A way for improving vocabulary

improve your vocabulary with radheshy ( MANIA )

 

Hey dear friends love you all welcome to this simple and easy but interesting vocabulary improving lesson. A few days ago I was talking with shanie, she has got intermediate level English but she says sometimes she lacks of words, she is trying hard to improve her Vocabulary And I think sometime else or other almost all of us face this kind of problem, don't we? Whether we'd be native English Speaker or not, Sometimes we want to say something but we don't find the exact word, isn't it? Somehow else or other we express ourselves. If you face this kind of problem then this lesson is only for you with some interesting words. again welcome to the lesson " Improve your Vocabulary with Radheshy "!

Today's lesson is about " MANIA " (excessive excitement enthusiasm; craze: The country has mania for soccer. ) There are so many kinds of people are around us. The probe into the complex organism called the human mind reveals how mysterious the ways of human nature are. Some develop MANIA, a compulsive or morbid preoccupation with some impulse or activity e.g., compulsive stealing is called 'kleptomania ' Did you know what's called " a morbid obsession with oneself ? a morbid compulsion to drink ? a mania for talking? " Here is the list of some interesting Manias :                 

1. Bibliomania -obsession with rare books                                      

2. Demonomania -a morbid delusion of being under the influence of an evil spirit

3. Dispomania - a morbid compulsion to drink                                                 

4. Dromomania -a morbid compulsion for travel                                               

5. Egomania - a morbid obsession with oneself                                                

6. Graphomania - a morbid mania for writing                                                   

7. Hypomania -a mild manic excitment

8. Kleptomania - a morbid compulsion to steal

9. Logomania - a mania for talking

10. Macromania - a delusion that one's body has become very big

11. Micromania - a delusion that one's body has become very small

12. Monomania - single fixed obsession

13. Nymphomania - excessive sexual desire in a female

14. Pseudomania - a mania for making false and exaggerated statement

15. Pyromania -compulsion to set fire for thrill

16. Scribblomania- a mania for making meaningless marks on paper

17. Theomania - a delusion that one has become a god

18. Agromania - an intense to be alone or put in the open

19. Necromania - an irresistble attraction to dead bodies

Now think which kind of mania you or the people around you have, start thinking that and pls add some more manias which you know now dear friend if you find these words interesting enough to add them to your vocabulary then try to memorise them and try use them so you could make your knowledge solid * Was this lesson useful ? Yes or No whatever you think pls let me know so i could make cool changes to the lesson which suit you. :)

Common English Errors

It's vs. Its

It's is the contracted form of It is. This form is used in sentences using "they" as the subject of the sentence with the verb "to be" used as either the helping verb (e.g. It's going ..., It's raining ...) or the principal verb of the sentence.

Examples:

It's difficult to find work these days.
It's going to rain soon.

Its is the possessive pronoun form. This form is used to express that "it" has a specific quality, or that something belongs to "it".

Examples:

I found its taste to be superb!
Its color is deep red, almost Burgundy.

They're vs. There vs. Their

They're is the contracted form of They are. This form is used in sentences using "they" as the subject of the sentence with the verb "to be" used as either the helping verb (e.g. They're going ..., They're playing ...) or the principal verb of the sentence.

Examples:

They're working hard this week.
They're very interested in helping out.

There is used as an introductory subject is sentences with "There is" and "There are". It is also used as an adverb of place meaning "in that place".

Examples:

There are many people in that room.
That's my house over there.

Their is the possessive pronoun form.

This form is used to express that "they" have a specific quality, or that something belongs to "them".

Examples:

Their house is in Los Angeles.
He liked their looks!

You're vs. Your

You're is the contracted form of You are. This form is used in sentences using "you" as the subject of the sentence with the verb "to be" used as either the helping verb (e.g. You're going ..., You're watching ...) or the principal verb of the sentence.

Examples:

You're going to have a great time!
You're much better at tennis than Jim.

Your is the possessive pronoun form. This form is used to express that something belongs to "you".

Examples:

Your wife is such a kind woman.
I think your skills are outstanding.

A way for improving listening

EASY WAY FOR IMPROVING LISTENING SKILLS

NO MORE EXCUSES TO NOT PRACTICE LISTENING
The Web is here to help

Are you one of those who feel...

o that you don't get enough listening practice in class?
o that audio-books at the school library don't quite cover your needs?
o that you don't have time for listening to English?
o that there are not interesting listening resources at hand?
o that the texts you can listen to are not challenging enough?

All right. If you have ticked at least one of the previous, then carry on reading, because I'll try to help you try.

And this might be the answer to your worries: The world is at your feet thanks to the Internet. Please try some of the following links below and get back to me. You won't be disappointed!

Hey hey hey. Hold on, hold on. Did you say you can't try because you don't have an Internet connection at home? Well... What's the title of this article again? "No more excuses!" Why don't you come over to the Aula Multimedia? It's located on the ground floor of the school and it's open a certain amount of hours every week, JUST FOR YOU. Now... there you go.

For all levels:
http://www.vaughanradio.com : This is a radio devised specially for students of English, which offers a variety of programmes running all day. They deal with specific aspects of the four skills + grammar and vocabulary. Very, very interesting.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml : Listen and watch video, music, pictures and more. Specially designed for students of English too.

http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/about.html# : Listen to the sounds of English and improve your pronunciation. Watch a video of the mouth pronouncing vowels and consonants.

http://www.esl-lab.com/ : Listening quizzes for all levels

http://www.repeatafterus.com/ : Drama, prose, poetry, children's stories... Many of them are read aloud in English! Very entertaining. Their free audio clips provide an excellent resource for students and literature lovers of all ages.

http://www.everydayenglish.com/ It has audio, video and animated tiny lessons for those tricky, idiomatic parts of the English language.

http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/ : News Radio for English learners

http://www.elllo.org/ : English Language Listening Lab Online. Here you can practice and learn English by listening to English speakers from all over the world. Games, Songs... etc.


For beginners and pre-intermediate students:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/storycircle/ : Interactive fairy tales from all over the world. Choose a story and listen to it while you read the subtitles, karaoke-like.

http://www.globalenglishsalon.com/english/ : Modern English for every day situations and at normal conversational speeds. American accents.

http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~lfried/activity/listening.html : Several listening activities for students of English.

http://www.eflclub.com/6movies/harrypotter/harrypotter.htm : A fill-in-the-gaps exercise on Harry Potter's trailer!

http://www.eflclub.com/6movies/movies.html : Other movies and video clips

http://www.eflclub.com/2songs/songs.html : Songs with gaps to fill while you listen.

For advanced students:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/ : News in English in many different channels. Listen to live programmes or recorded ones. 

http://www.storyteller.net/stories/audio : Storytellers perform their stories for you! Both children and adults are welcome.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/interviews/ : Very famous people being interviewed. Take your pick. There are actors, composers, singers, politicians, scientists, sports personalities... I wouldn't believe you if you said you're not interested in any of them!

http://www.focusenglish.com/dialogues/conversation.html : Listen to everyday English conversations. Useful also for developing your speaking skills and your fluency.

http://www.nbc.com/ : Watch TV on the net. Hundreds of videos to play and listen to.

http://www.english-the-international-language.com/listening.html : Listening comprehension exercises on various topics.

I hope these websites help all of you improve your listening skills.Regards.

WRITING SKILLS SUCCESS IN 20 MINUTES A DAY!

Hello everyone!

Here I've brought to you a PDF, called "WRITING SKILLS SUCCESS IN 20 MINUTES A DAY"… It is great for those who want to develop their writing skills..

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 This is the Contents:-

INTRODUCTION vii

PRETEST 1

LESSON 1 Capitalization 13
General rules, specific rules regarding proper nouns and adjectives

LESSON 2 Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points 21
Ending a sentence, alternate uses for periods

LESSON 3 Avoiding Faulty Sentences 27
Sentence fragments, run-on sentences, comma splices

LESSON 4 Commas and Sentence Parts 37
Relating commas to clauses and phrases

LESSON 5 Commas That Separate 45
Independent clauses, items in a series, items in a date or address,
two or more adjectives preceding a noun, contrasting elements and words

LESSON 6 Semicolons and Colons 53
Introductions, subordinate relationships, common confusions
with punctuation

LESSON 7 Apostrophes and Dashes 61
Using apostrophes to show possession or omission; dashes to emphasize

LESSON 8 Quotation Marks 69
Dialogue, direct quotations, other punctuation, double and
single quotation marks

LESSON 9 “Designer” Punctuation 75
Hyphens, parentheses, brackets, ellipses, diagonal slashes

LESSON 10 Verb Tense 81
Present, past, future tenses; switching tenses; subjunctive mood

LESSON 11 Using Verbs to Create Strong Writing 89
Capturing a reader’s interest; using active voice

LESSON 12 Subject-Verb Agreement 97
Matching subject and number, special singular subjects,
singular and plural pronouns, compound subjects

LESSON 13 Using Pronouns 105
Antecedents, the cases of pronouns, ambiguous pronoun references,
reflexive pronouns

LESSON 14 Problem Verbs and Pronouns 111
lie/lay, sit/set, rise/raise, its/it’s, your/you’re, whose/who’s,
and other problem pairs

LESSON 15 Modifiers 119
Adjectives, adverbs, phrases acting as modifiers

LESSON 16 Easily Confused Word Pairs 127
Confusing words that sound similar

LESSON 17 More Easily Confused Words 133
Small but tricky words that are often used and misused; killer a’s and al’s

LESSON 18 Diction 139
Wordiness, the passive voice, redundancy, precise language,
abstract vs. concrete, clichés, jargon

LESSON 19 More Diction 147
Colloquialism, loaded language, consistent point of view,
parallelism, gender-neutral language

LESSON 20 Communicating Your Ideas 157
A piece of writing as a whole, developing ideas effectively,
focusing on the purpose of writing

POSTTEST 163

APPENDIX A How to Prepare for a Test 175

Making a study plan; strategies for success on the exam

APPENDIX B Additional Resources 181
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Becoming fluent in speaking and writing English.

 If you want to become a fluent English speaker you should take some advice: There are four skills in learning English which are reading, listening, speaking, and writing. The most important thing you must bear in mind is that reading and listening are inputs whereas speaking and writing are outputs. In other words, if you want to improve your speaking and writing skills you should first master the skills of reading and listening. There are some ways that you can do so, which I will try to summarize.

1) Reading

Read as much as you can. But your reading must be active. It means that you must think about the structure, unfamiliar words etc as you read. There is no need that you stick to some complicated grammar structures or try to understand all the unfamiliar words you come across, but the fact that you see them for the first time and recognize them whenever you see them for example in other passages or books is enough. It would be better to prepare yourself a notebook so you can write down the important words or structures in it. To begin reading, I recommend the Penguin Readers books. They are classified by level of difficulty.

2) Listening.

 As for listening, there are two options:

a)Aside from reading, you can listen every day for about 30 minutes.

 b)You can only concentrate on your reading and become skillful at your reading, then you can catch up on your listening....

 I myself prefer the latter because when you are skillful and native-like at reading, your listening skill grows automatically. Since you have lots of inputs in your mind, you can easily guess what the speaker is going to say. This never means that you should not practice listening. For listening I recommend cartoons or some movies that are specially made for children. Their languages are easy and do not contain complicated phrases or slang terms. Or if you are good at listening you can listen to Englishbaby lessons, VOA or BBC programs broadcasted every day. Again the thing to remember is being active in listening and preferably taking some notes. If you follow these pieces of advice, your speaking and writing will improve automatically, and you can be sure that with a little effort they will become perfect