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Quelle piccole parole fastidiose…

Vocabulary 🔤 - Level: Elementary

Esiste un gruppo particolare di parole fondamentali e comunissime in inglesi che danno sempre problemi a chi è alle prime armi con la lingua (e anche ai livelli più alti a dire il vero!).

Sto parlando dei subject pronouns, object pronouns e possessivi. Facciamo un piccolo ripasso…

Subject pronouns

Questi pronomi vengono usati davanti ad un verbo per descrivere il soggetto della frase.

I love English ,

You love English

He loves English

She loves English

It loves English

We love English

They love English

Object pronouns

Questi pronomi vengono usati dopo un verbo per descrivere l’oggetto della frase.

Give the cake to me

I’ll give the cake to you

Give it to him

Give it to her

Keep it

Give it to us

Give it to them

Possessive adjectives

Questi aggettivi vengono usati prima di un oggetto per descrivere a chi possiede.

It’s my office

It’s your office

It’s his office

It’s her office

Everything’s in its place

It’s our office

It’s their office

Possessive pronomi

Questi pronomi invece sono molto simili agli aggettivi che abbiamo appena visto, ma vengono usati quando non c’è bisogno di ripetere l’oggetto. Diciamo semplicemente…

It’s mine

It’s yours

It’s his

It’s hers

L’equivalente forma per “it” non esiste 🤷‍♂️ 

It’s ours

It’s theirs

Let’s practice 🎲 

Mettiti alla prova con questo quiz interattivo. Come funziona? Clicca su una domanda, decidi quale parola manca tra i subject pronouns, object pronouns e possessives poi clicca su “Check 🔍️ “ per controllare la risposta.

Riesci a beccare tutt’e 14? Ma ceeerto! 💪 

Let’s get on with it!

Vocabulary 🔤 - Level: Intermediate

If you’ve spent any time at all learning English, you’ll have noticed that the word get is everywhere.

It has lots of different meanings depending on the context, but today we’re going to focus on some common examples of phrasal verbs that use the word get.

But of course, phrasal verbs like get up, get on, get off, are far too easy for you, so I’ve chosen a collection of phrasal verbs that are a little bit more difficult 😉 

Click on the worksheet below and try to match the phrases 1-10 on the left with the phrases a-j on the right to create full and meaningful sentences.

Off you go, get on with it!

Click here to access the interactive worksheet 📝 

Let’s chat 💬 

Now it’s time to do a bit of practice. Choose at least 3 of the questions below and reply to this email with your answers, and I’ll correct them for you. Let’s go!

1. How do you usually get by when life throws you curveballs?

2. Have you ever experienced an embarrassing moment? Of course you have! Did you get over it or does it still haunt you?

3. What's your secret to getting away from the chaos and finding your zen?

4. How would you get rid of an unwanted houseguest?

5. Does remote working let you get away with anything you wouldn’t be able to do in the office?

6. What's your best strategy for 'getting out of a situation'? (like an unwanted invitation or meeting you don’t want to attend!)

7. Do you find it easy to get on with new people, or does it take a while for you to warm up to them?

8. So, have you gotten into any new hobbies lately?

9. What mischief did you get up to last weekend? Anything wild and adventurous?

Do you always have to correct your mistakes?

Listening 🎧️ - Level: Advanced

First of all, everyone makes mistakes, especially while speaking in a foreign language. But is it always a problem if you make a mistake? And should you always interrupt the conversation to correct yourself?

Watch the following video and try to understand the answer to these questions:

1. What is a type 1 mistake?

2. What is a type 2 mistake?

3. Should a type 1 mistake be corrected immediately?