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THE TOWER TIPSHEET
April 1, 2003
#413
Published by:
The Tower of English
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
-Today's Cool Website
-Today's Vocabulary Lesson
-Today's Idiom
-Today's Grammar Lesson
-Today's Joke
-Today's Tongue Twister
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TODAY'S COOL WEBSITE
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-FAMILY PORTRAITS-
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http://zonezero.com/magazine/essays/diegotime/time.html
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Level: All
Take a look at these fascinating photos of a family from Argentina.
Every year since 1976 they have had photos taken of each family member.
It's interesting to see how they have changed from year to year.
YOUR TURN:
Try to describe the changes you see in these photos. How have the family
members changed over 27 years?
Do you have any photos of yourself when you were a child? Bring them to
class and put them next to your classmates' photos. Then try to identify
each photo.
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TODAY'S VOCABULARY LESSON
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-BESIDES/BESIDE-
These two words can be confusing.
BESIDES means "in addition to" or "except for."
-BESIDES cleaning the apartment, she cooked dinner for her family.
(She cleaned the apartment and also cooked dinner for her family.)
-Nobody, BESIDES George, came to the party.
(Only George came to the party.)
BESIDE means "next to."
-She sat beside John at the table.
-The post office is beside the library.
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TODAY'S IDIOM
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-AN ARM AND A LEG-
How much would you be willing to pay for something you really want?
Would you give up your arm and leg?
If you pay AN ARM AND A LEG for something, it means you pay a lot of
money for it.
-I paid AN ARM AND A LEG for my new stereo.
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TODAY'S GRAMMAR LESSON
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-PRONOUNS AND ANTECEDENTS-
A pronoun is a word that is substituted for a noun. An antecedent is the
noun that the pronoun substitutes for.
For example:
-John listened to music while he studied.
(HE is the pronoun. JOHN is the antecedent for HE. JOHN = HE)
Can you find the pronouns and antecedents in these sentences?
1. Susan wanted her favorite toy.
2. The dog slept on its favorite chair.
3. He talked for an hour with his friend.
ANSWERS:
1. SUSAN is the antecedent for HER.
2. DOG is the antecedent for ITS.
3. HE is the antecedent for HIS.
(Sometimes a pronoun can also be an antecedent.)
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TODAY'S JOKE
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-THE DOCTOR-
A new nurse listened while Dr. Blake was yelling, "Typhoid! Tetanus!
Measles!" The new nurse asked another nurse, "Why is he doing that?"
The other nurse replied, "Oh, he just likes to call the shots around
here."
-What are the two meanings for SHOTS in this joke? What does CALL THE
SHOTS mean?
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TODAY'S TONGUE TWISTER
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Practice your pronunciation with this tongue twister:
Silly Sally swiftly shooed seven silly sheep.
The seven silly sheep Silly Sally shooed
shilly-shallied south.
These sheep shouldn't sleep in a shack;
sheep should sleep in a shed.
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