1. He has been promoted in ________ of his hard work.
2. I´ve read the second and final ________ of Carmelo´s composition.
3. That girl shouldn´t tell _______. Otherwise, we won´t believe her when she´s telling the truth.
4. It _______ me that she always gets her own way.
5. I _______ that you don´t like her attitude.
6. The country was unable to _______ itself _______ enemy attack.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
"While we try to teach..."
"While we try to teach our children all about life,
our children teach us what life is all about"
This is a quotation by Angela Schwindt,
who has been a home-schooling mom in Oregon
Particularly, my daughter has taught me:
1. to relax
2. not to give importance to what is irrelevant: most adults´worries
3. to give importance to what is really relevant: storytelling, painting, running for no reason, laughing, jumping, hugging, kissing...
4. to admire and be happy looking at simple things like feathers, sticks, plastic bags moving in circles
5. to forget... bad-tempered moments
... and so on.
What have you learnt from children?
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
COMPLETE WITH THE CORRESPONDING PHRASAL VERB
(Sentences taken from Valid Choice, 2, page 56)
1. A recent survey in Spain has _______ some interesting results.
2. It shows that the majority of boys (60%) prefer girls to ______ them ______, rather than the other way round.
3. (...) For people who find it difficult to talk to others, SMS is an ideal way of ______ a conversation.
4. Another modern trend which is ______ in Britain and America is "speed-dating".
5. No information will be _____ unless both people express interest in each other.
VERBS (in alphabetical order)
ASK S.O. OUT-CATCHING ON-COME UP WITH-HANDED OVER-STRIKING UP
Monday, February 4, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
PLAY WITH ME
I tried to teach my child with books.He gave me only puzzled looks.
I tried to teach my child with words.They passed him by often unheard.
Despairingly, I turned aside."How shall I teach this child?" I cried.
Into my hand he put the key"Come," he said, "play with me."
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