Feelings in English

Some Emotions in English to Describe Your Positive or Negative Feelings.

                                             

                 Bored

Happy

Relaxed

Sad

Stressed

Tired

Embarressed

Afraid

Surprised

Worried

                                   Aren’t they cute?

Numbers

                           

               

Learn English Through Debates and Speeches

What about learning English from presidential debate and speech videos?

You can listen to each sentence or phrase multiple times to help you comprehend what is being said.

You can use this program for a "listen and repeat" practice to help you master natural American intonation, rhythm patterns and pronunciation.

Words that you don't know can be "copied and pasted" into your favorite online dictionary.

Enjoy it!

                                          

 Watch highlights of the first of three debates between Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican candidate Donald Trump.

                                       

Barack Obama spoke to the nation as president for the last time on Tuesday. He reflects on some of the successes and frustrations of his presidency. And he says the work of democracy has always been hard. Here are the highlights.

                                       

First Lady Michele Obama gave her final speech at the White House Friday. It was a ceremony for high school counselors who demonstrated leadership skills. It's part of the First Lady's "Reach Higher" program to promote education. She spoke of the importance of a college education and hope.

Michelle Obama gave her last commencement address as First Lady of the United States at the City College of New York. Listen as she talks about education and diversity in America.

Jokes

             

Who's driving this car?

A man is driving with his wife at his side and his mother-in-law in the backseat. The women just won't leave him alone. His mother-in-law says, "You're driving too fast!" His wife says, "Stay more to the left."

After ten mixed orders, the man turns to his wife and asks, "Who's driving this car? You or your mother?"

              

                                 Facebook Love

My ex and I had a very amicable divorce. I know this because when I wrote the Facebook status "I'm getting a divorce," he was the first one to click Like.

                

                    The Three Week Diet

A man says to a friend, "My wife is on a three-week diet."

"Oh, yeah? How much has she lost so far?" asks his pal.

He replies, "Two weeks."

                   

                           At the Airport

Tourist: How much is it to the Airport?

Taxi driver: That's five pounds twenty.

Tourist: And how much is it for the luggage?

Taxi driver: The luggage, of course, is free.

Tourist: All right, just take that stuff along. I'm walking.

Direct or Indirect Speech

          

 DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH

Direct and indirect speech can be a source of confusion for English learners. 

Let's first define the terms, then look at how to talk about what someone said, and how to convert speech from direct to indirect or vice-versa.

You can answer the question What did he say? in two ways:

• by repeating the words spoken (direct speech)
• by reporting the words spoken (indirect or reported speech).

DIRECT SPEECH

Direct speech repeats, or quotes, the exact words spoken. When we use direct speech in writing, we place the words spoken between quotation marks (" ") and there is no change in these words. We may be reporting something that's being said NOW (for example a telephone conversation), or telling someone later about a previous conversation.

EXAMPLES

• She says, "What time will you be home?"
• She said, "What time will you be home?" and I said, "I don't know! "
• "There's a fly in my soup!" screamed Simone.
• John said, "There's an elephant outside the window."

INDIRECT SPEECH

Reported or indirect speech is usually used to talk about the past, so we normally change the tense of the words spoken. We use reporting verbs like 'say', 'tell', 'ask', and we may use the word 'that' to introduce the reported words. Inverted commas are not used.

She said, "I saw him." (direct speech) = She said that she had seen him. (indirect speech)

'That' may be omitted:
She told him that she was happy. = She told him she was happy.

'SAY' AND 'TELL'

Use 'say' when there is no indirect object:
He said that he was tired.

Always use 'tell' when you say who was being spoken to (i.e. with an indirect object):
He told me that he was tired.

'TALK' AND 'SPEAK'

Use these verbs to describe the action of communicating:
He talked to us.
She was speaking on the telephone.

Use these verbs with 'about' to refer to what was said:
He talked (to us) about his parents.

Home Improvement Fails

Some Home Improvement     Fails

The double switch plate

We understand not wanting to make another trip to hardware store, but come on, people.

The inconvenient cabinets

These drawers seem to be installed nice and snuggly. Too bad nobody will be able to open them.

The interrupting tree

  

These homeowners went so green, they don't even care if they can't get to their cars.

The wonky door knob.

There are rules to installing these types of door handles, guys. They are not reversible.

The missing door

This entry is almost perfect. The only thing missing from it is an entrance.

 The toilet notch

This is what happens when you realize your measurements were off, but starting over is just not an option.

The ill-placed spout

First lesson in home improvement: Water and electricity don't mix.

The accident waiting to happen

It's not a great sign when your weekend project turns into a balancing act.

The missing door

This entry is almost perfect. The only thing missing from it is an entrance.

Commonly Confused Words Part III

                                                       which or what

When do we use which and what?

Word	Explanation	Example
which	You have a limited choice of things.	Which lemonade do you like – green or pink?
what	You have an unlimited choice of things.	What lemonade do you like?

With nouns that refer to people, sometimes which is used – even if there is an unlimited choice.

It is often possible to use what or which, like in the following example.

• What is the largest country in the world?
• Which is the largest country in the world?

BUT – if you choose sth from a group of things, use which.

• Here are three apples. Which one would you like?

who's or whose

When do we use who's and whose?

Word	Explanation	Example
who's	contracted form of who is	Who's from Wales? = Who is from Wales?
	contracted form of who has	Who's broken the window? = Who has broken the window?
whose	possessive	Whose textbook is this?

this, that – these, those

When do we use the this and that – these/those?

We use:

• this and that in the singular,
• these and those in the Plural.

Generally speaking, we use this/these to refer to people and things, situations and experiences that are close to the speaker or very close in time. We use that/those to refer to people and things, situations and experiences that are more distant, either in time or physically.

• This is a great game. (We are watching the game.)
• That was a great game. (The game is over.)

The demonstrative determiner and the demonstrative pronoun

demonstrative determiner (together with a noun): This book is new.

demonstrative pronoun (stand on its own): This is a new book.