... yellow 884 shine
794
danger
840
gun
885
property
795
fruit
841
allow
886
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1000 Most Common Words in English -
Numbers 726 - 1000 - Vocabulary for
ESL EFL TEFL TOEFL TESL English
Learners
... 636 tall
1000 Most Common Words in English -
Numbers 501 - 725 - Vocabulary for ESL
EFL TEFL TOEFL TESL English Learners
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Rank Wor...
... She couldn’t explain the reason
why she was here.
She couldn’t explain the reason
because she was here.
120. Think of I’m thinking of moving to
Australia.
I’m thinking to move to Australia. ... She couldn’t explain the reason
why she was here.
She couldn’t explain the reason
because she was here.
120. Think of I’m thinking of moving to
Australia.
I’m thinking to move to Austra...
... EXERCISES
(SOME COMMON PATERNS IN ENGLISH)
Choose the best answers:
1. The shirt isn’t large enough for him to wear.
A. ... hours since my sister last rung D. My sister hasn’t rung since hours.
11. Mary prefers to dance rather than sing.
A. Mary prefers to dance than to sing. B. Mary prefers dancing than sing.
C. ... prefers dancing than to sing. D. Mary prefers dancing to singi...
...
FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME
Stephen Hawking writes about the beginning of time, but few other people do. People who
write "from the beginning of time" or "since time began" ... denigrating others. The word was then broadened to cover an exaggerated
belief in the superiority of one's own kind in other respects. Following this pattern, feminists
in the 1970...
... you
mind,
look forward to.
Examples:
1
think it's no use trying again. J can't help
feeling angry about it.
Use the gerund or the infinitive after certain verbs, such
as begin, ... succeeded to win the prize.
/
Say: Paula succeeded in winning the prize.
83 Think of + -ing.
Don't say:
1
often think to go to England.
/
Say:
1
often think of going to England. ....
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Common
Mistakes
in English
was
first ...
on
his opinion.
NOTE. But
"persist"
takes
" ;in& apos;':
as,
"He
persisted in
his
foolish
ideas."
COMMON
MISTAKES
IN
ENGLISH
e:Intereste...
... rain without either rain-
coats or umbrellas.
*
There will be showers of rain/rain
showers
(= short periods of rain) in the east.
*
It looks
like rain
(= as if rain is going to fall). 2 the rains ... rain or shine whatever happens: Come
rain or shine, I’ll see you on Thursday.
"
verb [I]
.
E
If it rains, water falls from the sky in small
drops:
I think it’s starting to rain.
*
It’s r...