Etymology dictionary

Hey everyone,

Cecile was talking yesterday about using an Etymology dicitonary when doing a cloze text.

Here is an online dictionary: http://www.etymonline.com/

It's quite good, but also you may find the visual dictionary just as useful:

http://www.visuwords.com/?word=ENGLISH

News

Remember we have no class week!

Please check your emails for extra work on each Unit!

Good luck with the study and have a good holiday! :)

Get into

Jana was talking today about 'get into'. Here are the following definitions:

get into

present tense
I/you/we/they	get into
he/she/it	gets into
present participle	getting into
past tense	got into
past participle	got into

Related dictionary definitions

• jump/get into bed with someone
• get into conversation (with someone)
• enter/get into the spirit of something
• be in/get into a (real) state
• get into/hit your stride
• get into the swing (of something)
• get into the way of doing something

Menu

1. start enjoying something
2. start discussing something
3. train, plane: arrive
4. be accepted/chosen
5. become involved in something bad
6. be in bad mood
7. start doing something
8. +phrase

1. get into something informal to start enjoying something, or to become enthusiastic about it
   

   You feel shy when you start your speech, but then you get into it.

   She’s really getting into the Internet.

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2. get into something informal to begin to discuss something
   

   I don’t think we have time to get into that now.

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3. get into something if a train, plane etc gets into a place, it arrives there
   

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   1. a.

      to arrive at work or school
      

      I got into school early that day.

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4. get into something to be accepted to study at a school or chosen to play for a team etc
   

   She got into one of the top universities in the country.

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   1. a.

      to be elected to a political job
      

      She got into Parliament at the age of 26.

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5. to become involved in a bad situation
   

   get into a fight/argument etc (with someone):
   

   I don’t want to get into an argument with him.

   get into trouble/difficulties etc:
   

   Those kids are always getting into trouble.

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6. get into something to start getting into an angry emotional state
   

   get into a temper/a bad mood etc:
   

   When I complained he got into a temper and began shouting at me.

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7. get into something to start doing something regularly in a particular way
   

   Try to get into the habit of drinking a glass of water every hour.

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8. what’s got into someone? spoken used for asking why someone is behaving in an unusual or annoying way
   

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Interesting lecture on education

Hanim just sent me a very funny clip and to a few of you about whether school kills creativity.

Really informative as it stresses the need for VAK (Visual, Audio and Kinesthetic activities). It would have been very useful for the proposal on education, but at least it can give you ideas if education comes up in the exam. 

Please check it out! :)

During and In

Ayu and Flora were talking today about the use of 'during' and 'in'.

Please have a look at the following website and practice exercises.

http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/preps_during-in.html

Important Notice!

We have class next week!

But we don't have class on the 16th and the 18th.

We are then back on the 23rd of March.

Independent / Primary / Principal Clause

Independent Clauses

An independent clause is also known as a “primary,” “main,” and “principal” clause. An independent clause has a subject and verb, with the ability to stand alone as a sentence.

Charles went to dinner after he changed clothes.
Charles went to dinner.

So there's no difference in meaning between a principal clause and an independent clause.

Classroom Thoughts

James answered immediately. (adverb)

James answered in English. (prepositional phrase)

James answered this morning. (noun phrase)

James answered in English because he had a foreign visitor.(adverbial clause)

 

Types of adverbials that form sentence elements

Adverbials are typically divided into four classes:
adverbial complements (i.e. obligatory adverbial) are adverbials that render a sentence ungrammatical and meaningless if removed.

John put the flowers in a vase.

adjuncts: these are part of the core meaning of the sentence, but if omitted still leave a meaningful sentence.

John helped me with my homework.

conjuncts: these link two sentences together.

John helped so I was, therefore, able to do my homework.

disjuncts: these make comments on the meaning of the rest of the sentence.

Surprisingly, he passed all of his exams.

Distinguishing an adverbial from an adjunct

All verb- or sentence-modifying adjuncts are adverbials, but some adverbials are not adjuncts.

• If the removal of an adverbial does not leave a well-formed sentence, then it is not an adjunct
• If the adverbial modifies within a sentence element, and is not a sentence element in its own right, it is not an adjunct.
• If the adverbial is not grammatically tied to the sentence it is not an adjunct, e.g.

Mr Reninson; however, voted against the proposal. (adverbial conjunct not adjunct)

Activity:
http://www.pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk/Secondary/EnglishAndMedia/11-14/GrammarMattersToo/Samples/SampleGrammarActivityWorksheetsfromtheTeacherResourceFile/GM_Too_TRF_p36_sample.pdf