jueves, 19 de noviembre de 2009
Advanced grammar
Advanced grammar for you.
And also, some expressions to use the inverted form.
http://esl.about.com/od/advancedgrammar/a/inversion.htm
lunes, 16 de noviembre de 2009
Watching movies or what?
The answer is yes. But you should be careful about what you watch, and how. Here is a post about the importance of watching movies and how they can help you. Also it presents some comments about the disadvantages with some suggested solutions.
Link: http://www.antimoon.com/how/movies.htm
domingo, 8 de noviembre de 2009
Tests and more tests
http://www.examenglish.com/
Completely excited
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=503438
Collocations and more collocations
bitterly cold it was bitterly cold
bitterly disappointed
bitterly angry
bitterly resentful
brightly lit
brightly colured
a brightly polished
brightly smiling
clearly visible
clearly marked
clearly distinguished
clearly spoken
it’s clearly impossible/absurd
clearly disturbed
clearly explained
deeply grateful
deeply concerned
deeply interested
I am deeply indebted to her
I was deeply offended by his remarks
deeply shocked
deeply held
deeply moved
she’s desperately ill
it’s desperately urgent
I’m desperately tired / cold
we’re not desperately busy (colloq)
desperately afraid
fully aware
fully insured
fully comprehensive insurance
fully conscious
are you fully satisfied?
she’s not fully convinced
she’s a fully trained nurse
I don’t fully understand
greatly admired
greatly feared
greatly improved
it's greatly increased
greatly concerned
she was greatly influenced by Eliot
the quality is greatly superior
greatly changed
greatly different
greatly mistaken
it’s highly probable / unlikely
she’s a highly intelligent child
his methods are highly unconventional
highly dangerous
highly educated
our highly trained / skilled workforce
food that is too highly spiced / seasoned
she praised him highly
he’s highly esteemed / respected by his colleagues
highly paid
highly recommended
highly amused
highly trained
highly qualified
incredibly rich
incredibly weird
incredibly brave
incredibly beautiful
incredibly moving
incredibly stupid
mildly uncomfortable
a mildly ironic tone
a mildly spiced sauce
mildly irritated
mildly upset
mildly affected
what happened was most interesting
it was most kind of you
most certainly
most probably o likely
most generous
thank you, you’ve been most helpful
perfectly round
perfectly straight
perfectly smooth
your arrival was perfectly timed
she has perfectly formed features
perfectly safe
perfectly ridiculous o
that’s perfectly obvious
they are perfectly suited
a perfectly chosen gift
that’s perfectly true
I’m perfectly well aware of that
she’s perfectly able to manage without my help
it’s perfectly possible
perfectly simple
perfectly fair
perfectly reasonable
pleasantly smiling
I was pleasantly surprised by the changes
the house is pleasantly situated
it’s not exactly warm but pleasantly mild
pleasantly dressed
pleasantly familiar
profoundly ignorant people
it’s profoundly uninteresting
he’s profoundly deaf
profoundly affected
profoundly grateful
profoundly changing
richly decorated
richly furnished
they were richly rewarded
they received the punishment they so richly deserved
the most richly endowed country in the region
a richly detailed biography
seriously ill
seriously injured
the scandal has seriously undermined
these figures are seriously misleading
seriously wounded
utterly devastated
utterly bereft
I utterly despise him
our time has been utterly wasted
she’s utterly distraught
Ok. This is very long. But it will help you remember because I am sure you have seen many of them before but never payed too much attention to them.
Collocations
If you want a deeper and less metaphoric explanation about them, follow the link below.
http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/collocations-advanced.htm