In this category the english post of Prof Munawar Ali Malik have been included
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 »
