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20 contractions and examples

1. Even if –>  Even if  Alex earned a big salary, he would not buy a fast car. 2. Provided –> They can listen to music  provided  they disturb nobody. 3. Because –> We can not go on holiday,  because  we don’t have enough money. 4. Rather than –> A company is stronger if it is bound by love  rather than  by fear. 5. Before –>  Before  I have breakfast, I always have a shower. 6. Wherever –>They can go  wherever  they want. 7. When –>He had climbed many mountains  when  he was a boy. 8. So that –>You are very late  so that  we can not start the lesson. 9. Once –>  Once  I start I must continue. 10. After –> Mary arrived  after  Alex left. 11. Even though –> I won’t go to the party  even though  I was invited. 12. While –>  While  she was walking I was running. 13. When –> He had climbed many mountains  when  he was a boy. 14. So that –> You are very late  so that  we can not start the lesson. 15. Once –>  Once  I start I must continue. 16.

Common Grammar Mistakes with preposition

*Common Grammar Mistakes with Prepositions* Incorrect: I congratulate you for your success. Correct: I congratulate you on your success. Incorrect: I cannot agree to you on the subject. Correct: I cannot agree with you on the subject. Incorrect: I agree with your proposals. Correct: I agree to your proposals. Incorrect: You will have to answer for your employer. Correct: You will be answerable to your employer. Incorrect: You must attend at the book. Correct: You must attend to the book. Incorrect: He is my authority on my saying so. Correct: He is my authority for my saying so. Incorrect: He regretted for his mistake. Correct: He regretted his mistake. Incorrect: He is waiting the arrival of the postman. Correct: He is waiting for the arrival of the postman. Incorrect: He is afraid from the thief. Correct: He is afraid of the thief. Incorrect: He is awaiting for his friend. Correct: He is awaiting his friend. Incorrect: The

Tips for improving your spoken English

Here are a few tips that will help you in your journey to being fluent in English. 1. Listen, Listen, Listen! I cannot overemphasize the importance of listening when acquiring the English Language. To gain fluency, you have to learn to be a good listener. First of all, listening to native speakers or fluent speakers would help in shaping your ability to pronounce English words in the right way. Listening doesn’t have to be so hard. You can enjoy the time while carrying out some listening exercises. You could get nice movies in English and enjoy a pastime at the same time, acquire some English Language skills. You could also get some good music in English and listen while you do other things or just relax in bed. In whatever way you choose to listen, the fact still remains that listening to a language continuously would help you learn to speak the language better. 2. Learn vocabulary and sentences by heart There is an idiom that goes, ‘slow and steady wins the race’. Somet

7 thing adults despartetly know it.

   "If I could tell you how to help me, this is what I would say: 1. Give me space. Don’t come in my room, corner me, or make demands. I don’t have any answers. When you push me or yell at me, I feel worse. I need to be alone. I need space. 2. Don’t yell at me. The noise in my head is so loud sometimes that I can barely hear my own thoughts. I can’t stand it. When you yell, I feel worse about myself. I feel unloved. I feel like I am your biggest disappointment. 3. Take my electronics away. I can’t put my phone down; I try, but I just can’t. I know it’s devouring all my time, but I can’t help myself; I can’t stop checking it. I need your help. I need you to set limits on technology. Please. I will fight you, but it’s what I need. Don't try to reason with me: Just do it. 4. Bring me someplace quiet. I say I don’t want anything to do with you. But if you could bring me somewhere quiet, somewhere we could walk together and not argue, somewhere I can feel the sun