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viernes, 28 de agosto de 2015

#211: Adjectives: Degree of Comparison

Adjectives: Degree of Comparison

Adjectives in English have three different forms. And with this infographic you can review the three of them along with irregular forms for comparative and superlative.

Hope this information can help you understand adjectives better.



jueves, 27 de agosto de 2015

#208: Commonly Confused Adjectives

Commonly Confused Adjectives

Some students have trouble with words such as "many" and "much," or "few" and "a few." If you are one of these people, please study the following infographic that will help have a clearer idea about them. 



jueves, 11 de junio de 2015

#181: -ed and –ing Adjectives

-ed and –ing Adjectives

The following infographic can help you understand and see the difference between –ed and –ing forms used as adjectives.
People make common mistakes with some words because they don’t understand the difference.

-I am bored vs. I am boring!
-My day was tired vs. My day was tiring!


martes, 9 de junio de 2015

#168: Word Families

Word Families

Teachers usually suggest that students learn and practice with word families to expand vocabulary.

The infographic below helps you understand how these words are used in context. Why don’t you learn some expressions from the list below.


miércoles, 29 de abril de 2015

#138: Descriptive Words

Descriptive Words

How many times we simply use the same words instead of using synonyms.

Instead of saying:
The Empire State Building is very large.
Why don’t you say …?
The Empire State Building is gigantic.


Instead of saying:
The atmosphere in this house feels sad.
Why don’t you say …?
The atmosphere in this house feels gloomy.


Instead of saying:
Her presentation was very good.
Why don’t you say …?
Her presentation was remarkable.

Here you have more words to use!



viernes, 17 de abril de 2015

#121: Adjectives and Adverbs

Adjectives and Adverbs

Oftentimes students, whose first language is Spanish, confuse the use of an adjective when an adverb is actually needed. The infographic below will help you understand this better.


Example 1
Los niños juegan bonito.

The kids play nice.



nicely





Example 2
La pareja baila muy bonito.

The couple dances beautiful.






beautifully






#118: Demonstrative Adjectives

Demonstrative Adjectives

Demonstratives include the following words:


singular

plural


this

these


that

those




They have different uses in English, and here you are provided with an infographic to review them: how they are used and some examples.


jueves, 16 de abril de 2015

#112: Adjectives: Degree of Comparison

Adjectives: Degree of Comparison

Hello!

If you want to review -a bit more- how comparatives and superlatives are formed, here you have a nice summary to keep in mind or in your computer, laptop, phone or tablet.