Forum: Teaching ESL 
Jun 29th, 2009, 10:08 am
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Forum: English Questions
Jun 26th, 2009, 02:57 pm
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Views: 2,876  Re: Heal over/Heal up
Ana Laura,
I've found the definitions and examples in Cambridge dictionary of phrasal verbs.
heal up
if a wound or injury heals up, the injured part repairs itself and it becomes healthy again
I'm...
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Forum: English Questions
Jun 14th, 2009, 02:53 pm
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Views: 3,023 Re: Bored by
Yes. e.g. He seemed faintly bored by the whole process.
He was bored with their conversation.
Source: Dictionary of Collocations.
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Forum: English Questions
Jun 12th, 2009, 10:36 am
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Views: 3,496 Re: to be vs. being
Hi!
Perhaps this case refers to a possible use of present continuous: when you complain about bad habits.
e.g. You are always complaining about my cooking. (Vince)
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Jun 8th, 2009, 09:31 am
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Views: 9,777 Re: exercises pre-intermediate level
I can’t think of a game. Perhaps you can take Murphy’s law “if sth bad can happen, it will happen” begginings and make them guess the end. e.g. If you wash your car, it’ll rain; if you look for sth...
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Forum: English Questions
Jun 7th, 2009, 04:05 pm
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Forum: English Questions
Jun 7th, 2009, 10:53 am
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Views: 10,333 Re: Break off/Break up
Hi!
In my opinion, they are not synonyms.
Break sth off: to stop a relationship (relations/an engagement)
Break up:(marriage/ organization) If a marriage, group of people, or organization breaks...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Jun 2nd, 2009, 09:10 pm
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Views: 21,659 Re: Fun Adult Games!
Hi!
I‘ve tried this and it worked really well. They in turns pick up four or five irregular verbs that are upside down on my desk and write them down on the board in the past and past participle...
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Forum: English Questions
May 31st, 2009, 04:12 pm
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Views: 3,181 Re: when + a present situation
Thank you very much for your help!
About my username, this word came to my mind after trying other names such as "estrella" (star), my name, etc. But they were unavailable. In spite of its meaning,...
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Forum: English Questions
May 28th, 2009, 09:01 am
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Views: 3,676 Re: 'can' in the past tense - why not?
Hi!
I've found some examples that show the difference between could and was able to.
- We use could have to say we were able to do sth, but in fact we didn't.
He could have helped me, if he'd...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
May 27th, 2009, 10:28 am
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Forum: English Questions
May 27th, 2009, 08:06 am
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Views: 3,181 when + a present situation
I know the use of when, if, as soon as, until, etc. + present simple when we refer to future time.
Can I use "when" + present continuous in this case?
e.g. "I like the winter when it's...
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