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Salaam, Everybody, Some Idiomatic uses of the Verb MAKE : 1.I don’t need a bigger table. I can make do with this small one.. ( make do = manage with available resources ). 2. The loss is too big to make good. ( make good = recover / compensate for ) 3. I could make […]
MY FEELINGS,MY EMOTIONS ,MY THOUGHTS AND MY WORDS JULY 2018 Read More »
Salaam, Everybody, A Sweet Souvenir from my Sweet son, Prof Muhammad Akram Ali Malik, GCU, LAHORE – 17 JUNE 18 Salaam, Everybody, Welcome back to business. I did intend to have a weekly class around 4 pm every Sunday during Ramazan ul Mubarak , but found it difficult. We were studying Phrasal Verbs and Idiomatic
MY FEELINGS,MY EMOTIONS ,MY THOUGHTS AND MY WORDS JUNE 2018 Read More »
Salaam, Everybody, CHOOCHOO ART My grand-daughter Aliza Amjad, a student of Class Six, has a superb talent for making cute little decoration pieces from cardboard, coloured paper , glue and water colours etc. The picture shows her latest creation, a gift for my work table . I call her Choochoo, and her creations CHOOCHOO
MY FEELINGS,MY EMOTIONS ,MY THOUGHTS AND MY WORDS MAY 2018 Read More »
Back to business, today we examine some combinations of the word UNDER. 1. I have undertaken to teach you English in a new, easy way. ( undertake = take responsibility to do something ). 2. He told me the troubles he had undergone during his service. ( undergo = experience/ suffer/ go through ) 3.
MY FEELINGS,MY EMOTIONS ,MY THOUGHTS AND MY WORDS APRIL 2018 Read More »
Salaam, Everybody, The word DRIVE has several meanings. For instance 1. His laziness drives me mad. ( drive mad = annoy or irritate ) 2. He drove the sheep to the field. ( drive/ drove = lead or take ) 3. Our drive to Lahore was very pleasant. ( drive = journey by car )
MY FEELINGS,MY EMOTIONS ,MY THOUGHTS AND MY WORDS- MARCH 2018 Read More »
Salaam, Everybody, Thanks for response to my last night’s post. Please note that this is an English class. So no comments / answers in Urdu. The most proper way to tell a shopkeeper what you want to buy is to say Let me see some pens (etc) please. OR I would like to see some
MY FEELINGS,MY EMOTIONS ,MY THOUGHTS AND MY WORDS- FEBRUARY 2018 Read More »
Salaam, Everybody, Today our class enters its third year. I dedicate this day to my first companion along this road, Mr Zafar Niazi. Zafar is an eminent educationist and well-known writer of thought-provoking Urdu as well as English posts. We made a pretty bumpy start with a debate over my concept of good English. We
MY FEELINGS,MY EMOTIONS ,MY THOUGHTS AND MY WORDS JANUARY 2018 Read More »
Salaam, Everybody, Referring back to my post dated November 30, I thoroughly agree with those friends who suggest reading English newspapers as the best way to improve English. Reading an English newspaper is not a big problem because you already know from other sources (TV news channels, Urdu newspapers etc) what a news item is
MY FEELINGS,MY EMOTIONS ,MY THOUGHTS AND MY WORDS DECEMBER 2017 Read More »
Salaam, Everybody, I feel we have been a bit too hard on teachers in our discussion. As I once hinted, many of the teachers are given to teach English just because they are BA B Ed. How can you expect an unwilling worker to put his heart and soul into his work? Leaving the teachers
MY FEELINGS,MY EMOTIONS ,MY THOUGHTS AND MY WORDS- NOVEMBER 2017 Read More »
MY FEELING,MY EMOTIONS ,MY THOUGHTS AND MY WORDS Salaam, Everybody, Some of the comments on my post of September 29 call for my response. I find it hard to agree with the view of Madam Sameera that MCQs are helpful in testing the students’ knowledge of some vocabulary items like Antonyms, Synonyms etc. In the
MY FEELINGS,MY EMOTIONS ,MY THOUGHTS AND MY WORDS-OCTOBER 2017 Read More »