Discussion
- TECHNOLOGY
Would you
ever travel in a space shuttle?
Which planet
would you like to visit?
What do you
use your computer for?
What are the
advantages and disadvantages of the Internet?
What are your
favorite Internet sites?
What kind of
gadgets do you like to use?
What kind of
technological innovations would you like to see in the future?
Do you like
sci fi?
Can you do
any web design?
What do you
like best about technology?
1. acclimate:
to accustom or become accustomed to a new climate, environment, or situation.
2. stentorian: extremely loud.
3. expeditious: characterized by speed and
efficiency.
4. proselytize: to convert (someone) to
another religion, belief, etc.
5. equable: equal and uniform; also,
serene.
6. sacrosanct: sacred; inviolable.
7. indefatigable: untiring.
8. gravid: pregnant.
9. hyperbole: extravagant exaggeration.
10. funereal: pertaining to a funeral;
solemn; mournful
/j/
-- yolk, your, fuel, player We
didn’t use euros in Europe a few years ago
/ / -- might, buy, type, quite Nile crocodiles have the wildest
smiles
/I/
-- pick, will, sit, fit Tim
bit a bit of kitty’s biscuit
/ʃ/
-- short, shoot, cash, shoes Sharon
shouldn’t wash her shoes in the shower
/ʤ/ -- jeep, June, juice, jaw Ginger spilt orange juice on
George’s jacket
/ʧ/ -- cheap, chair, chips, watch Which child put chalk on the teacher’s
chair
/l/ -- flies, lent, collect, cold Clara’s really clever but Lilly is
a little silly
/r/ -- rate, pray, train, draw The rabbits raced right around
the ring
/a:/ -- far, bar, heart, march It’s hard to park a car in a dark
car park
/eÉ™/ -- bear, share, dared, stairs Sarah and Mary share their pears fairly
An arm bends at the Elbow
The opposite of full is Empty
A bigger copy of a photograph is called an Enlargement
"The way out" is also known as the Exit
The opposite of cheap is Expensive
The machine that makes a car move is it's Engine
What "E word" means all places? Everywhere
The imaginary line that runs around the middle of the
earth is called the Equator
Tokyo, Kobe and San Francisco are all cities which have
been damaged by Earthquakes
When everything is finished it is the End
Three Blind Mice
Three Blind mice, three Blind mice,
See how they run! See how they run!
They all ran after the farmer's
wife,
Who cut off their tails with a
carving knife,
Did you ever see such a thing in
you life, as three blind mice?
Each sentence below contains one mistake. Try to find the mistake
1)
If I buy you a drink would you wash my car?.
If I buy you a drink will you wash my car?.(if + present simple,
+ will)
2) I'm going to holiday on Saturday.
I'm going on holiday on Saturday.(to go on holiday)
3)
I hope England don't loose their next match.
I hope England don't lose their next match.
(the
opposite of win is lose, the opposite of tight is loose)
4) Mary has rode a camel twice.
Mary has ridden a camel twice.(ride - rode - ridden)
5) Do you have seen the news today?
Have you seen the news today?(no 'do' in the present perfect)
6)
Last Friday I flyed to England.
Last Friday I flew to England.(fly - flew - flown)
7) England loosed the match against Brazil.
England lost the match against Brazil.(lose - lost - lost)
8) Yesterday I must see the doctor.
Yesterday I had to see the doctor.
(past
tense: 'had to'present/future tense: 'have to' or 'must'
9)
I've lived in Vienna since 4 years.
I've lived in Vienna for 4 years.('for' a period of time 'since'
a timepoint)
10) I did have a good time at the party I
had a good time at the party(have - had - had)
Can
you find two synonyms inside these kangaroo words?
1. Alone. lone,
one.
2. Container. can,
tin.
3. Frangible. fragile,
frail.
4. Falsities. falsies,
lies.
5. Perambulate. amble, ramble.
6. Expurgated. pure, purged.
1)Onus- Responsibility
2)Silt - Fine
sand and mud carried and left behind by flowing water.
3)Pall - cloth
which covers the coffin at afuneral
4)Gist - main
Point or points
5)Dais - Raised
Platform
6)Weir - dam
across a river
7)Peon - Labourer
in Spanish
8)Iota
- very
small quantity
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