Travel Adventures, Celebrations, and English Grammar Review

Travel and Adventure Ideas

  • Adventure Activities: Look for adventure, take a personal challenge, go on a trek.
  • Volunteer Work: Do volunteer work, meet the locals.
  • Relaxation and Exploration: Get away from it all, take it easy, see historical places, fulfill a dream.
  • Travel Styles: Choose from isolated or crowded locations, peaceful or dangerous settings, boring or relaxing experiences, fun or impressive places, noisy or historical sites, lively or underdeveloped areas, unspoiled or guided tours, cruises,
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English Language Practice: Questions, Grammar, Vocabulary

English Language Practice

Personal Questions:

  • What year were you born?
  • How many brothers and sisters do you have?
  • Do you live with your family?
  • Can anyone in your family speak English?
  • What kind of films do you like?
  • How often do you go out for dinner?
  • Where did you go for your last holiday?
  • Where were you last night at ten o’clock?

Common Phrases:

  • Are holiday
  • Want
  • Don’t understand / play / love
  • Am selling / want
  • Do need
  • Am just looking
  • Are you looking?
  • I am thinking
  • Have / wear
  • Are reading / don’t believe / hate
  • Need
  • Is
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Mastering Reported Speech in English: Examples

Reported Speech: Statements

Here’s how to transform direct statements into reported speech:

  1. Emily: “Our teacher will go to Leipzig tomorrow.”
    Emily said that their teacher would go to Leipzig the following day.
  2. Helen: “I was writing a letter yesterday.”
    Helen said that she had been writing a letter the day before.
  3. Robert: “My father flew to Dallas last year.”
    Robert said that his father had flown to Dallas the previous year.
  4. Lisa: “Tim went to the stadium an hour ago.”
    Lisa said that Tim had gone to
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Aptis Method, Club Activities, and Flat Search

Part 4

a) Informal Messages

-Hi Marc! Do you know the APTIS method? Last week, I started to study English again and I can’t be more satisfied. You should cheer up. Why don’t we study English together? If you want, I can speak with you in the office, you’ll never regret it. I hope for your answer. Kiss, Ismael

-Hi Tom! Have you heard the notice? It’s incredible, I feel sad so we should do something. We can speak with other history clubs in order to know other ideas. For example, the sport club has a

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Summer Fun, School Invitation, Job Interview, and Recommendation

Summer Fun

It feels like such a long time since the last time I saw you. I know it’s only been several weeks since I saw you. So far my summer has been great!

I spend all my weekends at the beach. I am getting a nice tan, and you can no longer say I am paler than you. I have been playing lots of volleyball, surfing, and building a nice collection of seashells. Just this past weekend, I took second place in a sandcastle building contest!

On the weekdays, I work. I drive an ice cream truck around and

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English Phrases: Correcting Common Mistakes

English Phrase Corrections

Here are some common English phrases with corrections:

  • Incorrect: I purchase every Wednesday: Correct: I do the shopping every Wednesday.
  • Incorrect: My friends and I are going to London in three weeks: Correct: My friends and I, we’re going to London in three weeks.
  • Incorrect: My nephew was crawling on the floor when the vase broke: Correct: My nephew was crawling on the floor when the vase broke.
  • Incorrect: Did you visit your cousin last week?: Correct: Did you visit your
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