PERSONALITY ADJECTIVES

And here are some more adjectives....

chatty - someone who talks a lot

Betty is a very chatty person. She's always on the phone.

cowardly - a cowardly person is not brave enough to fight or do something

difficult or dangerous that they should do

Betty is a bit of a coward. She's afraid of a doctor.

neat - a person who is very tidy.

My flatmate John is very neat and organized. His room is always tidy.

obedient - always doing what you are told to do, or what the law, a rule

etc says you must do

ingenious - someone who is very good at inventing things or at thinking

of new ideas

awkward- an awkward person is deliberately unhelpful

awkward about

The staff wanted to go home and they were getting awkward

about a meeting starting so late.

fickle - someone who is fickle is always changing their mind about people

or things that they like, so that you cannot depend on them - used

to show disapproval

precise - someone who is precise is very careful about small details or about

the way they behave

peevish - easily annoyed by small and unimportant things

stern - serious and strict, and showing strong disapproval of someone's behaviour

Hair.And some hairstyles for girls here :)

Happines Idioms...Do you know any of them?

Prepositions of place

WHAT ARE ANTONYMS...?

THE BENEFITS OF LEARNING LANGUAGES....

What are PREFIXES?

A prefix goes at the beginning of a word. A suffix goes at the end of a word.

A prefix is placed at the beginning of a word to modify or change its meaning. This is a list of the most common prefixes in English, together with their basic meaning and some examples. You can find more detail or precision for each prefix in any good dictionary. The origins of words are extremely complicated. You should use this list as a guide only, to help you understand possible meanings. But be very careful, because often what appears to be a prefix is not a prefix at all. Note also that this list does not include elements like "auto-" or " bio-", because these are "combining forms", not prefixes.

Prefix		Meaning	Examples
a-	also an-	not, without	atheist, anaemic
a-		to, towards	aside, aback
		in the process of, in a particular state	a-hunting, aglow
a-		of	anew
		completely	abashed
ab-	also abs-	away, from	abdicate, abstract
ad-	also a-, ac-, af-, ag- al-, an-, ap-, at- as-, at-	movement to, change into, addition or increase	advance, adulterate, adjunct, ascend, affiliate, affirm, aggravate, alleviate, annotate, apprehend, arrive, assemble, attend
ante-		before, preceding	antecedent, ante-room
anti-	also ant-	opposing, against, the opposite	anti-aircraft, antibiotic, anticlimax, Antarctic
be-		all over, all around	bespatter, beset
		completely	bewitch, bemuse
		having, covered with	bejewelled
		affect with (added to nouns)	befog
		cause to be (added to adjectives)	becalm
com-	also co-, col-, con-, cor-	with, jointly, completely	combat, codriver, collude, confide, corrode
contra-		against, opposite	contraceptive
counter-		opposition, opposite direction	counter-attack, counteract
de-		down, away	descend, despair, depend, deduct
		completely	denude, denigrate
		removal, reversal	de-ice, decamp
dia-	also di-	through, across	diagonal
dis-	also di-	negation, removal, expulsion	disadvantage, dismount, disbud, disbar
en-	also em-	put into or on	engulf, enmesh
		bring into the condition of	enlighten, embitter
		intensification	entangle, enrage
ex-	also e-, ef-	out	exit, exclude, expand
		upward	exalt, extol
		completely	excruciate, exasperate
		previous	ex-wife
extra-		outside, beyond	extracurricular
hemi-		half	hemisphere
hyper-		beyond, more than, more than normal	hypersonic, hyperactive
hypo-		under	hypodermic, hypothermia
in-	also il-, im-	not, without	infertile, inappropriate, impossible
	also il-, im-, ir-	in, into, towards, inside	influence, influx, imbibe
infra-		below	infrared, infrastructure
inter-		between, among	interact, interchange
intra-		inside, within	intramural, intravenous
non-		absence, negation	non-smoker, non-alcoholic
ob-	also oc-, of-, op-	blocking, against, concealing	obstruct, occult, offend, oppose
out-		surpassing, exceeding	outperform
		external, away from	outbuilding, outboard
over-		excessively, completely	overconfident, overburdened, overjoyed
		upper, outer, over, above	overcoat, overcast
peri-		round, about	perimeter
post-		after in time or order	postpone
pre-		before in time, place, order or importance	pre-adolescent, prelude, precondition
pro-		favouring, in support of	pro-African
		acting for	proconsul
		motion forwards or away	propulsion
		before in time, place or order	prologue
re-		again	repaint, reappraise, reawake
semi-		half, partly	semicircle, semi-conscious
sub-	also suc-, suf-, sug-, sup-, sur-, sus-	at a lower position	submarine, subsoil
		lower in rank	sub-lieutenant
		nearly, approximately	sub-tropical
syn-	also sym-	in union, acting together	synchronize, symmetry
trans-		across, beyond	transnational, transatlantic
		into a different state	translate
ultra-		beyond	ultraviolet, ultrasonic
		extreme	ultramicroscopic
un-		not	unacceptable, unreal, unhappy, unmanned
		reversal or cancellation of action or state	unplug, unmask
under-		beneath, below	underarm, undercarriage
		lower in rank	undersecretary
		not enough	underdeveloped

Do you know about SUFFIXES?

A suffix goes at the end of a word. A prefix goes at the beginning

A suffix is a group of letters placed at the end of a word to make a new word. A suffix can make a new word in one of two ways:

1. inflectional (grammatical): for example, changing singular to plural (dog > dogs), or changing present tense to past tense (walk > walked). In this case, the basic meaning of the word does not change.
2. derivational (the new word has a new meaning, "derived" from the original word): for example, teach > teacher or care > careful

Inflectional suffixes

Inflectional suffixes do not change the meaning of the original word. So in "Every day I walk to school" and "Yesterday I walked to school", the words walk and walked have the same basic meaning. In "I have one car" and "I have two cars", the basic meaning of the words car and cars is exactly the same. In these cases, the suffix is added simply for grammatical "correctness". 

Look at these examples:

suffix	grammatical change	example original word	example suffixed word
-s	plural	dog	dogs
-en	plural (irregular)	ox	oxen
-s	3rd person singular present	like	he likes
-ed	past tense past participle	work	he worked he has worked
-en	past participle (irregular)	eat	he has eaten
-ing	continuous/progressive	sleep	he is sleeping
-er	comparative	big	bigger
-est	superlative	big	the biggest

Derivational suffixes

With derivational suffixes, the new word has a new meaning, and is usually a different part of speech. But the new meaning is related to the old meaning - it is "derived" from the old meaning.

We can add more than one suffix, as in this example:

derive (verb) + tion = derivation (noun) + al = derivational (adjective)

There are several hundred derivational suffixes. Here are some of the more common ones:

suffix	making	example original word	example suffixed word
-ation	nouns	explore hesitate	exploration hesitation
-sion		persuade divide	persuasion division
-er		teach	teacher
-cian		music	musician
-ess		god	goddess
-ness		sad	sadness
-al		arrive	arrival
-ary		diction	dictionary
-ment		treat	treatment
-y		jealous victor	jealousy victory
-al	adjectives	accident	accidental
-ary		imagine	imaginary
-able		tax	taxable
-ly		brother	brotherly
-y		ease	easy
-ful		sorrow forget	sorrowful forgetful
-ly	adverbs	helpful	helpfully
-ize	verbs	terror private	terrorize privatize
-ate		hyphen	hyphenate

Note that the suffix -er can convert almost any verb into the person or thing performing the action of the verb. For example: a teacher is a person who teaches, a lover loves, a killer kills, an observer observes, a walker walks, a runner runs; a sprinkler is a thing that sprinkles, a copier copies, a shredder shreds.

Back to the tenses!Because ...repetition is the mother of learning!

Bathroom.

So whenever you do a mistake (if you are learning british english ) ...say it's American! And the other way around,if you are learning american english and it happens to do a mistake ,say.. It's British! :)

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ANIMAL TERMS ⊂(￣(ｴ)￣)⊃

Animal Terms

Below you'll find typical terms that we use to refer to some of the more common animals. In some cases there are additional terms not shown here. The collective terms describe groups of the animal and are also known as "terms of venery". 

Animal	Plural	Male	Female	Young	Collective term (terms of venery)
ant	ants	winged male, aner	queen, worker	antling	a colony of ants, an army of ants
bat	bats	male	female	pup	a cloud of bats, a colony of bats
bear	bears	boar	sow	cub	a sleuth of bears, a sloth of bears
bee	bees	drone	queen, worker	larva, schadon, fry (plural noun)	a hive of bees, a swarm of bees
bird	birds	cock	hen	nestling, fledgling	a flock of birds, a flight of birds (in the air)
buffalo	buffalo, buffalloes, buffaloes	bull	cow	calf	a herd of buffalo
cat	cats	tom	queen	kitten	a clutter of cats
chicken	chickens	rooster	hen	chick	a brood of chickens, a flock of chickens
cow	cattle	bull	cow	calf	a herd of cattle
dog	dogs	dog	bitch	puppy, pup	a pack of dogs
dolphin	dolphins	bull	cow	pup	a school of dolphins
duck	ducks	drake	duck	duckling	a raft of ducks
elephant	elephants	bull	cow	calf	a herd of elephants
fish	fish, fishes	male	female	fry (plural noun)	a school of fish
fox	foxes	dog, reynard	vixen	cub	a troop of foxes, an earth of foxes
frog	frogs	male	female	tadpole, froglet	an army of frogs, a colony of frogs
goose	geese	gander	goose	gosling	a flock of geese, a gaggle of geese
goat	goats	billy (domestic), evec	nanny	kid	a flock of goats, a herd of goats
horse	horses	stallion, colt (young)	mare, filly (young)	foal	a herd of horses, a team of horses (in harness), a string of horses (for racing)
kangaroo	kangaroos	buck	doe	joey	a mob of kangaroos, a troop of kangaroos
lion	lions	lion	lioness	cub	a pride of lions
monkey	monkeys	male	female	infant	a troop of monkeys
owl	owls	male	female	owlet	a parliament of owls
ox	oxen	bull, steer (castrated)	cow	calf	a herd of oxen, a drove of oxen (when driven in a group), a team of oxen (in harness)
penguin	penguins	male	female	chick	a colony of penguins
person	people	man	woman	baby, infant	a crowd of people
pig	pigs	boar	sow	suckling, piglet	a herd of pigs, a flock of pigs
rabbit	rabbits	buck	roe	bunny, bunny rabbit	a colony of rabbits, a nest of rabbits, a warren of rabbits (strictly, where they live)
sheep	sheep	ram	ewe	lamb	a flock of sheep
tiger	tigers	tiger	tigress	cub, whelp	a streak of tigers, an ambush of tigers (fanciful*)
whale	whales	bull	cow	calf	a school of whales, a shoal of whales, a pod of whales (smaller groups)
wolf	wolves	dog	bitch	cub	a pack of wolves, a herd of wolves
zebra	zebra, zebras	stallion	mare	foal	a cohort of zebra, a herd of zebra

NORTH ,SOUTH ,EAST & WEST,what are these?

North, South, East & West

The Earth rotates around a north-south axis as you see on the right.

Most maps show North at the top and South at the bottom. To the left, isWest, and to the right is East.

North, South, East & West - Usage

Each of the points of the compass (north, south, east, west, south-east, north-west etc) can be:

• noun (The sun rises in the east.)
• adjective (It is sunny on the east coast.)
• adverb (We drove east for 50 miles.)

Look at some more example sentences:

Penguins live in the south.	noun
The wind is coming from the east.
He lives in the south-east of England.
He lives in South London.	adjective
The storm will reach the north-west coast tomorrow.
Polar bears live at the North Pole.
Penguins live at the South Pole.
Is the country South Africa in the south of the African continent?	adjective | noun
Our house faces south-west.	adverb
Our car broke down a mile east of the city.
He lives south of London.

Notice the difference between "in the south" and "to the south" or just "south":

• Paris is in the north of France.
• Sweden is north of France.
• Belgium is to the north of France.
• Canada is north of the USA.
• The USA is north of Mexico
• Mexico is south of the USA.
• Moscow is in the west of Russia.
• Europe is west of Russia.
• Europe is to the west of Russia.
• Shanghai is in the east of China.
• Japan is east of China.
• Japan is to the east of China.

Do you know how to ask about the time and how to tell it? If yes,good!! ,If no read and learn ! :)

Telling the Time

Asking the time

Here are some phrases you can use when you want to know the time:

• What's the time?
• What time is it?
• Have you got the right time?
• What time do you make it?

Telling the time

To tell someone what the time is, we can say "The time is..." or, more usually, "It's...". Here is a typical dialogue:

Question:	What's the time, please?
Answer:	It's three o'clock.

The chart below shows you two different ways to tell someone what the time is.

	more formal	less formal
	It's...	It's...
3.00	three o'clock	three
3.02	just gone three o'clock	three oh two
3.03	three minutes past three	three oh three
3.05	five past three	three oh five
3.09	nine minutes past three	three oh nine
3.10	ten past three	three ten
3.15	a quarter past three	three fifteen
3.20	twenty past three	three twenty
3.21	twenty-one minutes past three	three twenty-one
3.25	twenty-five past three	three twenty-five
3.30	half past three	three thirty
3.35	twenty-five to four	three thirty-five
3.40	twenty to four	three forty
3.45	a quarter to four	three forty-five
3.50	ten to four	three fifty
3.55	five to four	three fifty-five
3.57	three minutes to four	three fifty-seven
3.58	nearly four c'clock	three fifty-eight
4.00	four o'clock	four

Time

We measure time mainly with seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years:

1000 milliseconds	=	1 second
60 seconds	=	1 minute
60 minutes	=	1 hour
24 hours	=	1 day
7 days	=	1 week
28, 29, 30 or 31 days	=	1 month
365 or 366 days	=	1 year
12 months	=	1 year
10 years	=	1 decade
100 years	=	1 century
1000 years	=	1 millennium

DAY and NIGHT. When to use AM and when PM?

Day and Night

There are 24 hours in a day. The day is divided into "day(time)" and "night(-time)". Daytime is from sunrise (this varies, but we can say approximately 6am) to sunset (we can say approximately 6pm). Night-time is from sunset to sunrise.

Every day starts precisely at midnight. AM (Ante-Meridiem = before noon) starts just after midnight. PM (Post-Meridiem=after noon) starts just after midday. This means that 12am and 12pm have no meaning.

This diagram shows the cycle of a 24-hour day and the words we use to describe its parts. The day starts at midnight (at the bottom of the diagram).

The word day can have two meanings:

1. the 24 hours between one midnight and the next 

2. the time between sunrise and sunset (as distinct from night)

Days of the Week

The chart below shows the "days of the week" in English together with their normal abbreviations.

		Day of the Week	Abbreviation
days of the week (7 days)	weekdays (5 days)	Monday	Mon.	Mo.
		Tuesday	Tue.	Tu.
		Wednesday	Wed.	We.
		Thursday	Thu.	Th.
		Friday	Fri.	Fr.
	weekend (2 days)	Saturday	Sat.	Sa.
		Sunday	Sun.	Su.

Notice that days of the week and weekdays and are NOT the same:

• "Days of the week" are all 7 days from Monday to Sunday.
• "Weekdays" are only the 5 days from Monday to Friday.
• The "weekend" is Saturday and Sunday.

LET'S LEARN TOGETHER THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR!

Months of the Year

The table below shows the months of the year used in English-speaking countries and many other parts of the world. The list shows the order of the months, starting from January (month 1).

The abbreviations or short forms shown are the most common, but other abbreviations are possible, for example: Ja./Fe./Ma. or J./F./M.

The days column shows the number of days in the month. All months have 30 or 31 days, except for February which has 28 days (29 in a leap year).

Every fourth year, the month of February has 29 days instead of 28. This year is called a "leap year" and the 29th day of February is a "leap day". A leap year has 366 days instead of the usual 365. Most years that can be cleanly divided by four are leap years. 2016, 2020 and 2024, for example, are leap years.

	Month	Short Form	Days	Season
1	January	Jan.	31	Winter
2	February	Feb.	28/29
3	March	Mar.	31	Spring
4	April	Apr.	30
5	May	May	31
6	June	Jun.	30	Summer
7	July	Jul.	31
8	August	Aug.	31
9	September	Sep.	30	Autumn
10	October	Oct.	31
11	November	Nov.	30
12	December	Dec.	31	Winter

The seasons are approximate and depend on latitude. Some parts of the world have only three seasons. The seasons shown here are for the North Temperate Zone (for example North America). In the southern hemisphere, the seasons are reversed.

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Here are some typical phrases that you can use in a telephone conversation.

Telephone Language

Answering the phone	Hello? (informal) Thank you for calling Boyz Autobody. Jody speaking. How can I help you? Doctor's office.
Introducing yourself	Hey George. It's Lisa calling. (informal) Hello, this is Julie Madison calling. Hi, it's Gerry from the dentist's office here. This is she.* Speaking.* *The person answering says this if the caller does not recognize their voice.
Asking to speak with someone	Is Fred in? (informal) Is Jackson there, please? (informal) Can I talk to your sister? (informal) May I speak with Mr. Green, please? Would the doctor be in/available?
Connecting someone	Just a sec. I'll get him. (informal) Hang on one second. (informal) Please hold and I'll put you through to his office. One moment please. All of our operators are busy at this time. Please hold for the next available person.
Making special requests	Could you please repeat that? Would you mind spelling that for me? Could you speak up a little please? Can you speak a little slower please. My English isn't very strong. Can you call me back? I think we have a bad connection. Can you please hold for a minute? I have another call.
Taking a message for someone	Sammy's not in. Who's this? (informal) I'm sorry, Lisa's not here at the moment. Can I ask who's calling? I'm afraid he's stepped out. Would you like to leave a message? He's on lunch right now.Who's calling please? He's busy right now. Can you call again later? I'll let him know you called. I'll make sure she gets the message.
Leaving a message with someone	Yes, can you tell him his wife called, please. No, that's okay, I'll call back later. Yes, it's James from CompInc. here. When do you expect her back in the office? Thanks, could you ask him to call Brian when he gets in? Do you have a pen handy. I don't think he has my number. Thanks. My number is 222-3456, extension 12.
Confirming information	Okay, I've got it all down. Let me repeat that just to make sure. Did you say 555 Charles St.? You said your name was John, right? I'll make sure he gets the message.
Listening to an answering machine	Hello. You've reached 222-6789. Please leave a detailed message after the beep.Thank you. Hi, this is Elizabeth. I'm sorry I'm not available to take your call at this time. Leave me a message and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Thank you for calling Dr. Mindin's office. Our hours are 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday. Please call back during these hours, or leave a message after the tone. If this is an emergency please call the hospital at 333-7896.
Leaving a message on an answering machine	Hey Mikako. It's Yuka. Call me! (informal) Hello, this is Ricardo calling for Luke. Could you please return my call as soon as possible. My number is 334-5689. Thank you. Hello Maxwell. This is Marina from the doctor's office calling. I just wanted to let you know that you're due for a check-up this month. Please give us a ring/buzz whenever it's convenient.
Finishing a conversation	Well, I guess I better get going. Talk to you soon. Thanks for calling. Bye for now. I have to let you go now. I have another call coming through. I better run. I'm afraid that's my other line. I'll talk to you again soon. Bye.