Mr Ed

[Mr Ed @CoachEdsEnglish]

The author’s first novel had such a …. Story that critics quickly dismissed the author as a ….

a. hackeyed … professional
b. suspenseful … poseur
c. transparent … scamp
d. trite … hack

Can you fill in the blanks? 📝

#EnglishExercise #novel

[Mr Ed @CoachEdsEnglish]

“A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.”
- Leo Buscaglia (1924-1998), American author and motivational speaker.

Today is World Friendship Day! 👯

Mention your best friend in comment and tell them how they mean to you. 👇

#Quotes #FriendshipDay #bestfriend

[Mr Ed @CoachEdsEnglish]

Here’s another example for homograph~ 💭

Fine
(adj.) good quality, healthy or sunny day.

Fine
(n.) a charge that must be paid as a punishment for not obeying a rule or law.

e.g.:
it’s a fine day for a ride, but slow down as you don’t want to receive a fine for speeding. 🏍️

[Mr Ed @CoachEdsEnglish]

A: Knock, knock.
B: Who’s there?
A: Hatch.
B: Hatch who?
A: Bless you. 💦

Rate this jokes on scale from 1-10! 🤣

#Jokes #funny #lol #cold #flu

[Mr Ed @CoachEdsEnglish]

A contraction is a shortened version of a pair of words --- these words make your English sound more “cool”, you know. ✨

For example, "outta" --- a shortened form of "out of" that is usually used in informal conversations. It is never written formally.

#Contraction #outta

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Have you and your friends argued about words or the meaning of words? That's called "logomacy". 🔤

This is one of the words that is rarely used in English language. ✨

#RareWord #Vocabulary

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Did you know?

The zebra's stripes are known to protect it from blood-sucking insects, as well as acting as camouflage. 🧛

This method is also used by remote tribal communities in Africa, Australia and Papua New Guinea who paint their bodies monochrome. 🦓

#Trivia #Zebra

[Mr Ed @CoachEdsEnglish]

Here are formal verbs you can use to replace informal ones when in a professional environment. 💼

#Formal #Informal

[Mr Ed @CoachEdsEnglish]

Did you know?

The word "supercilious" comes from the Latin for eyebrow, "supercilium", which supercilious people often raise. 🤔

#Etymology

[Mr Ed @CoachEdsEnglish]

Some words just can’t be translated into English using a single word. For example, "pelinti"

You know that thing you do where you unwittingly bite into something piping hot, and you start pushing it around in your mount? That's is what pelinti means. 🍕

#Vocabulary #Food

[Mr Ed @CoachEdsEnglish]

WIP is a short form of 'work in progress' -- usually used to describe a project that is not yet finished.

e.g.:
Person A: How is your painting coming along?
Person B: It's still WIP.

#Vocabulary

[Mr Ed @CoachEdsEnglish]

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." 📚

- Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), President of South Africa

#Quotes #NelsonMandela #Education

[Mr Ed @CoachEdsEnglish]

The main difference is that "during" is followed by a noun and "while" is followed by a clause (subject + verb)

Take the example:
❌She slept during watching the movie.
✔️She slept while watching the movie.
✔️She slept during the movie.

#EnglishTips

[Mr Ed @CoachEdsEnglish]

Here are some differences between British and American English words for sweets that may be useful. 🇬🇧

Which words do you use often? 🇺🇸

#UKvsUS #Sweets

[Mr Ed @CoachEdsEnglish]

“Ten teeny tiny tin teeth.”

Show off your English Language skills by saying the #tonguetwister above -- out loud, quickly and repeatedly. 🛎️

Tell us below how many times you can say it without making an error. 👇

#Challenge

[Mr Ed @CoachEdsEnglish]

Sight
(n.) seeing someone or something; something can be seen.

Site
(n.) a constructed area or space; a place where particular event or activity is occuring.

e.g.:
Your dad almost lost sight of you when you visited the construction site with him. 🏗️

#Homophone #sight #site

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This phrase is used to point out that someone or something is still significant, despite being mentioned last in a list of people or things. 📋

e.g.:
Last but not least, I’d like to introduce my grandma, Diana. 🍪

#Phrase #Idiom #Expression

[Mr Ed @CoachEdsEnglish]

Some examples of the "fore-" prefix. 🧐

These are examples of the predix "fore-", which refer to "before".

#Affix #Prefix

[Mr Ed @CoachEdsEnglish]

Here's another word to increase your vocabulary, "serendipity" 💭

This beautiful word means finding something valuable without looking for it, like when you find a long lost phone in an unexpected place. 📱

Have you ever experienced serendipity before?

#Vocabulary #Serendipity

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Which one is correct? Something or anything? 💬

Write your answer below and mention your friends~

#EnglishExercise #Question