🕝SOMETIMES !🕝
When you are talking about how often something happens, there are many expressions to describe the middle ground between often and occasionally.Here are ten phrases and how to use them in your speaking & writing English:
1️⃣🕝FAIRLY OFTEN...🕝
🔘E.g: They meet fairly often to play chess .
2️⃣🕝MORE OFTEN THAN NOT...🕝
🔘E.g: More often than not, a student will come up with the right answer.
3️⃣🕝(AT LEAST) HALF THE TIME...🕝
🔘E.g: Half the time you don't even listen to what I say.
🔴USAGE: Phrases 1, 2, and 3 are quite positive. When we use 'at least' with phrase 3 it means more than half of the time.
4️⃣🕝ALMOST EVERY OTHER DAY...🕝
🔘E.g: She visited him in hospital almost every other day.
🔴USAGE: Phrase 4 means a little less than half the time.
5️⃣🕝SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK/ A YEAR🕝
🔘E.g: Several times a year, the waste is pumped from the lagoons and spread across cropland as fertilizer.
🔴USAGE: In Phrase 5, several sounds quite positive. It means a number more than 3. It also says that 3 times a week is often.
6️⃣🕝EVERY SO OFTEN...🕝
🔘E.g: Every so often I treat myself to a meal in an expensive restaurant.
7️⃣🕝NOW AND THEN...🕝
🔘E.g: Now and then a bird's song broke in upon the silence of the wood.
8️⃣🕝FROM TIME TO TIME...🕝
🔘E.g: Remember to look back upon your mistakes from time to time, but never regret them.
9️⃣🕝ONCE IN A WHILE...🕝
🔘E.g: Earrings need to be taken out and cleaned once in a while.
🔴USAGE: Phrases 6, 7, 8, and 9 are less often. they are similar in meaning to 'occasionally'.
1️⃣0️⃣🕝ON A GOOD DAY...🕝
🔘E.g: On a good day the view from the summit is extremely exciting.
🔴USAGE: Phrase 10 suggests that something doesn't happen very often but that when it happens, it's a good thing.
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When you are talking about how often something happens, there are many expressions to describe the middle ground between often and occasionally.Here are ten phrases and how to use them in your speaking & writing English:
1️⃣🕝FAIRLY OFTEN...🕝
🔘E.g: They meet fairly often to play chess .
2️⃣🕝MORE OFTEN THAN NOT...🕝
🔘E.g: More often than not, a student will come up with the right answer.
3️⃣🕝(AT LEAST) HALF THE TIME...🕝
🔘E.g: Half the time you don't even listen to what I say.
🔴USAGE: Phrases 1, 2, and 3 are quite positive. When we use 'at least' with phrase 3 it means more than half of the time.
4️⃣🕝ALMOST EVERY OTHER DAY...🕝
🔘E.g: She visited him in hospital almost every other day.
🔴USAGE: Phrase 4 means a little less than half the time.
5️⃣🕝SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK/ A YEAR🕝
🔘E.g: Several times a year, the waste is pumped from the lagoons and spread across cropland as fertilizer.
🔴USAGE: In Phrase 5, several sounds quite positive. It means a number more than 3. It also says that 3 times a week is often.
6️⃣🕝EVERY SO OFTEN...🕝
🔘E.g: Every so often I treat myself to a meal in an expensive restaurant.
7️⃣🕝NOW AND THEN...🕝
🔘E.g: Now and then a bird's song broke in upon the silence of the wood.
8️⃣🕝FROM TIME TO TIME...🕝
🔘E.g: Remember to look back upon your mistakes from time to time, but never regret them.
9️⃣🕝ONCE IN A WHILE...🕝
🔘E.g: Earrings need to be taken out and cleaned once in a while.
🔴USAGE: Phrases 6, 7, 8, and 9 are less often. they are similar in meaning to 'occasionally'.
1️⃣0️⃣🕝ON A GOOD DAY...🕝
🔘E.g: On a good day the view from the summit is extremely exciting.
🔴USAGE: Phrase 10 suggests that something doesn't happen very often but that when it happens, it's a good thing.
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🔰I didn’t hear that. It completely …………… .
🌺 passed me over.
🌼 passed me up.
🌸 passed me by.
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🔰I didn’t hear that. It completely …………… .
🌺 passed me over.
🌼 passed me up.
🌸 passed me by.
#PhrasalVerb_activity
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🔴 Daily Conversations:
♦️5. Directing a Conversation (Part 7 of 9)
🔸5.33 When you used vulgar language inadvertently
🔹Pardon my French.
______________
🔸5.34 When somebody has asked you about the source of your information
🔹I have my sources.
🔹I have my ways of finding these things out.
🔹News travels fast.
🔹Bad news travels fast.
🔹Good news travels fast.
🔹Word travels fast.
🔹It's common knowledge.
🔹I put two and two together.
🔹Just never mind.
🔹None of your business.
🔹I'm not one to kiss and tell.
______________
🔸5.35 When you want to sound believable
🔹That's the truth.
🔹That's the gospel truth.
🔹That's the honest truth.
🔹That's the honest-to-goodness truth.
🔹Honest to goodness.
🔹Honest.
🔹Honestly.
🔹True.
🔹Truly.
🔹I swear.
🔹I swear to you.
🔹I swear on my mother's grave.
🔹I swear to God.
🔹Would I lie?
🔹Would I lie to you?
🔹Why would I lie?
🔹I'm not kidding.
🔹Believe it or not.
🔹Frankly speaking,…
🔹Speaking candidly,…
______________
🔸5.36 When you request somebody's trust
🔹Trust me.
🔹Believe me.
🔹You better believe it.
🔹You had better believe it.
🔹You have my word on this.
🔹You have my word.
🔹I give you my word.
🔹I give you my word of honor.
🔹Take my word for it.
🔹You can count on it.
🔹You can bank on it.
🔹I promise you.
______________
🔸5.37 When you request silence
🔹Quiet!
🔹Be quiet!
🔹Keep quiet!
🔹Silence!
🔹Shut up!
🔹Shut your mouth.
🔹Hold your tongue.
🔹Not another word!
🔹Button your lip!
🔹Clam up!
🔹Hush!
🔹Hush your mouth!
🔹Pipe down!
◈ NOTE: The last nine sentences are not very polite.
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♦️5. Directing a Conversation (Part 7 of 9)
🔸5.33 When you used vulgar language inadvertently
🔹Pardon my French.
______________
🔸5.34 When somebody has asked you about the source of your information
🔹I have my sources.
🔹I have my ways of finding these things out.
🔹News travels fast.
🔹Bad news travels fast.
🔹Good news travels fast.
🔹Word travels fast.
🔹It's common knowledge.
🔹I put two and two together.
🔹Just never mind.
🔹None of your business.
🔹I'm not one to kiss and tell.
______________
🔸5.35 When you want to sound believable
🔹That's the truth.
🔹That's the gospel truth.
🔹That's the honest truth.
🔹That's the honest-to-goodness truth.
🔹Honest to goodness.
🔹Honest.
🔹Honestly.
🔹True.
🔹Truly.
🔹I swear.
🔹I swear to you.
🔹I swear on my mother's grave.
🔹I swear to God.
🔹Would I lie?
🔹Would I lie to you?
🔹Why would I lie?
🔹I'm not kidding.
🔹Believe it or not.
🔹Frankly speaking,…
🔹Speaking candidly,…
______________
🔸5.36 When you request somebody's trust
🔹Trust me.
🔹Believe me.
🔹You better believe it.
🔹You had better believe it.
🔹You have my word on this.
🔹You have my word.
🔹I give you my word.
🔹I give you my word of honor.
🔹Take my word for it.
🔹You can count on it.
🔹You can bank on it.
🔹I promise you.
______________
🔸5.37 When you request silence
🔹Quiet!
🔹Be quiet!
🔹Keep quiet!
🔹Silence!
🔹Shut up!
🔹Shut your mouth.
🔹Hold your tongue.
🔹Not another word!
🔹Button your lip!
🔹Clam up!
🔹Hush!
🔹Hush your mouth!
🔹Pipe down!
◈ NOTE: The last nine sentences are not very polite.
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#directing_a_conversation
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🍃Phrasal verbs with GIVE🍃
• Give in
• Give in to
• Give up
• Give up in
• Give off
• Give away
• Give out
• Give up on
• Give back
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• Give in
• Give in to
• Give up
• Give up in
• Give off
• Give away
• Give out
• Give up on
• Give back
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“PASSED ME BY” is the correct answer.
🔴 When something passes you by, you fail to notice it.
🍃🌺 Thank you 🌺🍃
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“PASSED ME BY” is the correct answer.
🔴 When something passes you by, you fail to notice it.
🍃🌺 Thank you 🌺🍃
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⚪️ PASSIVE VOICE : When to Use It and When to Avoid It ⚪️
🍂 PART 1️⃣ 🍂
🅰️ : When do I use passive voice?
In some sentences, passive voice can be perfectly acceptable. You might use it in the following cases:
🔴 The actor is unknown:
🍃 The cave paintings of Lascaux were made in the Upper Old Stone Age.
⚠️ We don’t know who made them.
🔴 The actor is irrelevant:
🍃 An experimental solar power plant will be built in the Australian desert.
⚠️ We are not interested in who is building it.
🔴 You want to be vague about who is responsible:
🍃 Mistakes were made.
⚠️ Common in bureaucratic writing!
🔴 You are talking about a general truth:
🍃 Rules are made to be broken.
⚠️ By whomever, whenever.
🔴 You want to emphasize the person or thing acted on. For example, it may be your main topic:
🍃 Insulin was first discovered in 1921 by researchers at the University of Toronto. It is still the only treatment available for diabetes.
🔴 You are writing in a scientific genre that traditionally relies on passive voice.
Passive voice is often preferred in lab reports and scientific research papers, most notably in the Materials and Methods section:
🍃 The sodium hydroxide was dissolved in water. This solution was then titrated with hydrochloric acid.
⚠️ Note: Over the past several years, there has been a movement within many science disciplines away from passive voice. Scientists often now prefer active voice in most parts of their published reports, even occasionally using the subject “we” in the Materials and Methods section. Check with your instructor or TA whether you can use the first person “I” or “we” in your lab reports to help avoid the passive.
#Grammar
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🍂 PART 1️⃣ 🍂
🅰️ : When do I use passive voice?
In some sentences, passive voice can be perfectly acceptable. You might use it in the following cases:
🔴 The actor is unknown:
🍃 The cave paintings of Lascaux were made in the Upper Old Stone Age.
⚠️ We don’t know who made them.
🔴 The actor is irrelevant:
🍃 An experimental solar power plant will be built in the Australian desert.
⚠️ We are not interested in who is building it.
🔴 You want to be vague about who is responsible:
🍃 Mistakes were made.
⚠️ Common in bureaucratic writing!
🔴 You are talking about a general truth:
🍃 Rules are made to be broken.
⚠️ By whomever, whenever.
🔴 You want to emphasize the person or thing acted on. For example, it may be your main topic:
🍃 Insulin was first discovered in 1921 by researchers at the University of Toronto. It is still the only treatment available for diabetes.
🔴 You are writing in a scientific genre that traditionally relies on passive voice.
Passive voice is often preferred in lab reports and scientific research papers, most notably in the Materials and Methods section:
🍃 The sodium hydroxide was dissolved in water. This solution was then titrated with hydrochloric acid.
⚠️ Note: Over the past several years, there has been a movement within many science disciplines away from passive voice. Scientists often now prefer active voice in most parts of their published reports, even occasionally using the subject “we” in the Materials and Methods section. Check with your instructor or TA whether you can use the first person “I” or “we” in your lab reports to help avoid the passive.
#Grammar
#PassiveVoice
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