The Ways We Pronounce -Ed

The Ways We Pronounce -Ed We can find -ed style in the simple past tense or past participle in the regular verb. I'm sure that all of you are confusing when you try to speak the verb which use that style. ex : I cooked a cake for you. we can pronounce the -ed in 3 ways: /ɪd/ /t/ /d/ If the base verb ends in one of these sounds example base verb* example with -ed pronounce the -ed as extra syllable? /t/ want wanted /ɪd/ yes /d/ end ended unvoiced /p/ hope hoped /t/ no /f/ laugh laughed /s/ fax faxed /ʃ/ wash washed /ʧ/ watch watched /k/ like liked voiced all...

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General Strategies for the Listening Section

General Strategies for the Listening Section  1. Be familiar with the direction. Before you listen the section of your speaking, you must be familiar with the direction of those tasks. 2. Be familiar with computer adaptivity it means that you will start with medium level question until the difficult one, these question will increase in step by step. so, you must be familiar about that. 3. Set the volume carefully before you start...

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Finding the Main Idea in Paragraph

Finding the Main Idea in Paragraph   Main idea is the point of paragraph. We can find that usually in the beginning of paragraph or the last of the paragraph . The main idea usually is a sentence.  if we want to search  main idea we have to know the topic first, it makes you easy to find main idea of that paragraph. And this case, i want to give you the examples of the paragraphs and the main idea of those paragraphs. Summer ...

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American Idioms A-E

American Idioms A About time: Nearly time, high time. ex. "It's about time you bought a new car!" Absence makes the heart grow fonder: Proverb that means that our feeling for those we love increases when we are apart from them. (To) act high and mighty: To act proudly and arrogantly. ex. "He has been acting all high and mighty ever since he chased away that burglar." Actions speak louder than words: Proverb meaning that's it's better to do something about a problem than to talk about it. ...

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The Differences between Paraphrase, Summary, and Synthesis

The Differences between Paraphrase, Summary, and Synthesis. in academic writing we can't put someone else idea without change the words with our own words or conclude it into the main information. we must make paraphrasing, summary, or synthesis in our academic writing if we use argument for someone else. in this case, I will show you the differences of paraphrasing, summary, or synthesis.  1. Paraphrase paraphrase is an activity to...

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Article

ARTICLE Article is a kind of word that is placed before a noun to represent the existence of the world. There are two kinds of article, they are indefinite article and definite article. 1. The indefinite article are "a" and "an" 2. The definite article is "the" How we use article ? a. we use indefinite article to show expression of speed, number, price, etc. b. we use indefinite article before singular countable noun. c. we use "a" before...

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