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Do you know the difference between WHO, WHOM, and WHOSE?

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Interactive quiz “Who, whom or whose?

Downloadable PDF:
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHO, WHOM, AND WHOSE
QUIZ – WHO WHOSE WHOMQUIZ ANSWERS – WHO WHOSE WHOM
QUIZ ANSWERS – WHO WHOSE WHOM

 

Visual Vocabulary 2

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Can you guess in what season was it taken?Landscape (1)

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These are wooden houses, houses made of wood:wooden houses

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This is a branch, it’s a part of a tree. On this branch there are six doves:

branch

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This is a tree trunk or ‘log‘:

tree trunk

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This is a fence, a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary. This is a wooden fence because is made of wood:

fence

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This is a field,  an area of cleared enclosed land used for cultivation or pasture:

field

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“The audience” – What does it mean?

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The audience Photo credit: open hardware summit / Foter.com / CC BY

More example sentences from the web:

  • The audience always like love stories.
  • The audience cried when Marilyn died.
  • This forum provided a unique opportunity to present information on community colleges to a larger audience of researchers studying educational issues.

“Every cloud has a silver lining” – English proverb

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Every cloud has a silver lining

This phrase is often said to people who are feeling down or depressed in an attempt to try and cheer them up.
Here you can read some information on this proverb: Origin of this proverb.

 
Example sentences from the web:
  • Well, I suppose it’s nice to know that every cloud has a silver lining.

  • Interview With Mexican Quake Witness (CNN, 2003):

    HARRIS: Well, actually, then, if that’s the case, this toll of only 23 deaths can — I should say — shouldn’t say only 23 deaths — but 23 deaths is actually quite a low number, considering the fact this could be a lot worse, then.
    PETERS: In fact, Mexican authorities are saying they’re quite amazed that the casualties appear to be so low at this point. They do expect them to rise, but they say — well, I guess every cloud has a silver lining. This may be that for this earthquake because previous earthquakes of this magnitude in Mexico have killed hundreds.
    HARRIS: Well, here’s hoping that silver lining gets even bigger and more pronounced there. Thank you, Gretchen Peters, thank you very much. We appreciate it. Take care. Gretchen Peters of the ” Christian Science Monitor ” talking to us from Mexico City.

  • Don’t forget that every cloud has a silver lining. The sun will shine again.

Words from the example sentences you may not know:

  • TOLL: the extent of loss, damage, suffering, etc., resulting from some action or calamity: The toll was 200 persons dead or missing.
  • CASUALTIES: loss in numerical strength through any cause, as death, wounds, sickness, capture, or desertion.
  • EARTHQUAKE: a shaking of a part of the earth’s surface that often causes great damage

Adjectives and opposites

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Find the opposites of the words on the left. Choose from the ones in the box on the right:
Ex. Adjectives and opposites (2)Tomorrow the answers will be available on Facebook: Free English Materials (Album: Quizzes’ answers)

Taken from Peter Watcyn-Jones (2000), Test Your Vocabulary 2, Edinburgh, Pearson Education Limited.