🔺 MODAL VERBS 🔺
🔅auxiliary / helping verbs.
🔅Must be used with a main verb.
🔅Do not change form.
🔅Do not have an infinitive or participle.
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🏀Though no one can go back and make a new start,
Anyone can start from now and make a new ending.
(Carl Bard)
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NO MATTER HOW FAR YOU HAVE GONE ON THE WRONG ROAD
YOU CAN STILL TURN AROUND
AND
S T A R T O V E R
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🔔 Idiom
Of The Day
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🔻Idioms about “INSECTS”🔻
🔸As busy as a bee
very busy
🔹Knee-high to a grasshopper
very young or small
🔸Butterflies in your stomach
nervous or anxious about an upcoming situation
🔹Ants in your pants
extremely restless and impatient
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IT’S NOT WHETHER YOU GET KNOCKED DOWN,
IT’S WHETHER YOU GET UP.”
(Vince Lombardi)
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Sand is very useful. You can do so many things with it. You can make sand 1-....... , 2-........ yourself in it and 3-....... your toes in it. Perhaps the biggest use of sand is in building. Most of today’s buildings would not be 4-....... without sand. I wonder where sand came from. How did it get there? 5-......... so much sand in the world. I’d love to know how many 6-......... of sand there are in the world. A lot of sand comes from deserts. Going to the desert and looking at the sand is the best thing for me. The many shapes and 7-........ the sand makes is amazing. I 8-...... experienced a sand experience. It was a 9-........ . I almost couldn’t see anything in front of me because there was so much sand 10-........ .
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Kindness can be the greatest gift that you can give a person.
Especially when they are not expecting it..
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🌹Listening practice 🌹
3 tips to boost your confidence
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Please watch the video carefully and then answer the questions 🍀🌹
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🔔 Word Of The Day
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🔻ARTICULATE🔻
(VERB)
🔸Meaning
: express
▫️Synonyms
: voice, give voice to
🔹Antonyms
: bottle up
✏️Example
:
They were unable to articulate their emotions.
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S T A Y S O F T
Do not let the things that have hurt you
Turn you into a person you are not.
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𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗲
𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵.
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📝Power Writing ✍
Complete the following sentences to make up your story:
1 If you want to live a happy and long life, you should...
2 It's important to...
3 It's impossible without...
4 I doubt that...
5 I'd like to add that...
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🔔 Word Of The Day
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🔻ALLUDE🔻
(VERB)
🔸Meaning
: suggest
▫️Synonyms
: imply, mention
🔹Antonyms
: specify
✏️Example:
He alluded to something else too.
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📍FUTURE TENSES 📍
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🟩🔶 Listening Class 🔶🟩
Please listen to the audio and fill the blanks.
🔖 Correct answers will be attached subsequently.
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Q1. A person's confidence level is impacted by:
A. Their genes
B. The social pressures in their environment
C. The risks they choose to take
D. Their responses to challenges and setbacks
E. All of the above
Q2. This statement is an example of a "fixed mindset":
A. "It doesn't matter how hard I try; there are some things that I will never be able to learn"
B. "With hard work and a lot of practice, I can learn anything"
Q3. This statement is an example of a "growth mindset":
A. "I wasn't born with natural talent for sports, so I'll never be good at them, and this is why I don't play them"
B. "Learning and playing sports that are challenging to me, even when they are difficult, helps to develop my talent"
Q4 . The best way to increase your confidence after you have failed at something is to:
A. Immediately quit. Obviously you'll never be good at it, so you should just give up
B. Find someone else to blame... it's best if the failure wasn't your fault
C. Acknowledge your failure, figure out what went wrong, think of different strategies or get some advice on how to be more successful, then try again
D. Switch to doing something you know you are good at, and then stick to doing only the things that you are certain you will find success
Q5. Some quick ways to feel more confident before a challenge are:
A. Give yourself a pep talk
B. Strike a power pose
C. Imagine yourself succeeding at first
D. None of the above
E. All of the above
Q6. In what ways does feeling confident help a person succeed in their every day life?
Q7. It seems counterintuitive that persistence in response to failure could actually increase a person's confidence level. Explain why the opposite is true.
Q8. Give some examples of things people might say which indicate they have a fixed mindset? How would you correct these statements to help them develop a growth mindset?
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ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY
for your actions
BE ACCOUNTABLE
for your results
TAKE OWNERSHIP
of your mistakes
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🔔 Word Of The Day
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🔻Five alternatives to ‘THEN’ 🔻
🔸Following that
After the performances, the judges will meet. Following that, they’ll announce the winner.
🔹Next
Mix the flour and eggs, next add the suger, and finally, stir in cocoa.
🔸After that
Turn left, then turn right. After that, you’ll see a roundabout. The hospital is there.
🔹Subsequently
The product failed safety tests; subsequently, it was recalled.
🔸Thereupon
The shooter surrendered. The police thereupon arrested him.
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