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= to be in the position of being able to make the decisions that will influence a situation.

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#Be_Positive

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⚫️ PASSIVE VOICE : When to Use It and When to Avoid It

🍂 PART 2️⃣ 🍂


🅱️ : When should I avoid passive voice?


🔵 Passive sentences can get you into trouble in academic writing because they can be vague about who is responsible for the action:

🍂 Both Othello and Iago desire Desdemona. She is courted.

⚠️ Who courts Desdemona? Othello? Iago? Both of them?

🔵 Academic writing often focuses on differences between the ideas of different researchers, or between your own ideas and those of the researchers you are discussing. Too many passive sentences can create confusion:

🍂 Research has been done to discredit this theory.

⚠️ Who did the research? You? Your professor? Another author?

🔵 Some students use passive sentences to hide holes in their research:

🍂 The telephone was invented in the nineteenth century.

⚠️ I couldn’t find out who invented the telephone!

🔵 Finally, passive sentences often sound wordy and indirect. They can make the reader work unnecessarily hard. And since they are usually longer than active sentences, passive sentences take up precious room in your paper:

🍂 Since the car was being driven by Michael at the time of the accident, the damages should be paid for by him.


#Grammar
#PassiveVoice

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🗣 Pronouncing words with silent letters

Ex.:
• H :ache
• G :align
• K :knee
• C :scent
• D :sandwich
• P :pseudo
• L :calm
• U :build
• B :limb
• T :often
• W :awry

#Pronunciation_tips
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✨QUIP✨

🔸a : a clever usually taunting remark
b : a witty or funny observation or response usually made on the spur of the moment
🔸something strange,curious

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#Word_Of_The_Day
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✨QUIP✨

🔹adjective : quip·py\ˈkwi-pē\

🔹 Examples :
• To almost every comment I made, Adam responded with a quip and a smile.

🔹Synonyms:
• crack
• drollery
• funny
• gag
• jape
• jest
• joke
• laugh
• one-liner
• pleasantry
• rib
• sally
• waggery
• wisecrack
• witticism

#Vocabulary
#Word_Of_The_Day

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📌An expression question📌

📗 It's always nice to see Bella ; she's such a _______ of sunshine.

🖊 light
🖍 ray
🖌 beam
🖋 glow

#Expression_activity
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🔴 Daily Conversations:

♦️5. Directing a Conversation (Part 8 of 9)

🔸5.38 When you are skeptical about the speaker's point

🔹You can't expect me to believe that.
🔹I don't take anything at face value.
🔹How do you know?
🔹That doesn't sound right.
🔹Don't be too sure.
🔹Don't speak too soon.
🔹Don't jump to the conclusion.
🔹Don't you wish!
🔹You could have fooled me.
______________

🔸5.39 When you are surprised to hear something

🔹I've never heard of such a thing.
🔹Well, I never!
🔹Oh, really?
🔹That's interesting.
🔹That's news to me.
🔹Interesting point.
🔹What are you talking about?
🔹Is that right?
🔹Is that so?
🔹Since when?
______________

🔸5.40 When you are surprised to see something

🔹I can't believe my eyes! (used with can't or don't)
🔹My eyes betray me.
🔹Do my eyes deceive me?
______________

🔸5.41 When you are surprised with what's happening

🔹I don't understand.
🔹I don't understand it.
🔹Imagine that!
🔹Can you imagine?
🔹Can you believe that?
🔹I don't believe it!
🔹Would you believe?
🔹How do you like that!
🔹I can't get over it!
🔹It blows my mind!
🔹What do you know!
______________

🔸5.42 When you want to demonstrate surprise by exclamation

🔹Oh, my!
🔹Boy!
🔹Wow!
🔹Gosh!
🔹Gee!
🔹Goodness!
🔹My goodness!
🔹My word!
🔹Heavens!
🔹Good heavens!
🔹For heaven's sake!
🔹Good grief!
🔹Good gracious!
🔹Goodness gracious!
🔹Oh, my God!
🔹My God!
🔹Good Lord!
🔹Holy cow!
🔹Holy Moses!
🔹Holy smoke!
🔹I'll be darned!
🔹I'll be damned!
🔹No kidding!
🔹Son of a gun!
🔹Son of a b****! (taboo)
🔹Son of a bucket!
🔹Isn't that something!
🔹For crying out loud!

#Daily_conversations
#directing_a_conversation

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#idioms
Get cold feet

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🔴 Daily Conversations:

♦️5. Directing a Conversation (Part 9 of 9)

🔸5.43 When you bring up an alternative aspect of a situation

🔹On the other hand,…
🔹On the flip side,…
______________

🔸5.44 When you demonstrate that your knowledge might be limited

🔹To the best of my knowledge, it is true.
🔹As far as I know, that's the case.
🔹As far as I can tell, that's correct.
🔹Off the top of my head, I'd say yes.
______________

🔸5.45 When you demonstrate personal involvement or interest

🔹As far as I'm concerned.
🔹I for one feel sorry for these people.
______________

🔸5.46 When you offer a person to restore the remainder of the story or to draw a conclusion

🔹Fill in the blanks.
🔹Put flesh on these bones.
🔹You do the math.
🔹Use your head.
🔹Figure out the rest.
🔹Go figure!
🔹The rest is history.
______________

🔸5.47 When you redirect a question to a person who asked it

🔹What about you?
🔹How about you?
🔹And you?
🔹Yourself?
______________

🔸5.48 When you ask a question presumably for no particular reason

🔹Out of curiosity.
🔹For no reason.
🔹Just for the heck of it.
🔹I'm just asking.
🔹I was just wondering.

#Daily_conversations
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#idioms
On its last legs

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🔴 Daily Conversations:

♦️6. Positive Attitude in a Conversation (Part 1 of 2)

🔸6.1 When you demonstrate that you understand a speaker's point

🔹I understand what you're saying.
🔹Understood.
🔹I know.
🔹I know what you're talking about.
🔹I know what you mean.
🔹I see what you mean.
🔹I see what you're saying.
🔹I can see what you're saying.
🔹I can see that.
🔹I see where you're coming from.
🔹I got you.
🔹Gotcha.
🔹I got it!
🔹I follow you.
🔹I'm there with you.
🔹I hear you.
🔹I hear what you're saying.
🔹Point well-taken.
🔹Roger. (Used especially in radio communications.)
______________

🔸6.2 When you express agreement with a speaker

🔹Yes.
🔹OK or Okay.
🔹Sure.
🔹For sure.
🔹Sure thing.
🔹Of course.
🔹Certainly.
🔹Definitely.
🔹Absolutely.
🔹You got it.
🔹You bet.
🔹No problem.
🔹By all means.
🔹Super.
🔹Great.
🔹Sounds good.
🔹All right.
🔹Right.
🔹You're right.
🔹Right you are!
🔹You're right on the money.
______________

🔸6.3 When you express agreement with a speaker's point

🔹It's to the point.
🔹I agree.
🔹I agree with you one hundred per cent.
🔹That's right.
🔹That's for certain.
🔹That's for sure.
🔹That's true.
🔹That goes without saying.
🔹There's no doubt about it.
🔹Without a doubt.
🔹I accept that.
🔹I have no problem with that.
🔹I can't argue with that.
🔹That's a good idea.
🔹Well said.
🔹You said it!
🔹I'll drink to that!
🔹I wish I'd said that.
🔹You took the words right out of my mouth.
🔹That's what I say.
🔹You can say that again.
______________

🔸6.4 When you express like-mindedness

🔹So do I.
🔹Me too.
🔹That makes two of us.
🔹I'm with you.
🔹I'm like you.
______________

🔸6.5 When you express agreement because of your full awareness

🔹Don't I know it!
🔹You're telling me!
🔹Tell me about it!
🔹Don't say it!
🔹You don't say.
🔹I've been there.

#Daily_conversations
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#idioms
Give someone a piece of your mind

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🍃 Other ways to say...

#Speaking_tips
#Vocabulary

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📚 THE EIGHT MAIN PARTS OF SPEECH IN ENGLISH 📚


📕NOUN - (Naming word)

📎A noun is the name of a person, place, thing or idea.

✏️Examples of nouns:
Daniel, London, table, dog, teacher, pen, city, happiness, hope

📌Example sentences:
• Steve lives in Sydney.
• Mary uses pen and paper to write letters.

📗PRONOUN - (Replaces a Noun)

📎A pronoun is used in place of a noun or noun phrase to avoid repetition.

✏️Examples of pronouns:
I, you, we, they, he, she, it, me, us, them, him, her, this, those

📌Example sentences:
• Mary is tired. She wants to sleep. I want her to play with me.

📘ADJECTIVE - (Describing word)

📎An adjective describes, modifies or gives more information about a noun or pronoun.

✏️Examples of adjectives:
big, happy, green, young, fun, crazy, three

📌Example sentences:
• The little girl had a pink hat.

📙VERB - (Action Word)

📎A verb shows an action or state of being. A verb shows what someone or something is doing.

✏️Examples of verbs:
go, speak, run, eat, play, live, walk, have, like, are, is

📌Example sentences:
• I like Woodward English. I study their charts and play their games.

📓ADVERB - (Describes a verb)

📎An adverb describes/modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb. It tells how, where, when, how often or to what extent. Many adverbs end in -LY

✏️Examples of Adverbs:
slowly, quietly, very, always, never, too, well, tomorrow, here

📌Example sentences:
• I am usually busy.
• Yesterday, I ate my lunch quickly.


📔PREPOSITION - (Shows relationship)

📎A preposition shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word. They can indicate time, place, or relationship.

✏️Examples of prepositions:
at, on, in, from, with, near, between, about, under

📌Example sentences:
• I left my keys on the table for you.

📒CONJUNCTION - (Joining word)

📎A conjunction joins two words, ideas, phrases or clauses together in a sentence and shows how they are connected.

✏️Examples of conjunctions:
and, or, but, because, so, yet, unless, since, if.

📌Example sentences:
• I was hot and exhausted but I still finished the marathon.

📖INTERJECTION - (Expressive word)

📎An interjection is a word or phrase that expresses a strong feeling or emotion. It is a short exclamation.

✏️Examples of interjections:
Ouch! Wow! Great! Help! Oh! Hey! Hi!

📌Example sentences:
• Wow! I passed my English test.
• Great!
• Ouch! That hurt.

⚠️Sometimes teachers include Articles as a ninth part of speech so we have included it here. Note, an article is a type of adjective.

📕ARTICLE - (Defining word)

📎An article is used before a noun. These are divided into definite (the) and indefinite (a, an). Articles help define nouns.

✏️Examples of articles:
a, an, the

📌Example sentences:
I need a dictionary. The dictionary needs to be in English.

#Grammar
#Parts_of_speech

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