Let's make a notebook, collect phrases, new words, idioms regularly. Slowly but steadily. Please allow yourself to do your own sentences or use them in your stories then come and copy here.
Types of people.
There are different types of people.Write the missing words in the sentences below. Choose from the following: acquaintance,bachelor ,boyfriend, colleague,employee, employer, fianc'ee,lodger, motorist , neighbour,optimist ,partner,pedestrian ,pessimist,racist ,spectator ,spinster ,tourist ,vegetarian,widow.1 She is always expecting the best to happen.She is such an ................2 A person who watches a sport or an event rather than takes part in it is called a ..............3 Mrs Brown…
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Welcome Reswara,
Of course we do, it is enough to ask about, it will be our pleasure,
More power to you !
Dear Karenina,
Thank you for your visiting and dropping what you've thought about it.Meanwhile please let me explain myself.
In fact that I aimed to create a behavioral habit to add new vocabulary to our list regularly. It depends on your creating so that this group is just only a cause to build up not a homework prepared by me . If whoever brings works, exercises or perfomances, we can share benefical platform to be improved. This is an idea that we can develop it or go down.
If we want to be succesful, we should put a lot of efford. Thank you Karenina for giving me a chance to write them.
God Bless you, nice to see you at my group.
-Selma-
Welcome Chiki,
We can help you as we can as gladly, how kind of assistance do you ask me ?
Please feel free to bring your new words here.
How are you all?
I'm new member here. I hope all you welcome me.
I have to break off for a routine studying in these summer days. Thank you in advance for your understanding, but if you keep going on, it will be appreciated.
See you on next days,
I wish you all "happy summer holidays".
These "in spite of , despite ,although, though" are subordinators and preposition phrases.
Remember ! The same idea can be expressed in many ways.
Sentence Variety=Structures of concessive Contrast=
1-Adverbial Clauses of Contrast:
a)Although he is quite wealthy, he is unhappy (Clauses)
b)Although he had not studied journalism, George wrote articles for a newspaper
c)Though he worked diligently, he failed to finish the project on time.
2-Prepositional Phrases
a)In spite of his great wealth, he is unhappy (Phrases)
b)Despite his lack of training in journalism, George wrote article for a newspaper
c)In spite of / Despite his diligent work, he failed to finish the project on time
3)Though = however, nevertheless
It is hard work. I enjoy it, though.
I hope, it will be useful for you.
-Selma-
In spite of: In spite of the rain, we enjoyed our holiday
I didn't get the job in spite of having the
necessary qualifications.
Despite is the same as In spite of : Despite all our carefull plans, a lot of thing went wrong.
Although: Although I came early, I forgot to punch my card.
Although that man rich, he is not stingy.
Though: The car is expensive, I like the color though.
My girlfriend wasn't beautiful, but liked her smiles though.
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