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English for Gamers – Episode 0

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As I told you previously, the intro is out :-). I hope you will like it:

This is the first video in English on Richard’s channel, that’s why we are speaking both English and Italian, but from tomorrow on, Italian will be banned ;-).

WEIRD – What does it mean?

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Meaning of weird - Free English Materials For You

Example sentences from the web:

  • Her boyfriend’s a bit weird but she’s nice. (meaning 1)

  • We heard some weird sounds outside! We are scared now! (meaning 2)

  • But something weird definitely happened here. (meaning 2)

  • He stayed home on a Friday night?!? That’s weird. (meaning 1)

Visual Thesaurus

Visual thesaurus - Weird - synonyms visual thesaurus weird

 

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Some weird auditions on 

America’s & Britain’s Got Talent 

Weird news on Metro: http://metro.co.uk/news/weird/

Past simple vs past continuous

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Fill in the gaps with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets

  1. I ______________ (walk) home when I ______________ (meet) Maria.

  2. John __________________ (wait) for me when I ________________ (arrive).

  3. I haven’t seen Andrew for ages. When I last _________________ (see) him, he ___________________ (try) to find a job in Dublin.

  4. He _________________ (read) the newspaper when the phone _______________ (ring).

  5. I _________________ (make) a sandwich when Mike _______________ (arrive).

  6. We ________________ (not go) out because it ________________ (rain).

  7. When I was young, I _____________ (want) to be a doctor.

  8. He usually wears sandals but when I last ______________ (see) him he _________________ (wear) boots.

  9. My brother ______________ (see) you in the park two days ago. You__________________ (play) football with Stuart.

  10. While I _________________ (work) in the garden, I _________________ (hurt) my back.

 

Correct answers:

1) was walking; met.
2) was waiting; arrived.
3) saw; was trying.
4) was reading; rang.
5) was making; arrived.
6) didn’t go; was raining.
7) wanted.
8) saw; was wearing.
9) saw; were playing.
10) was working; hurt.

Downloadable PDF – past simple or past continuous – quiz with answers

 

 

“Smart” – What does it mean?

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Visual thesaurus of this term (source):

smart - visual thesaurus

More example sentences from the web:

  • John is smart enough to get A’s in this class.

  • You’ re very smart but you don’t get certain things.

  • We know you can be useful to us, a smart kid like you.

*Notice that SMART means STYLISH, FASHIONABLE.

Ex. Now we will dress smart and we will eat together on the terrace of the hotel.