🔻Using the objective case after the verb to be🔻


❎ It was him who asked.

✅ It was he who asked.



🟠Note: The pronoun coming after the verb to be must be in the nominative case, and not in the objective in written composition. However, the objective case is now usually used in coversation like It's me, lt was him/her/them, etc



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🔻Wait for a person or thing, not wait a person or thing🔻


❎ I'll wait you at the cinema.

✅ I'll wait for you at the cinema.



🔵Note: Await takes no preposition.

✨I'm awaiting your reply.



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Effects of being gratitude 🙏

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Please watch the video carefully and then answer the questions 🍀🌹

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1. According to science, what are the basic emotions?

A. joy

B. sadness

C. anger

D. all of the above


2. Within the human brain, gratitude positively correlated with activity in brain areas associated with

A. anger

B. fairness

C. value judgement

D. both b and c

3. Keeping a gratitude journal can

A. improve your sleep

B. cause your hair to grow better

C. increase your heart health

D. both a and c

4. More oxytocin helps with

A. creating social bonds

B. circulation

C. muscle control

D. both b and c

5. Is it "the thought that counts?" Or should you express your gratitude differently? What do you think?

6. Stop for a moment and think! List three things you are grateful for right now! Explain why.

7. Who are you grateful for or to? Take a few minutes and write them a personal note. Consider delivering it.


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🔔 Word Of The Day 🔔


🔻 Five alternatives to ‘AND’ 🔻


🔸As well as
Katja loves singing as well as dancing.

🔹Furthermore
Mina’s a great singer. Furthermore, she can do magic tricks.

🔸Too
Kevin likes painting. He likes reading book too.

🔹Also
Alex plays piano. He is also learning the guitar.

🔸What’s more
She’s got all this music. What’s more, she’s seen him live three times.


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🔻Five alternatives to ‘THEN’ 🔻


🔸Following that
After the performances, the judges will meet. Following that, they’ll announce the winner.

🔹Next
Mix the flour and eggs, next add the suger, and finally, stir in cocoa.

🔸After that
Turn left, then turn right. After that, you’ll see a roundabout. The hospital is there

🔹Subsequently
The product failed safety tests; subsequently, it was recalled

🔸Thereupon
The shooter surrendered. The police thereupon arrested him.



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Richmond is the capital of Virginia

If a dog chews shoes whose shoes does he choose

📝Power Writing 📝

Complete the sentences to make up a story:

1 My favorite dishes are..
2 I prefer eating...
3 I can / can't say I am a good cook ...
4 The most famous dishes in my country are..
5 When I was a child I hated eating...
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🔔 Word Of The Day 🔔


⭕️ ABANDON


🧩 Meaning: To give up completely

📎Synonyms: relinquish, forgo, forsake

🔆Example: abandoned the sinking ship.


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⭕️ACCELERATE


🧩 Meaning: To quicken, speed tip

📎Synonym: expedite (adj. expeditious)

🔖Antonym: retard

🔆Example: he took an accelerated course in order to graduate early.



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