Monday 24 June 2013

Gerund or Infinitive - Like the way I do (M. Etheridge)

Listen to the song and fill in the gaps with the gerund or the infinitive form of the verb in the parenthesis.

Songwriters: ETHERIDGE, MELISSA
Is it so hard ___________________ (satisfy) your senses
You found out to love me you have to ____________(climb) some fences
Scratching and _________________ (crawl) along the floor to touch you
And just when it feels right 
You say you found someone else _____________ (hold) you
Does she like i do

Tell me does she love you like the way I love you
Does she stimulate you attract and captivate you
Tell me does she miss you existing just to kiss you
Like the way I do
Tell me does she want you infatuate and haunt you
Does she know just how __________ (shock) and electrify and rock you
Does she inject you seduce you and affect you
Like the way I do

Can I ______________(survive) all the implications
Even if I tried could you be less than an addiction
Don't you think I know there's so many others
Who would beg, steal and lie fight kill and die
Just to hold you hold you like I do

Tell me does she love you like the way I love you
Does she stimulate you attract and captivate you
Tell me does she miss you existing just to kiss you
Like the way I do
Tell me does she want you infatuate and haunt you
Does she know just how __________ (shock) and electrify and rock you
Does she inject you seduce you and affect you
Like the way I do

Nobody loves you like the way I do
Nobody wants you like the way I do
Nobody needs you like the way I do
Nobody aches nobody aches just to hold you
Like the way I do

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Sunday 9 June 2013

Reading-Using contextual clues





The use of contextual clues can be one of the best ways to improve your reading skills. Unfortunately, students often insist on understanding each word when reading. Realizing that a text can be understood in a general sense by using contextual clues can go a long way towards helping you cope with increasingly difficult texts. At the same time, the use of contextual clues can also provide a means by which you can rapidly increase your existing vocabulary base.



Make logical guesses about the meaning of the unknown words in the following paragraph.







Jack quickly entered the didot and cleaned the various misturaes he had been using to repair the wuipit. He had often thought that this job was extremely yullning. However, he had to admit that this time things seemed to be a bit easier. When he finished, he put on his redick and went back to the study to relax. He took out his favorite pipe and settled into the beautiful new pogtry. What a fantastic schnappy he had made when he had bought the pogtry. Only 300 yagmas!

What could a 'didot' be?

What part of speech is 'misturaes'?

If Jack used the 'misturaes' to repair the 'wuipit' what do you think the 'mistraes' must be?

What could 'yulling' mean? - What part of speech is often used with an ending '-ing '?

Which synonym could be used for ' yulling '?
  • fun
  • difficult
  • expensive
What type of things do you put on?

Based on the above question, what kind of thing must a 'redick' be?

Is a 'pogtry' used inside or outside?

Which words let you know that the 'pogtry' was cheap?

What must 'yagmas' be?
  • Clothes
  • Cigarette type
  • Type of money

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