Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Thank You...!


How to Respond to "Thank You"?

Most languages have an automatic response to thanks.
The British don't automatically respond to thanks, but Americans do. A response is not necessary in British English, but is becoming more frequent.

Some of the ways of responding to thanks are:
You're welcome. (mainly US)
Not at all. (Formal, UK)
It's my pleasure.
Don't mention it.
Any time.
That's alright/okay.
No problem.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013


Word families
This is a good way of knowing a word in every form. If we take the word “photograph” for example, we can record this word with it’s family. You will probably need a dictionary to help you with this. Here is the example:
photograph - noun
to photograph - verb
photographer - person
photographic - adjective
photo - noun (abbreviation)

In each line, choose the word that is different from the others in meaning.
1. tidy
neat
ponder
clean
orderly
2. manage
direct
organize
control
various
3. scheme
suitable
plan
design
undertaking
4. primary
presume
suppose
assume
believe
5. foolish
silly
absurd
smooth
ridiculous
6. uncertain
marvelous
wonderful
amazing
great
7. pleasant
fragile
delicate
frail
breakable
8. wreck
ruin
destroy
spoil
decent
9. disaster
catastrophe
tragedy
doubt
calamity
10. prompt
immediate
punish
quick
rapid

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Building vocabulary is foundational at any reading level. Doesn’t matter who, where, or what grade you teach – building vocabulary across the curriculum is a top priority.