Friday 26 October 2018

ON THE WAY OUT

on the/one's way out soon to be replaced by someone or something else; no longer successful, popular, or effective; becoming unfashionable, obsolete, unfashionable, obsolescent, etc.; dying;
When something is "trending down" or "losing popularity," it is said to be "on its way out." If it is a product, maybe it is still available in stores, but it isn't the most popular or talked about item and is losing momentum against some new trend.

The old type of passport is on its way out.
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Tuesday 9 October 2018

MEMORABLE






















Quite a lot of students have difficulty pronouncing adjectives ending in -able.
As a rule DO NOT pronounce the ending as /eɪb(ə)l/  
(only the adjectives able /'eɪb(ə)l/ and unable /ʌnˈeɪb(ə)l/ are pronounced like that.) 
It is also very important to know where the stress goes in each word. 

Here you have a few examples with the stressed syllable in bold. Listen to the pronunciation and repeat! 

  suitable /ˈsuːtəbl/
  edible /ˈedəbl/
  comfortable /ˈkʌmftəbl/
  memorable /ˈmemərəbl/
  noticeable /ˈnəʊtɪsəbl/
  affordable /əˈfɔːdəbl/
  recyclable /ˌriːˈsaɪkləbl/
  advisable /ədˈvaɪzəbl/
  vulnerable /ˈvʌlnərəbl/
  believable /bɪˈliːvəbl/ unbelievable  /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl/

  bio/ˈbaɪəʊ/ gradable/ˈɡreɪdəblbiodegradable/ˌbaɪəʊdɪˈɡreɪdəbl/





 C1 level_photocopies from 8th October

Saturday 6 October 2018

OUT OF PRACTICE

























out of practice phrase If you are out of practice at doing something, you have not had much experience of it recently, although you used to do it a lot or be quite good at it.
'How's your German?'—'Not bad, but I'm out of practice.'
I'd love to play tennis with you, but I'm really out of practice.
Synonyms: rusty, not up to scratch, unpractised

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A1 LEVEL_photocopies from 2nd & 4th October
C1 LEVEL_photocopies from 4th October 

Monday 1 October 2018

FROM DUSK TO DAWN



dusk the time just before night when the daylight has almost gone but when it is not completely dark.

dawn /dɔːn/ the time of day when light first appears in the sky, just before the sun rises.