How I learned English at school.
I studied English at school and it wasn't always successful. One day I had as a homework to learn a list of new words. There was a phrase in that list — "to catch a cold". It seemed easy for me to learn this phrase because these words were simple, so I decided not to pay much attention on this one and to concentrate on other more difficult words. Next day we had a little dictation with that list. And when the time to write this "simple" phrase came, I found out that I absolutely couldn't remember it! I had wrote all phrases and words correctly except that one. I tried hardly to remember it and I thought about words that sounded like that phrase. And the best thing I could write was — "to take a coach"! It was such a shame when I got my results and all my classmates had written the phrase "to catch a cold" right except me.
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How I learned English at school.
I studied English at school and it wasn't always successful. One day I had as a homework to learn a list of new words. In it was the phrase — "to catch a cold". It seemed easy for me to learn this phrase because these words were simple, so I decided not to pay much attention to this one and to concentrate on other more difficult words. Next day we had a little dictation from that list. And when the time came to write this "simple" phrase, I found out that I absolutely couldn't remember it! I had written all the phrases and words correctly except for that one. I tried hard* to remember it and I thought about words that sounded like it. And the best I could write was — "to take a coach"! It was such a shame when I got my results and all my classmates had written the phrase "to catch a cold" right except for me.*I tried hardly = I hardly tried (I made little efforts) = the exact opposite of what you meant = I tried hard (I made efforts). Actually, it is not my fault, nor yours but English's. It is just plain old illogical sometimes.
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How I learned English at school.
I studied English at school and I wasn't always successful. One day I had as a homework to learn a list of new words. There was a phrase in that list — "to catch a cold". It seemed easy for me to learn this phrase because the words were simple, so I decided to not pay much attention to this one and to concentrate on other more difficult words. On the next day, we had a little dictation with that list. And when the time to write this "simple" phrase came, I found out that I absolutely couldn't remember it! I had written all of the phrases and words correctly except that one. I tried hardly to remember it and I thought about words that sounded like that phrase. And the best thing I could write was — "to take a coach"! It was such a shame when I got my results and all my classmates had written the phrase "to catch a cold" right except me.Want to progress faster?
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