PLEASE HELP ME..... HELP YOU...:)

Hi Students

It's that time again. PLEASE do me a favour and fill out these two surveys. Its all anonymous and no judgements will come into play. I want to be the best teacher for you and for others!

Thank you!!!

1) TEACHER SURVEY
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/25X96HR

2) Additional Survey..

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/C8L3G9N

FUTURE PERFECT/WILL

 

AND A CLASS SELFIE:)

Thanks for the great lesson! If there's anything you think that could be improved please let me know below:) All ideas/criticisms or postive feedback welcome.

I hope the future perfect is now clear!

Class time memories.... :)

Burcak's new seat...Amazingly she worked so hard here!!

 

Working hard........

Boys learning...:) Its great to see you in class action!

The class corner....

USING THE COMPUTERS

 

EVERYTIME VS ANYTIME

Anytime = you choose the time,

Everytime = must be done each time

Each word can be split into "any time" and "every time" if that makes it more clear. "Every time" is sometimes made even more clear by stating it as "each and every time". Examples: You can call him any time, night or day. He promised to answer the phone every time it rings. 1)) So, "anytime" means that when (date, time of day) the action takes place is not important. 2)) Everytime indcates that one thing must follow another - it indicates a rule connecting the occurrence of something that is supposed to be done each and every time that something else happens.

Learned or Learnt, it's your choice :)

Learned and learnt

The verb to learn means to acquire knowledge of, or skill in, something through study or experience.

To learn is one of those verbs with both an irregular  and regular form. (See the table below for some others.)

The past tense and past participle can be written as either learned or learnt. However, they not interchangeable, especially in the US.

Americans Demand (require you say) Learned

In America, learned dominates. The use of learnt as the past tense or past participle of to learn is considered a spelling mistake by many. It will certainly annoy many of your readers.

Brits Prefer Learnt

Outside America, learnt is more common, but learned is generally accepted. (This is almost certainly a result of American influence spreading.)

AUSTRALIANS.......  :) I like both of them. Academically, I prefer writing learned. It's your choice dear students.

Verbs with Irregular and Regular Forms

The following verbs (like to learn) can be regular or irregular:

Verb	Past Simple	Past Participle
burn	burned OR burnt	burned OR burnt
dream	dreamed OR dreamt	dreamed OR dreamt
learn	learned OR learnt	learned OR learnt
hang	hung also hanged	hung also hanged
smell	smelled OR smelt	smelled OR smelt
spell	spelled OR spelt	spelled OR spelt

As with learnt, the second form (e.g. spelt, dreamt) is more common in British English.

Easter

Easter.......a day in which you can eat all the chocolate you want from dusk till dawn :) Whilst İ do not celebrate it, today I’d like to share with you 8 idioms that we have in the English language that are related to Easter – the egg and the bunny (rabbit). They crack me up (make me laugh hysterically!!)

1. To egg someone on - to encourage or dare someone to do something, often something unwise
Ex. I wouldn’t have gone bungee jumping if John hadn’t egged me on to do it. 

2. To put all your eggs in one basket - to risk everything in one venture

Ex. When investing in the stockmarket, you shouldn’t put all your eggs in one basket. You should diversify your portfolio.

3. To teach someone’s grandmother to suck eggs (informal) - to presume to teach someone something they already know

Ex. I am probably teaching your grandmother to suck eggs, but you do realise that you need to switch on the TV before the DVD player will work?

4. To walk or tread on egg shells (Br E) - to be very diplomatic and inoffensive

Ex. She is so stressed at the moment that I feel like I am walking on eggshells to avoid an argument.

5. You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs - In order to do something good, you need to give something else up

Ex. James: ‘We may make a lot of money if we raise our prices, but we will upset a lot of our customers’.Tony: ‘We cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs’.

6. A chicken and egg situation - a situation where it’s impossible to decide which of two things existed first and which caused the other.

Ex. It’s a chicken and egg situation – I don’t know whether I was bad at Maths because I wasn’t interested, or wasn’t interested and therefore was not good at the subject.

7. To be like a rabbit caught in the headlights - to be so surprised or frightened that you cannot move or think
Ex. Each time the directors asked Alan a question he looked like a rabbit caught in theheadlights.

8. To pull a rabbit out of the hat - to do something surprising (it’s often used to show a surprising solution to a problem)

Ex. The Chancellor pulled a rabbit out of the hatby putting together a budget without raising taxes.

Do you know any other idioms that use the words ‘eggs’ and ‘rabbits’ in them? Please share them with me. I wish you all a very Happy Easter.

Australia thinking of raising retirement age!!!

Hi Students

İ will post a link below to an article written on ninemsn Australia (a popular news outlet for Aussies).
İt discusses a possible  retirement age increase from 67 to 70! Could you imagine working until you are 70 or having a teacher of that age.... Hmmm İ can't!
İ just hope İ'm still alive at that age! Perhaps it's a good thing İ'm now living in Turkey! 😄

Retirement age of 70???? Are they serious?