English Vocabulary and Grammar Exercises
Matching Sentences
Exercise 1
Match the sentences by connecting the personality trait with its corresponding description.
- He’s so materialistic. …… j. He always buys the latest products.
- His behavior is so embarrassing. …… e. He always does weird things.
- He’s very creative. …… a. He always comes up with interesting ideas.
- He’s very easy-going. …… b. He gets along with everyone.
- He’s very cautious. …… d. He never does anything risky.
- He’s very irresponsible. …… h. You can’t trust
The Broken Mirror: A Family Saga of Secrets and Destruction
The Broken Mirror: A Family Saga
Subject of the Book
This novel tells the story of a family’s decline, starting with its humble beginnings and hidden secrets, and culminating in its ultimate destruction. The narrative unfolds like a broken mirror, offering fragmented glimpses into the lives of its members.
Part 1: Introductions and Secrets
This section introduces the characters and their origins, focusing on Teresa Goday Valldaura and her secrets, particularly those surrounding her first husband, Nicholas.
Read MoreCommon Irregular Verbs in English: A Quick Guide
Common Irregular Verbs in English
Infinitive – Past Simple – Past Participle – Translation
Infinitive | Past Simple | Past Participle | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| be (am, are, is) | was / were | been | Ser / Estar |
| become | became | become | Llegar a Ser |
| begin | began | begun | Empezar |
| bite | bit | bitten | Morder |
| break | broke | broken | Romper |
| breed | bred | bred | Criar |
| bring | brought | brought | Traer/Llevar |
| build | built | built | Edificar |
| burn | burnt / burned | burnt / burned | Quemar |
| buy | bought | bought | Comprar |
| can | could | Poder | |
| catch | caught | caught | Coger |
| come | came | come | Venir |
| cost | cost | cost | Costar |
| cut | cut | cut | Cortar |
| choose | chose | chosen | Elegir |
| dig | dug | dug | Cavar |
| do |
Exploring Love and Lust in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
In Verona, an ancient grudge continues to throw new mutinies and violence between the Capulets and the Montagues. Through bad luck, Romeo and Juliet, the young descendants of those two prominent families, fall in love at first sight. Believing that this holy relationship will end the feud, they decide to stay together, get secretly married, and defy their own fate that will finally lead to their tragic death. However, this death succeeds in making their love become the most known romance that the
Read MoreThe Challenges and Benefits of Learning Languages: A Comprehensive Guide
“The hardest language”:
1.
Why is learning a second..? Everyone learns their mother tongue easily but a second language can be hard to master.
2. Is motivation..? Motivation is important because when people think that the second 3. Why is Chinese…?
Chinese is easier to learn for Japanese speakers because they are already familiar with the symbols used for writing the language.
4. Most people believe..? TRUE: So, generally, people seem to think that languages which are related to our first language
The Bluest Eye: Internalized Racism and the Destruction of Innocence
The Bluest Eye
In the Afterword
In the Afterword to The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison writes that the novel came out of a childhood conversation she could never forget. She remembers a young black girl she knew who wanted blue eyes, and how, like Claudia MacTeer in the novel, this confession made her really angry. Surrounded by the “Black Is Beautiful” movement of late 1960s African-American culture, Morrison decided to write a novel about how internalized racism affects black girls.
Setting
Set in
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