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- to tell is always followed by an object- to tell someone that, or to tell someone something. He told me a piece of good news. BUT: He told the news to Marry. She told us when to come. They keep on telling me that it`s no use studying English on italki:-) to say -either just the verb(He said that he had to go) or followed by an object with "to"(He said to me that he had to go) BUT: to tell a lie, to tell a story, to tell the truth Hope it helps0 votedSeptember 8, 20161
- Looking for students of English Hi everyone! I am not sure what I am supposed to write here but I`d probably advertise myself a little:-) I`ve recently started teaching on italki and will be happy to help anyone who needs to learn English step-by-step. I also offer informal tutoring to the learners of Russian who need some conversation practice or help with homework) Have a look at my profile and feel free to schedule the first class) ThanksJuly 14, 201611
Hi, Fernanda!
All the pieces of advice given to you are right and valuable. The main thing is to be exposed to English as much as possible and in the short-run you`ll see how much your fluency has arisen. Try to retell more texts, listen to more podcasts, watch videos and retell them. Try to pick up a topic of interest for you just on the spot of the moment and practice it aloud at home alone or with your friend. The best way is to find yourself in an English-speaking surrounding where the process of communication flows naturally. Fluency comes with time when your English is good enough not to look for the proper word in your mind to express your thought. Good luck)
0 votedJuly 12, 20160Hi. Your English vocabulary(and grammar of course too) seems to be much better than you are claiming it to be, which says a lot about hard hard-working you are and do manage to acquire a new vocabulary in the way that makes it possible to communicate and to be understood. And this is the main thing.
As an ESL teacher, I can approve of Gabi`s advice on how to remember words. Methologists consider it possible for a learner to remember the language item well enough if he/she is exposed to it for over 15 times. So, probably mechanical learning of new vocabulary items will not enable you to use them in speech but if you write little essays using these items and retell them very close to the context, read texts containing them and retell them, try to express your own point of view on the text using the vocabulary in speech, listen to podcasts (or any short texts with the items), write down the words and retell the podcast using these words, it will help you immensely. Try to do more revision, you`d better revise the material from the previous two lessons rather than learn new one contained in 5 to 7 pages. Take your time, trust in yourself and you`ll feel that you are improving.Don`t actually strive for learning thousands and thousands of new words, you`d better focus on how to speak properly using the vocabulary you`ve got) Good luck!
0 votedJuly 12, 20160Reality
A man wants to create conditions for his close friend to get practical experience before marriage. He talksis talking to his wife:
- Husband: Honey, today I want to invite Tuan to come to our place for dinner.
- Wife: You are crazy!- the wife said,- There `s a mess all over the place. I have not went gone to the market for this week, what are you going to cook dinner from?.The dishes haven`t been done for several days, will you wash them? You was still thick on the surfaceYou are insane to have invited invite your friend to come to our house?
- Well, I `m not worried! He is going to get married his partner soon. I just wanted to give him opinion before the actual learning and make the final decision about that a clear picture of what to expect after the marriage before making the final decision.Hope it`ll help.
0 votedJuly 9, 20161Vacation!
Hi guys! Well, I really need to take a day off at Least! at last! I want a vacation, to be in different places and just meet good people. It may be a sunny ou or rainny place, I really don't care, haha. I woke up this morning, opened my window and I saw a beautiful day, really great, but at the same moment I did remembe(had to get back to the reality): I HAVE TO WORK TODAY! Hahahaha. Sorry for if this entry don't doesn`t makes sense, but I'm so tired today. So I can thinking of nothing better, haha!0 votedJuly 9, 20161
