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English Day by Day is designed for school students to improve their performance in the English language.

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Le préfixe "by-"

Le préfixe "by-"

Le préfixe by- sert à désigner un à-côté de quelque chose. Son sens vient de la préposition de lieu que l'on peut utiliser aussi bien avec un verbe de mouvement que pour situer quelque chose dans l'espace. "I put the bag by the door" (j'ai mis le sac...

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"-ing", une terminaison nominalisante

"-ing", une terminaison nominalisante

Il faut faire attention en anglais car la forme "-ing" isolée, aposée à un verbe, n'est pas une forme verbale mais bien nominale. Un verbe sur lequel on rajoute ce suffixe devient un substantif et se comporte comme tel. Notre traduction en français peut...

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Shrek - The credits

Shrek - The credits

Hey, today after speaking a little about your classmates who are still stuck in Greece, we watched the credits from the movie "Shrek". Here is the transcript of the opening: Once upon a time there was a lovely princess but she had an enchantment upon...

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Ashleigh's Rules + text + Sunday Bloody Sunday

Hey, we first had a warm up about Ashleigh's Rules and Facebook. Here is what we said about it: "Ashleigh's rules" Ashleigh was a 17-year-old British girl who was killed by a psycho / freak she had met on the Internet, more precisely on Facebook. After...

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Ashleigh's Rules + Comparison movie / book

Hey, today we first spoke about Ashleigh Hall, a young British teenager who was raped and murdered after meeting a freak from Facebook. Here is what we said about what is now called "Ashleigh's Rules": "to be written by Marine" Then we continued speaking...

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If Game + New text: "The Rolls-Royce"

Hey, today we first started the class with a little "If game" and here is what we wrote in our lesson copy books about it: "Speaking" : "If" Games : IF + PRETERIT => WOULD + VERBE • If I broke a vase while babysitting I would pay for it or I would accuse...

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Illegal downloading, uniforms + oral evaluation

Hey, with Group 1, we continued speaking about uniforms and listing some arguments for and against: - You can feel left out, like a pariah if your parents can not afford to buy you expensive clothes - It's normal, it's a custom / habit -> You are accustomed...

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Facebook + Guns

Hey, today we first did a quick warm up about the dangers of Facebook and here is what we finally said: "to be written by Cindy" Then we continued the class speaking about the document "Guns". Here is what we said about it: "to be written by Cindy" HW:...

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Modules: how to improve my expression

Modules: how to improve my expression

Hey, today in small groups, you had to work on how to improve your written expression and particularly the use of adjectives. You need to be creative and use as many comparisons as possible. When this is done, you need to select the best adjectives /...

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La place de l'adverbe en anglais

La place de l'adverbe en anglais

L es adverbes en français sont pour le plupart composés du suffixe "-ment" en français. En anglais, c'est le suffixe "-ly" qui joue ce rôle principal. Attention à certains "pièges" de la langue comme "friendly" qui est l'adjectif (et non l'adverbe) attaché...

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