🗣 Pronunciation (speaking) 🗣
Benefits➕:
👤💬 Improve your reading comprehension ;
👄☑️ Learn to enunciate words clearly ;
💭✔️ Avoid common pronunciation mistakes .
❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Listen, then determine the correct pronunciation. Answer key will be given in the comment section.
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✅ Answer key + script :
The Bermuda Triangle, which is also known as the Devil's Triangle, is a region in the (1) west western part of the North Atlantic Ocean. Located between Florida, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico, it forms an area (2) who's that's roughly the shape of a triangle. Dozens of planes, ships, and people (3) has have mysteriously disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle with no good explanation. However, several theories attempt to explain (4) these this bizarre phenomenon. Among them are human error, magnetic fields, alien intervention, a time vortex, and a downed comet.
❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Listen for grammatical errors in the audio track. Identify all mistakes.
Читать полностью…❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Enter a more extreme word to replace 'happy'.
📍 Round 4️⃣. Be more EXTREME 📍
"I was [happy] to be selected as first violin."
(e.g., ebullient etc.)
ℹ️ Suggestions: euphoric, elated, ecstatic.
❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Enter a more critical word to replace 'adequate'.
📍 Round 2️⃣. Be more CRITICAL 📍
"The company's performance this quarter was [unsatisfactory] ."
(e.g. appalling etc.)
ℹ️ Suggestions: deficient, poor, underwhelming .
🔤 Eloquence (speaking) 🔤
Benefits➕:
🆒 Choose the best words to communicate your tone and meaning ;
📓 Master new words and expand your vocabulary ;
🎤 Find the right word when speaking in professional settings .
❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Replace the highlighted word to match the tone of the prompt. Type as many alternate words as possible. Avoid words that do not follow the prompt of the sentence.
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🔤 Diction (speaking) 🗣
Benefits➕:
🗣 Choose the best words and phrases to improve your speaking ;
🗨 Avoid embarrassing errors in conversations .
❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Determine if the sentences contain errors by choosing VALID or ERROR.
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1️⃣ Word of the Day 📎
Etymology
From the Middle English calu, meaning bald. It was originally connected to young birds that didn't have feathers and were immature.
2️⃣ Word of the Day 📎
Etymology
From the French facetie, meaning a joke or jesting remark. The suffix -ious often forms adjectives.
1️⃣ Word of the Day 📎
Etymology
Related to the Latin cupiditas, meaning yearning or desire. It shares a common root with Cupid, the Roman god of love and attraction.
⚽️ Exercise of the Day ⚽️
🫵🏻 I dare you!
ℹ️ Learn sport vocabulary as you do them!
Darebee
🔤 Spelling (writing) 🔤
Benefits➕:
📄✔️ Eliminate spelling errors in your writing ;
☑️ Learn to catch errors that spell-check overlooks ;
📝 Write more efficiently and confidently .
❗️ INSTRUCTIONS: Finish all three rounds choosing the selection that correctly completes the word above.
📍ROUNDS:
♨️ Double or single letter?
♨️ Add a letter or OK?
♨️ Flip-flop
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↩️ MOVE THE SENTENCE:
📄 🅰️ From 1885 to 1917, Russian jeweler Peter Faberge created 50 enameled and decorated eggs for the Russian royal family. The first was commissioned by Tsar Alexander III. 🅱️ Each of the eggs are a testament to Faberge's creative genius. ↩️ The last, which was never finished, was commissioned by the last tsar of Russia. Arguably, the most elaborate one is the Fifteenth Anniversary Egg. It was created in 1911. The egg is decorated with miniature paintings of each member of the royal family. 📃
1️⃣ Location A ;
2️⃣ Location B .
1️⃣ Word of the Day 📎
Etymology
From the Greek esoterikos, meaning something that belongs to an inner circle.
🗣 Precision (speaking) 🗣
Benefits➕:
🎯 Learn to speak more clearly and accurately;
🎙 Speak more confidently in professional setting.
🔉 This activity requires audio. Make sure you can hear the tone clearly.
❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Listen for grammatical errors in the audio track.
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1️⃣ Word of the Day 📎
Etymology
Related to the Latin ossis, meaning bones. The suffix -ify is used for verbs.
❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Enter a more forceful word to replace 'asking'.
📍 Round 3️⃣. Be more FORCEFUL 📍
"Due to the threat, the security guard is [asking] everyone to evacuate."
(e.g., ordering etc.)
ℹ️ Suggestions: compelling, instructing, urging.
❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Enter a more urgent word to replace 'run'.
📍 Round 1️⃣. Be more URGENT 📍
"The herd sensed danger and began to [run] ."
(e.g., scurry etc.)
ℹ️ Suggestions: sprint, stampede, jet.
1️⃣ Word of the Day 📎
Etymology
From the Middle French duppe, meaning a deceived person. It was possibly an alteration of hoopoe, a bird known for its lack of intelligence.
1️⃣ Word of the Day 📎
Etymology
From the Old Norse gelda, a term related to castration or an inability to reproduce. Another modern meaning of gelded is castrated.
📓 Clarity (writing) 📓
Benefits➕:
🗨✔️ Learn to express yourself clearly and concisely ;
👥✔️ Use more direct phrases to avoid misunderstanding .
❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Replace a wordy phrase to make the sentence as brief as possible.
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⚽️ Exercise of the Day ⚽️
🫵🏻 You better do it!
ℹ️ Learn sport vocabulary as you do them!
Darebee
⭕️ Syntax (writing) ❌
Benefits➕:
📄🔍 Avoid making embarrassing mistakes in your writing ;
🛎🔨 Master tricky grammar rules .
❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Determine if the sentences contain errors by choosing: ERROR, or VALID.
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1️⃣ Word of the Day 📎
Etymology
From the Latin fello, meaning villain. Fell is related to the word felon.
1️⃣ Word of the Day 📎
Etymology
From the Old English ceorl, meaning a peasant or person without rank. Over time, it became an insult for anyone without manners.
↔️ COMBINE THE SENTENCES:
📄 From 1885 to 1917, Russian jeweler Peter Faberge created 50 enameled and decorated eggs for the Russian royal family. The first was commissioned by Tsar Alexander III. Each of the eggs are a testament to Faberge's creative genius. The last, which was never finished, was commissioned by the last tsar of Russia. Arguably, the most elaborate one is the Fifteenth Anniversary Egg. 🔁 It was created in 1911. The egg is decorated with miniature paintings of each member of the royal family. 📃
1️⃣ The Fifteenth Anniversary Egg was arguably created in 1911 and the most elaborate ;
2️⃣ The Fifteenth Anniversary Egg, created in 1911, is arguably the most elaborate .