http://www.odeo.com/channels/130789-English-practice-for-intermediate-students no Daily practice for English learners - Essentials 2 en-GB 40 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:00:01 -0800 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:00:01 -0800 Language http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24041155-I-went-to-a-cricket-match-last-Saturday Today’s sentence Hi - how are you today? Here’s today’s sentence in the series on verbs used to talk about sport. I went to a cricket match last Saturday. Notes To go to a sporting event. “I went to a cricket match” means that I physically went to the place where two teams were going to play cricket. What other sporting events can you go to? A football match. A rugby match. A tennis match. A horse race. However, in America it’s much more common to say “a football game” And you know that football in America is totally different to football in England. In America, “football” is American football (a little like rugby.) They call the other kind of football “soccer.” That’s all for now - hope you found it useful. See you tomorrow! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi - how are you today? Here’s today’s sentence in the series on verbs used to talk about sport. I went to a cricket match last Saturday. Notes To go to a sporting event. “I went to a cricket match” means that I physically went to the place where two teams were going to play cricket. What other sporting events can you go to? A football match. A rugby match. A tennis match. A horse race. However, in America it’s much more common to say “a football game” And you know that football in America is totally different to football in England. In America, “football” is American football (a little like rugby.) They call the other kind of football “soccer.” That’s all for now - hope you found it useful. See you tomorrow! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi - how are you today? Here’s today’s sentence in the series on verbs used to talk about sport. I went to a cricket match last Saturday. Notes To go to a sporting event. “I went to a cricket match” means that I physically went to the place where two teams were going to play cricket. What other sporting events can you go to? A football match. A rugby match. A tennis match. A horse race. However, in America it’s much more common to say “a football game” And you know that football in America is totally different to football in England. In America, “football” is American football (a little like rugby.) They call the other kind of football “soccer.” That’s all for now - hope you found it useful. See you tomorrow! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-02-05,24041155 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:00:01 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24033309-Let%E2%80%99s-have-a-game-of-scrabble Today’s sentence Hi - how’s it going? Here’s another verb used to talk about sport. Let’s have a game of scrabble! Notes To have a game of something. You can say “let’s play scrabble / football” etc. Or, you can say: “let’s have a game of football. It means the same thing - it’s just a different way of saying it. By the way, playing scrabble in English might be a good way of studying. Right, we’ll look at another sentence in the same theme tomorrow, so see you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi - how’s it going? Here’s another verb used to talk about sport. Let’s have a game of scrabble! Notes To have a game of something. You can say “let’s play scrabble / football” etc. Or, you can say: “let’s have a game of football. It means the same thing - it’s just a different way of saying it. By the way, playing scrabble in English might be a good way of studying. Right, we’ll look at another sentence in the same theme tomorrow, so see you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi - how’s it going? Here’s another verb used to talk about sport. Let’s have a game of scrabble! Notes To have a game of something. You can say “let’s play scrabble / football” etc. Or, you can say: “let’s have a game of football. It means the same thing - it’s just a different way of saying it. By the way, playing scrabble in English might be a good way of studying. Right, we’ll look at another sentence in the same theme tomorrow, so see you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-02-04,24033309 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:00:09 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24024015-She-does-athletics-for-the-school Today’s sentence Hi. Welcome back. We’re still on the series on verbs used to talk about sport. She does athletics for the school. Notes To do + groups of related activities. What I mean by this is that athletics, for example, can be running / jumping / throwing javelins - all sorts of things. So you do athletics (a range of activities.) More examples? I do aerobics. I do yoga. In both of these things there are lots of different exercises which make up the whole activity. Can you think of other verbs used to talk about sport? Find out another tomorrow! Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. Welcome back. We’re still on the series on verbs used to talk about sport. She does athletics for the school. Notes To do + groups of related activities. What I mean by this is that athletics, for example, can be running / jumping / throwing javelins - all sorts of things. So you do athletics (a range of activities.) More examples? I do aerobics. I do yoga. In both of these things there are lots of different exercises which make up the whole activity. Can you think of other verbs used to talk about sport? Find out another tomorrow! Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. Welcome back. We’re still on the series on verbs used to talk about sport. She does athletics for the school. Notes To do + groups of related activities. What I mean by this is that athletics, for example, can be running / jumping / throwing javelins - all sorts of things. So you do athletics (a range of activities.) More examples? I do aerobics. I do yoga. In both of these things there are lots of different exercises which make up the whole activity. Can you think of other verbs used to talk about sport? Find out another tomorrow! Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-02-03,24024015 Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:00:11 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24013286-I-used-to-play-rugby-years-ago Today’s sentence Hi. How are you? I hope you are ready for today’s sentence. We’re still studying the series on verbs used to talk about sport. I used to play rugby years ago. Notes Play: this is used for competitive games. Examples of competitive games are: football / cricket / scrabble / snap / poker etc. We use play with all of these games. We don’t say, for example, “play windsurfing,” because it’s an not really a competitive activity and is something do on your own. That’s it for today - we’ll continue with this tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How are you? I hope you are ready for today’s sentence. We’re still studying the series on verbs used to talk about sport. I used to play rugby years ago. Notes Play: this is used for competitive games. Examples of competitive games are: football / cricket / scrabble / snap / poker etc. We use play with all of these games. We don’t say, for example, “play windsurfing,” because it’s an not really a competitive activity and is something do on your own. That’s it for today - we’ll continue with this tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How are you? I hope you are ready for today’s sentence. We’re still studying the series on verbs used to talk about sport. I used to play rugby years ago. Notes Play: this is used for competitive games. Examples of competitive games are: football / cricket / scrabble / snap / poker etc. We use play with all of these games. We don’t say, for example, “play windsurfing,” because it’s an not really a competitive activity and is something do on your own. That’s it for today - we’ll continue with this tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-02-02,24013286 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:00:39 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24007621-I-did-some-windsurfing-last-year Today’s sentence Hi! How’s it going? Here’s the latest in the current series on verbs used to talk about sport. I did some windsurfing last year. Notes Do some + activity. This is very much like “I went windsurfing.” It really means the same thing. Again, it’s used with an activity which you can do alone and which isn’t necessarily competitive. For example, you could say: “I did some hiking when I was in Colorado last year.” It means that you went walking in the mountains a few times. More examples? I did some rollerblading / walking / climbing etc. Right, we’ll look at another sentence in the same theme tomorrow, so see you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi! How’s it going? Here’s the latest in the current series on verbs used to talk about sport. I did some windsurfing last year. Notes Do some + activity. This is very much like “I went windsurfing.” It really means the same thing. Again, it’s used with an activity which you can do alone and which isn’t necessarily competitive. For example, you could say: “I did some hiking when I was in Colorado last year.” It means that you went walking in the mountains a few times. More examples? I did some rollerblading / walking / climbing etc. Right, we’ll look at another sentence in the same theme tomorrow, so see you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi! How’s it going? Here’s the latest in the current series on verbs used to talk about sport. I did some windsurfing last year. Notes Do some + activity. This is very much like “I went windsurfing.” It really means the same thing. Again, it’s used with an activity which you can do alone and which isn’t necessarily competitive. For example, you could say: “I did some hiking when I was in Colorado last year.” It means that you went walking in the mountains a few times. More examples? I did some rollerblading / walking / climbing etc. Right, we’ll look at another sentence in the same theme tomorrow, so see you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-02-01,24007621 Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:00:48 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24002174-I-often-go-running-at-the-weekends Today’s sentence Hi! Welcome back! This is the first day in a new series. We’re going to look at verbs used to talk about sport. I often go running at the weekends. Notes There are loads of different verbs connected to sports and go is the first one we’re looking at. Go running / jogging / skateboarding / windsurfing etc. Go + verb + ing We use this for sports and activities which you can do on your own and are not necessarily competitive, like a game of football, for example. That’s all for now - hope you found it useful. See you tomorrow! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi! Welcome back! This is the first day in a new series. We’re going to look at verbs used to talk about sport. I often go running at the weekends. Notes There are loads of different verbs connected to sports and go is the first one we’re looking at. Go running / jogging / skateboarding / windsurfing etc. Go + verb + ing We use this for sports and activities which you can do on your own and are not necessarily competitive, like a game of football, for example. That’s all for now - hope you found it useful. See you tomorrow! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi! Welcome back! This is the first day in a new series. We’re going to look at verbs used to talk about sport. I often go running at the weekends. Notes There are loads of different verbs connected to sports and go is the first one we’re looking at. Go running / jogging / skateboarding / windsurfing etc. Go + verb + ing We use this for sports and activities which you can do on your own and are not necessarily competitive, like a game of football, for example. That’s all for now - hope you found it useful. See you tomorrow! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-31,24002174 Sat, 31 Jan 2009 04:00:53 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23988011-Would-you-like-to-present-the-meeting Today’s sentence Hi. How are you? We’re looking at the second pronunciation of the word present. Would you like to present the meeting? Notes Well, you guessed it. “To present” is pronounced “present.” ”To present a meeting” means to be the main speaker at the meeting. A TV presenter is someone who, for example, reads the news and interviews people. He or she presents the program. Remember the golden rule. If a two-syllable word can be both a noun and a verb, then… (1) The noun has stress on the first syllable… (present) (2) And the verb has stress on the second syllable. (present) Well, that’s the end of the series on words which are spelled the same but which have different pronunciations. I hope you found it useful. We’ll start a new theme tomorrow. If you have any questions, write to me on our forum, “Let’s Chew!” See you tomorrow! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And... Today’s sentence Hi. How are you? We’re looking at the second pronunciation of the word present. Would you like to present the meeting? Notes Well, you guessed it. “To present” is pronounced “present.” ”To present a meeting” means to be the main speaker at the meeting. A TV presenter is someone who, for example, reads the news and interviews people. He or she presents the program. Remember the golden rule. If a two-syllable word can be both a noun and a verb, then… (1) The noun has stress on the first syllable… (present) (2) And the verb has stress on the second syllable. (present) Well, that’s the end of the series on words which are spelled the same but which have different pronunciations. I hope you found it useful. We’ll start a new theme tomorrow. If you have any questions, write to me on our forum, “Let’s Chew!” See you tomorrow! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How are you? We’re looking at the second pronunciation of the word present. Would you like to present the meeting? Notes Well, you guessed it. “To present” is pronounced “present.” ”To present a meeting” means to be the main speaker at the meeting. A TV presenter is someone who, for example, reads the news and interviews people. He or she presents the program. Remember the golden rule. If a two-syllable word can be both a noun and a verb, then… (1) The noun has stress on the first syllable… (present) (2) And the verb has stress on the second syllable. (present) Well, that’s the end of the series on words which are spelled the same but which have different pronunciations. I hope you found it useful. We’ll start a new theme tomorrow. If you have any questions, write to me on our forum, “Let’s Chew!” See you tomorrow! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-30,23988011 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:00:06 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23978120-At-present-I%E2%80%99m-working-on-a-new-book Today’s sentence Hi. How are you today? Here’s another example of a word with one spelling but two pronunciations. At present I’m working on a new book. Notes OK. present can have two meanings as a noun. (1) Now. (Like in today’s sentence.) (2) A gift. (I got lots of presents for my birthday.) Both are pronounced “present, ” with the stress on the first syllable. “Present” can also be a verb. I hope by now you know how to pronounce it. Do you know what it means? Find out tomorrow! See you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How are you today? Here’s another example of a word with one spelling but two pronunciations. At present I’m working on a new book. Notes OK. present can have two meanings as a noun. (1) Now. (Like in today’s sentence.) (2) A gift. (I got lots of presents for my birthday.) Both are pronounced “present, ” with the stress on the first syllable. “Present” can also be a verb. I hope by now you know how to pronounce it. Do you know what it means? Find out tomorrow! See you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How are you today? Here’s another example of a word with one spelling but two pronunciations. At present I’m working on a new book. Notes OK. present can have two meanings as a noun. (1) Now. (Like in today’s sentence.) (2) A gift. (I got lots of presents for my birthday.) Both are pronounced “present, ” with the stress on the first syllable. “Present” can also be a verb. I hope by now you know how to pronounce it. Do you know what it means? Find out tomorrow! See you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-29,23978120 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:00:15 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23969948-I%E2%80%99m-afraid-smoking-is-not-permitted-in-here Today’s sentence Hello. How’s it going? Here’s the second pronunciation of the word permit. I’m afraid smoking is not permitted in here. Notes Here, permit is a verb. Actually, it’s the past participle of the verb which is used in today’s sentence - it’s a passive structure - to be + past participle. Notice the spelling - there’s an extra t in permitted. Notice also the pronunciation. You guessed it. “Permi tted.” The verb is “to permit.” The noun is “permit.” OK, I hope you found that useful. We’ll look at another word with two pronunciations tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hello. How’s it going? Here’s the second pronunciation of the word permit. I’m afraid smoking is not permitted in here. Notes Here, permit is a verb. Actually, it’s the past participle of the verb which is used in today’s sentence - it’s a passive structure - to be + past participle. Notice the spelling - there’s an extra t in permitted. Notice also the pronunciation. You guessed it. “Permi tted.” The verb is “to permit.” The noun is “permit.” OK, I hope you found that useful. We’ll look at another word with two pronunciations tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hello. How’s it going? Here’s the second pronunciation of the word permit. I’m afraid smoking is not permitted in here. Notes Here, permit is a verb. Actually, it’s the past participle of the verb which is used in today’s sentence - it’s a passive structure - to be + past participle. Notice the spelling - there’s an extra t in permitted. Notice also the pronunciation. You guessed it. “Permi tted.” The verb is “to permit.” The noun is “permit.” OK, I hope you found that useful. We’ll look at another word with two pronunciations tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-28,23969948 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:00:18 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23959725-You-need-a-permit-to-do-that Today’s sentence Hi! How are you? Here’s another example of a word which has two pronunciations. You need a permit to do that. Notes A permit. This is a kind of licence. For example, if you go fishing, you tend to need a permit. Or, if you want to build an extension onto your house, you’ll need a permit. It’s a piece of paper which legally allows you to do something. A permit. It’s a noun. Listen to the pronunciation. The stress is on the first syllable. Permit. That’s all for today. We’ll take a look at another pronunciation of this word tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi! How are you? Here’s another example of a word which has two pronunciations. You need a permit to do that. Notes A permit. This is a kind of licence. For example, if you go fishing, you tend to need a permit. Or, if you want to build an extension onto your house, you’ll need a permit. It’s a piece of paper which legally allows you to do something. A permit. It’s a noun. Listen to the pronunciation. The stress is on the first syllable. Permit. That’s all for today. We’ll take a look at another pronunciation of this word tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi! How are you? Here’s another example of a word which has two pronunciations. You need a permit to do that. Notes A permit. This is a kind of licence. For example, if you go fishing, you tend to need a permit. Or, if you want to build an extension onto your house, you’ll need a permit. It’s a piece of paper which legally allows you to do something. A permit. It’s a noun. Listen to the pronunciation. The stress is on the first syllable. Permit. That’s all for today. We’ll take a look at another pronunciation of this word tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-27,23959725 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:00:32 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23949695-This-street-is-always-full-of-refuse Today’s sentence Hello - how are you today? Here’s the latest in the series on words which have the same spelling but different pronunciations and meanings. This street is always full of refuse. Notes OK, today, refuse is a noun. It means rubbish. You know, pieces of paper and cans and plastic bags which normally you throw in the rubbish bin… but which often just get thrown away in the street. Listen to the pronunciation of the s. It’s pronounced as an s. Remember, if it’s a verb, it’s pronounced z. And , of course, listen again to the pronunciation of the noun refuse. It’s “refuse” not “refuse.” OK, I hope you found that useful. We’ll look at another word with two pronunciations tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hello - how are you today? Here’s the latest in the series on words which have the same spelling but different pronunciations and meanings. This street is always full of refuse. Notes OK, today, refuse is a noun. It means rubbish. You know, pieces of paper and cans and plastic bags which normally you throw in the rubbish bin… but which often just get thrown away in the street. Listen to the pronunciation of the s. It’s pronounced as an s. Remember, if it’s a verb, it’s pronounced z. And , of course, listen again to the pronunciation of the noun refuse. It’s “refuse” not “refuse.” OK, I hope you found that useful. We’ll look at another word with two pronunciations tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hello - how are you today? Here’s the latest in the series on words which have the same spelling but different pronunciations and meanings. This street is always full of refuse. Notes OK, today, refuse is a noun. It means rubbish. You know, pieces of paper and cans and plastic bags which normally you throw in the rubbish bin… but which often just get thrown away in the street. Listen to the pronunciation of the s. It’s pronounced as an s. Remember, if it’s a verb, it’s pronounced z. And , of course, listen again to the pronunciation of the noun refuse. It’s “refuse” not “refuse.” OK, I hope you found that useful. We’ll look at another word with two pronunciations tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-26,23949695 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 04:00:52 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23939298-I-refuse-to-do-that Today’s sentence Hi. How’s it going? Here’s today’s sentence in the series on words which have the same spelling but different pronunciations and meanings. I refuse to do that. Notes This means, “I will not do it.” It’s a two-syllable verb. The stress is on the second syllable. Note the pronunciation of the letter s. It’s pronounced like the letter z. The noun of refuse is refusal. When refuse is a noun, it has a totally different meaning (and pronunciation.) That’s all for today. We’ll take a look at another pronunciation of refuse tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How’s it going? Here’s today’s sentence in the series on words which have the same spelling but different pronunciations and meanings. I refuse to do that. Notes This means, “I will not do it.” It’s a two-syllable verb. The stress is on the second syllable. Note the pronunciation of the letter s. It’s pronounced like the letter z. The noun of refuse is refusal. When refuse is a noun, it has a totally different meaning (and pronunciation.) That’s all for today. We’ll take a look at another pronunciation of refuse tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How’s it going? Here’s today’s sentence in the series on words which have the same spelling but different pronunciations and meanings. I refuse to do that. Notes This means, “I will not do it.” It’s a two-syllable verb. The stress is on the second syllable. Note the pronunciation of the letter s. It’s pronounced like the letter z. The noun of refuse is refusal. When refuse is a noun, it has a totally different meaning (and pronunciation.) That’s all for today. We’ll take a look at another pronunciation of refuse tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-25,23939298 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:46:41 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23932313-This-album-was-recorded-in-1972 Today’s sentence Hi. How are you? Here’s the latest in the series on words which have the same spelling but different pronunciations and meanings. This album was recorded in 1972. Notes Well, you guessed it. When record is a noun, it’s pronounced “record.” However, when it’s a verb, it’s pronounced “record”. I hope you are starting to see a pattern emerge here. If it’s a two-syllable word and it’s a noun, the stress is on the first syllable. If it’s a verb, the stress is on the second syllable. However, this rule only works with two-syllable words. For example, digital recorder (which is a noun) is pronounced “recorder” with the stress on the second syllable. OK, I hope you found that useful. We’ll look at another word with two pronunciations tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How are you? Here’s the latest in the series on words which have the same spelling but different pronunciations and meanings. This album was recorded in 1972. Notes Well, you guessed it. When record is a noun, it’s pronounced “record.” However, when it’s a verb, it’s pronounced “record”. I hope you are starting to see a pattern emerge here. If it’s a two-syllable word and it’s a noun, the stress is on the first syllable. If it’s a verb, the stress is on the second syllable. However, this rule only works with two-syllable words. For example, digital recorder (which is a noun) is pronounced “recorder” with the stress on the second syllable. OK, I hope you found that useful. We’ll look at another word with two pronunciations tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How are you? Here’s the latest in the series on words which have the same spelling but different pronunciations and meanings. This album was recorded in 1972. Notes Well, you guessed it. When record is a noun, it’s pronounced “record.” However, when it’s a verb, it’s pronounced “record”. I hope you are starting to see a pattern emerge here. If it’s a two-syllable word and it’s a noun, the stress is on the first syllable. If it’s a verb, the stress is on the second syllable. However, this rule only works with two-syllable words. For example, digital recorder (which is a noun) is pronounced “recorder” with the stress on the second syllable. OK, I hope you found that useful. We’ll look at another word with two pronunciations tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-24,23932313 Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:00:49 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23925769-I%E2%80%99ve-started-buying-records-again Today’s sentence Hello again. We’re still studying words which have the same spelling but different pronunciations and meanings. I’ve started buying records again. Notes Well, this is something I started doing again about 3 years ago. Buying vinyl. Old-fashioned records. I think vinyl records sound much better than CDs. But that’s just me. And about a million other people. Anyway: back to the point. Record, today anyway, is a noun. Pronunciation? Record. Listen again! If it were a verb, how do you think it might be pronounced? That’s all for today. We’ll take a look at another pronunciation of this word tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hello again. We’re still studying words which have the same spelling but different pronunciations and meanings. I’ve started buying records again. Notes Well, this is something I started doing again about 3 years ago. Buying vinyl. Old-fashioned records. I think vinyl records sound much better than CDs. But that’s just me. And about a million other people. Anyway: back to the point. Record, today anyway, is a noun. Pronunciation? Record. Listen again! If it were a verb, how do you think it might be pronounced? That’s all for today. We’ll take a look at another pronunciation of this word tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hello again. We’re still studying words which have the same spelling but different pronunciations and meanings. I’ve started buying records again. Notes Well, this is something I started doing again about 3 years ago. Buying vinyl. Old-fashioned records. I think vinyl records sound much better than CDs. But that’s just me. And about a million other people. Anyway: back to the point. Record, today anyway, is a noun. Pronunciation? Record. Listen again! If it were a verb, how do you think it might be pronounced? That’s all for today. We’ll take a look at another pronunciation of this word tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-23,23925769 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:00:53 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23919633-How%E2%80%99s-the-project-progressing Today’s sentence Hi. Welcome back. We’re still looking at words which have the same spelling but different pronunciations and meanings. How’s the project progressing? Notes OK: yesterday we saw progress as a noun. Today, progress is a verb. Noun: progress. Verb: progress. Listen to it again! The stress is on the second syllable when it’s a verb. Another way of saying progressing might be getting on. It’s a bit less formal. OK, I hope you found that useful. We’ll look at another word with two pronunciations tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. Welcome back. We’re still looking at words which have the same spelling but different pronunciations and meanings. How’s the project progressing? Notes OK: yesterday we saw progress as a noun. Today, progress is a verb. Noun: progress. Verb: progress. Listen to it again! The stress is on the second syllable when it’s a verb. Another way of saying progressing might be getting on. It’s a bit less formal. OK, I hope you found that useful. We’ll look at another word with two pronunciations tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. Welcome back. We’re still looking at words which have the same spelling but different pronunciations and meanings. How’s the project progressing? Notes OK: yesterday we saw progress as a noun. Today, progress is a verb. Noun: progress. Verb: progress. Listen to it again! The stress is on the second syllable when it’s a verb. Another way of saying progressing might be getting on. It’s a bit less formal. OK, I hope you found that useful. We’ll look at another word with two pronunciations tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-22,23919633 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:00:43 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23912867-We%E2%80%99re-making-a-lot-of-progress Today’s sentence Hi. How’s it going? We’re starting a new series today. We’re going to be looking at words which have the same spelling but different pronunciations and meanings. We’re making a lot of progress. Notes Progress. It’s a noun. It means: Advancement / improvement / change for the better. For example, maybe I’m talking about a work project. We’ve started it and it’s going well. We’ve done a lot of it already. Listen again to the recording. The pronunciation is progress. If progress were a verb, how do you think it would be pronounced? Find out tomorrow! See you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How’s it going? We’re starting a new series today. We’re going to be looking at words which have the same spelling but different pronunciations and meanings. We’re making a lot of progress. Notes Progress. It’s a noun. It means: Advancement / improvement / change for the better. For example, maybe I’m talking about a work project. We’ve started it and it’s going well. We’ve done a lot of it already. Listen again to the recording. The pronunciation is progress. If progress were a verb, how do you think it would be pronounced? Find out tomorrow! See you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How’s it going? We’re starting a new series today. We’re going to be looking at words which have the same spelling but different pronunciations and meanings. We’re making a lot of progress. Notes Progress. It’s a noun. It means: Advancement / improvement / change for the better. For example, maybe I’m talking about a work project. We’ve started it and it’s going well. We’ve done a lot of it already. Listen again to the recording. The pronunciation is progress. If progress were a verb, how do you think it would be pronounced? Find out tomorrow! See you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-21,23912867 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:00:36 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23906844-I%E2%80%99d-better-make-tracks Today’s sentence Hi. How’s it going? This is the last in the current series on phrasal verbs. I’d better make tracks. Notes To make tracks. OK, this isn’t really a phrasal verb, is it? It’s just an expression. It means leave. Tracks mean footprints - imagine if a dog walks in snow - he leaves marks / footprints / tracks in the snow. It means “I have to go (away from here.)” It’s an informal expression. Well, that’s the end of the series on phrasal verbs. I hope it was useful. We’ll start a new theme tomorrow. If you have any questions, contact me on Let’s Chew! See you tomorrow! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How’s it going? This is the last in the current series on phrasal verbs. I’d better make tracks. Notes To make tracks. OK, this isn’t really a phrasal verb, is it? It’s just an expression. It means leave. Tracks mean footprints - imagine if a dog walks in snow - he leaves marks / footprints / tracks in the snow. It means “I have to go (away from here.)” It’s an informal expression. Well, that’s the end of the series on phrasal verbs. I hope it was useful. We’ll start a new theme tomorrow. If you have any questions, contact me on Let’s Chew! See you tomorrow! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How’s it going? This is the last in the current series on phrasal verbs. I’d better make tracks. Notes To make tracks. OK, this isn’t really a phrasal verb, is it? It’s just an expression. It means leave. Tracks mean footprints - imagine if a dog walks in snow - he leaves marks / footprints / tracks in the snow. It means “I have to go (away from here.)” It’s an informal expression. Well, that’s the end of the series on phrasal verbs. I hope it was useful. We’ll start a new theme tomorrow. If you have any questions, contact me on Let’s Chew! See you tomorrow! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-20,23906844 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:00:41 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23900129-I-need-to-take-off-as-soon-as-I-finish-work Today’s sentence Hello. How’s it going? We’re still studying phrasal verbs. I need to take off as soon as I finish work. Notes Take off is another informal way of saying leave. Again, like yesterday’s be off, there is no urgency in it. You are not in a hurry. “I need to take off as soon as I finish work” means “I must leave when I finish work.” You could say, “what time did you leave?” “We took off about six.” In this context it has nothing to do with aeroplanes! OK, that’s all for now. We’ll look at the last in this series tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hello. How’s it going? We’re still studying phrasal verbs. I need to take off as soon as I finish work. Notes Take off is another informal way of saying leave. Again, like yesterday’s be off, there is no urgency in it. You are not in a hurry. “I need to take off as soon as I finish work” means “I must leave when I finish work.” You could say, “what time did you leave?” “We took off about six.” In this context it has nothing to do with aeroplanes! OK, that’s all for now. We’ll look at the last in this series tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hello. How’s it going? We’re still studying phrasal verbs. I need to take off as soon as I finish work. Notes Take off is another informal way of saying leave. Again, like yesterday’s be off, there is no urgency in it. You are not in a hurry. “I need to take off as soon as I finish work” means “I must leave when I finish work.” You could say, “what time did you leave?” “We took off about six.” In this context it has nothing to do with aeroplanes! OK, that’s all for now. We’ll look at the last in this series tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-19,23900129 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 04:00:42 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23895568-I%E2%80%99ll-be-off-then Today’s sentence Hi. How are you today? We’re still studying the series on phrasal verbs. I’ll be off then. Notes To be off is similar to dash off and zoom off because it means leave. However, it is not as urgent. It just means leave. There is no hurry involved. I’ll be off then,” is a conversational way of saying, “I’m leaving now.” You could ask the question, “what time are you off?” It means, “what time are you leaving?” Hope that was useful…bye for now! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How are you today? We’re still studying the series on phrasal verbs. I’ll be off then. Notes To be off is similar to dash off and zoom off because it means leave. However, it is not as urgent. It just means leave. There is no hurry involved. I’ll be off then,” is a conversational way of saying, “I’m leaving now.” You could ask the question, “what time are you off?” It means, “what time are you leaving?” Hope that was useful…bye for now! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How are you today? We’re still studying the series on phrasal verbs. I’ll be off then. Notes To be off is similar to dash off and zoom off because it means leave. However, it is not as urgent. It just means leave. There is no hurry involved. I’ll be off then,” is a conversational way of saying, “I’m leaving now.” You could ask the question, “what time are you off?” It means, “what time are you leaving?” Hope that was useful…bye for now! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-18,23895568 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 04:00:52 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23891592-I-got-up-late-and-I-had-to-dash-off-to-work-this-morning Today’s sentence Hello again. How’s it going? We’re looking at a series on phrasal verbs today. I got up late and I had to dash off to work this morning. Notes Dash off means the same as zoom off and shoot off. Because I got up late I was in a hurry to get out of the house. I had to zoom off. I had to shoot off. I had to leave in a hurry. I had to dash off. It means the same thing. You could also say, “I’m in a bit of a dash” which means “I’m in a bit of a hurry.” OK, that’s all for now. We’ll see another phrasal verb tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hello again. How’s it going? We’re looking at a series on phrasal verbs today. I got up late and I had to dash off to work this morning. Notes Dash off means the same as zoom off and shoot off. Because I got up late I was in a hurry to get out of the house. I had to zoom off. I had to shoot off. I had to leave in a hurry. I had to dash off. It means the same thing. You could also say, “I’m in a bit of a dash” which means “I’m in a bit of a hurry.” OK, that’s all for now. We’ll see another phrasal verb tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hello again. How’s it going? We’re looking at a series on phrasal verbs today. I got up late and I had to dash off to work this morning. Notes Dash off means the same as zoom off and shoot off. Because I got up late I was in a hurry to get out of the house. I had to zoom off. I had to shoot off. I had to leave in a hurry. I had to dash off. It means the same thing. You could also say, “I’m in a bit of a dash” which means “I’m in a bit of a hurry.” OK, that’s all for now. We’ll see another phrasal verb tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-17,23891592 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 04:00:13 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23886253-I%E2%80%99ll-have-to-shoot-off-straight-after-the-meeting Today’s sentence Hi. How are things with you? We’re still studying phrasal verbs. I’ll have to shoot off straight after the meeting. Notes Shoot off means the same as yesterday’s verb zoom off. It is quite informal, just like “zoom off.” It means “leave immediately / in a hurry.” So, today’s sentence means: “I have to go immediately (straight) after the meeting because I’m in a real hurry.” That’s all for now. See you tomorrow with another phrasal verb! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How are things with you? We’re still studying phrasal verbs. I’ll have to shoot off straight after the meeting. Notes Shoot off means the same as yesterday’s verb zoom off. It is quite informal, just like “zoom off.” It means “leave immediately / in a hurry.” So, today’s sentence means: “I have to go immediately (straight) after the meeting because I’m in a real hurry.” That’s all for now. See you tomorrow with another phrasal verb! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How are things with you? We’re still studying phrasal verbs. I’ll have to shoot off straight after the meeting. Notes Shoot off means the same as yesterday’s verb zoom off. It is quite informal, just like “zoom off.” It means “leave immediately / in a hurry.” So, today’s sentence means: “I have to go immediately (straight) after the meeting because I’m in a real hurry.” That’s all for now. See you tomorrow with another phrasal verb! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-16,23886253 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:00:36 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23881079-I%E2%80%99m-afraid-I%E2%80%99m-going-to-have-to-zoom-off-now Today’s sentence Hi. How’s it going? Here’s the latest in the series on phrasal verbs. I’m afraid I’m going to have to zoom off now. Notes Zoom off is an informal expression meaning to leave quickly / immediately. We’re going to look at several phrasal verbs with the same or similar meanings over the next few days. “I’m going to have to zoom off” means “I have to go now - I’m in a hurry.” “I’m afraid” means “I’m sorry but…” So, today’s sentence means: “sorry, I’ve got to go right now.” Well, that’s all we have time for today - we’ll look at this again tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How’s it going? Here’s the latest in the series on phrasal verbs. I’m afraid I’m going to have to zoom off now. Notes Zoom off is an informal expression meaning to leave quickly / immediately. We’re going to look at several phrasal verbs with the same or similar meanings over the next few days. “I’m going to have to zoom off” means “I have to go now - I’m in a hurry.” “I’m afraid” means “I’m sorry but…” So, today’s sentence means: “sorry, I’ve got to go right now.” Well, that’s all we have time for today - we’ll look at this again tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How’s it going? Here’s the latest in the series on phrasal verbs. I’m afraid I’m going to have to zoom off now. Notes Zoom off is an informal expression meaning to leave quickly / immediately. We’re going to look at several phrasal verbs with the same or similar meanings over the next few days. “I’m going to have to zoom off” means “I have to go now - I’m in a hurry.” “I’m afraid” means “I’m sorry but…” So, today’s sentence means: “sorry, I’ve got to go right now.” Well, that’s all we have time for today - we’ll look at this again tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-15,23881079 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:00:37 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23875895-He%E2%80%99s-grown-into-a-really-nice-person Today’s sentence Hello. How are things? We’re still studying phrasal verbs. He’s grown into a really nice person. Notes Grown into has a different meaning today than in yesterday’s sentence. He has grown into a nice person means this: (1) Jim was a really horrible boy when he was in his teens. Now he’s twenty and his personality is much different. He’s a nice person now. He has changed from being horrible to being nice. He has physically grown and has grown into (changed into) a nice person. OK, that’s all for now. We’ll see another phrasal verb tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hello. How are things? We’re still studying phrasal verbs. He’s grown into a really nice person. Notes Grown into has a different meaning today than in yesterday’s sentence. He has grown into a nice person means this: (1) Jim was a really horrible boy when he was in his teens. Now he’s twenty and his personality is much different. He’s a nice person now. He has changed from being horrible to being nice. He has physically grown and has grown into (changed into) a nice person. OK, that’s all for now. We’ll see another phrasal verb tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hello. How are things? We’re still studying phrasal verbs. He’s grown into a really nice person. Notes Grown into has a different meaning today than in yesterday’s sentence. He has grown into a nice person means this: (1) Jim was a really horrible boy when he was in his teens. Now he’s twenty and his personality is much different. He’s a nice person now. He has changed from being horrible to being nice. He has physically grown and has grown into (changed into) a nice person. OK, that’s all for now. We’ll see another phrasal verb tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-14,23875895 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:00:53 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23870313-The-sleeves-are-a-bit-long-but-you%E2%80%99ll-grow-into-it Today’s sentence Hi. How’s it going? Here’s the latest in the current series on phrasal verbs. The sleeves are a bit long but you’ll grow into it. Notes To grow into something means to grow so that clothes will fit you. It’s the sort of thing you might say to a child. In today’s sentence you have bought your child a jacket. It’s a bit big and the sleeves are too long. But no problem! The child is only ten and in six months will be bigger! Then the jacket will fit. The child will have grown into it. That’s all for now. See you tomorrow! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How’s it going? Here’s the latest in the current series on phrasal verbs. The sleeves are a bit long but you’ll grow into it. Notes To grow into something means to grow so that clothes will fit you. It’s the sort of thing you might say to a child. In today’s sentence you have bought your child a jacket. It’s a bit big and the sleeves are too long. But no problem! The child is only ten and in six months will be bigger! Then the jacket will fit. The child will have grown into it. That’s all for now. See you tomorrow! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How’s it going? Here’s the latest in the current series on phrasal verbs. The sleeves are a bit long but you’ll grow into it. Notes To grow into something means to grow so that clothes will fit you. It’s the sort of thing you might say to a child. In today’s sentence you have bought your child a jacket. It’s a bit big and the sleeves are too long. But no problem! The child is only ten and in six months will be bigger! Then the jacket will fit. The child will have grown into it. That’s all for now. See you tomorrow! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-13,23870313 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:00:19 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23861713-Smoking%E2%80%99s-really-starting-to-catch-up-with-him Today’s sentence Hello. How are you today? Here’s the latest in the series on phrasal verbs. Smoking’s really starting to catch up with him. Notes To catch up with someone in today’s sentence means that the bad effects (of smoking) are beginning to affect him. He’s smoked for years. It never appeared to affect him much. But we all know that smoking is really bad for the health and that eventually it’s going to affect you if you smoke. Suddenly, he coughs a lot and he has no energy etc. The (inevitable) effects (which had never affected him before) are now beginning to show themselves. Another example? “All these late nights I’ve had are beginning to catch up with me.” (I’ve stayed up late for several nights and I’m only now, suddenly, beginning to feel the effects. Hope that was useful…bye for now! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-... Today’s sentence Hello. How are you today? Here’s the latest in the series on phrasal verbs. Smoking’s really starting to catch up with him. Notes To catch up with someone in today’s sentence means that the bad effects (of smoking) are beginning to affect him. He’s smoked for years. It never appeared to affect him much. But we all know that smoking is really bad for the health and that eventually it’s going to affect you if you smoke. Suddenly, he coughs a lot and he has no energy etc. The (inevitable) effects (which had never affected him before) are now beginning to show themselves. Another example? “All these late nights I’ve had are beginning to catch up with me.” (I’ve stayed up late for several nights and I’m only now, suddenly, beginning to feel the effects. Hope that was useful…bye for now! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hello. How are you today? Here’s the latest in the series on phrasal verbs. Smoking’s really starting to catch up with him. Notes To catch up with someone in today’s sentence means that the bad effects (of smoking) are beginning to affect him. He’s smoked for years. It never appeared to affect him much. But we all know that smoking is really bad for the health and that eventually it’s going to affect you if you smoke. Suddenly, he coughs a lot and he has no energy etc. The (inevitable) effects (which had never affected him before) are now beginning to show themselves. Another example? “All these late nights I’ve had are beginning to catch up with me.” (I’ve stayed up late for several nights and I’m only now, suddenly, beginning to feel the effects. Hope that was useful…bye for now! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-12,23861713 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:00:48 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23857973-Christmas-is-a-good-time-for-catching-up-with-your-family Today’s sentence Hi. How’s it going? Today we’re starting a new series on phrasal verbs. Christmas is a good time for catching up with your family. Notes To catch up with someone. This means to get “up to date” with news with someone. In other words, it means this: when you haven’t seen someone for a couple of months then that person has news you don’t know about. He or she has done things which you haven’t been told you about - and you have done things that he or she doesn’t know about. So if you catch up with that person you exchange news. Christmas is a good time for doing this with your family because you are all together, everyone’s on holiday and you have time to relax and talk. That’s all for now. See you tomorrow! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How’s it going? Today we’re starting a new series on phrasal verbs. Christmas is a good time for catching up with your family. Notes To catch up with someone. This means to get “up to date” with news with someone. In other words, it means this: when you haven’t seen someone for a couple of months then that person has news you don’t know about. He or she has done things which you haven’t been told you about - and you have done things that he or she doesn’t know about. So if you catch up with that person you exchange news. Christmas is a good time for doing this with your family because you are all together, everyone’s on holiday and you have time to relax and talk. That’s all for now. See you tomorrow! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How’s it going? Today we’re starting a new series on phrasal verbs. Christmas is a good time for catching up with your family. Notes To catch up with someone. This means to get “up to date” with news with someone. In other words, it means this: when you haven’t seen someone for a couple of months then that person has news you don’t know about. He or she has done things which you haven’t been told you about - and you have done things that he or she doesn’t know about. So if you catch up with that person you exchange news. Christmas is a good time for doing this with your family because you are all together, everyone’s on holiday and you have time to relax and talk. That’s all for now. See you tomorrow! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-11,23857973 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 04:00:29 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23854940-Quite-Quite-so Today’s sentence Hi. How’s it going? This is the last day in the current series on the uses of quite. Quite! Quite so! Notes These are very formal and possibly old-fashioned expressions. They aren’t very common in everyday speech but are suitable for formal discussions, for example. They both mean the same thing: “that is quite (100%) right.” For example: (Professor Smith:) “I believe that the earth is, indeed, round, not flat at all!” (Dr. McDimwit:) “Oh yes, quite! Quite! Round! Quite so!” Well, you might want to use these expressions if you are discussing literature with your English teacher, for example. Well, that’s the end of the series on quite. I hope it was useful. We’ll start a new theme tomorrow. If you have any questions, contact me on Let’s Chew! See you tomorrow! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How’s it going? This is the last day in the current series on the uses of quite. Quite! Quite so! Notes These are very formal and possibly old-fashioned expressions. They aren’t very common in everyday speech but are suitable for formal discussions, for example. They both mean the same thing: “that is quite (100%) right.” For example: (Professor Smith:) “I believe that the earth is, indeed, round, not flat at all!” (Dr. McDimwit:) “Oh yes, quite! Quite! Round! Quite so!” Well, you might want to use these expressions if you are discussing literature with your English teacher, for example. Well, that’s the end of the series on quite. I hope it was useful. We’ll start a new theme tomorrow. If you have any questions, contact me on Let’s Chew! See you tomorrow! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How’s it going? This is the last day in the current series on the uses of quite. Quite! Quite so! Notes These are very formal and possibly old-fashioned expressions. They aren’t very common in everyday speech but are suitable for formal discussions, for example. They both mean the same thing: “that is quite (100%) right.” For example: (Professor Smith:) “I believe that the earth is, indeed, round, not flat at all!” (Dr. McDimwit:) “Oh yes, quite! Quite! Round! Quite so!” Well, you might want to use these expressions if you are discussing literature with your English teacher, for example. Well, that’s the end of the series on quite. I hope it was useful. We’ll start a new theme tomorrow. If you have any questions, contact me on Let’s Chew! See you tomorrow! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-10,23854940 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:00:18 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23849886-It%E2%80%99s-quite-a-lot-of-money Today’s sentence Hello again. How are things? Here’s the latest in the series on the uses of quite. It’s quite a lot of money. Notes OK. You want to buy a new car and you see one for £20,000 that you like. Sentence 1: “OK, It’s £20,000, but it’s really good quality and it’ll last for years.” Sentence 2: “£20,000? Wow. That’s very expensive. I’m not sure I can afford that.” Does that make sense? I hope so! Listen to the sentences again… OK, I hope you found that useful. We’ll look at the last sentence in this series tomorrow. See you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hello again. How are things? Here’s the latest in the series on the uses of quite. It’s quite a lot of money. Notes OK. You want to buy a new car and you see one for £20,000 that you like. Sentence 1: “OK, It’s £20,000, but it’s really good quality and it’ll last for years.” Sentence 2: “£20,000? Wow. That’s very expensive. I’m not sure I can afford that.” Does that make sense? I hope so! Listen to the sentences again… OK, I hope you found that useful. We’ll look at the last sentence in this series tomorrow. See you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hello again. How are things? Here’s the latest in the series on the uses of quite. It’s quite a lot of money. Notes OK. You want to buy a new car and you see one for £20,000 that you like. Sentence 1: “OK, It’s £20,000, but it’s really good quality and it’ll last for years.” Sentence 2: “£20,000? Wow. That’s very expensive. I’m not sure I can afford that.” Does that make sense? I hope so! Listen to the sentences again… OK, I hope you found that useful. We’ll look at the last sentence in this series tomorrow. See you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-09,23849886 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:00:27 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23842902-That-was-quite-an-experience Today’s sentence Hi. How’s it going? Here’s another use of quite. That was quite an experience! Notes Here we have an example of quite + a noun again. Today’s sentence is an expression which means: “what happened to us / what we did was (very) good / bad / interesting / exciting / frightening etc.” You would then go on to explain the experience in detail. You could also say, “that was quite a meal!” for example. Or, “that was quite a party!” It tends to be a positive expression, meaning, in this case, “that was a really great meal / party.” However, you could say it sarcastically, too - if, for example, you ate in a restaurant and the service was bad, the food was cold / poorly cooked etc. That’s all for now. See you tomorrow! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How’s it going? Here’s another use of quite. That was quite an experience! Notes Here we have an example of quite + a noun again. Today’s sentence is an expression which means: “what happened to us / what we did was (very) good / bad / interesting / exciting / frightening etc.” You would then go on to explain the experience in detail. You could also say, “that was quite a meal!” for example. Or, “that was quite a party!” It tends to be a positive expression, meaning, in this case, “that was a really great meal / party.” However, you could say it sarcastically, too - if, for example, you ate in a restaurant and the service was bad, the food was cold / poorly cooked etc. That’s all for now. See you tomorrow! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How’s it going? Here’s another use of quite. That was quite an experience! Notes Here we have an example of quite + a noun again. Today’s sentence is an expression which means: “what happened to us / what we did was (very) good / bad / interesting / exciting / frightening etc.” You would then go on to explain the experience in detail. You could also say, “that was quite a meal!” for example. Or, “that was quite a party!” It tends to be a positive expression, meaning, in this case, “that was a really great meal / party.” However, you could say it sarcastically, too - if, for example, you ate in a restaurant and the service was bad, the food was cold / poorly cooked etc. That’s all for now. See you tomorrow! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-08,23842902 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:11:35 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23842903-We-had-quite-a-good-time Today’s sentence Welcome back! Here’s the latest sentence in the series on the uses of quite. We had quite a good time. Notes OK: over the past few days we have seen quite + adjective. Here we have quite + noun. “We had a good time” means “we enjoyed ourselves”. Sentence 1: “We had quite a good time” means “it was good but not that good.” Sentence 2: “we had quite a good time” means “it was (almost) very good.” I hope that was useful. We’ll look at this theme again tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Welcome back! Here’s the latest sentence in the series on the uses of quite. We had quite a good time. Notes OK: over the past few days we have seen quite + adjective. Here we have quite + noun. “We had a good time” means “we enjoyed ourselves”. Sentence 1: “We had quite a good time” means “it was good but not that good.” Sentence 2: “we had quite a good time” means “it was (almost) very good.” I hope that was useful. We’ll look at this theme again tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Welcome back! Here’s the latest sentence in the series on the uses of quite. We had quite a good time. Notes OK: over the past few days we have seen quite + adjective. Here we have quite + noun. “We had a good time” means “we enjoyed ourselves”. Sentence 1: “We had quite a good time” means “it was good but not that good.” Sentence 2: “we had quite a good time” means “it was (almost) very good.” I hope that was useful. We’ll look at this theme again tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-06,23842903 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:00:49 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23835117-You%E2%80%99re-quite-right Today’s sentence Hello again. How are things? Here’s the latest in the series on the uses of quite. You’re quite right! Notes Do you remember yesterday’s sentence? “That’s quite impossible!” Quite means completely. Today’s sentence means, “you are 100% correct.” You could also say, “you’re half right.” Your teacher might say this if you have the right idea but not the correct answer. Or, you could say, “You’re nearly right,” if someone has just made one small mistake in say, a maths problem. However, “you’re quite right” is an emphatic way of saying you are 100% right. I hope that was useful. We’ll look at this theme again tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hello again. How are things? Here’s the latest in the series on the uses of quite. You’re quite right! Notes Do you remember yesterday’s sentence? “That’s quite impossible!” Quite means completely. Today’s sentence means, “you are 100% correct.” You could also say, “you’re half right.” Your teacher might say this if you have the right idea but not the correct answer. Or, you could say, “You’re nearly right,” if someone has just made one small mistake in say, a maths problem. However, “you’re quite right” is an emphatic way of saying you are 100% right. I hope that was useful. We’ll look at this theme again tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hello again. How are things? Here’s the latest in the series on the uses of quite. You’re quite right! Notes Do you remember yesterday’s sentence? “That’s quite impossible!” Quite means completely. Today’s sentence means, “you are 100% correct.” You could also say, “you’re half right.” Your teacher might say this if you have the right idea but not the correct answer. Or, you could say, “You’re nearly right,” if someone has just made one small mistake in say, a maths problem. However, “you’re quite right” is an emphatic way of saying you are 100% right. I hope that was useful. We’ll look at this theme again tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-05,23835117 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:00:06 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23825129-That%E2%80%99s-quite-impossible Today’s sentence Hi. How are you today? We’re still studying the different uses of quite. That’s quite impossible! Notes Notice today that there is only one sentence with quite. Words like impossible / superb / fabulous / magnificent etc. are absolutes. “Impossible” means 100% not possible. So, we can’t use quite to mean “a bit / partially.” Nothing can be a bit impossible, can it? So, with these adjectives, quite is used for emphasis. ”Quite impossible”means “completely impossible.” OK, that’s all for today. We’ll continue with this tomorrow. See you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How are you today? We’re still studying the different uses of quite. That’s quite impossible! Notes Notice today that there is only one sentence with quite. Words like impossible / superb / fabulous / magnificent etc. are absolutes. “Impossible” means 100% not possible. So, we can’t use quite to mean “a bit / partially.” Nothing can be a bit impossible, can it? So, with these adjectives, quite is used for emphasis. ”Quite impossible”means “completely impossible.” OK, that’s all for today. We’ll continue with this tomorrow. See you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How are you today? We’re still studying the different uses of quite. That’s quite impossible! Notes Notice today that there is only one sentence with quite. Words like impossible / superb / fabulous / magnificent etc. are absolutes. “Impossible” means 100% not possible. So, we can’t use quite to mean “a bit / partially.” Nothing can be a bit impossible, can it? So, with these adjectives, quite is used for emphasis. ”Quite impossible”means “completely impossible.” OK, that’s all for today. We’ll continue with this tomorrow. See you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-04,23825129 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:00:28 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23825130-It%E2%80%99s-quite-unlikely Today’s sentence Hi! How’s it going? Here’s the latest in the current series on the uses of quite. It’s quite unlikely. Notes This is the opposite of quite possible which we saw yesterday. Unlikely means improbable. Sentence 1: (stress on quite) means that it’s maybe only 50% probable (or 50% improbable.) Sentence 2: (stress on unlikely) means that it is probably only about 20% probable. Quite, in this context, means (more or less) very. That’s all for now. See you tomorrow! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi! How’s it going? Here’s the latest in the current series on the uses of quite. It’s quite unlikely. Notes This is the opposite of quite possible which we saw yesterday. Unlikely means improbable. Sentence 1: (stress on quite) means that it’s maybe only 50% probable (or 50% improbable.) Sentence 2: (stress on unlikely) means that it is probably only about 20% probable. Quite, in this context, means (more or less) very. That’s all for now. See you tomorrow! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi! How’s it going? Here’s the latest in the current series on the uses of quite. It’s quite unlikely. Notes This is the opposite of quite possible which we saw yesterday. Unlikely means improbable. Sentence 1: (stress on quite) means that it’s maybe only 50% probable (or 50% improbable.) Sentence 2: (stress on unlikely) means that it is probably only about 20% probable. Quite, in this context, means (more or less) very. That’s all for now. See you tomorrow! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-03,23825130 Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:00:30 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23825133-That%E2%80%99s-quite-possible Today’s sentence Hello again. Here’s the new sentence in the series on the uses of quite. That’s quite possible. Notes Well, here’s another example of how quite can have different meanings. With the stress on quite (sentence one) it means, basically, “possible.” Not very possible. Maybe 30% possible. However, with the stress on possible, the meaning is different: it raises the possibility to, perhaps, 80%. What do you think the opposite of quite possible is? Find out tomorrow! Hope that was useful…bye for now! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hello again. Here’s the new sentence in the series on the uses of quite. That’s quite possible. Notes Well, here’s another example of how quite can have different meanings. With the stress on quite (sentence one) it means, basically, “possible.” Not very possible. Maybe 30% possible. However, with the stress on possible, the meaning is different: it raises the possibility to, perhaps, 80%. What do you think the opposite of quite possible is? Find out tomorrow! Hope that was useful…bye for now! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hello again. Here’s the new sentence in the series on the uses of quite. That’s quite possible. Notes Well, here’s another example of how quite can have different meanings. With the stress on quite (sentence one) it means, basically, “possible.” Not very possible. Maybe 30% possible. However, with the stress on possible, the meaning is different: it raises the possibility to, perhaps, 80%. What do you think the opposite of quite possible is? Find out tomorrow! Hope that was useful…bye for now! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-02,23825133 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:00:41 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23825135-He%E2%80%99s-quite-tall-You%E2%80%99re-getting-quite-tall Today’s sentence Welcome back. Here’s the latest in the series on the uses of quite. He’s quite tall. You’re getting quite tall! Notes In sentence one, with the stress on quite, it means that he is not tall, but he is not short. In fact, he is almost tall… he certainly isn’t short, anyway. However, in sentence two (this is the sort of thing grandparents say to children) the stress is on tall. It means “very tall,” more or less. A bit less than very, perhaps. Again: the stress is very important. Listen to the sentences again! That’s all for now - we’ll look at this again tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Welcome back. Here’s the latest in the series on the uses of quite. He’s quite tall. You’re getting quite tall! Notes In sentence one, with the stress on quite, it means that he is not tall, but he is not short. In fact, he is almost tall… he certainly isn’t short, anyway. However, in sentence two (this is the sort of thing grandparents say to children) the stress is on tall. It means “very tall,” more or less. A bit less than very, perhaps. Again: the stress is very important. Listen to the sentences again! That’s all for now - we’ll look at this again tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Welcome back. Here’s the latest in the series on the uses of quite. He’s quite tall. You’re getting quite tall! Notes In sentence one, with the stress on quite, it means that he is not tall, but he is not short. In fact, he is almost tall… he certainly isn’t short, anyway. However, in sentence two (this is the sort of thing grandparents say to children) the stress is on tall. It means “very tall,” more or less. A bit less than very, perhaps. Again: the stress is very important. Listen to the sentences again! That’s all for now - we’ll look at this again tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-01,23825135 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 04:00:52 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23825136-It-was-quite-bad Today’s sentence Hi. How’s it going? We’re still looking at the series on the uses of quite. It was quite bad. Notes OK, this is like yesterday’s sentence where quite has two meanings. Sentence 1: with the stress on quite it means “bad, but not very bad.” Sentence 2: with the stress on bad, it means “it was (almost) very bad.” It all depends on how you place the stress on the different words in the sentence. Listen to it again! Hope you’re finding this useful. See you tomorrow! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How’s it going? We’re still looking at the series on the uses of quite. It was quite bad. Notes OK, this is like yesterday’s sentence where quite has two meanings. Sentence 1: with the stress on quite it means “bad, but not very bad.” Sentence 2: with the stress on bad, it means “it was (almost) very bad.” It all depends on how you place the stress on the different words in the sentence. Listen to it again! Hope you’re finding this useful. See you tomorrow! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How’s it going? We’re still looking at the series on the uses of quite. It was quite bad. Notes OK, this is like yesterday’s sentence where quite has two meanings. Sentence 1: with the stress on quite it means “bad, but not very bad.” Sentence 2: with the stress on bad, it means “it was (almost) very bad.” It all depends on how you place the stress on the different words in the sentence. Listen to it again! Hope you’re finding this useful. See you tomorrow! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2008-12-31,23825136 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:00:06 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23825139-It%E2%80%99s-quite-nice Today’s sentence Hi. How are you? Today we’re starting a new series on the uses of quite. It’s quite nice. Notes OK. Did you notice that I recorded this sentence twice? I hope so! The same words with different stress / intonation have different meanings. Listen to them again. What do you think they mean? Well, sentence one means that (the meal, for example) is OK. It’s not really nice. It’s not even nice, exactly. It’s less than nice, but still OK. However, sentence two has a totally different meaning. It means that is more than OK. In fact, it’s … nice… almost very nice. Strange, isn’t it? OK, that’s all for now. We’ll see another example of this tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How are you? Today we’re starting a new series on the uses of quite. It’s quite nice. Notes OK. Did you notice that I recorded this sentence twice? I hope so! The same words with different stress / intonation have different meanings. Listen to them again. What do you think they mean? Well, sentence one means that (the meal, for example) is OK. It’s not really nice. It’s not even nice, exactly. It’s less than nice, but still OK. However, sentence two has a totally different meaning. It means that is more than OK. In fact, it’s … nice… almost very nice. Strange, isn’t it? OK, that’s all for now. We’ll see another example of this tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How are you? Today we’re starting a new series on the uses of quite. It’s quite nice. Notes OK. Did you notice that I recorded this sentence twice? I hope so! The same words with different stress / intonation have different meanings. Listen to them again. What do you think they mean? Well, sentence one means that (the meal, for example) is OK. It’s not really nice. It’s not even nice, exactly. It’s less than nice, but still OK. However, sentence two has a totally different meaning. It means that is more than OK. In fact, it’s … nice… almost very nice. Strange, isn’t it? OK, that’s all for now. We’ll see another example of this tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2008-12-30,23825139 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:00:22 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23825140-I-need-to-get-a-bank-loan Today’s sentence Hello again. How are you today? This is the last in the mini-series on lending and borrowing. I need to get a bank loan. Notes Remember yesterday’s to loan? It’s much more common in British English to talk of a loan - that is, to use loan as a noun. A bank loan is a sum of money which a bank lends / loans you. Obviously you have to pay it back (return it to them) with interest! OK, well, that’s the end of that theme. We’ll start a new one tomorrow. If you have any questions, please contact me on the forum, “Let’s Chew!” Bye for now! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hello again. How are you today? This is the last in the mini-series on lending and borrowing. I need to get a bank loan. Notes Remember yesterday’s to loan? It’s much more common in British English to talk of a loan - that is, to use loan as a noun. A bank loan is a sum of money which a bank lends / loans you. Obviously you have to pay it back (return it to them) with interest! OK, well, that’s the end of that theme. We’ll start a new one tomorrow. If you have any questions, please contact me on the forum, “Let’s Chew!” Bye for now! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hello again. How are you today? This is the last in the mini-series on lending and borrowing. I need to get a bank loan. Notes Remember yesterday’s to loan? It’s much more common in British English to talk of a loan - that is, to use loan as a noun. A bank loan is a sum of money which a bank lends / loans you. Obviously you have to pay it back (return it to them) with interest! OK, well, that’s the end of that theme. We’ll start a new one tomorrow. If you have any questions, please contact me on the forum, “Let’s Chew!” Bye for now! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2008-12-29,23825140 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:00:28 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23816320-Can-you-lend-me-a-pen Today’s sentence Hi. Here’s the latest in the theme on lending and borrowing. Can you lend me a pen? Notes Do you remember that yesterday I said you can’t say, “can you borrow me a pen?” What you can say is this: “Can you lend me a pen?” Borrowing is temporarily taking something (with permission) from someone. (If you don’t ask for permission it could be called stealing!) Lending is the act of temporarily giving something to someone. A very common mistake (amongst native English speakers) is “can I lend your pen?” This is totally incorrect! Lend, by the way, is an irregular verb: lend / lent / lent. I hope you found that useful. We’ll continue with this theme tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. Here’s the latest in the theme on lending and borrowing. Can you lend me a pen? Notes Do you remember that yesterday I said you can’t say, “can you borrow me a pen?” What you can say is this: “Can you lend me a pen?” Borrowing is temporarily taking something (with permission) from someone. (If you don’t ask for permission it could be called stealing!) Lending is the act of temporarily giving something to someone. A very common mistake (amongst native English speakers) is “can I lend your pen?” This is totally incorrect! Lend, by the way, is an irregular verb: lend / lent / lent. I hope you found that useful. We’ll continue with this theme tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. Here’s the latest in the theme on lending and borrowing. Can you lend me a pen? Notes Do you remember that yesterday I said you can’t say, “can you borrow me a pen?” What you can say is this: “Can you lend me a pen?” Borrowing is temporarily taking something (with permission) from someone. (If you don’t ask for permission it could be called stealing!) Lending is the act of temporarily giving something to someone. A very common mistake (amongst native English speakers) is “can I lend your pen?” This is totally incorrect! Lend, by the way, is an irregular verb: lend / lent / lent. I hope you found that useful. We’ll continue with this theme tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2008-12-27,23816320 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 04:00:47 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23812578-Have-you-got-a-pen-I-can-borrow Today’s sentence Hello again. Today we’re starting a new, short theme on lending and borrowing. Have you got a pen I can borrow? Notes To borrow something means to take something (with permission) from someone for a period of time before you return it. I borrow from you, for example. If I say, “Have you got a pen I can borrow?” then you check to see if you have a spare pen and give it to me. I later return it to you! You can’t say, “can you borrow me a pen?” This is totally incorrect. Well, that’s all for today… we’ll continue with this theme tomorrow. Bye for now! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hello again. Today we’re starting a new, short theme on lending and borrowing. Have you got a pen I can borrow? Notes To borrow something means to take something (with permission) from someone for a period of time before you return it. I borrow from you, for example. If I say, “Have you got a pen I can borrow?” then you check to see if you have a spare pen and give it to me. I later return it to you! You can’t say, “can you borrow me a pen?” This is totally incorrect. Well, that’s all for today… we’ll continue with this theme tomorrow. Bye for now! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hello again. Today we’re starting a new, short theme on lending and borrowing. Have you got a pen I can borrow? Notes To borrow something means to take something (with permission) from someone for a period of time before you return it. I borrow from you, for example. If I say, “Have you got a pen I can borrow?” then you check to see if you have a spare pen and give it to me. I later return it to you! You can’t say, “can you borrow me a pen?” This is totally incorrect. Well, that’s all for today… we’ll continue with this theme tomorrow. Bye for now! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2008-12-26,23812578 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 04:00:29 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23809531-Let-me-have-a-think-about-that Today’s sentence Hello again. This is the last in the series on think. Let me have a think about that. Notes Today, think is not a verb. It’s a noun. The expression is, to have a think (about something).. To have a think about something means, simply, to think about something. It’s just another way of saying it. It’s possible to just say, “Let me have a think.” E.g. Your 14-year-old son says, “Mum, can I go out to a rock concert tonight?” You are not sure it’s a good idea, so you say… “Hmmm. Let me have a think about that.” OK…that’s the end of the series on different ways of using think. If you have any questions, please contact me on our forum, “Let’s Chew!” See you tomorrow with a new theme. Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hello again. This is the last in the series on think. Let me have a think about that. Notes Today, think is not a verb. It’s a noun. The expression is, to have a think (about something).. To have a think about something means, simply, to think about something. It’s just another way of saying it. It’s possible to just say, “Let me have a think.” E.g. Your 14-year-old son says, “Mum, can I go out to a rock concert tonight?” You are not sure it’s a good idea, so you say… “Hmmm. Let me have a think about that.” OK…that’s the end of the series on different ways of using think. If you have any questions, please contact me on our forum, “Let’s Chew!” See you tomorrow with a new theme. Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hello again. This is the last in the series on think. Let me have a think about that. Notes Today, think is not a verb. It’s a noun. The expression is, to have a think (about something).. To have a think about something means, simply, to think about something. It’s just another way of saying it. It’s possible to just say, “Let me have a think.” E.g. Your 14-year-old son says, “Mum, can I go out to a rock concert tonight?” You are not sure it’s a good idea, so you say… “Hmmm. Let me have a think about that.” OK…that’s the end of the series on different ways of using think. If you have any questions, please contact me on our forum, “Let’s Chew!” See you tomorrow with a new theme. Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2008-12-25,23809531 Thu, 25 Dec 2008 04:00:19 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23805307-Think-back-to-when-you-had-it-last Today’s sentence Hi. Welcome back to the theme on different ways of using the verb to think. Think back to when you had it last. Notes To think back means to remember. You could say today’s sentence to someone who has lost their wallet, for example. You are helping them to find it by saying, “think of / try and remember the last time you had it.” Then the person might remember where he or she left it! Another example? “I often think back to when I was young.” That’s all for today. We’re going to finish this series tomorrow. See you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. Welcome back to the theme on different ways of using the verb to think. Think back to when you had it last. Notes To think back means to remember. You could say today’s sentence to someone who has lost their wallet, for example. You are helping them to find it by saying, “think of / try and remember the last time you had it.” Then the person might remember where he or she left it! Another example? “I often think back to when I was young.” That’s all for today. We’re going to finish this series tomorrow. See you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. Welcome back to the theme on different ways of using the verb to think. Think back to when you had it last. Notes To think back means to remember. You could say today’s sentence to someone who has lost their wallet, for example. You are helping them to find it by saying, “think of / try and remember the last time you had it.” Then the person might remember where he or she left it! Another example? “I often think back to when I was young.” That’s all for today. We’re going to finish this series tomorrow. See you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2008-12-24,23805307 Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:00:48 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23798857-What-do-you-think-of-this-shirt Today’s sentence Hi! How’s it going? Here’s another sentence in the theme on different ways of using the verb to think. What do you think of this shirt? Notes “What do you think of this shirt” is asking for an opinion. An answer? “What do I think of it? I think it looks great!” Or: “It doesn’t really suit you - try on the blue one instead.” You could ask for an opinion about a person: “What do you think of Jim?” “To be quite honest, I don’t like him much.” OK, that’s all for today. We’ll look at another one tomorrow. See you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi! How’s it going? Here’s another sentence in the theme on different ways of using the verb to think. What do you think of this shirt? Notes “What do you think of this shirt” is asking for an opinion. An answer? “What do I think of it? I think it looks great!” Or: “It doesn’t really suit you - try on the blue one instead.” You could ask for an opinion about a person: “What do you think of Jim?” “To be quite honest, I don’t like him much.” OK, that’s all for today. We’ll look at another one tomorrow. See you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi! How’s it going? Here’s another sentence in the theme on different ways of using the verb to think. What do you think of this shirt? Notes “What do you think of this shirt” is asking for an opinion. An answer? “What do I think of it? I think it looks great!” Or: “It doesn’t really suit you - try on the blue one instead.” You could ask for an opinion about a person: “What do you think of Jim?” “To be quite honest, I don’t like him much.” OK, that’s all for today. We’ll look at another one tomorrow. See you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2008-12-23,23798857 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:00:17 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23790648-Think-it-over-before-you-decide Today’s sentence Hello. How’s it going? Here’s the latest in the series on different ways of using the verb to think. Think it over before you decide. Notes To think something over is very similar to think something through. It means to think about something carefully. e.g. “So, are you going to take the job?” “I don’t know. The pay’s good but the work’s boring and I don’t really like the people there.” “Well, think it over before you decide!” Or: “Don’t make a quick decision: think carefully about all the advantages and disadvantages first.” The only small difference I can think of between (1) to think something over and (2) to think something through is that (2) implies, perhaps, a little more careful thinking than (1). Hope you found that useful. We’ll continue with this theme tomorrow. See you! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and au... Today’s sentence Hello. How’s it going? Here’s the latest in the series on different ways of using the verb to think. Think it over before you decide. Notes To think something over is very similar to think something through. It means to think about something carefully. e.g. “So, are you going to take the job?” “I don’t know. The pay’s good but the work’s boring and I don’t really like the people there.” “Well, think it over before you decide!” Or: “Don’t make a quick decision: think carefully about all the advantages and disadvantages first.” The only small difference I can think of between (1) to think something over and (2) to think something through is that (2) implies, perhaps, a little more careful thinking than (1). Hope you found that useful. We’ll continue with this theme tomorrow. See you! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hello. How’s it going? Here’s the latest in the series on different ways of using the verb to think. Think it over before you decide. Notes To think something over is very similar to think something through. It means to think about something carefully. e.g. “So, are you going to take the job?” “I don’t know. The pay’s good but the work’s boring and I don’t really like the people there.” “Well, think it over before you decide!” Or: “Don’t make a quick decision: think carefully about all the advantages and disadvantages first.” The only small difference I can think of between (1) to think something over and (2) to think something through is that (2) implies, perhaps, a little more careful thinking than (1). Hope you found that useful. We’ll continue with this theme tomorrow. See you! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2008-12-22,23790648 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:00:45 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23787563-You-need-to-think-it-through Today’s sentence Hi. How are you? This is the second day of the series on different ways of using the verb to think. You need to think it through Notes To think something through means to consider all of the details very carefully. Do you remember yesterday’s sentence? (I’m thinking about going back to university.) A response to this statement could be: “You are? Well, you need to think it through before you decide…” It means: “you need to think of all of the details involved in studying for a year: you’ll have no money; you should choose something useful to study; you should think about what kind of job you want to get afterwards etc.” And that’s that for today. We’ll look at another sentence tomorrow. See you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How are you? This is the second day of the series on different ways of using the verb to think. You need to think it through Notes To think something through means to consider all of the details very carefully. Do you remember yesterday’s sentence? (I’m thinking about going back to university.) A response to this statement could be: “You are? Well, you need to think it through before you decide…” It means: “you need to think of all of the details involved in studying for a year: you’ll have no money; you should choose something useful to study; you should think about what kind of job you want to get afterwards etc.” And that’s that for today. We’ll look at another sentence tomorrow. See you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How are you? This is the second day of the series on different ways of using the verb to think. You need to think it through Notes To think something through means to consider all of the details very carefully. Do you remember yesterday’s sentence? (I’m thinking about going back to university.) A response to this statement could be: “You are? Well, you need to think it through before you decide…” It means: “you need to think of all of the details involved in studying for a year: you’ll have no money; you should choose something useful to study; you should think about what kind of job you want to get afterwards etc.” And that’s that for today. We’ll look at another sentence tomorrow. See you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2008-12-21,23787563 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 04:00:02 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23784542-I%E2%80%99m-thinking-about-going-back-to-university Today’s sentence Hi. How’s it going? We’re starting a new theme today: different ways of using the verb to think. I’m thinking about going back to university. Notes To think about something. This is perhaps the most common expression using think. Going back to university is something which has been occupying your thoughts a lot recently. You are considering whether it’s a good idea to return to university. More examples? “What are you thinking about?” (You might say this to someone who is being very quiet and looks very thoughtful.) “I’m thinking about what to have for dinner.” (I am considering the various ingredients we have in the fridge and what I can make with them.) That’s all for today. We’ll continue with this theme tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How’s it going? We’re starting a new theme today: different ways of using the verb to think. I’m thinking about going back to university. Notes To think about something. This is perhaps the most common expression using think. Going back to university is something which has been occupying your thoughts a lot recently. You are considering whether it’s a good idea to return to university. More examples? “What are you thinking about?” (You might say this to someone who is being very quiet and looks very thoughtful.) “I’m thinking about what to have for dinner.” (I am considering the various ingredients we have in the fridge and what I can make with them.) That’s all for today. We’ll continue with this theme tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi. How’s it going? We’re starting a new theme today: different ways of using the verb to think. I’m thinking about going back to university. Notes To think about something. This is perhaps the most common expression using think. Going back to university is something which has been occupying your thoughts a lot recently. You are considering whether it’s a good idea to return to university. More examples? “What are you thinking about?” (You might say this to someone who is being very quiet and looks very thoughtful.) “I’m thinking about what to have for dinner.” (I am considering the various ingredients we have in the fridge and what I can make with them.) That’s all for today. We’ll continue with this theme tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2008-12-20,23784542 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:00:36 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23778050-Take-the-second-turn-on-the-right Today’s sentence Hello again. This is the last day in the current series on uses of the word turn, which, you remember, can be either a noun or a verb. Take the second turn on the right. Notes In this case, turn is a noun. You can also use turning as a noun. It means exactly the same thing. (Take the second turning on the right.) You remember turn left, right? It really means the same thing: you could say, “turn right at the second road.” But, like I say, we’re using it as a noun here. Typical directions are things like, “take the first turn on the left and the second turn on the right and then the next turn on the left…” and then, obviously, if you’re anything like me, you get completely lost. Well, that’s the end of the series. I hope you found it useful. As always, if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me on our forum, Let’s Chew! Remember: if you want to answer another student’s question on the forum, then please do! See you tomorrow ... Today’s sentence Hello again. This is the last day in the current series on uses of the word turn, which, you remember, can be either a noun or a verb. Take the second turn on the right. Notes In this case, turn is a noun. You can also use turning as a noun. It means exactly the same thing. (Take the second turning on the right.) You remember turn left, right? It really means the same thing: you could say, “turn right at the second road.” But, like I say, we’re using it as a noun here. Typical directions are things like, “take the first turn on the left and the second turn on the right and then the next turn on the left…” and then, obviously, if you’re anything like me, you get completely lost. Well, that’s the end of the series. I hope you found it useful. As always, if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me on our forum, Let’s Chew! Remember: if you want to answer another student’s question on the forum, then please do! See you tomorrow with a new theme. Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hello again. This is the last day in the current series on uses of the word turn, which, you remember, can be either a noun or a verb. Take the second turn on the right. Notes In this case, turn is a noun. You can also use turning as a noun. It means exactly the same thing. (Take the second turning on the right.) You remember turn left, right? It really means the same thing: you could say, “turn right at the second road.” But, like I say, we’re using it as a noun here. Typical directions are things like, “take the first turn on the left and the second turn on the right and then the next turn on the left…” and then, obviously, if you’re anything like me, you get completely lost. Well, that’s the end of the series. I hope you found it useful. As always, if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me on our forum, Let’s Chew! Remember: if you want to answer another student’s question on the forum, then please do! See you tomorrow with a new theme. Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2008-12-19,23778050 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:00:57 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23772741-Let%E2%80%99s-take-turns-driving Today’s sentence Hi…how are you? We’re still looking at the word turn. Let’s take turns driving. Notes This has the same meaning as yesterday’s sentence, “it’s your turn.” You could say, “it’s your turn to drive,” for example. It means: “I have finished driving. Now you have to drive.” I included it because of the verb: to take turns. First you drive. Then I drive. Then you drive. Then I drive. Etc. A parent might say to children: “play nicely! Take turns with your toys!” OK, that’s all for today. We’re going to finish this series tomorrow, so see you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi…how are you? We’re still looking at the word turn. Let’s take turns driving. Notes This has the same meaning as yesterday’s sentence, “it’s your turn.” You could say, “it’s your turn to drive,” for example. It means: “I have finished driving. Now you have to drive.” I included it because of the verb: to take turns. First you drive. Then I drive. Then you drive. Then I drive. Etc. A parent might say to children: “play nicely! Take turns with your toys!” OK, that’s all for today. We’re going to finish this series tomorrow, so see you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi…how are you? We’re still looking at the word turn. Let’s take turns driving. Notes This has the same meaning as yesterday’s sentence, “it’s your turn.” You could say, “it’s your turn to drive,” for example. It means: “I have finished driving. Now you have to drive.” I included it because of the verb: to take turns. First you drive. Then I drive. Then you drive. Then I drive. Etc. A parent might say to children: “play nicely! Take turns with your toys!” OK, that’s all for today. We’re going to finish this series tomorrow, so see you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2008-12-18,23772741 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:00:23 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23774612-Let%E2%80%99s-take-turns-driving Today’s sentence Hi…how are you? We’re still looking at the word turn. Let’s take turns driving. Notes This has the same meaning as yesterday’s sentence, “it’s your turn.” You could say, “it’s your turn to drive,” for example. It means: “I have finished driving. Now you have to drive.” I included it because of the verb: to take turns. First you drive. Then I drive. Then you drive. Then I drive. Etc. A parent might say to children: “play nicely! Take turns with your toys!” OK, that’s all for today. We’re going to finish this series tomorrow, so see you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi…how are you? We’re still looking at the word turn. Let’s take turns driving. Notes This has the same meaning as yesterday’s sentence, “it’s your turn.” You could say, “it’s your turn to drive,” for example. It means: “I have finished driving. Now you have to drive.” I included it because of the verb: to take turns. First you drive. Then I drive. Then you drive. Then I drive. Etc. A parent might say to children: “play nicely! Take turns with your toys!” OK, that’s all for today. We’re going to finish this series tomorrow, so see you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hi…how are you? We’re still looking at the word turn. Let’s take turns driving. Notes This has the same meaning as yesterday’s sentence, “it’s your turn.” You could say, “it’s your turn to drive,” for example. It means: “I have finished driving. Now you have to drive.” I included it because of the verb: to take turns. First you drive. Then I drive. Then you drive. Then I drive. Etc. A parent might say to children: “play nicely! Take turns with your toys!” OK, that’s all for today. We’re going to finish this series tomorrow, so see you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2008-12-18,23774612 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:00:23 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23767688-It%E2%80%99s-your-turn Today’s sentence Hello again. We’re still looking at the noun turn. It’s your turn. Notes Who would have thought that one word could have so many meanings? Imagine you are playing a game, like Monopoly, for example. There are four people playing. Each person has a turn. You play first, then Jim plays, then Mary plays and then Fred plays. “It’s your turn” means, “you must play now.” You might say it in a shop, for example, if someone walks in front of you in the queue. You could say, “excuse me, but it’s my turn now.” It is your turn to be served. Alright, that’s all for today. We will continue with this tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hello again. We’re still looking at the noun turn. It’s your turn. Notes Who would have thought that one word could have so many meanings? Imagine you are playing a game, like Monopoly, for example. There are four people playing. Each person has a turn. You play first, then Jim plays, then Mary plays and then Fred plays. “It’s your turn” means, “you must play now.” You might say it in a shop, for example, if someone walks in front of you in the queue. You could say, “excuse me, but it’s my turn now.” It is your turn to be served. Alright, that’s all for today. We will continue with this tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Today’s sentence Hello again. We’re still looking at the noun turn. It’s your turn. Notes Who would have thought that one word could have so many meanings? Imagine you are playing a game, like Monopoly, for example. There are four people playing. Each person has a turn. You play first, then Jim plays, then Mary plays and then Fred plays. “It’s your turn” means, “you must play now.” You might say it in a shop, for example, if someone walks in front of you in the queue. You could say, “excuse me, but it’s my turn now.” It is your turn to be served. Alright, that’s all for today. We will continue with this tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 tag:odeo.com,2008-12-17,23767688 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:00:46 -0800 no English practice for intermediate students