Typical Recent Mistakes

 1. Remember that when an "i" and "e" are next to each other in a word the "I" usually comes before the "e", unless it is after a "e".

Ex: achieve, receive

2. Semicolon usage

- To avoid confusion with numbers:

Add the following: $ 1.25; $ 7.50; and $ 12.89.

- Before explanatory words or abbreviations - namely: We are able to supply you with two different gauges of nylon stockings; namely, 45 and 51.

- To separate short Statements of contract:

War is destructive; peace is constructive.

3. Still

The word "still" is used as a transition word to show exception.

Ex: I tried again and still I failed.

My Daily Vocabulary

 Hello guys!!! Hope you enjoy your holidays and find some time to do this short activity.))) The words in bold are of high frequency. Don't forget about the grammar!

bash

console

fumble

grueling

jittery

linger

locum

ogle

one's heart in one's throat

rimmed

slump

soar

stint

swipe (at)

worried sick

1. He still had another three months of his ___ position left.

2. He had one more ___ on the island, so they had to continue to work together.

3. Since he'd left the island, she'd tried her best to ___ herself with his friendship, but a part of her knew she'd taken the coward's way out that day.

4. Meg started running too, ____.

5. Summer wanted to trace it with her fingers, then immediately commit it to canvas so she could ___ it for the rest of her life.

6. She wasn't expecting anyone, and since receiving a disturbing call from a prosecuting attorney last week, her nightmares and ____ nerves had returned with a vengeance.

7. Meg's heart ____.

8. Sam ____ next to Paula's chair.

9. Her red ___ and swollen eyes spoke of the tears she had shed.

10. Paula ____ in her chair.

11. I'm ____ about Derrick.

12. Her frustration grew as she ____ with the lock.

13. It was ___.

13. It was going to be the best surprise fortieth birthday ____ ever.

14. Paula ____ at her eyes.

Key: 1. locum; 2. stint; 3. console; 4. her heart in her throat; 5. ogle;6.littery; 7.soared; 8.lingered; 9. rimmed ; 10. slumped; 11. worried sick; 12. fumbled; 13. grueling; 14. bash; 15. swiped.

 

My Daily Vocabulary

 Hello guys!!! Enjoy this new vocabulary task!! Fill the gaps with suitable words. Mind the grammar!

adamant

casualty

confide (in)

DOA-dead on arrival

dogsbody

foul play

knoll

muster

nascent

offal

shove

skid

* words in bold are of high-frequency

1. As the Southern REscue helicopter took their ___ over the Foreaux Strait, the sea separating Stewart Island from the larger South Island of New Zealand, Cam turned to Meg.

2. To his right he saw a high, steep ___ covered with scrubby grass.

3. Although many of Lomb's principles have been corroborated by SLA research, the preceding points- the value of extensive reading at ___  learning stages - remain relatively unexplored.

4. Today's star is beef ____ for 512 yen.

5. Like Meg, Harold had been born on the island and following his diagnosis, was ____ he wanted to die there, surrounded by the place and people he loved.

6. Two passengers had been ____ at the hospital.

7. Any evidence of ___ in the van or at the scene?

8. My parents went out to dinner, ___ on ice, and rolled off the road.

9. Maybe he shouldn't have ____ in her about his past, his fiance, whose love was also ripped away while Cam had been distracted by grief.

10. But Cam's mind cleared as he ____ his pain down where it belonged.

11. As a full-time manager, part-time therapist, housekeeper, general ___ to her baby sister, Summer thought she'd seen it all from behind the scenes in the comfort of jeans, sweaters, and, most importantly, comfy sneakers.

12. It was as if neither of them had been able to ____ the will to fight for a future.

Key: 1. casualty; 2. knoll;3. nascent;4. offal; 5.adamant; 6. DOA; 7. foul play;8. skidded; 9.confided; 10.shoved; 11. dogsbody; 12. mustered

My Daily Vocabulary

 Fill the gaps with suitable words.

adamant

alleviate

confide (in)

dire

don

graft

offal

on-ramp

pertinent

shove

skid (mark)

square

smattering

wince

* words in bold are of high-frequency

1. We'll look at doing some skin ____ at a later date, but hopefully Miss Chloe will be out of here soon.

2. The Battalion had a few older men, veterans of the Great War, but most of the soldiers were working-class boys without even the Officer Training Corps experience that Bernie and the ___ of other public -  school men possessed.

3. But the Russian was ____, his face set.

4. Put the garlic on top of the ___.

5. Meg ___ at the panicked tone of Jan's voice, abandoned her breakfast and stood.

6. To her relief, Cam quickly ____ his coat.

7. Panic froze Meg's veins as she navigated the short drive to the Stevenses' home, outlining Harold's ___ medical history for Cam.

8. He'd often ____ in Meg that he hated hospitals.

9. It was only a few hundred yards from the ___ to the interstate.

10. The black ____ suggested the driver had tried to make a sudden stop.

11. His prognosis was ___.

12. Cam ___ his fingers through his hair.

13. The disease has obviously advanced since he last saw the respiratory specialist, but there are things that could be done to ___ his current symptoms.

14. She ____ her shoulders.

Key:1. grafts;2. smattering; 3.adamant;4. offal; 5. wince; 6. donned; 7. pertinent; 8. confided; 9. on-ramp; 10. skid marks; 11. dire; 12. shoved; 13. alleviate; 14. squared.

 

New Vocabulary Task

Fill the gaps with suitable words.

 abate

buck

casualty

corroborate

DOA

femur

knoll

rear

slit

squeal

throb

topple

1. As they fitted the splint together and prepared their ____ for transportation to hospital, Cam watched Meg with fascination.

2. The Republic had held a strong opposition, on top of a hill that sloped down steeply to the Jarama river valley, dotted with little ___ and planted with olive trees.

3. Although many of Lomb's principles have been ____ by SLA research, the preceding points - the value of extensive reading at nascent learning stages - remain relatively unexplored.

4. Two ____, one in critical condition.

5. He felt the ____ of them in his brain.

6. He tried to open his eyes, but he couldn't manage, more than a narrow ____ that allowed the flashing lights to pierce his head.

7. The ___ of a tow truck jerked her attention back to the ongoing activity only yards away.

8. It's enough that we go into each and every day knowing that there is no one to pass the ___ to.

9. With a shriek and flailing of arms, the woman ____ into the water.

10.  The highest calling of a physician has always been to identify the disease process at its earliest moment of inception through skill, judgment, and wisdom, and to ____ the problem with surgery, medicine, or irradiation.

11. When she cut the damp trousers from his injured leg with scissors, the compound fracture of the ___ gave both Meg and him pause.

12. A breeding pair will reunite year after year to ___ their chicks.

Key: 1. casualty; 2. knoll; 3 .corroborate; 4. DOA; 5. slit; 6. squel; 7. buck; 8. topple; 9. abate; 10. femur; 11. rear

Check your vocabulary

 Hello guys!!! Let's revise our vocabulary!!! complete the gaps with the given words.  Mind the grammar and enjoy!!!

affluent

beau 

blurt out

brine

callow

corral

cove

delude

dispense (with)

dissuade

frond

glazier

impeccable

invincible

lanky

lavish

meddlesome

muse

oblong

on a whim

rueful

shoddy

suffuse

tangles

1.  The ___ was scared of me.
2. How can such a person not be ___?
3. But we must ____ not only unnecessary actions but necessary thoughts, too, so needless acts don't tag along after them
4. As much as Maria loved her ____ aunts, there was no denying that they were the bane of her existence.
5. That time had chiseled his features and smoothed away the youthful ____ in his limbs so that he looked like an overly flattering portrait of himself.
6. There was no graceful, polite way to extricate herself from the prospect of spending the remainder of the afternoon in the company of her former ___.
7. She trailed after him, aware of the ___ nature of this place.
8. The deep ___ quiet of it all.
9. It was palatal - though not, she ____, for a person who had his own palace.
10. Perhaps this was the equivalent of a ____ old hostel for a man like Cajetan.
11. Cajetan gazed at the feast, then at her, and there was something almost ___ in his gaze.
12. "Oh, don't", Maria ___, half a second before her brain caught up with her mouth.
13. Not that I don't appreciate the effect, but could we ___ with the pleasantries?
14. Only Cajetan who had to remind himself that he was a grown up man, not a ___ adolescent who had never been in the presence of a woman before.
15. At least, that was what the prolonged silence indicated as the two of them continued making their way through ___ of palms and vines.
16. The truth, which she hadn't bothered to share with her aunts, or anyone else in her family lest they try to ___ her, was that was no ordinary walk.
17. Pushing one last palm ___ aside, Maria stepped through the tangle of gree and emerged into a spot on a cliff above a sheltered cove.
18. The last time Maria had seen it, it had lain beneath the brilliant blue waters of the ___, its broken mast jutting out so close to the surface that Maria had been able to dive down and touch it.
19. The landed far below, in a cramped, airless space that smelled of ____ and seaweed.
20. I don't ever do things ____.
21. In addition to all above-mentioned fruits and nuts, half of an ____ Russian olive stone was recorded from Rabat - 4.
22. "A shipwreck?" Enrique repeated, his voice ____ with fury.
23. I saw I had been ___ in thinking that we would've been anything, but a mistake.
24. Half a dozen young ladies of good families and ___ manners, all of whom sported smooth air, delicate gold jewelry and impeccable frocks in shades of white and ivory.

Key: 1 glazier; 2 invincible; 3 corral; 4 meddlesome; 5 lankiness; 6 beau; 7 lavish; 8 affluent; 9 mused; 10 shoddy; 11 rueful; 12 blurted out; 13 dispense; 14 callow; 15 tangles; 16 dissuade; 17 frond; 18 cove; 19 brine; 20 on a whim; 21 oblong; 22 suffused; 23 deluded; 24 impeccable.

When to double the final consonant?

 If a word of more than one syllable ends with a short vowel and one consonant,

• DOUBLE THE FINAL CONSONANT before adding a suffix that begins with a

vowel if the accent is on the last syllable.

• DO NOT DOUBLE THE FINAL CONSONANT if the accent is not on the last syllable or if the suffix begins with a consonant.

Double the Final Consonant

-ing, -ed -ence, -ent -ance -al

befitting abhorrence acquittance acquittal

befogged concurrent admittance transmittal

committing excellence remittance noncommittal

compelled intermittent transmittance

controlling occurrence

impelling recurrent

incurred

omitting -er -en -able

permitted beginner forbidden controllable

propelling propeller forgotten forgettable

regretted transmitter regrettable

submitting

Do NOT Double the Final Consonant

ENDING IN TWO VOWELS ACCENT NOT SUFFIX BEGINS

TWO CONSO- BEFORE THE ON THE FINAL WITH A

NANTS CONSONANT SYLLABLE CONSONANT

-ing, -ed -ing, -ed -ing, -ed -ment

consenting concealing benefiting allotment

converted contained blossomed annulment

demanding detaining differed commitment

diverted disdained gathered deferment

requesting refraining limiting equipment

subsisted remounted profited interment

supplanting restraining quarreling preferment

supported retained soliciting

transcending revealing summoned