Opportunities to Learn
Put the words in the right order:
1. chocolate I like never to used .
2. at for is Jane me station the train waiting .
3. account from I like my out savings take to would $100 .
4. great a is Mike such guy .
5. but I has Henry have never Pacific Ocean seen the , .
This is a common expression, both on its own and as a part of a larger sentence.
Be careful with it, because neither “you” nor “tell” means what you might think at first.
“You” here is the generic you; it doesn’t mean the speaker is actually talking to someone. Spanish often uses either “tú” or the reflexive in these cases.
Each sentence has a mistake: find it and fix it!
It’s been ten years since I didn’t see him.
I’m thinking on traveling to Istanbul in April.
I enjoy writting.
My wife cooks very well. His favorite dish is bacalao a la vizcaína.
This expression is used when you allow someone to ride in your car and you take them where they need to go.
“Could you please give me a lift to the airport tomorrow? I don’t want to pay for a taxi.”
Put the words in the right order. Make sure to put the adverb in the right spot!
at / I /mall / shopping / the / went / Yesterday
always / cinema / has / Jeffery / loved / the
do / start / usually / When / work / you /?
almost / I / never / TV / watch
Find the mistake in each sentence and fix it!
What means this word?
I make my homework every night.
He only listens music in the car.
Jane wants that I go.
This is a great expression to tell someone to not wait or expect something to happen. Literally, to hold one’s breath means that one fills up the lungs and doesn’t breathe in or out. Figuratively, it means that whatever you’re waiting for will take so long that you’ll need to breathe before it will ever happen.
Find the mistake in each sentence and fix it!
I have lived there until 1999.
Who did sing “Imagine”?
The life is beautiful.
He is an special person.
It’s raining all day!
This expression is a piece of advice on how to get revenge. Normally, one gets revenge while extremely angry. This piece of wisdom instead suggests that instead of being mean or rude, we should be extremely and genuinely nice and polite to the wrongdoer.
– “I can’t believe how incompetent you are! Even a 5-year-old could do this better than you! You’re useless!!!”
These words are confusing because “sensible” is a false friend.
– Sensitive means that a thing or person notices every little thing; it can also mean a person is emotionally fragile, and starts crying very easily.
– Sensible describes something that is reasonable and logical.