English Practice: Reading, Writing, and Conversation Exercises
English Practice
Read the following text: My name is Carolina Parker….
a) What’s her name? Her name is Carolina Parker.
b) Does she live in Ireland? No, she doesn’t. She lives in Scotland.
c) Where does Carol work? She works in a restaurant near the center of the village.
d) Do they close early in the evening? No, they don’t. They close late in the evening.
e) What kind of food do they serve? They serve Italian food.
f) Are their pizzas horrible? No, they aren’t. Their pizzas are very popular.
g) Where
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As Andrea turned off the motorway onto the road to Brockbourne, the small village in which she lived, it was four o’clock in the afternoon, but already the sun was falling behind the hills. At this time in December, it would be completely dark by five o’clock. Andrea shivered. The interior of the car was not cold, but the trees bending in the harsh wind and the patches of yesterday’s snow still heaped in the fields made her feel chilly inside. It was another ten miles
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Before the Accident
The second half of my fourth year of IBA and advanced medicine was marked by burnout, but we all knew the worst was yet to come: the examination period. I felt exhausted, as I did each new year. My days passed between the university and studying, with some time for family, friends, and my boyfriend, Richard. The heat in Santiago was intense, and I dreamed of the calendar, begging
Read MoreEnglish Grammar and Usage: Common Mistakes
Common English Mistakes
1.
Lend: Why don’t you ask a friend to lend you money if you have any money?
Case: Take some more money in case you need to get a taxi home.
Would: If my grades were good enough, I would study computing.
Been: I’ve been studying since 2011.
Unless: I’ll get you a CD for your birthday unless I haven’t got enough money.
Came: Henry Ford came up with the idea of the assembly line…
Long: I`ll need you 50 as long as…
Down: Our washing machine has broken down, so I have to…
Only:
Read MoreVocabulary from Charles Dickens’ Era
Dover mail
A coach that carried letters and passengers.
Struggling
Moving with great difficulty.
Trudged
Walked with difficulty.
Wearily
Very tiredly.
Mist
Fog.
Highwaymen
Armed robbers who attacked coaches.
Blunderbuss
A very heavy gun.
Peered
Looked carefully.
Uneasily
Anxiously, worriedly.
Aimed
Pointed.
Stiffly
When you are stiff, your muscles hurt when you move them.
Plunged
Went deep.
To see about it
To deal with it.
Awkwardly
Embarrassedly.
Eagerly
Enthusiastically.
Keenly
Intently.
Distress
Mental suffering.
Faint
Loss of
Read MoreCommon English and Spanish Verb Conjugations
Understanding Verb Forms
This table presents a list of common verbs in English and their corresponding translations in Spanish. Each verb is shown in its infinitive, simple past, and past participle forms. Verbs marked with an “i” are irregular in English.
| Infinitive | Simple Past | Past Participle | Spanish |
|---|---|---|---|
| add | added | added | agregar |
| answer | answered | answered | responder |
| apologize | apologized | apologized | disculparse |
| arrest | arrested | arrested | arrestar |
| arrive | arrived | arrived | llegar |
| ask | asked | asked | preguntar |
| attack | attacked | attacked | atacar |
| be i | was |