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🧑‍🎓 Ergative verbs. e.g. slam, splash, rattle, rustle, beep, can be used in a transitive and intransitive way, with the object in the transitive structure (e.g. the door) being the subject in the intransitive structure.
Marta slammed the door.
The door slammed.

✅Ergative pairs account for many of the most commonly used verbs in English, some of which are listed below, with examples:

💥 burn
I've burned the toast.
The toast has burned.
💥 break
The wind broke the branches.
The branches broke.
💥 burst
She burst the balloon.
The balloon burst.
💥 close
He closed his eyes.
His eyes closed.
💥 cook
I'm cooking the rice.
The rice is cooking.
💥 fade
The sun has faded the carpet.
The carpet has faded.
💥 freeze
The low temperature has frozen the milk.
The milk has frozen.
💥 melt
The heat has melted the ice.
The ice has melted.
💥 run
Tim is running the bathwater.
The bathwater is running.
💥 stretch
I stretched the elastic.
The elastic stretched.
💥 tighten
He tightened the rope.
The rope tightened.
💥 wave
Someone waved a flag.
A flag waved.

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📕 Present Perfect Active Passive Participle Adjectives 💥

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👨‍🎓 Countable and uncountable nouns

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7️⃣5️⃣ very important prepositions

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💛 Adjectives ➕ preposition combinations

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💧 Verb + -ing

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🤓 'All' vs 'Everybody' or 'Everyone'
Do you have a minute to spare to learn some English? What's the difference between all vs everybody or everyone? Sam is going to explain. Give us 60 seconds and we'll give you the English!


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❕❕Don't use the relative pronouns which and what after everything, all, something, anything, a lot, (not much), little, or nothing. We can use that after these words, or it can be omitted.

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❗️We rarely use "whom" in modern English. We still use it after prepositions to, by, with, after, on etc.
For example, The girl to whom you were speaking is Nigerian.

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💻 Person vs Persons vs People vs Peoples

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📖 Longman Common Mistakes in English

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📱Essential Roots 📱
🔰Strengthen your vocabulary by learning critical word roots. 💪


🔅A word root is the basic unit of meaning to which prefixes and suffixes can be added ❗️


🔰Memorize the following 🔟 word roots to expand your vocabulary:

1️⃣ ANTHROP - human. E.g.: a) anthropology - study of human beings; b) misanthrope - person who dislikes humans.

2️⃣ CHRON - time. Examples: a) chronic - persisting for a long time; b) chronological - arranged in the order of time.

3️⃣ CIV - citizen. E.g.: a) civilization - advanced state of society; b) incivility - state of being rude or unsociable.

4️⃣ DUR - hard. E.g.: a) endure - to suffer patiently; b) durable - able to withstand wear and damage.

5️⃣ LOC - place. E.g.: a) dislocate - to put out of place; b) locale - place where something happens.
6️⃣ MAL - bad. E.g.: a) dismal - gloomy or cheerless; b) malefactor - person who commits a crime.

7️⃣ PHIL - love. E.g.: a) bibliophile - person who loves books; b) philosophy - study of knowledge and truth.

8️⃣ PHON - sound. E.g.: a) cacophonous - having a harsh or loud sound; telephone - instrument for transmitting sound.

9️⃣ PORT - carry. E.g.: a) transport - to move from one place to another; b) porter - person hired to carry baggage.

🔟 SCRIB - write. E.g.: a) scribble - to write or draw carelessly; b) transcribe - to make a written copy.


💢For notes 📝:
✅Word roots are the basic parts of meaning in words and are often derived from Greek and Latin.

✅They can sometimes stand on their own, but their meaning changes when combined with prefixes and suffixes.

✅Learning the meaning of different word roots will help you make educated guesses about the meaning of unfamiliar words, and you'll begin to see commonalities among words that share the same root.


🔰Some common word roots are:

🔅-geo: earth
e.g.: geology

🔅-photo: light
e.g.: photographer

🔅-aud: to hear and listen
e.g.: auditorium

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🔠🔠 Verb + to

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🧠 How to be more polite

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