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WELCOME WEDNESDAY - WE WELCOME YOUR QUESTIONS 🙂

Please ask us anything about the English language, or maybe something about the UK. We will answer as many questions as we can by next Wednesday. You can ask us about spelling, pronunciation, synonyms, tenses, etc.

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[Extra English @ExtraEnglishCH]

WELCOME WEDNESDAY - WE WELCOME YOUR QUESTIONS 🙂

Please ask us anything about the English language, or maybe something about the UK. We will answer as many questions as we can by next Wednesday. You can ask us about spelling, pronunciation, synonyms, tenses, etc.

#english

[Extra English @ExtraEnglishCH]

WELCOME WEDNESDAY - WE WELCOME YOUR QUESTIONS 🙂

Please ask us anything about the English language, or maybe something about the UK. We will answer as many questions as we can by next Wednesday. You can ask us about spelling, pronunciation, synonyms, tenses, etc.

#english

[Extra English @ExtraEnglishCH]

WELCOME WEDNESDAY - WE WELCOME YOUR QUESTIONS 🙂

Please ask us anything about the English language, or maybe something about the UK. We will answer as many questions as we can by next Wednesday. You can ask us about spelling, pronunciation, synonyms, tenses, etc.

#english

[Extra English @ExtraEnglishCH]

WELCOME WEDNESDAY - WE WELCOME YOUR QUESTIONS 🙂

Please ask us anything about the English language, or maybe something about the UK. We will answer as many questions as we can by next Wednesday. You can ask us about spelling, pronunciation, synonyms, tenses, etc.

#english

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TENSE TUESDAY – PAST PERFECT SIMPLE - to talk about an event taking place before a second event (both in the past).

They had cooked, but they hadn't cooked enough.
[They'd]

We hadn’t bought enough food and we ran out!

Had you eaten?
Why had you eaten?

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MODAL MONDAY – deduction about the past
“Where was Jane last night?”
She must have worked late!
She might have worked late!
She could have gone to the wrong restaurant
She may have felt ill.
She can’t have forgotten, I texted her.
See FB for more information
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SOUNDS SATURDAY – L
There are three ways L is pronounced.
A: calm B: lovely C: film
a silent L (A), a clear L (B) and a dark L (C), before a consonant sound.
The position of the tongue changes for each one - see FB or Insta for details and to do an exercise.
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PHRASAL VERB FRIDAY - WORDS WITH UP.

I OWNED UP to my mistake = I admitted making a mistake.
The boys PLAYED UP all through the meal = They behaved badly.
We are DOING UP our house = we are decorating the house.
He TALKED UP his new job, but it wasn't really that amazing.

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PHRASAL VERB FRIDAY
Phrasal verbs are multi-word verbs. They are made up of two or three words; when combined the meaning is often completely different to the meaning of the individual words. It can make English difficult to understand, so please ask if you need any help.

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WELCOME WEDNESDAY - WE WELCOME YOUR QUESTIONS 🙂

Please ask us anything about the English language, or maybe something about the UK. We will answer as many questions as we can by next Wednesday. You can ask us about spelling, pronunciation, synonyms, tenses, etc.

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MODAL MONDAY – TO DESCRIBE SUCCESS, ABILITY OR INABILITY

He COULD TELL which fruit was fresh.
We WERE ABLE TO TRY the fruit in the market.
He WASN’T ABLE TO TRY it in the supermarket.
He MANAGED TO FIND the stall and SUCCEEDED IN GETTING a good price.

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SOUNDS SATURDAY - homophones - same sound

here / hear
"Come HERE, I can't HEAR you when you are standing over tHERE!"

I remember this as the place HERE is found in the question WHERE and the place THERE?

The word HEAR has EAR in it, which you use for HEARING.

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PHRASAL VERB FRIDAY - WORDS WITH ROUND.

WIN ROUND - We finally won him round, after a lot of opposition.
RALLY ROUND - The neighbours rallied round when the family were isolating.

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[Extra English @ExtraEnglishCH]

PHRASAL VERB FRIDAY
Phrasal verbs are multi-word verbs made up of two or three words. When combined the meaning is often completely different to the meaning of the individual words. It can make English difficult to understand, so please ask if you need any help.

#learnenglish

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WELCOME WEDNESDAY - WE WELCOME YOUR QUESTIONS 🙂

Please ask us anything about the English language, or maybe something about the UK. We will answer as many questions as we can by next Wednesday. You can ask us about spelling, pronunciation, synonyms, tenses, etc.

#english

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Did you get it right?

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PHRASAL VERB FRIDAY

Which verb can go with all these phrases?

Write your suggestions below and we'll post the answer later.

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WELCOME WEDNESDAY - WE WELCOME YOUR QUESTIONS 🙂

Please ask us anything about the English language, or maybe something about the UK. We will answer as many questions as we can by next Wednesday. You can ask us about spelling, pronunciation, synonyms, tenses, etc.

#english

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TENSE TUESDAY–PAST PERFECT
to talk about an action that happened before another action.
The past perfect action always happened first.
Form: Subject + HAD/HADN’T + PAST PARTICIPLE
e.g. Rain HADN'T BEEN forecast, but it rained heavily and we got wet.
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