🔻Wrong use of “the” with material nouns🔻

❎The gold is a precious metal.

✅Gold is a precious metal.


🟣Note: Don't use any article with material nouns, if used in a general sense.

🟢Note: Material nouns, used in a particular sense, require the definite article.

✨The coal from the Midlands 10% exported to many countries.



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🔻Corner 🔻


❎You should write your address on the top right-hand corner.

✅You should write your address in the top right-hand corner.



🟡Note: Something is in the corner of an envelope , form , sheet of paper , ect (not On).



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🔻Take out for Take off🔻


❎ Chris took out his hat and coat.

✅ Chris took off his hat and coat.


⚪️Note: The opposite of put on is take off, and not take out.


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🔻Equipment🔻


❎We offer a full range of laboratory equipments.

✅We offer a full range of laboratory equipment.


🔵Note: Equipment is an uncountable noun and does not have a plural form.



❎Dentists use a very expensive equipment.

✅Dentists use very expensive equipment.


🟠Note: Equipment is not used with a/an.


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🔻Fruit🔻


❎We didn't have many fruits this summer.

✅We didn't have much fruit this summer.


🟡Note: We rarely use the plural form fruits which means different kinds of fruit.

✨Cyprus produces oranges, apricots, and other fruits.


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🌹Listening practice 🌹

What is depression?

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Questions and discussions

Q1. Depression is unlike other major medical disorders in that it is intangible. In what ways does depression manifest itself?

Q2. Because of ongoing stigma and misperceptions about mental illness, many people are reluctant to seek help from a psychiatrist. How can you help your friend or relative reach out for professional treatment if they are depressed?

Q3. Involuntary hospitalization, a last resort for the treatment of major depression, is reserved for individuals whose safety is immediately at risk. How can society balance respect for personal freedom with mandatory hospitalization?

Q4. What percentage of the United States population suffers from depression?

A. 1%

B. 5%

C. 10%

D. 20%

Q5. What do you call a specialized cell that transmits nerve impulses in the brain?

A. Receptor

B. Neuron

C. Synapse

D. Neurotransmitter

Q6. What percentage of women experience postpartum depression after giving birth? (HINT: Answer in Dig Deeper section)

A. 1-2%

B. 5-10%

C. 10-15%

D. 20-30%

Q7. According to the World Health Organization, what is the leading cause of disability in the world?

A. Depression

B. High blood pressure

C. Diabetes

D. Schizophrenia

Q8. How long, on average, do people suffer in silence from serious depression before they seek medical help?

A. 1 week

B. 1 month

C. 1 year

D. 1 decade

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🔔 Word Of The Day 🔔


🔻Phrases for Saying Something is Easy & Difficult🔻


🔸It’s a piece of cake.

🔹It’s a cinch.

🔸It’s a breeze.

🔹Anyone can do it.

🔸There’s nothing to it.

🔹It’s hard.

🔸It’s a bit tricky.

🔹It’s really tough.

🔸It’s not a walk in the park.

🔹It’s very demanding.
(= it takes a lot of time and energy)


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🔹Obstacle: a thing that blocks one's way or prevents or hinders progress.

🔹Breakthrough: an important development that may lead to an achievement or agreement (make/achieve a breakthrough)

🔹Scrape through (an exam): only just succeed in passing an exam.

🔹Make a go of sth: (inf) make sth succeed specially a business or marriage


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⚜Tell us about your experiences in this regard and try to use the above words and expression in your writing.


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DO NOT GIVE UP..


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🔔 Idiom Of The Day 🔔


🔷Make a hit


♦️Meaning: be successful.


✨People loved my new brownies and wanted the recipe. I guess I made a hit.


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🔔 Word Of The Day 🔔


🔻Ways to Ask for Clarification🔻


🔸Pardon?
(if you didn’t hear or understand what the person said)

🔹Would you mind repeating that?

🔸What do you mean?
(asking for more information)

🔹I’m not sure I follow you.
(= I don’t understand)

🔸Could you explain... ?


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