quarta-feira, 12 de novembro de 2008



Thanks Pink....
Kisses and hugs...

domingo, 9 de novembro de 2008

Indefinite Article - A /An

It's used in singular

A- before a consonant sound

a helicopter
a teacher
a university - The vowel u has a consonant sound

AN- before a vowel sound

an actress
an orange
an hour - The consonant h has a vowel sound

How to introduce yourself to a person

Formal Introductions:

Title:

Mr. - man married or single;
Mrs. - woman married;
Miss. - woman single;
Ms. - woman single or married - It's more polite if you don't know.

E.g. Good morning! I'm Mr. Sanchez.

Informal Introductions:

Use your name. E.g. Hi! My name is Linda.

quarta-feira, 29 de outubro de 2008

Greetings in English

Formal Greetings:

Good morning! - in the morning
Good afternoon! - in the afternoon
Good evening! - in the evening - when you meet a person
Good night! - in the evening - when you leave home or go to bed
How do you do!

Informal Greetings:
Hi!
Hello!
Nice to meet you!
Glad to meet you!

sexta-feira, 24 de outubro de 2008

Punctuation in English

Apostrophe ( ' )
Brackets ( [ ] )
Colon ( : )
Comma ( , )
Hyphen ( - )
Elipsis ( ... )
Exclamation mark ( ! )
Parenthesis ( )
Period ( . )
Question mark ( ? )
Quotation mark ( " " )
Semicolon ( ; )
Slash ( / )

How to write letters in English

Formal Letters

  1. Sender's address;
  2. Date;
  3. Receiver's address;
  4. Attention line;
  5. Salutation;
  6. Body of the letter;
  7. Complimentary Close;
  8. Signature.

*** Do not use contractions.E.g. I am writing to request... NEVER ... I'm writing to request...

Informal Letters

  1. Date;
  2. Salutation: Dear Brian or Brian;
  3. Body of the letter;
  4. Close: Love, Best wishes/regards, Yours;
  5. Sender's name.

*** You can use contractions. E.g. I'm, You're...

If you don't know the name of the person you're writing to:

Salutation: Dear Sir, Dear Madam, Dear Miss

Close: Yours Faithfully

If you know the name of the person:

Salutation: Dear Mr. Bright / Mrs. Bright

Close: Sincerely, Yours sincerely

segunda-feira, 13 de outubro de 2008

Extra Material in English

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