Friday, November 18, 2011

Pronunciation Drill (new)

Pronunciation Drill

B             (b)         baby, best, buy, bring, blind, absent, about, number,

C             (s)          center, cellar, cigarette, cinema, agency, notice
                (k)         cake, come, cucumber, clean, cry, scratch, act, panic

D            (d)         day, dear, die, door, duty, admire, lady, kind, ride,

F             (f)          fast, female, five, forest, fund, fry, flight, often, deaf

G            (g)         game, get, go, gun, great, global, giggle, ago, begin,
                (j)          general,  gin, giant, agent, suggest, Egypt, energy, huge

H            (h)         hair, help, history, home, hotel, hunt
                (-)          hour, honor, honest, heir, Sarah

J             (j)          jam, Jane, jet, jelly, jingle, joke, June, just

K            (k)         kind, kill, kilogram, sky, break, take

L             (l)          late, let, live, alone, slim, old, table, all

M            (m)        make, men, mind, mother, must, my, common, name

N            (n)         napkin, never, night, no, nuclear, ton, sun, funny

P             (p)         paper, person, pick, pour, public, apple, top

Q            (kw) quality, question, quite, quote, equal, require
                (k)         unique,  technique, antique, grotesque

R             (r)          rain, red, rise, grow, scream, truck, hurry,  turn

S             (s)          send, simple, song, system, lost, kiss, street
                (z)          present,  reason, advise, always, is, was

T             (t)          task, tell, time, tone, attentive, boat, rest, tune

V             (v)          vast, vein, vivid, voice, even, review, invest, give, move

W           (w)        wall, war, way, west, wind, word, would, swim, twenty

X            (ks)       exercise, exchange, expect, ex-wife, axis, fix, relax
                (gz)       exam, exact, executive, exert, exist, exit

Z             (z)          zoo, horizon, puzzle, crazy
 (ts)       pizza, Nazi, waltz


PRONUNCIATION OF THE PAST TENSE


 PRONUNCIATION OF THE PAST TENSE


waiting     -  ­    waited
landing     -     ­ landed

living       -      ­lived
closing     -      ­closed
cross­ing   -      crossed



1.­ ended__________
2.­ rushed__________
3.­ watched__________
4.­ parted__________
5.­ counted__________
6.­ cooked__________
7.­ stayed__________
8.­ rented__________
9.­ needed__________
10.­ lived__________
11.­ called__________
12.­ shared__________
13.­ seemed__________
14.­ lasted__________
15.­ planned__________
16.­ closed__________
17.­ waited__________
18.­ helped__________
19.­ washed__________
20.­ landed__________
21.­ wanted__________
22.­ used__________
23.­ walked__________
24.­ hoped__________
25.­ pushing__________
26.­ handling__________
27.­ crossing__________
28.­ planting__________
29.­ signing__________
30.­ cleaning__________
31.­ earning__________
32.­ asking__________
33.­ painting__________
34.­ pointing__________
35.­ dropping__________
36.­ moving__________
37.­ burning__________
38.­ shopping__________
39.­ laughing __________
40. dancing __________

20 Common Idiomatic Expressions


20 Common Idiomatic Expressions
& Their Meanings
1. She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • Made very happy
2. You were hands down the best player on the team.
  • There was no competition
3. I've been feeling pretty down in the dumps lately.
  • Sad or depressed
4. I'm feeling sick as a dog!
  • Very sick
5. I've been feeling under the weather.
  • Not well
6. Rise and shine!
  • Wake up and be happy!
7. Close, but no cigar.
  • You were very close, but you did not make it.
8. I could play outside till the cows come home.
  • For a very long time
9. Wow! It's raining cats and dogs out there!
  • Very hard rain
10. That sound is driving me up the wall!
  • Making me very annoyed
11. This assignment is a piece of cake.
  • Very easy
12. Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist.
  • A mild punishment
13. Yikes! This shirt costs an arm and a leg.
  • It is extremely expensive.
14. No, I was just pulling your leg.
  • Just joking
15. It's Greek to me!
  • I don't understand.
16. Keep your chin up.
  • Be happy.
17. Hold your horses.
  • Be patient.
18. We're all in the same boat.
  • All of us are in the same position.
19. He's a bit of a loose cannon.
  • Unpredictable
20. I will clean my room when pigs fly.
  • Never

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

TOEFL test

http://www.testden.com/challenge/toeflibt/directions.asp

antonyms and synonyms

Q1 - 'Big' and 'small' are...
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synonyms.
Q2 - 'Big' and 'large' are...
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Q3 - 'Black' and 'white' are...
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Q4 - 'Huge' and 'vast' are...
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Q5 - 'Huge' and 'tiny' are...
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Q6 - 'Dark' and 'light' are...
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Q7 - 'Fantastic' and 'wonderful' are...
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Q8 - 'Fantastic' and 'awful' are...
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Q9 - 'Dry' and 'wet' are...
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Q10 - 'Cheap' and 'costly' are...
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Q11 - 'Expensive' and 'costly' are...
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Q12 - 'Sad' and 'miserable' are...
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Q13 - 'Sad' and 'happy' are...
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Q14 - 'Terrific' and 'terrible' are...
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Q15 - 'Wonderful' and 'terrible' are...
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Q16 - 'Wonderful' and 'terrific' are...
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Q17 - 'Glad' and 'happy' are...
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Q18 - 'Dead' and 'alive' are...
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