Reading: Friendship

Vocabulary
spouse- husband or wife
bond- connection, something that makes two things stick together
twin spirit- someone very similar to you
stranger- someone you don't know at all
acquaintance- someone you don't know very well
right away- immediately
in common- things that you like or dislike are the same

Reading
Quotes about friendship:

Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

Some friends come into our lives for just a short time. Others come and stay forever.

Dictate: The Mailbox

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Listening the Audio and write it in a notebook. Listen as many times as you need.

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Vocabulary: Adverbs

Adverbs are an important part of speech. They usually answer questions such as how?, where?, when?, how often? and how much?

What is an Adverb?An adverb is a word that tells us more about a verb. It "qualifies" or "modifies" a verb (The man ran quickly). In the following examples, the adverb is in bold and the verb that it modifies is in italics.

Little / a little / few / a few

The expressions a little and a few mean some. The key to make sure you are using little and few properly consider that a noun is in singular, we use a little (i.e. a little money) and if the noun is in plural, we use a few (i.e. a few friends)

Countable / Uncountable Nouns

In connection with a little / a few people often speak of countable nouns and uncountable nouns.
Countable nouns have a singular and a plural form. In plural, these nouns can be used with a number (that's why they are called 'countable nouns'). Countable nouns take a few.

Example:

4 friends – a few friends

Uncountable nouns can only be used in singular. These nouns cannot be used with a number (that's why they are called 'uncountable nouns'). Uncountable nouns take a little.

Present Simple

The Structure of Present Simple changes based on the type of sentences: Positive, Negative and Question

• Positive: Personal Pronoun + Conjugated Verb + rest of the sentence

i.e.: She works at home

• Negative: Personal Pronoun + To Do Conjugated + Not  + Verb + rest of the sentence

i.e.: She does not (= doesn't) work at home

• Question: To Do Conjugated + Personal Pronoun + Verb + rest of the sentence

i.e.: Does she work at home? 

#1 Excercise: Find an exercise here: EXERCISES PRESENT SIMPLE POSITIVE
#2 Excercise: Find an exercise here: EXERCISES PRESENT SIMPLE POSITIVE
#3 Excercise: Find an exercise here: EXERCISES PRESENT SIMPLE QUESTION
#4 Excercise: Find an exercise here: EXERCISES PRESENT SIMPLE QUESTION
#5 Excercise: Find an exercise here: EXERCISES PRESENT SIMPLE QUESTIONS NEGATIVE 
#6 Excercise: Find an exercise here: EXERCISES PRESENT SIMPLE QUESTIONS NEGATIVE  

Linkers in English

Contrast

.     In spite of / Despite Link two contrasting ideas. Followed by a noun phrase. 

.     Although / (Even) though Link two contrasting ideas. Followed by a sentence. 

.     However / Nevertheless / Still / Yet / Even so / On the contrary / In contrast. Introduce a new idea which marks a contrast with previously stated ideas. Introduced by a comma. 

.     On the one hand ... On the other hand. Links two contrasting ideas / paragraphs. 

.     In contrast to / Contrary to. Link two contrasting ideas. Followed by a noun phrase. 

.     Whereas Link two contrasting ideas. Not separated by commas. 

Reason and cause

.     Because / As / Since / Seeing that Introduce a sentence. Subordinate sentences introduced by because always appear in final position. 

.     Because of / On account of / Owing to / Due to. Introduce a noun phrase. 

Purpose

.     In order to / So as to Introduce an infinitive of purpose.

.     In order that / So that Introduce a sentence. 

Consequence

    . Consequently / As a consequence / As a result / Therefore   

    . As a consequence of / As a result of Followed by a noun phrase. 

.     So Introduces a sentence. No commas.   

Addition

    . Moreover / Furthermore / In addition / Besides / What's more Used after a strong pause and separated from the sentences. They are introduced by a comma. 

    . As well as / In addition to / Besides Used to add  one more piece of information. Followed by a noun phrase. 

. Exemplification

      For example / For instance Introduces an example referring to previously stated ideas. 

.     Such as Introduces an example referring to the last idea

Easy Song in English: I Just Called To Say I Love You (Stevie Wonder)

"I Just Called To Say I Love You"

No New Year's Day to celebrate

No chocolate covered candy hearts to give away

No first of spring

No song to sing