one hand and her
purse in the _________________.
13. This is just __________________ day in my
life.
14. How many _________________ people are
coming?
15. Would you like this one or the
_______________ one?
16. I’d like __________________ vacation right
now. It’s not enough!
17. They’re not for you., they’re for
___________________.
18. This is my sister Mary. I have
_______________ three sisters too.
19. I don’t want these shoes, I want the
_________________ because they go with my dress.
20. Are there any __________________ questions?
KEY: another/ another/ other/ others/ other/ another/ other/ other/ others/ another/ other/ other/ another/ other/ other/ another/ others (or 'another' or 'the other')/ other/ others/ other
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