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November 27 2023

TOEFL essay writing tips

There are two tasks in the TOEFL Writing section. The first writing task is an integrated task: you will have to listen to a lecture and read a passage. You must then write a summary of both passages.

The second writing task is an independent essay. You have to write an essay of at least 300 words on a given topic. You will have to write on the topic you are given. No choice is available. TOEFL iBT is a computerized test. You have to type both essays on a computer. If you do not know typewriting well, you must practice on a keyboard before your test.

You can cut, copy and paste as you type your essays, but remember that the computer will not check your spelling or grammar. That means you have to do your homework. Learn the spellings of all words you tend to misspell.

General writing strategies

The TOEFL writing section has two tasks. It takes about 50 minutes. Here are a few tips for success on the Writing section.

Organize your thoughts first

Do not start writing as soon the section begins. Instead, use one or two minutes for organizing your ideas. This is very important, because few people are capable of organizing their thoughts in their mind as they write. As a result they will have to edit more.

By organizing your ideas in the beginning itself, you will get an outline for your essay. Once you have got the outline ready, you only need to develop the ideas into paragraphs. However, do not spend more than 2 or 3 minutes on an outline. Remember that you will not get any marks for the outline.

Use familiar vocabulary

Some students try to impress the examiner with complex vocabulary. You must not try this stunt if you are not familiar with these words. Of course, you have to use academic words in your essay. However, they needn’t necessarily be obscure.

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November 26 2023


Active vs. Passive

Fill in the blanks.

1. The latest edition of this book ............................ next month.

2. They .................................... out a new edition soon.

3. They ................................. me responsible for the problems.

4. She ............................ to leave.

5. They ................................ of this.

6. I ............................. them all.

7. He ................................. me to his wife.

8. I ..................................... to his wife.

9. He ............................. for poor performance.

10. My application ............................... down.

11. I ............................. to find your letter in my inbox.

12. He ................................. for this.

Answers

1. The latest edition of this book will be published next month.

2. They will bring out a new edition soon.

3. They held me responsible for the problems.

4. She was told to leave.

5. They have been informed of this.

6. I have invited them all.

7. He introduced me to his wife.

8. I was introduced to his wife.

9. He was sacked for poor performance.

10. My application was turned down.

11. I was delighted to find your letter in my inbox.

12. He will be punished for this.

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June 15 2023


To determine if you are obese, you can calculate your body mass index (BMI). BMI is a commonly used method to assess whether a person has a healthy body weight based on their height and weight. Here's how you can calculate your BMI:

  1. Measure your weight in kilograms (kg).
  2. Measure your height in meters (m).

Once you have these measurements, use the following formula to calculate your BMI:

BMI = weight (kg) / (height (m))^2

For example, if you weigh 80 kilograms and your height is 1.75 meters, the calculation would be:

BMI = 80 kg / (1.75 m)^2 = 26.1

After calculating your BMI, you can interpret the results using the following categories:

  • Underweight: BMI less than 18.5
  • Normal weight: BMI between 18.5 and 24.9
  • Overweight: BMI between 25 and 29.9
  • Obesity: BMI of 30 or higher

Keep in mind that while BMI is a useful tool for most individuals, it does have limitations. It doesn't account for factors such as muscle mass, bone density, and distribution of body fat. Therefore, it's essential to consider other factors and consult with a healthcare professional for a comprehensive assessment of your health.



Paf04.20.2023

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In English, there are several ways to express future actions or events, including the simple future, future continuous, future perfect, future perfect continuous, and the use of modal verbs.

Here's a chart showing the differences and meanings of each tense:

TenseFormExampleUse
Simple futureSubject + "will" + base form of verbI will walk to work tomorrow.Future actions or predictions.
Future continuousSubject + "will be" + present participle (-ing)I will be walking to work at this time tomorrow.Ongoing actions in the future.
Future perfectSubject + "will have" + past participleBy this time next week, I will have walked to work ten times.Completed actions in the future before another future action.
Future perfect continuousSubject + "will have been" + present participle (-ing)By the end of the year, I will have been walking to work for six months.Ongoing actions in the future before another future action, with a focus on the duration of the action.
Modal verbsSubject + modal verb + base form of verbShe might walk to work tomorrow.Expresses probability, possibility, ability, or obligation.

And here are some exercises to practice using these future tenses:

  1. Complete the sentences with the correct future tense:

a. I ____________ to work tomorrow. (simple future) b. She ____________ to be walking to work at this time next week. (future continuous) c. They ____________ finished packing by the time we arrive. (future perfect) d. We ____________ walking to work for three hours by the time we get home. (future perfect continuous) e. He ____________ the news by the end of the day. (simple future) f. She ____________ take the day off if she's not feeling well. (modal verb)

  1. Choose the correct future tense to complete the sentences:

a. We (will/will be) traveling to Europe next summer. b. They (will have/will have been) living in this city for ten years next month. c. She (might/will) come to the party if she finishes her work on time. d. I (will/will have) finished my project by the end of the week. e. He (will be/will have been) playing soccer for two hours by the time we arrive. f. They (could/will) win the game if they play well.

I hope this helps!


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Paf04.18.2023

Fatmir Mani's English School

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In English, there are four past tenses: simple past, past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous.

Here's a chart showing the differences and meanings of each tense:

TenseFormExampleUse
Simple pastSubject + past tense of verbI walked to work yesterday.Completed actions in the past.
Past continuousSubject + "was/were" verb + present participle (-ing)I was walking to work when it started to rain.Ongoing actions in the past (interrupted by another action or event).
Past perfectSubject + "had" + past participleI had walked to work before it started to rain.Completed actions before another past action.
Past perfect continuousSubject + "had been" + present participle (-ing)I had been walking to work for an hour before it started to rain.Ongoing actions before another past action, with a focus on the duration of the action.

And here are some exercises to practice using these past tenses:

  1. Complete the sentences with the correct past tense:

a. I ____________ to work yesterday. (simple past) b. She ____________ when she saw the accident. (past continuous) c. They ____________ already left by the time we arrived. (past perfect) d. We ____________ for hours before we finally found the right street. (past perfect continuous) e. He ____________ the news and immediately called his family. (simple past) f. She ____________ studying for the exam all night. (past continuous)

  1. Choose the correct past tense to complete the sentences:

a. I (saw/had seen) that movie three times already. b. They (were/had been) waiting for the bus for half an hour. c. She (went/had gone) to the store before she realized she forgot her wallet. d. We (were/had been) watching TV when the power went out. e. He (played/had played) soccer since he was a child. f. They (had been/were) living in that house for ten years before they decided to sell it.

I hope this helps!


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Paf04.16.2023

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In English, there are four present tenses: simple present, present continuous, present perfect, and present perfect continuous.

Here's a chart showing the differences and meanings of each tense:

TenseFormExampleUse
Simple presentSubject + base form of verbI walk to work every day.Repeated actions, general truths/facts, and permanent situations.
Present continuousSubject + "to be" verb + present participle (-ing)I am walking to work right now.Actions happening now or around now (temporary situations).
Present perfectSubject + "have/has" + past participleI have walked to work many times.Actions that started in the past and continue until now (unfinished time period) or past actions with a present result.
Present perfect continuousSubject + "have/has been" + present participle (-ing)I have been walking to work a lot lately.Actions that started in the past and continue until now (unfinished time period) or past actions with a present result, with a focus on the duration of the action.

And here are some exercises to practice using these present tenses:

  1. Complete the sentences with the correct present tense:

a. I ____________ to music every day. (simple present) b. She ____________ on her homework right now. (present continuous) c. They ____________ their friends for ten years. (present perfect) d. We ____________ for the same company since 2010. (present perfect) e. He ____________ for a walk every morning. (simple present) f. She ____________ English for three hours. (present perfect continuous)

  1. Choose the correct present tense to complete the sentences:

a. I (am/was) watching TV when you called. b. They (have/had) been studying for the exam for three hours. c. She (plays/has played) the guitar since she was ten. d. We (are/were) eating dinner when the phone rang. e. He (is/was) always forgetting his keys. f. They (have been/had been) living in this city for five years.

I hope this helps!

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13.03.2023


Androcles and the Lion is a fable of Aesop that tells the story of a slave who escapes his cruel master and becomes friends with a lion in the wilderness. Here is the story:

Androcles was a slave who had escaped from his cruel master. He ran into the wilderness and, while hiding in a cave, stumbled upon a lion with a huge thorn in its paw. Androcles approached the lion, and to his surprise, the lion did not attack him. Instead, the lion lay down and held out its paw for Androcles to remove the thorn.

Androcles carefully removed the thorn from the lion's paw, and the lion roared with relief. From that moment on, the lion became Androcles' companion, bringing him food and protecting him from other animals. But eventually, Androcles was captured and returned to his master, who condemned him to death in the arena, to be torn apart by wild animals.

On the day of the spectacle, Androcles was thrown into the arena with a fierce lion. But as the lion charged at him, it recognized Androcles and ran towards him, wagging its tail. The audience was amazed to see the lion licking Androcles' feet and nuzzling its head against his chest. Androcles explained to the amazed crowd how he had helped the lion when it was injured and how it had become his friend.

The emperor, who was in the audience, was so impressed by the story that he pardoned Androcles and set him free, along with his lion companion. Androcles and the lion lived happily ever after.

Here are some multiple-choice questions about the fable:

  1. How did Androcles become friends with the lion? A) He tamed the lion with his whip. B) He stumbled upon the lion with a thorn in its paw and removed it. C) He fought the lion and emerged victorious. D) He fed the lion and gained its trust.

Answer:

  1. Why was Androcles condemned to death in the arena? A) He stole from his master. B) He killed a fellow slave. C) He helped a lion in the wilderness. D) He tried to escape his master's house.

Answer:

  1. What happened when Androcles was thrown into the arena with a fierce lion? A) The lion attacked him and killed him. B) The lion recognized him and ran towards him, wagging its tail. C) Androcles tamed the lion with his whip. D) The lion fled in fear when it saw Androcles.

Answer:

  1. What did the emperor do when he heard Androcles' story? A) He ordered Androcles to be killed. B) He pardoned Androcles and set him free. C) He gave Androcles a job in the palace. D) He ordered Androcles to be enslaved again.

Answer:

  1. What was the moral of the fable of Androcles and the lion? A) It is possible to befriend even the fiercest of creatures. B) People should not try to escape from their masters. C) It is better to be cruel than to be kind. D) Animals should be feared and avoided at all costs.

Answer:

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14.03.2023


Here's a chart explaining adverbs of frequency for B2 level learners:

Adverb of FrequencyUsageExample
AlwaysTo describe a repeated action that happens all the time.She always eats breakfast before work.
UsuallyTo describe a repeated action that happens most of the time.He usually takes the bus to work.
OftenTo describe a repeated action that happens many times.They often go out to eat on the weekends.
SometimesTo describe a repeated action that happens occasionally.I sometimes forget my keys at home.
RarelyTo describe a repeated action that happens infrequently.She rarely goes to the gym after work.
Hardly everTo describe a repeated action that almost never happens.He hardly ever drinks coffee.
NeverTo describe a repeated action that doesn't happen at all.They never miss their morning jog.



Here are some exercises and examples to help you practice using adverbs of frequency:

  1. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate adverb of frequency:

a) She ____________ (always/never) forgets her keys at home. b) They ____________ (usually/rarely) go to the movies on weekdays. c) I ____________ (often/hardly ever) eat fast food. d) He ____________ (sometimes/never) goes to bed early. e) We ____________ (rarely/always) take the train to work.

  1. Use adverbs of frequency to describe your daily routine:

a) I ____________ (always/usually) wake up at 6 a.m. and ____________ (often/sometimes) exercise in the morning. b) During the day, I ____________ (usually/often) work on my computer and ____________ (sometimes/rarely) take breaks. c) In the evening, I ____________ (often/rarely) cook dinner and ____________ (sometimes/hardly ever) watch TV.

  1. Use adverbs of frequency to describe your habits or preferences:

a) When it comes to eating, I ____________ (always/usually) prefer healthy food and ____________ (rarely/never) eat junk food. b) In terms of exercise, I ____________ (often/usually) go to the gym and ____________ (sometimes/hardly ever) go for a run outside. c) When it comes to hobbies, I ____________ (usually/often) read books and ____________ (sometimes/rarely) play video games.

It's important to use adverbs of frequency in the correct order in a sentence, which is usually subject + adverb of frequency + verb. For example, "I always eat breakfast before work" or "She never forgets her keys at home." Adverbs of frequency can be used in various situations such as describing daily routines, habits, and preferences. Practicing with these exercises can help you use adverbs of frequency correctly and effectively in your spoken and written communication.


I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions.


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13.03.2023



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13.03.2023


To write a sentence in English, keep the following in mind:

  1. Grammar - Make sure that your sentence is grammatically correct. This includes using the correct verb tense, subject-verb agreement, and proper sentence structure.

  2. Clarity - Make sure that your sentence is clear and easy to understand. Avoid using overly complex vocabulary or sentence structures that can confuse the reader.

  3. Punctuation - Use proper punctuation to help clarify the meaning of your sentence. This includes using commas, periods, and other punctuation marks correctly.

  4. Conciseness - Try to make your sentence as concise as possible. Avoid using unnecessary words or phrases that do not add to the meaning of the sentence.

  5. Variety - Use a variety of sentence structures and lengths to make your writing more interesting and engaging.

  6. Context - Make sure that your sentence makes sense in the context of the larger piece of writing. Your sentence should flow smoothly and fit in with the overall message that you are trying to convey.

By keeping these things in mind, you can write effective and engaging sentences that are clear, concise, and easy to understand.



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11.03.2023


To write a paragraph in English, follow these steps:

  1. Choose a topic - Decide on the topic that you want to write about. Make sure it is something that you are interested in and have some knowledge about.

  2. Write a topic sentence - Start your paragraph with a clear and concise topic sentence that introduces the main idea or point of the paragraph.

  3. Provide supporting details - Use specific examples, facts, and details to support your topic sentence. Make sure that your supporting details are relevant and help to explain or illustrate your main point.

  4. Use transitional words and phrases - Use transitional words and phrases to connect your ideas and make your paragraph flow smoothly. Examples of transitional words and phrases include "however," "therefore," "in addition," and "furthermore."

  5. Conclude your paragraph - End your paragraph with a concluding sentence that summarizes your main point and leads into the next paragraph.

  6. Edit your paragraph - After you have written your paragraph, take some time to edit and revise it. Check for spelling and grammar errors, and make sure that your paragraph is clear, concise, and easy to read.

Remember that a paragraph should be focused on one main idea or point, and should be well-organized with supporting details that help to explain or illustrate that point. With practice and patience, you can become a skilled writer of English paragraphs.


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10.03.2023

Write a paragraph about your parents following the :

Parents play an important role in the lives of their children. They are the first teachers, caregivers, and role models that we encounter. From infancy, parents provide us with love, support, and guidance. They teach us basic skills such as walking and talking, and help us to develop a sense of self-esteem and confidence. As we grow older, parents continue to be an important source of emotional support and encouragement. They help us to navigate the challenges of adolescence and provide us with advice and guidance as we begin to make our way in the world. Parents are an invaluable resource, and their love and support are essential for a happy and fulfilling life. We should always appreciate the sacrifices and hard work that our parents put into raising us, and strive to be the best that we can be in order to make them proud.


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Hi Piro and friends, here's a general plan for how to prepare for the TOEFL test:

  1. Familiarize yourself with the test format: Before you begin preparing for the TOEFL test, it's important to know what the test format looks like. Take some time to research the different sections of the test, the types of questions you can expect, and the time limits for each section.

  2. Assess your current English language skills: Take a practice test to determine your current skill level and identify areas where you need improvement. This will help you create a personalized study plan.

  3. Set a study schedule: Plan out a study schedule that works best for you. You may want to consider studying for 1-2 hours per day, several times per week, for a period of several weeks or months leading up to the test.

  4. Practice with TOEFL materials: Utilize official TOEFL study materials such as books, sample tests, and online resources to practice each section of the test. This will help you become familiar with the types of questions, the structure of the test, and the timing for each section.

  5. Focus on weak areas: Identify the areas where you need improvement and focus your study efforts on those areas. If you struggle with speaking or listening, for example, focus more on those areas.

  6. Practice time management: One of the most important factors in succeeding on the TOEFL test is time management. During your practice sessions, be sure to time yourself and practice answering questions within the given time limits.

  7. Seek support from others: Consider joining a study group or working with a tutor who can provide support and guidance as you prepare for the test.

  8. Take practice tests: Take multiple practice tests to assess your progress and identify areas where you still need improvement. This will help you become more comfortable with the test format and prepare you for test day.

  9. Review your mistakes: After taking practice tests, review your mistakes to identify patterns and areas where you still need improvement. Focus on those areas during your study sessions.

  10. Stay motivated and focused: Preparing for the TOEFL test can be a long process, so it's important to stay motivated and focused. Keep your study schedule consistent, take breaks when you need them, and stay positive.

Remember that everyone's study plan will be different, so adjust your plan according to your own needs and progress. Good luck with your TOEFL test preparation!

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09.02.2023


Past habits – used to, would and the past simple 

Zakone shkuarësisha mësuar , do dhe koha e kryer e thjeshtë 

 

   Do you know how to talk about past habits using used to, would and the past simple? Look at these examples to see how used to, would and the past simple are used. 

   A dini si flisni për zakone shkuarës duke përdorur isha mësuar , do dhe kohën e kryer thjeshtë? Shihni këta shembuj për parë si përdoren isha mësuar , do dhe koha e kryer e thjeshtë. 

  • They used to live in London. 

  • I didnt use to like olives. 

  • We would always go to the seaside for our holidays. 

  • But one holiday we went to the mountains instead. 

 

 

 

Try this exercise to test your grammar. 

Provoni këtë ushtrim për testuar njohuritë tuaja gramatikore. 

 

 

 

  Choose the correct option to complete the sentence. 

  Zgjidhni opsionin e saktë për plotësuar fjalitë. 

 

When I was young we a)____ in a big house in the countryside. On summer mornings my brother and I b)____ while everyone else was asleep. We c)____ breakfast and then go quietly out of the house to the river. We d)____ hours fishing in a small boat belonging to my grandmother. My brother e)____ the names of all the different types of fish that were in the river. We would often fall asleep in the boat and our father f)____ to find us. But Dad g)____ angry because he had done the same when he was a kid. Once I h)____ an enormous fish. I was so happy! 

 

a) 

  • would live 

  • used to live 

 

b) 

  • used to go fishing 

  • have fished 

 

c) 

  • would have 

  • had 

 

d) 

  • would spend 

  • didnt use to spend 

 

e) 

  • would know 

  • used to know 

 

f) 

  • would come 

  • was coming 

 

g) 

  • wouldnt get 

  • didnt use to get 

 

h) 

  • used to catch 

  • caught 

 

 

 

Grammar explanation 

Shpjegimi gramatikor 

   When we talk about things in the past that are not true any more, we can do it in different ways. 

   Kur flasim rreth gjërave të së shkuarës të cilat nuk ekzistojnë më, ne mund të shprehemi në mënyra të ndryshme. 

 

 

 

Used to + infinitive 

Isha mësuar të + paskajore 

   We can use used to to talk about past states that are not true any more. 

   Ne mund të përdorim isha mësuar të për të folur për gjendje të së shkuarës, që nuk janë më të vërteta. 

  • We used to live in New York when I was a kid. 

  • There didnt use to be a supermarket there. When did it open? 

  • Did you use to have a garden? 

 

   We can also use used to to talk about past habits (repeated past actions) that dont happen any more. 

   Gjithashtu mund të përdorim isha mësuar të për të folur për zakone të së shkuarës (veprime të përsëritura në të shkuarën), të cilat nuk ndodhin më. 

  • I used to go swimming every Thursday when I was at school. 

  • She used to smoke but she gave up a few years ago. 

 

used to + infinitive should not be confused with be/get used to + -ing, which has a different meaning. The difference is covered here. 

isha mësuar të + paskajore nuk duhet të ngatërrohet me jam mësuar/mësohem + -ing, e cila ka një kuptim tjetër. Ndryshimi është i mbuluar këtu. 

 

 

 

Would 

Do të 

   We can use would to talk about repeated past actions that dont happen any more. 

   Ne mund të përdorim do të për të folur rreth veprimeve të përsëritura në të shkuarën, të cilat nuk ndodhin më. 

  • Every Saturday I would go on a long bike ride. 

  • My dad would read me amazing stories every night at bedtime. 

 

   Would for past habits is slightly more formal than used to. It is often used in stories. We dont normally use the negative or question form of would for past habits. Note that we cant usually use would to talk about past states.  

   Do të për zakonet e të shkuarës është pak më formale se isha mësuar të. Ajo shpesh përdoret në tregime. Ne nuk përdorim normalisht formën negative dhe atë pyetëse të do të për zakone në të shkuarën. Mbani mend se zakonisht nuk mund të përdorim do të për të folur për gjendje të së shkuarës 

 

 

 

Past simple 

Koha e kryer e thjeshtë 

   We can always use the past simple as an alternative to used to or would to talk about past states or habits. The main difference is that the past simple doesnt emphasise the repeated or continuous nature of the action or situation. Also, the past simple doesnt make it so clear that the thing is no longer true. 

   Ne gjithmonë mund të përdorim kohën e kryer të thjeshtë si një alternativë të isha mësuar të apo do të për të folur për gjendje apo zakone të së shkuarës. Ndryshimi kryesor është se koha e kryer e thjeshtë nuk thekson natyrën e përsëritur apo të vazhduar të veprimit apo situatës. Gjithashtu, koha e kryer e thjeshtë nuk e bën shumë të qartë se gjëja nuk është më e vërtetë. 

  • We went to the same beach every summer. 

  • We used to go to the same beach every summer. 

  • We would go to the same beach every summer. 

 

   If something happened only once, we must use the past simple. 

   Nëse diçka ndodhi vetëm një herë, ne duhet të përdorim kohën e kryer të thjeshtë. 

  • I went to Egypt in 2014.  

 

 

 

 

Do this exercise to test your grammar again. 

Bëni këtë ushtrim për të testuar sërish njohuritë tuaja gramatikore. 

 

 

  Choose the correct option to complete the sentence. 

  Zgjidhni opsionin e saktë për plotësuar fjalitë. 

 

I a)___ a really sporty person. In my first year at university, I b)___ for an hour every morning before breakfast. Then I c)___ the university boxing team and I really started to train hard. During that time, I d)___ to spend at least two hours in the gym every day. When I started my training, I e)___ my diet completely. I f)___ three eggs with toast and fruit for breakfast. I g)___ sugar in my tea because it wasnt on my diet plan. But then I h)___ my arm and that was the end of my boxing career! 

a) 

  • would be 

  • used to be 

 

b) 

  • have run 

  • would run 

 

c) 

  • joined 

  • used to join 

 

d) 

  • would like 

  • used to like 

 

e) 

  • would change 

  • changed 

 

f) 

  • have had 

  • used to have 

 

g) 

  • didnt use to have 

  • wouldnt have 

 

h) 

  • would break 

  • broke 

 

 





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02.04.2022


Past perfect 

Koha e kryer e plotë 

 

     Do you know how to use phrases like Theyd finished the project by March or Had you finished work when I called? Look at these examples to see how the past perfect is used. 

     A dini si të përdorni Ata kishin përfunduar projektin nga muaji Mars apo A kishe përfunduar punën kur unë telefonova? Shihni këta shembuj për të parë se si përdoret koha e kryer e plotë. 

  • He couldnt make a sandwich because hed forgotten to buy bread. 

  • The hotel was full, so I was glad that wed booked in advance. 

  • My new job wasnt exactly what Id expected. 

 

 

Try this exercise to test your grammar. 

Provoni këtë ushtrim për testuar njohuritë tuaja gramatikore. 

 

 

  Choose the correct option to complete the sentences. 

  Zgjidhni opsionin e saktë për plotësuar fjalitë. 

 

  1. When she ___ on the course, she had never studied a foreign language before. 

 

  • enrolled  

  • ’d enrolled 

  1. When I closed the door, I realised that I ___ my keys inside. 

  • left  

  • ’d left 

 

  1. She looked really sad but I didn’t know what ___. 

 

  • happened  

  • ’d happened 

 

  1. ___ when you rang the doorbell? 

  • Did Sai already leave  

  • Had Sai already left 

 

  1. This is the oldest building in the town. It ___ over 200 years ago. 

  • was built 

  • ’d been built 

 

  1. By the time I moved in, they ___ the building work. 

  • finished 

  • ’d finished 

 

  1. I opened the door, and ___ inside. 

  • went 

  • ’d gone 

 

  1. I looked in the letter box yesterday and the letter still ___. 

  • didn’t arrive 

  • hadn’t arrived 

 

 

Read the explanation to learn more. 

Lexoni shpjegimin për mësuar shumë. 

 

 

Grammar explanation 

Shpjegimi gramatikor 

 

 

Time up to a point in the past 

Koha deri në një pikë në të shkuarën 

     We use the past perfect simple (had + past participle) to talk about time up to a certain point in the past. 

     Ne përdorim kohën e kryer të plotë (kisha + pjesore e kryer) për të folur për kohën deri në një pikë të caktuar në të shkuarën. 

  • Shed published her first poem by the time she was eight 

  • Wed finished all the water before we were halfway up the mountain. 

  • Had the parcel arrived when you called yesterday? 

 

 

Past perfect for the earlier of two past actions 

E kryera e plotë për veprimin më të hershëm në dy veprime të së shkuarës 

     We can use the past perfect to show the order of two past events. The past perfect shows the earlier action and the past simple shows the later action. 

     Ne mund të përdorim të kryerën e plotë për të treguar rendin e dy ndodhive në të shkuarën. E kryera e plotë tregon veprimin që ndodhi më herët dhe koha e kryer e thjeshtë tregon veprimin që ndodhi më vonë. 

  • When the police arrived, the thief had escaped. 

 

     It doesnt matter in which order we say the two events. The following sentence has the same meaning. 

     Nuk ka rëndësi në cilin rend i tregojmë të dyja ndodhitë. Fjalia që vijon ka të njëjtin kuptim. 

  • The thief had escaped when the police arrived. 

 

     Note that if theres only a single event, we dont use the past perfect, even if it happened a long time ago. 

     Mbani mend se nëse ka vetëm një ndodhi të vetme, ne nuk përdorim kohën e plotë, edhe nëse ai ndodhi shumë kohë më parë. 

  • The Romans spoke Latin. (NOT The Romans had spoken Latin.) 

 

 

 

Past perfect with before 

E kryera e plotë me më parë 

     We can also use the past perfect followed by before to show that an action was not done or was incomplete when the past simple action happened. 

     Ne gjithashtu mund të përdorim të kryerën e plotë të ndjekur nga më parë për të treguar se një veprim nuk ishte përfunduar apo ishte i paplotësuar kur veprimi në të kryerën e thjeshtë ndodhi. 

  • They left before Id spoken to them. 

  • Sadly, the author died before hed finished the series. 

 

 

 

Adverbs 

Ndajfoljet  

     We often use the adverbs already (= before the specified time), still (= as previously), just (= a very short time before the specified time), ever (= at any time before the specified time) or never (= at no time before the specified time) with the past perfect.  

     Ne shpesh përdorim ndajfoljet tashmë (= ‘përpara kohës së caktuar’), ende (= si më parë), sapo (= ‘një kohë shumë të shkurtër para kohës së caktuar’), ndonjëherë (= ‘ çdo kohë përpara kohës caktuar’), apo kurrë (= ‘asnjëherë para kohës së përcaktuar’) me kohën e kryer të plotë. 

  • I called his office but hed already left. 

  • It still hadnt rained at the beginning of May. 

  • I went to visit her when shed just moved to Berlin. 

  • It was the most beautiful photo Id ever seen. 

  • Had you ever visited London when you moved there? 

  • Id never met anyone from California before I met Jim. 

 

 

 

 

Do this exercise to test your grammar again. 

Bëni këtë ushtrim për testuar sërish njohuritë tuaja gramatikore. 

 

 

  Choose the correct option to complete the sentences. 

  Zgjidhni opsionin e saktë për plotësuar fjalitë. 

 

  1. By the time I could talk to her, she ___ to quit her job. 

  • decided 

  • ’d decided 

 

  1. I looked at the photo and suddenly realised that I ___ that man somewhere before. 

  • saw 

  • ’d seen 

 

  1. First I ___ the salad, then I toasted the bread. 

  • made 

  • ’d made 

 

  1. ___ breakfast when you got up? 

  • Did James already cook 

  • Had James already cooked 

 

  1. She didn’t feel like another coffee as she ___ one. 

  • just had 

  • ’d just had 

 

  1. We had the French exam this morning. It ___ as hard as I’d expected, though. 

  • wasn’t 

  • hadn’t been 

 

  1. I asked Sara if she wanted to go for a walk, but she still ___ her homework. 

  • didn’t finish 

  • hadn’t finished 

 

  1. Dinosaurs ___ hundreds of millions of years ago. 

  • lived 

  • had lived 

 



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26.03.2022

Phrasal verbs 

Shprehjet foljore 

 

     Do you know how to use verbs in phrases like pick the kids up, turn the music down and look after my cat? Look at these examples to see how phrasal verbs are used. 

     A dini si të përdorni foljet në shprehje si merr fëmijët (nga shkolla), ule volumin e muzikës dhe kujdesem për macen time? Shihni këta shembuj për të parë se si përdoren shprehjet foljore. 

  • This is the form. Please can you fill it in? 

  • Why are you bringing that argument up now? 

  • Police are looking into connections between the two crimes. 

  • We need to come up with a solution. 

 

 

Try this exercise to test your grammar. 

Provoni këtë ushtrim për testuar njohuritë tuaja gramatikore. 

 

 

  Put the words in the correct order. 

  Vendosini fjalët në rendin e duhur. 

 

Give me the form and I’ll 

it 

fill 

in 

for you. 

 

 

 

Money was a worry but 

bring 

he didn’t know how to 

it 

up. 

 

 

 

us 

up 

That taxi will 

at 5.30 a.m. 

pick 

 

 

 

in a second-hand bookshop. 

that one 

I 

across 

came 

 

 

 

it. 

get 

That flu was horrible. It took me two weeks 

to 

over 

 

 

 

There’s a mistake? Let me 

into 

and see what’s happened 

it 

look 

 

 

it 

The holiday 

turned 

into 

a nightmare. 

started well but 

 

 

 

forward 

looking 

to 

I’m really 

seeing 

you. 

 

 

 

 

Read the explanation to learn more. 

Lexoni shpjegimin për mësuar shumë. 

 

 

 

Grammar explanation 

Shpjegimi gramatikor 

     Phrasal verbs are very common in English, especially in more informal contexts. They are made up of a verb and a particle or, sometimes, two particles. The particle often changes the meaning of the verb. 

     Shprehjet foljore janë shumë të zakonta në gjuhën Angleze, veçanërisht në kontekstet më informale. Ato janë të formuara nga një folje dhe një pjesëz apo, ndonjëherë, dy pjesëza. Pjesëza shpesh ndryshon kuptimin e foljes. 

  • I called Jen to see how she was. (call = to telephone -të telefonosh) 

  • They've called off the meeting. (call off = to cancel -të anulosh) 

 

     In terms of word order, there are two main types of phrasal verb: separable and inseparable 

     Për sa i përket rendit të fjalëve, ka dy lloje kryesore të shprehjeve foljore: të ndashme dhe të pandashme. 

 

 

Separable 

Të ndashme 

 

     With separable phrasal verbs, the verb and particle can be apart or together. 

     Me shprehjet foljore të ndashme, folja dhe pjesëza mund të jenë veçmas apo bashkë. 

  • They've called the meeting off. 

OR 

  • They've called off the meeting. 

 

     However, separable phrasal verbs must be separated when you use a pronoun.  

     Megjithatë, shprehjet foljore të ndashme duhet të ndahen kur përdorni një përemër. 

  • The meeting? They've called it off. 

 

Here are some common separable phrasal verbs: 

Këtu ndodhen disa shprehje foljore të ndashme: 

  • I didn't want to bring the situation up at the meeting. 

(bring up = start talking about a particular subject) 

(sjell =të fillosh të flasësh për një temë të caktuar) 

 

  • Please can you fill this form in? 

(fill in = write information in a form or document) 

(plotësoj =shkruaj të dhëna në një formular apo dokument) 

 

  • I'll pick you up from the station at 8 p.m. 

(pick up = collect someone in a car or other vehicle to take them somewhere) 

(marr = marr dikë në një makinë apo në një mjet tjetër për ta çuar diku) 

 

  • She turned the job down because she didn't want to move to Glasgow. 

(turn down = to not accept an offer) 

(refuzoj = nuk pranoj një ofertë) 

 

 

 

 

Non-separable 

Të pandashme 

 

Some phrasal verbs cannot be separated.  

Disa shprehje foljore nuk mund të ndahen. 

  • Who looks after the baby when you're at work? 

 

Even when there is a pronoun, the verb and particle remain together. 

Edhe kur ka një përemër, folja dhe pjesëza qëndrojnë bashkë. 

  • Who looks after her when you're at work? 

 

Here are some common non-separable phrasal verbs: 

Këtu ndodhen disa shprehje foljore të pandashme: 

  • I came across your email when I was clearing my inbox. 

(come across = to find something by chance) 

(hastë  gjesh diçka të re rastësisht) 

 

  • The caterpillar turned into a beautiful butterfly. 

(turn into = become) 

(shndërroj = bëhem) 

 

  • It was quite a major operation. It took months to get over it and feel normal again. 

(get over = recover from something) 

(kapërcej = shërohem nga diçka) 

 

  • We are aware of the problem and we are looking into it. 

(look into = investigate) 

(shqyrtoj = hetoj) 

 

 

     Some multi-word verbs are inseparable simply because they don't take an object. 

     Disa folje me disa fjalë janë të pandashme, thjesht sepse nuk marrin një kundrinor. 

  • I get up at 7 a.m. 

 

 

 

With two particles 

Me dy pjesëza 

     Phrasal verbs with two particles are also inseparable. Even if you use a pronoun, you put it after the particles. 

     Shprehjet foljore me dy pjesëza janë gjithashtu të pandashme. Edhe kur përdorni një përemër, ju e vendosni atë pas pjesëzës. 

  • Who came up with that idea? 

(come up with = think of an idea or plan) 

(dal me = mendoj një ide apo plan) 

 

  • Let's get rid of these old magazines to make more space. 

(get rid of = remove or become free of something that you don't want) 

(shpëtoj = heq apo lirohem nga diçka që nuk e dua) 

 

  • I didn't really get on with my stepbrother when I was a teenager. 

(get on with = like and be friendly towards someone) 

(miqësohem = pëlqej dhe jam miqësor drejt dikujt) 

 

  • Can you hear that noise all the time? I don't know how you put up with it. 

(put up with = tolerate something difficult or annoying) 

(duroj = pajtohem me diçka të vështirë apo të bezdisshme) 

 

  • The concert's on Friday. I'm really looking forward to it. 

(look forward to = be happy and excited about something that is going to happen) 

(mezi pres = jam i/e lumtur dhe i/e emocionuar rreth diçkaje që do të ndodhë) 

 

 

 

Do this exercise to test your grammar again. 

Bëni këtë ushtrim për testuar sërish njohuritë tuaja gramatikore. 

 

  Put the words in the correct order. 

  Vendosini fjalët në rendin e duhur. 

 

for Mika’s birthday? 

a good idea 

Has anyone 

up 

with 

come 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

turned 

politely 

it 

The invitation to their wedding? I 

down. 

 

 

 

When my parents are on holiday, I 

after 

the cat. 

look 

 

 

 

over 

this? 

to get 

I’m heartbroken. How long will it take  

 

 

 

If climate change continues, this 

turn 

whole area 

a desert. 

could 

turn 

 

 

 

pick 

you can 

at 6 p.m. 

up 

her 

Caty called to ask if 

 

 

 

This table is completely broken. Let’s 

rid 

of 

it. 

get 

 

 

 



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19.03.2022


Passives 

Pësorja 

 

     Do you know how to use the passive voice to change the focus of a sentence? Look at these examples to see how the passive voice is used. 

     A dini si të përdorni diatezën pësore për të ndryshuar fokusin e një fjalie? Shihni këta shembuj për të parë se si përdoret diateza pësore. 

  • A lot of olive oil is produced in Italy. 

  • This book was written by Angela Davis. 

  • The suspect will be released tomorrow. 

  • This product has not been tested on animals. 

 

 

 

Try this exercise to test your grammar. 

Provoni këtë ushtrim për testuar njohuritë tuaja gramatikore. 

 

  Choose the correct option to complete the sentence. 

  Zgjidhni opsionin e duhur për plotësuar fjalitë. 

  1. The Egyptian pyramids ___ thousands of years ago. 

  • are built 

  • been built 

  • were built 

 

  1. Your letter ___ within 28 days. 

  • will be answer 

  • will be answered 

  • will answer 

 

  1. Chocolate ___ for over 4,000 years. 

  • has been produce 

  • is been produced 

  • has been produced 

 

  1. I dont know who ___ my bike. 

  • stole 

  • is stolen 

  • was stolen 

 

  1. My car ___ this week, so Im going to work by bus. 

  • is being repaired 

  • is been repair 

  • is repairing 

 

  1. Not enough of our rubbish ___. 

  • recycles 

  • is recycled 

  • is recycle 

 

  1. The fire service still ___ the fire. 

  • wasnt put out 

  • is put out 

  • havent put out 

 

  1. The underground connection ___ when I moved into the house. 

  • is still being built 

  • was still being built 

  • was still building 

 

 

 

Read the explanation to learn more. 

Lexoni shpjegimin për mësuar shumë. 

 

 

Grammar explanation 

Shpjegimi gramatikor 

 

  We use the passive voice to change the focus of the sentence. 

  Ne përdorim diatezën pësore për të ndryshuar fokusin e një fjalie. 

  • My bike was stolen. (passive – focus on my bike) 

Biçikleta ime u vodh. (pësorefokusi në biçikletën time) 

 

  • Someone stole my bike. (active – focus on someone) 

Dikush vodhi biçikletën time. (veprorefokusi në dikush) 

 

 

  We often use the passive: 

  Shpesh përdorim pësoren: 

  • when we prefer not to mention who or what does the action (for example, its not known, its obvious or we dont want to say) 

kur preferojmë të mos përmendim se kush apo çfarë e kryen veprimin (për shembull, nuk dihet se kush është, është e qartë apo ne nuk duam ta themi) 

 

  • so that we can start a sentence with the most important or most logical information 

në mënyrë që ne të mund të fillojmë një fjali me të dhënat më të rëndësishme apo më logjike 

 

  • in more formal or scientific writing. 

në një të shkruar më formael apo më shkencore. 

 

 

 

How we make the passive 

Si e formojmë pësoren 

   We make the passive using the verb be + past participle. We start the sentence with the object. 

   Ne e formojmë pësoren duke përdorur foljen jam + pjesoren e kryer. Ne e nisim fjalinë me kundrinorin. 

 

Avatar 

Avatar 

was 

ishte 

directed by James Cameron. 

drejtuar nga James Cameron. 

 

 

 

 

Object 

Kundrinori 

+ be + 

+jam+ 

 

past participle 

pjesorja e kryer 

 

 

 

   It is not always necessary to add who or what did the action. 

   Nuk është gjithmonë e nevojshme të shtojmë kush apo çfarë e bëri veprimin. 

My flight 

Fluturimi im 

is 

është 

cancelled. 

anuluar. 

 

 

 

Object 

Kundrinori 

+ be + 

+jam+ 

past participle 

pjesorja e kryer 

 

 

 

    Only the form of be changes to make the tense. The past participle stays the same. Here are examples of the passive in its most common tenses. 

    Vetëm forma e jam ndryshon për të formuar kohën. Pjesorja e kryer qëndron njësoj. Këtu ndodhen shembuj të pësores në kohët e saj më të zakonshme. 

 

Tense 

Kohët 

Example 

Shembull 

Structure 

Struktura 

Present simple 

Koha e tashme 

Alioli is made from oil, garlic and salt. 

is/are + past participle 

jam + pjesore e kryer 

Present continuous 

Koha e tashme e vazhduar 

The hall is being painted this week. 

is/are being + past participle 

jam duke u + pjesore e kryer 

Past simple 

Koha e kryer e thjeshtë 

John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. 

was/were + past participle 

isha + pjesore e kryer 

Past continuous 

Koha e shkuar e vazhduar 

The signs were being put up last week. 

was/were being + past participle 

isha duke u + pjesore e kryer 

Present perfect 

Koha e kryer 

Oranges have been grown here for centuries. 

has/have been + past participle 

kam qenë + pjesore e kryer  

Past perfect 

Koha e kryer e plotë 

 

When he got home, he found that his flat had been burgled. 

had been + past participle 

kisha qenë + pjesore e kryer 

Future simple 

Koha e ardhme 

The work will be finished next week. 

will be + past participle 

do të jem + pjesore e kryer 

 

 

 

Do this exercise to test your grammar again. 

Bëni këtë ushtrim për testuar sërish njohuritë tuaja gramatikore. 

 

 

  Choose the correct option to complete the sentence. 

  Zgjidhni opsionin e duhur për plotësuar fjalitë. 

  1. All our lamps ___ from original 1950s designs. 

  • produce 

  • is produced 

  • are produced 

 

  1. Mistakes ___, but were working on a solution now. 

  • have been make 

  • are been made 

  • have been made 

 

  1. Someone ___ my wallet and left it at reception. 

  • had found 

  • had been found 

  • was found 

 

  1. My phone ___ last week, so I didnt get your message until today. 

  • was being fixed 

  • was been fix 

  • was fixing 

 

  1. A lot of time ___ on pointless meetings in this company. 

  • wastes 

  • is wasted 

  • is waste 

 

  1. Your application ___ by the end of the month. 

  • will be review 

  • will be reviewed 

  • will review 

 

  1. Someone ___ my talk at the conference and recommended me as a speaker. 

  • saw 

  • was seen 

  • had been seen 

 

  1. The suspect ___ near the French border. 

  • was caught 

  • were caught 

  • caught 

 

 


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12.03.2022


Participle clauses 

Fjalitë pjesore 

 

     Do you know how to use participle clauses to say information in a more economical way? Look at these examples to see how participle clauses are used. 

     A dini si përdorni fjalitë pjesore për thënë të dhënat një mënyrë ekonomike? Shihni këta shembuj për parë se si përdoren klauzolat pjesore. 

  • Looked after carefully, these boots will last for many years. 

  • Not wanting to hurt his feelings, I avoided the question.  

  • Having lived through difficult times together, they were very close friends. 

 

 

Try this exercise to test your grammar. 

Provoni këtë ushtrim për testuar njohuritë tuaja gramatikore. 

 

 

  Choose the correct option to complete the sentences. 

  Zgjidhni opsionin e saktë për plotësuar fjalitë. 

 

  1. ___ lunch, I sat in the garden with a drink. 

  • Making 

  • Made 

  • Having made 

 

  1. ___ for the bus, she slipped on some ice and fell over. 

  • Running 

  • Run 

  • Having run 

 

  1. On ___ her former owner, the dog ran across the room to greet him. 

  • seeing 

  • seen 

  • having seen 

 

  1. ___ in hospital for several weeks, she was delighted to be home. 

  • Being 

  • Been 

  • Having been 

 

  1. ___ by all the attention, he thanked everyone for the cake and presents. 

  • Embarrassing 

  • Embarrassed 

  • Having embarrassed 

 

  1. The building collapsed, ___ two people. 

  • injuring 

  • injured 

  • having injured 

 

  1. ___ under normal clothes, a thermal layer keeps you warm in minus temperatures. 

  • Wearing 

  • Worn 

  • Having been worn 

 

  1. ___ by the sun, she didnt see the boy crossing the road. 

  • Blinding 

  • Blinded 

  • Having blinded 

 

 

 

Read the explanation to learn more. 

Lexoni shpjegimin për mësuar shumë. 

 

 

 

Grammar explanation 

Shpjegimi gramatikor 

    Participle clauses enable us to say information in a more economical way. They are formed using present participles (going, reading, seeing, walking, etc.), past participles (gone, read, seen, walked, etc.) or perfect participles (having gone, having read, having seen, having walked, etc.).  

    Klauzolat pjesore na lejojnë të themi të dhëna në një mënyrë më ekonomike, pra duke kursyer/përdorur më pak fjalë. Ato formohen duke përdorur pjesoret e tashme (duke shkuar, duke lexuar, duke parë, duke ecur, etj.), apo pjesoret e shkuara (shkuar, lexuar, parë, ecur, etj.). 

 

     We can use participle clauses when the participle and the verb in the main clause have the same subject. For example, 

     Ne mund ti përdorim klauzolat pjesore kur pjesorja dhe folja në pjesën kryesore kanë të njëjtën kryefjalë. Për shembull, 

  • Waiting for Ellie, I made some tea. (While I was waiting for Ellie, I made some tea.) 

Duke pritur Ellie-n, unë bëra pak çaj. (Ndërkohë që isha duke pritur Ellie-n, unë bëra pak çaj.) 

 

    Participle clauses do not have a specific tense. The tense is indicated by the verb in the main clause.  

    Klauzolat pjesore nuk kanë një kohë të caktuar. Koha tregohet nga folja në pjesën kryesore. 

 

   Participle clauses are mainly used in written texts, particularly in a literary, academic or journalistic style.  

   Klauzolat pjesore janë kryesisht të përdorura në tekstet e shkruara, veçanërisht në një stil letrar, akademik apo gazetaresk. 

 

 

 

Present participle clauses 

Klauzola pjesores tashme 

    Here are some common ways we use present participle clauses. Note that present participles have a similar meaning to active verbs.  

    Këtu janë disa mënyra të zakonshme si ne përdorim klauzolat e pjesores së tashme. Mbani mend se pjesoret e tashme kanë një kuptim të ngjashëm me foljet në diatezën veprore. 

  • To give the result of an action 

Për të dhënë rezultatin e një veprimi 

    The bomb exploded, destroying the building. 

 

  • To give the reason for an action 

Për të dhënë arsyen për një veprim 

    Knowing she loved reading, Richard bought her a book. 

 

  • To talk about an action that happened at the same time as another action 

Për të folur për një veprim që ndodhi në të njëjtën kohë si një veprim tjetër 

    Standing in the queue, I realised I didnt have any money. 

 

  • To add information about the subject of the main clause 

Për të shtuar informacion rreth kryefjalës së pjesës kryesore 

    Starting in the new year, the new policy bans cars in the city centre. 

 

 

 

Past participle clauses 

Klauzola pjesores së kryer  

    Here are some common ways that we use past participle clauses. Note that past participles normally have a passive meaning. 

    Këtu ndodhen disa mënyra të zakonshme si ne përdorim klauzolat e pjesores së kryer. Mbani mend se pjesoret e kryera normalisht kanë një kuptim pësor. 

 

  • With a similar meaning to an if condition 

Me një kuptim të ngjashëm për një kusht nëse 

   Used in this way, participles can make your writing more concise.  

   (If you use participles in this way, … ) 

   (Nëse i përdorin pjesoret në këtë mënyrë, …) 

 

  • To give the reason for an action 

Për të dhënë arsye për një veprim 

   Worried by the news, she called the hospital. 

 

  • To add information about the subject of the main clause 

Për të shtuar të dhëna rreth kryefjalës së pjesës kryesore 

   Filled with pride, he walked towards the stage. 

 

 

Perfect participle clauses 

Klauzola pjesores plotë 

    Perfect participle clauses show that the action they describe was finished before the action in the main clause. Perfect participles can be structured to make an active or passive meaning. 

    Klauzolat e pjesores plotë tregojnë se veprimi që ato përshkruajnë përfundoi para se veprimi në pjesën kryesore. Pjesoret e plota mund të strukturohen për të bërë një kuptim vepror apo pësor. 

  • Having got dressed, he slowly went downstairs. 

  • Having finished their training, they will be fully qualified doctors. 

  • Having been made redundant, she started looking for a new job. 

 

 

Participle clauses after conjunctions and prepositions 

Klauzolat pjesore pas lidhëzave dhe parafjalëve 

    It is also common for participle clauses, especially with -ing, to follow conjunctions and prepositions such as before, after, instead of, on, since, when, while and in spite of. 

    Është gjithashtu e zakonshme për klauzolat pjesore, veçanërisht me -ing, të ndjekin lidhëzat dhe parafjalët si para, pas, në vend të, mbi, qyshkur, kur, ndërkohë dhe pavarësisht. 

  • Before cooking, you should wash your hands.  

  • Instead of complaining about it, they should try doing something positive. 

  • On arriving at the hotel, he went to get changed. 

  • While packing her things, she thought about the last two years. 

  • In spite of having read the instructions twice, I still couldnt understand how to use it. 

 

 

 

Do this exercise to test your grammar again. 

Bëni këtë ushtrim për testuar sërish njohuritë tuaja gramatikore. 

 

  Choose the correct option to complete the sentences. 

  Zgjidhni opsionin e saktë për plotësuar fjalitë. 

 

  1. ___ by the changing information, they thought the plane was cancelled. 

  • Confusing 

  • Confused 

  • Having confused 

 

  1. ___ at a low temperature, these jeans will keep their original colour for a long time. 

  • Washing 

  • Washed 

  • Having washed 

 

  1. ___ the paper, he saw the news about his hometown. 

  • Reading 

  • Read 

  • Having read 

 

  1. ___ by a local architect and artist, the house combines traditional materials with original design. 

  • Building 

  • Built 

  • Having built 

 

  1. ___ in India for two years, Kaleem could speak some Hindi. 

  • Living 

  • Lived 

  • Having lived 

 

  1. ___ in prisons throughout her twenties, she wrote her first play about life behind bars. 

  • After working 

  • Worked 

  • Having been worked 

 

  1. ___ through the woods, they found a bird with a broken wing. 

  • Walking 

  • Walked 

  • Having walked 

 

  1. ___ for the final interview, the candidates were asked to prepare a short presentation. 

  • Selecting 

  • Selected 

  • Having been selected 

 

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Past ability 

Aftësi në të shkuarën 

 

    Do you know how to use could, was able to and managed to to talk about past abilities? Look at these examples to see how could, was able to and managed to are used. 

    A dini si të përdorni mundesha, isha i/e aftë të dhe ia dola të për të folur për aftësitë tuaja në të shkuarën? Shikoni këta shembuj për të parë se si përdoren could, was able to dhe managed to. 

  • I could play the guitar when I was seven years old. 

  • The police werent able to catch the speeding car. 

  • The bird managed to escape from its cage and fly away. 

 

 

Try this exercise to test your grammar. 

Provoni këtë ushtrim për testuar njohuritë tuaja gramatikore. 

 

 

  Choose the correct option to complete the sentences. 

  Zgjidhni opsionin e saktë për plotësuar fjalitë. 

  1. I _____ open the door while carrying all the shopping. 

  • managed to 

  • could 

 

  1. The presentation wasnt working at first but we _____ fix it. 

  • could 

  • were able to 

 

  1. How did you _____ write a book so soon after having a baby? 

  • manage to 

  • be able to 

 

  1. She _____ ski almost before she learned to walk. 

  • could 

  • managed to 

 

  1. He _____ attend the last meeting due to his daughters illness. 

  • werent able to 

  • couldnt 

 

  1. _____ get your phone fixed? It looked very broken! 

  • Did you manage to 

  • Could you 

 

  1. I _____ drink milk as a child because it always made me feel sick. 

  • couldnt 

  • didnt manage to 

 

  1. The journey went fine yesterday and we _____ find their house easily with GPS. 

  • could 

  • were able to 

 

 

Read the explanation to learn more. 

Lexoni shpjegimin për mësuar shumë. 

 

 

 

Grammar explanation 

Shpjegimi gramatikor 

 

 

 

General ability 

Aftësi e përgjithshme 

 

  We usually use could or couldnt to talk about general abilities in the past. 

  Ne zakonisht përdorim (nuk) mundesha të për të folur për aftësi të përgjithshme në të shkuarën. 

  • She could paint before she started school. 

  • I couldnt cook until I went to university. 

  • When I lived next to the pool, I could go swimming every day. 

 

 

 

Ability on one occasion – successful 

Aftësi në një rasti suksesshëm 

  When we talk about achieving something on a specific occasion in the past, we use was/were able to (= had the ability to) and managed to (= succeeded in doing something difficult). 

   Kur flasim për arritjen e diçkaje në një rast të caktuar të së shkuarës, ne përdorim isha i/e aftë të (=kisha aftësinë të) dhe ia dola të (=ia dola mbanë të bëja diçka të vështirë). 

  • The burglar was able to get in through the bathroom window. 

  • The burglar managed to get in through the bathroom window even though it was locked. 

 

  Could is not usually correct when were talking about ability at a specific moment in the past. 

   Mundesha zakonisht nuk është e saktë kur jemi duke folur për një aftësi në një çast të caktuar të së shkuarës. 

 

 

 

Ability on one occasion – unsuccessful 

Aftësi në një rastjo i sukseshëm 

  When we talk about a specific occasion when someone didnt have the ability to do something, we can use wasnt/werent able to, didnt manage to or couldnt. 

  Kur flasim për një rast të caktuar kur dikush nuk kishte aftësinë të bënte diçka, ne mund të përdorim nuk isha i/e aftë të, nuk ia arrita të apo nuk mundesha të. 

  • The speaker wasnt able to attend the conference due to illness. 

  • She couldnt watch the match because she was working. 

  • They worked on it for months but they didnt manage to find a solution. 

 

  Note that wasnt/werent able to is more formal than couldnt, while didnt manage to emphasises that the thing was difficult to do. 

  Mbani mend se nuk isha i/e aftë të është më formale se nuk mundesha, ndërkohë që nuk ia arrita të thekson se diçka ishte e vështirë të kryhej. 

 

 

 

Do this exercise to test your grammar again. 

Bëni këtë ushtrim për testuar sërish njohuritë tuaja gramatikore. 

 

  Choose the correct option to complete the sentences. 

  Zgjidhni opsionin e saktë për plotësuar fjalitë. 

  1. We were _____ leave our suitcases with reception while we waited for our room to be ready. 

  • could 

  • able to 

 

  1. We were _____ get a boat from the island that day because of the bad weather. 

  • not able to 

  • not manage to 

 

  1. I cant believe you _____ get us a table at the restaurant. Its always full! 

  • could 

  • managed to 

 

  1. I _____ afford to buy a car so I borrowed money from the bank. 

  • didnt manage to 

  • couldnt 

 

  1. Luckily, I _____ get to the airport on time, despite the traffic. 

  • managed to 

  • could 

 

  1. When I first moved to Argentina I _____ only speak a few words of Spanish. 

  • could 

  • managed to 

 

  1. He _____ swim until he had lessons when he was 20 years old. 

  • didnt manage to 

  • couldnt 

 

  1. I _____ touch my toes until I started doing yoga and became more flexible. 

  • could 

  • couldnt 




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The Full List of Tenses

The table below shows the full list of the tenses:

The 4 Past TensesExample 1Example 2
simple past tenseI wentI laughed
past progressive tenseI was goingI was laughing
past perfect tenseI had goneI had laughed
past perfect progressive tenseI had been goingI had been laughing
The 4 Present TensesExample 1Example 2
simple present tenseI goI laugh
present progressive tenseI am goingI am laughing
present perfect tenseI have goneI have laughed
present perfect progressive tenseI have been goingI have been laughing
The 4 Future TensesExample 1Example 2
simple future tenseI will goI will laugh
future progressive tenseI will be goingI will be laughing
future perfect tenseI will have goneI will have laughed
future perfect progressive tenseI will have been goingI will have been laughing

A Quick Explanation of the Tenses with an Example

The Past Tenses

Simple Past Tense. The simple past tense is used to describe a completed activity that happened in the past.

  • I ran to the shops.

Past Progressive Tense. The past progressive tense is used to describe an ongoing activity in the past. Often, it is used to set the scene for another action.

  • I was running to the shops when I saw Bruno.

Past Perfect Tense. The past perfect tense is used to emphasize that an action was completed before another took place.

  • I had run to the shops, but they were closed.

Past Perfect Progressive Tense. The past perfect progressive tense is used to show that an ongoing action in the past has ended.

  • I had been running to the shops, but I have now started walking.

The Present Tenses

Simple Present Tense. The simple present tense is mostly used to describe facts and habits.

  • I run daily.

Present Progressive Tense. The present progressive tense is used for an ongoing action in the present.

  • I am running to your house at the moment.

Present Perfect Tense. The present perfect tense is used for actions began in the past. (Often, the actions continue into the present.)

  • I have run for 5 miles so far.

Present Perfect Progressive Tense. The present perfect progressive tense is used for a continuous activity that began in the past and continues into the present, or a continuous activity that began in past but has now finished (usually very recently).

  • I have been running for hours.

The Future Tenses

Simple Future Tense. The simple future tense is used for an action that will occur in the future.

  • I will run to the shops tomorrow.

Future Progressive Tense. The future progressive tense is used for an ongoing action that will occur in the future.

  • I will be running to the shops every day after today.

Future Perfect Tense. The future perfect tense is used to describe an action that will have been completed at some point in the future.

  • I will have run to work by 12 o'clock.

Future Perfect Progressive Tense. The future perfect progressive tense is used for an ongoing action that will be completed at some specified time in the future.

  • I will have been running for 3 hours by 12 o'clock.

Verb Tense Widget

Use this widget to learn about the different tenses. How do you use this widget? Well, if there's a button, a drop-down menu, or a , then you can click it!

to establish

(regular verb)

Select the tenses. 

Present Tenses

 

Simple Present Tense  establish you establish he/she/it establishes we establish you establish they establish Present Progressive Tense  am establishing you are establishing he/she/it is establishing we are establishing you are establishing they are establishing Present Perfect Tense  have established you have established he/she/it has established we have established you have established they have established Present Perfect Progressive Tense  have been establishing you have been establishing he/she/it has been establishing we have been establishing you have been establishing they have been establishing

Past Tenses

 

Simple Past  established you established he/she/it established we established you established they established Past Progressive Tense  was establishing you were establishing he/she/it was establishing we were establishing you were establishing they were establishing Past Perfect Tense  had established you had established he/she/it had established we had established you had established they had established Past Perfect Progressive Tense  had been establishing you had been establishing he/she/it had been establishing we had been establishing you had been establishing they had been establishing

Future Tenses

 

Simple Future  will establish you will establish he/she/it will establish we will establish you will establish they will establish Future Progressive Tense  will be establishing you will be establishing he/she/it will be establishing we will be establishing you will be establishing they will be establishing Future Perfect Tense  will have established you will have established he/she/it will have established we will have established you will have established they will have established Future Perfect Progressive Tense  will have been establishing you will have been establishing he/she/it will have been establishing we will have been establishing you will have been establishing they will have been establishing

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Future Continuous/Progressive Verb Tense

The action is not complete when another action happens in the future. This is similar to past continuous, but it refers to the future.

FUTURE CONTINUOUS/PROGRESSIVE EXAMPLES:

  • I, You, We, They, He, She, It: will be traveling when you arrive.
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Future Perfect Verb Tense

An action will be completed in the future before another is completed.

FUTURE PERFECT EXAMPLES:

  • I, You, We, They, He, She, It: will have traveled to France by the time you arrive.
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Future Perfect Continuous/Progressive Verb Tense

An action will be continuing in the future when it is interrupted by another action. This future verb tense often includes an indication of how long the action has been happening.

FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS/PROGRESSIVE EXAMPLES:

  • I, You, We, They, He, She, It: will have been traveling for one hour when you arrive.


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Past Continuous/Progressive Verb Tense

When you use past continuous, you are often using two actions. However, one action is not finished in the past, and another is complete interrupting the other action.

PAST CONTINUOUS/PROGRESSIVE EXAMPLES:

  • I, He, She, It: was traveling by bus when the deer crossed the road.
  • You, We, They: were traveling when the deer crossed the road.
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Past Perfect Verb Tense

This verb tense uses two actions at two different times. Before the second action occurs, the first action is complete.

PAST PERFECT EXAMPLES:

  • I, You, We, They, He, She, It: had traveled by car when the bus arrived.
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Past Perfect Continuous/Progressive Verb Tense

For colloquial English, we don’t use past perfect continuous very often. But in textbooks, it’s a bit more common. This very tense has a complete action that happened before a second action. But in this case, you can describe how long.

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS/PROGRESSIVE EXAMPLES:

  • I, You, We, They, He, She, It: had been traveling for one hour when the car broke down.
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Future Simple Verb Tense

This verb tense is about planning things to do in the future. For example, what will you do tomorrow or next week?

Instead of using “will”, you can use “going to” for future tense. But this lesson uses “will” for the future tense.

FUTURE SIMPLE EXAMPLES:

  • I, You, We, They, He, She, It: will travel to France tomorrow.



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Present Continuous/Progressive Verb Tense

When you use present continuous, you are referring to what is happening right now. Also, it can be an action that is not yet complete.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS/PROGRESSIVE EXAMPLES:

  • I: am traveling right now.
  • You, We, They: are traveling right now.
  • He, She, It: is traveling right now.
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Present Perfect Verb Tense

Although it’s easy to confuse this verb tense with present simple, the main difference is that the action is complete for present perfect. In other words, you are looking at the result right now without any words referring to time.

PRESENT PERFECT EXAMPLES:

  • I, You, We, They: have traveled to France.
  • He, She, It: has traveled to France.
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Present Perfect Continuous/Progressive Verb Tense

In this verb tense, an action starts in the past but it’s still continuing now. You have been performing the action and still are performing the action in the present.

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS/PROGRESSIVE EXAMPLES:

  • I, You, We, They: have been traveling for a day.
  • He, She, It: has been traveling for a day.
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Past Simple Verb Tense

For past simple, it includes a finished action and time.

PAST SIMPLE EXAMPLES:

  • I, You, We, They, He, She, It: traveled to France yesterday.


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Present Simple Verb Tense

When you use the present simple, you are using a routine. 


It’s something that you always do every day, month or year. 

Or it’s something that you never do.

PRESENT VERB TENSE EXAMPLES:

  • I, You, We, They: play every day.
  • He, She, It: plays every day.


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Hi Esiona,

Po filloj ti pergjigjem pyetjes suaj


The 12 Verb Tenses in English

Before we begin, here’s a list of the 12 verb tenses in English:


  • Present Simple
  • Present Continuous/Progressive
  • Present Perfect
  • Present Perfect Continuous/Progressive
  • Past Simple
  • Past Continuous/Progressive
  • Past Perfect
  • Past Perfect Continuous/Progressive
  • Future Simple
  • Future Perfect
  • Future Continuous/Progressive
  • Future Perfect Continuous/Progressive



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Give happiness a chance. 


Hello there 


Hello there friend. 

Use your time to be happy 

You are a walking marvel 

You have no equal 

You are unique, irreplaceable, 

did you know that? 

Why aren't you surprised? 

Why aren’t you glad, astonished 

About yourself 

And what about everyone else  

you know? 

Do you think that it’s so natural,  

so obvious, 

that you are alive, 

that you can go on living, 

that you are given time 

to sing and to dance, 

and to be happy? 

Why then loose your time 

In the senseless pursuit 

Of money and possessions? 

Why make a crowd of worries 

of tomorrow and the days after tomorrow? 

Why quarrel, bore yourself in empty amusements 

And then sleep when the sun shines? 

Take your time quietly 

And be happy. 

Time is no speedway 

Between the cradle and the grave 

but space 

to find a place in the sun. 

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Nothing is without meaning 


My eyes are the light, 

for the green of Spring and the white of the snow, 

for the grey of the clouds 

and for the blue of the sky, 

for the stars at night, 

and for the incredible miracle 

of so many wonderful people around me. 

My mouth is for the word, 

For every gentle word 

someone is waiting for. 

My lips are for kissing  

And my hands for softness, for tenderness, 

For giving comfort and bread to the poor. 

My feet are for the path 

Which leads me to the dispossessed. 

My heart is for love, for warmth, 

For those who are abandoned and left in the cold. 

My body exists to be close to others. 

Without my body I am nowhere. 

Nothing is without meaning! 

Everything has a deep significance! 

Why then am I not happy? 

Are my eyes closed? 

Is my mouth full of bitterness? 

Are my hands ‘grabbers’ and my heart dry? 

Don’t I know 

That I was born for joy? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Pills! 


For the smallest pain, a painkiller. 

Every night a sleeping pill. 

And for gloomy thoughts 

A couple of Valium to cheer you up. 

You are hopelessly spoiled. 

You turn everything into a problem. 

The slightest difficulty  

And your nerves go to pieces. 

Problems have to be tackled. 

The problems that you evade 

Will start to fester. 

Yet ,there are a whole heap of problems 

which are just part of life- 

in marriage, 

in education, inn growing up, 

in getting on with people, 

 at work. 

These are problems which you have to accept. 

You have to go through them 

Without  hesitation, 

With courage and ith strength. 

If you run away from them 

They will follow you and weigh you down. 

In your life you can’t ignore your cross 

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The same thing day after day 


People are ill with boredom, 

Weary of life, 

The house is full, 

The table is loaded with food. 

There’s never a ‘new’ day. 

Everything stays the same , day after day. 

The walls are thick, always cold. 

New life never enters in. 

People are ill with boredom. 

They no longer even see the flowers or the birds. 

Their parakeets and their overfed dogs 

Are as dead as they are. 

People go out at night 

Till the early hours of the morning, 

Then sleep when the sun shines. 

They go to the doctor, 

To the psychiatrist. 

They never feel really good. 


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The happy people 


In searching for 

The deepest reason for human happiness 

I have never found the source 

To be money, possessions, luxury, lazyness , profiteering,  party-going or excitement. 

With happy people 

I always found, deep down, a sense of security, 

A great simplicity, 

And a spontaneous joy in little things. 

With happy people I was always surprised 

By the absence of stupid desires. 

With happy people I never found 

Restlessness or passionate searching, 

Never that lust for self-importance. 

And most often they had a good dose of humour. 


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Whisteling in the rain 


How is that some people 

Sit in the sun looking like sour apples 

  • and that others 

whistle in the rain? 

How is it that there are people 

Who, as soon as they open their eyes, 

see something wrong? 

It is because they don’t understand 

the meaning of life,  

the meaning of things. 

They need God, not as an impersonal, hazy being 

Somewhere far away, 

But as a personal friend, 

like a father, close to them. 

by being on intimate terms with God 

and start every morning  

with a new heart. 

Is life sometimes too heavy for you? 

Try for a while to be like a clown, 

Who weeps inside, 

But laughingly 

Jokes and plays for a child, 

To cure the sadness 

In his own heart. 

 


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paf 04.12. 2021


If you can’t laugh you can’t live. 


Laughing is healthy. 

You need to laugh. 

Humour  is healthy. 

Do you think enough about this aspect of your health? 

If all your anxieties give you wrinkles of your heart, 

You will soon have wrinkles in your face. 

Laughing frees you. 

Humour relaxes you. 

A laugh can free you from needles intensity. 

A laugh is the best cosmetic for your outside 

And the best medicine for your insides. 

If your laugh-muscles work regularly 

Your digestion will improve, 

Your appetite will be stimulated, 

and your blood pressure will stay down. 

Humour gives you a sense of proportion. 

Laughter and fun don’t only influence your metabolism, 

But also your surroundings. 

They lessen the tensions 

And the tears. 

Laughter and fun free you from that deadly earnestness 

About leaden problems, 

Free you from that miserable daily drag. 

Laughter and fun are the best remedies 

For the drugging of your heart and mind. 

Laughter and fun open out new spaces  

For the still unknown joys of life. 

A day when you don’t laugh, is a lost day. 



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paf 04.11.2021


Trifles 


Why do I look so ugly when I miss the bus? 

Or can’t I borrow the car and have to walk for once? 

Yet I know that in Asia people have to walk every day, 

Between the poles of a rich man’s rickshaw 

-for just a handful of rice. 

Why do I grumble about a minor illness 

And worry about wrinkles or spots 

When I know that thousands 

carry an incurable illness in their body. 

And thousands are being tortured for their beliefs, 

For the colour of their skin of for nothing at all. 

Why do I feel put on when I have to queue, 

or walk in the rain or when I’m kept waiting? 

Don’t I ever think of others, those with no legs, 

or those who must live in bed, 

the people who would be so happy, just once, 

to be able to queue, or, just once,  

to walk in the rain, or to kept waiting. 

And if my meal isn’t served on time 

Why do I forget that millions of people 

Are never able to sit at a full table? 

We are laughable, pathetic, stupid creatures, 

Who spoil our own lives, who spoil the lives of others, 

Because of a multitude of petty trifles, 

When we ought to be so grateful 

for every new day, for all the good things of life, 

We have a fever 

And our fever is really a madman’s selfishness. 


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paf 04.10.2021


A spoilt day 


I will never be happy 

If I have no control over my emotions, 

If my day is spoilt 

By a scratch on my car, 

An angry word at home,  

A mini-crisis at work, 

An unkept appointment, 

A less-than-perfect result, 

A wrinkled stocking 

Or a crooked tie. 

I will never be happy 

If I am the victim of my own emotions, 

A prisoner of overgrown expectations. 


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paf 04.20.2021



Where have the flowers gone? 


Tell me. 

Where  have the flowers gone? 

The flowers of delight in life, 

The flowers of pretty and nice things 

In the TV reports, the newspapers 

and in daily conversation? 

They died and suffocated under an avalanche of news 

About hatred, violence, murder and petty scandals. 

Nobody has seen the flowers. 

Nobody has heard about them. 

They died and suffocated in the wallets 

of sensation-seekers 

and on the lips of doom-prophets. 

Tell me. 

Where have the flowers gone? 

The flowers of little things done for each other. 

The flowers of being a gift for each other. 

They have died in our self-will, 

Suffocated in our so-ridiculous sensitivity, 

In or mini household cold-wars. 

Tell me. 

Where have the flowers gone 

Of that tiny bit of happy security 

we can offer each other? 

You have a heart, 

And there’s a human being who needs you. 

Bring on the flowers! 

Call to the Spring. Meet the sun. 

Let yourself be captured by the wonder of light 

and life. 

Look at the skylark 

who sings so high in the air.  

Do you know why? 

Because he doesn’t have to pay any rent! 

Look up at he sky and sing, 

Because the sun is free 

and it shines for you.


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The golden goose

Fairy tale by The Brothers Grimm

There was a man who had three sons, the youngest of whom was called Dummling, and was despised, mocked, and sneered at on every occasion.
It happened that the eldest wanted to go into the forest to hew wood, and before he went his mother gave him a beautiful sweet cake and a bottle of wine in order that he might not suffer from hunger or thirst.
When he entered the forest he met a little grey-haired old man who bade him good day, and said: 'Do give me a piece of cake out of your pocket, and let me have a draught of your wine; I am so hungry and thirsty.' But the clever son answered: 'If I give you my cake and wine, I shall have none for myself; be off with you,' and he left the little man standing and went on.
But when he began to hew down a tree, it was not long before he made a false stroke, and the axe cut him in the arm, so that he had to go home and have it bound up. And this was the little grey man's doing.
After this the second son went into the forest, and his mother gave him, like the eldest, a cake and a bottle of wine. The little old grey man met him likewise, and asked him for a piece of cake and a drink of wine. But the second son, too, said sensibly enough: 'What I give you will be taken away from myself; be off!' and he left the little man standing and went on. His punishment, however, was not delayed; when he had made a few blows at the tree he struck himself in the leg, so that he had to be carried home.
Then Dummling said: 'Father, do let me go and cut wood.' The father answered: 'Your brothers have hurt themselves with it, leave it alone, you do not understand anything about it.' But Dummling begged so long that at last he said: 'Just go then, you will get wiser by hurting yourself.' His mother gave him a cake made with water and baked in the cinders, and with it a bottle of sour beer.
When he came to the forest the little old grey man met him likewise, and greeting him, said: 'Give me a piece of your cake and a drink out of your bottle; I am so hungry and thirsty.' Dummling answered: 'I have only cinder-cake and sour beer; if that pleases you, we will sit down and eat.' So they sat down, and when Dummling pulled out his cinder-cake, it was a fine sweet cake, and the sour beer had become good wine. So they ate and drank, and after that the little man said: 'Since you have a good heart, and are willing to divide what you have, I will give you good luck. There stands an old tree, cut it down, and you will find something at the roots.' Then the little man took leave of him.
Dummling went and cut down the tree, and when it fell there was a goose sitting in the roots with feathers of pure gold. He lifted her up, and taking her with him, went to an inn where he thought he would stay the night. Now the host had three daughters, who saw the goose and were curious to know what such a wonderful bird might be, and would have liked to have one of its golden feathers.
The eldest thought: 'I shall soon find an opportunity of pulling out a feather,' and as soon as Dummling had gone out she seized the goose by the wing, but her finger and hand remained sticking fast to it.
The second came soon afterwards, thinking only of how she might get a feather for herself, but she had scarcely touched her sister than she was held fast.
At last the third also came with the like intent, and the others screamed out: 'Keep away; for goodness' sake keep away!' But she did not understand why she was to keep away. 'The others are there,' she thought, 'I may as well be there too,' and ran to them; but as soon as she had touched her sister, she remained sticking fast to her. So they had to spend the night with the goose.
The next morning Dummling took the goose under his arm and set out, without troubling himself about the three girls who were hanging on to it. They were obliged to run after him continually, now left, now right, wherever his legs took him.
In the middle of the fields the parson met them, and when he saw the procession he said: 'For shame, you good-for-nothing girls, why are you running across the fields after this young man? Is that seemly?' At the same time he seized the youngest by the hand in order to pull her away, but as soon as he touched her he likewise stuck fast, and was himself obliged to run behind.
Before long the sexton came by and saw his master, the parson, running behind three girls. He was astonished at this and called out: 'Hi! your reverence, whither away so quickly? Do not forget that we have a christening today!' and running after him he took him by the sleeve, but was also held fast to it.
Whilst the five were trotting thus one behind the other, two labourers came with their hoes from the fields; the parson called out to them and begged that they would set him and the sexton free. But they had scarcely touched the sexton when they were held fast, and now there were seven of them running behind Dummling and the goose.
Soon afterwards he came to a city, where a king ruled who had a daughter who was so serious that no one could make her laugh. So he had put forth a decree that whosoever should be able to make her laugh should marry her. When Dummling heard this, he went with his goose and all her train before the king's daughter, and as soon as she saw the seven people running on and on, one behind the other, she began to laugh quite loudly, and as if she would never stop. Thereupon Dummling asked to have her for his wife; but the king did not like the son-in- law, and made all manner of excuses and said he must first produce a man who could drink a cellarful of wine. Dummling thought of the little grey man, who could certainly help him; so he went into the forest, and in the same place where he had felled the tree, he saw a man sitting, who had a very sorrowful face. Dummling asked him what he was taking to heart so sorely, and he answered: 'I have such a great thirst and cannot quench it; cold water I cannot stand, a barrel of wine I have just emptied, but that to me is like a drop on a hot stone!'
'There, I can help you,' said Dummling, 'just come with me and you shall be satisfied.'
He led him into the king's cellar, and the man bent over the huge barrels, and drank and drank till his loins hurt, and before the day was out he had emptied all the barrels. Then Dummling asked once more for his bride, but the king was vexed that such an ugly fellow, whom everyone called Dummling, should take away his daughter, and he made a new condition; he must first find a man who could eat a whole mountain of bread. Dummling did not think long, but went straight into the forest, where in the same place there sat a man who was tying up his body with a strap, and making an awful face, and saying: 'I have eaten a whole ovenful of rolls, but what good is that when one has such a hunger as I? My stomach remains empty, and I must tie myself up if I am not to die of hunger.'
At this Dummling was glad, and said: 'Get up and come with me; you shall eat yourself full.' He led him to the king's palace where all the flour in the whole Kingdom was collected, and from it he caused a huge mountain of bread to be baked. The man from the forest stood before it, began to eat, and by the end of one day the whole mountain had vanished. Then Dummling for the third time asked for his bride; but the king again sought a way out, and ordered a ship which could sail on land and on water. 'As soon as you come sailing back in it,' said he, 'you shall have my daughter for wife.'
Dummling went straight into the forest, and there sat the little grey man to whom he had given his cake. When he heard what Dummling wanted, he said: 'Since you have given me to eat and to drink, I will give you the ship; and I do all this because you once were kind to me.' Then he gave him the ship which could sail on land and water, and when the king saw that, he could no longer prevent him from having his daughter. The wedding was celebrated, and after the king's death, Dummling inherited his kingdom and lived for a long time contentedly with his wife.

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Present Perfect-Simple or Continuous

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Often there is very little difference between the present perfect simple and the present perfect continuous. In many cases, both are equally acceptable.
  • They’ve been working here for a long time but Andy has worked here for even longer. 
  • I’ve lived here for 10 years and she has been living here for 12 years.
To emphasize the action, we use the continuous form.
  • We’ve been working really hard for a couple of months.
  • She’s been having a hard time.
To emphasize the result of the action, we use the simple form.
  • I’ve made fifteen phone calls this morning.
  • He’s written a very good report.
Look at the difference in these examples.
  • I’ve been reading this book for two months but I’ve only read half of it. It’s very difficult to read.
  • She’s been trying to convince him for 20 minutes but she hasn’t managed to yet.
  • They’ve been talking about this for month and they still haven’t found a solution.
When an action is finished and you can see the results, use the continuous form.
  • The phone bill is enormous. You’ve been calling your boyfriend in Australia, haven’t you?
  • You’re red in the face. Have you been running?
When you use the words ‘ever’ or ‘never’, use the simple form.
  • I don’t know them. I’ve never met them.
  • Have you ever heard anything so strange in your l

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paf02.08.2009

Dear students,

As your weekend is so close, please have a look at the following exercises. 
It will be good if you start learning some rules about these two present tenses.
Wish you all enjoy a very good weekend!

fm

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Present Simple or Continuous

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We use the Present Simple for regular actions or events 
I watch TV most evenings
facts 
The sun rises in the east 
facts know about the future
The plane leaves at 5.00 in the morning
. thoughts and feelings about the time of speaking
I don’t understand.
We use the Present Continuous at the time of speaking (‘now’)
things which are true at the moment but not always
I’m looking for a new job
present plans for the future
I’m taking my husband to New York for his birthday. 
Look at these sentences

I’m thinking about dying my hair blonde but I don’t think my wife will be very happy about it. 
I usually don’t drink coffee but I’m having one this morning because there is nothing else. 

I often drive to work but I’m taking the train this morning because my car is in for repair. 
My parents live in New York but I’m just visiting.
Notice how in all these examples we use the present continuous to talk about events which are temporary/limited in time and the present simple to talk about events which are habits/permanent.

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paf 02.07.2009

Dear students,

Just a new possibility to review your knowledge received so far.
Wish you have a nice afternoon.

fm

Present Continuous

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The present continuous is used to talk about present situations which we see as short-term or temporary. We use the present simple to talk about present situations which we see as long-term or permanent
In these examples, the action is taking place at the time of speaking. 
  • It’s raining. 
  • Who is Kate talking to on the phone? 
  • Look, somebody is trying to steal that man’s wallet. 
  • I’m not looking. My eyes are closed tightly. 
In these examples, the action is true at the present time but we don’t think it will be true in the long term. 
  • I’m looking for a new apartment. 
  • He’s thinking about leaving his job. /
  • They’re considering making an appeal against the judgment. 
  • Are you getting enough sleep? 
In these examples, the action is at a definite point in the future and it has already been arranged. 
  • I’m meeting her at 6.30. 
  • They aren’t arriving until Tuesday. –
  • We are having a special dinner at a top restaurant for all the senior managers. 
  • Isn’t he coming to the dinner?
Time for a quiz ?

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Paf 02.06.2020

Dear students,

Read the following and then do the exercises following.

fm


We use the present simple to talk about actions we see as long term or permanent. It is a very common and very important tense. 
Here, we are talking about regular actions or events. 
  • They drive to the office every day. 
  • She doesn’t come here very often. 
  • The news usually starts at 6.00 every evening. 
  • Do you usually have bacon and eggs for breakfast?
Here, we are talking about facts. 
  • We have two children. 
  • Water freezes at 0° C or 32° F. 
  • What does this expression mean? 
  • The Thames flows through London. 
Here, we are talking about future facts, usually found in a timetable or a chart. 
  • Christmas Day falls on a Monday this year. 
  • The plane leaves at 5.00 tomorrow morning. 
  • Ramadan doesn’t start for another 3 weeks. 
  • Does the class begin at 10 or 11 this week?
Here, we are talking about our thoughts and feelings at the time of speaking. Although these feelings can be short-term, we use the present simple and not the present continuous.
  • They don’t ever agree with us. 
  • I think you are right. 
  • She doesn’t want you to do it. 
  • Do you understand what I am trying to say.



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paf 02.04.2020

Past Simple or Present Perfect

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(Remember that British and American English have different rules for the use of the present perfect. The comments and the exercises here refer to correct grammar for British English. In American English, it is often considered acceptable to use the past simple in some of these examples.)
The past simple is used to talk about actions in the past that have finished. It talks about ‘then’ and definitely excludes ‘now’.
The present perfect simple to look back on actions in the past from the present. It always includes ‘now’.
These sentences are in the past with no connection to the present.
  • I first got to know him 10 years ago.
  • I started work here in 1989.
  • I had too much to eat at lunchtime.
Now look at these same situations seen from the present.
  • I’ve known him for 10 years.
  • I’ve worked here since 1987.
  • My stomach hurts. I’ve eaten too much.
We use time expressions like ‘yesterday’, ‘ago’, ‘last year’, ‘in 1999’ with the past simple. 
  • We spoke to him yesterday.
  • He came in a few moments ago.
  • We made our last purchase from them over a year ago.
  • She joined the company in 1999.
We use time expressions like are ‘ever’, ‘never’, ‘since’ with the present perfect.
  • I’ve never seen so many people here before.
  • Have you ever been more surprised?
  • I’ve done a lot since we last talked about it. 
Typical time expressions used with the present perfect in British English but often used with the past simple in American English are ‘already’, ‘just’, ‘yet’.
  • I haven’t done it yet. (UK) 
  • I didn’t do it yet. (US) 
  • I’ve just done it. (UK) 
  • I just did it. (US)I’ve already done it. (UK) 
  • I already did it. (US)
We can use the time phrase ‘for’ with both forms, but with different meanings.
  • I lived in Paris for a couple of years before I moved here. 
  • I’ve lived in Paris for a couple of years and still love it.



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paf02.02.2020

Dear Glei and other students,

Last time you asked me a question about Present Perfect Tense. Fortunately, with the help of an English grammar teacher I have found this following answer for you. Please read and do the following exercises.

fm



Present Perfect

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(Please note that British and American English have different rules for the use of this tense. The explanation and exercises here refer to British English. In American English, it is often acceptable to use the past simple in some of these examples.)
We use the present perfect when we want to look back from the present to the past.
We can use it to look back on the recent past.
  • I’ve broken my watch so I don’t know what time it is. 
  • They have cancelled the meeting.
  • She’s taken my copy. I don’t have one. 
  • The sales team has doubled its turnover.
When we look back on the recent past, we often use the words ‘just’ ‘already’ or the word ‘yet’ (in negatives and questions only). 
  • We’ve already talked about that.
  • She hasn’t arrived yet.
  • I’ve just done it.
  • They’ve already met.
  • They don’t know yet.
  • Have you spoken to him yet?
  • Have they got back to you yet?
It can also be used to look back on the more distant past.
  • We’ve been to Singapore a lot over the last few years.
  • She’s done this type of project many times before.
  • We’ve mentioned it to them on several occasions over the last six months.
  • They’ve often talked about it in the past.
When we look back on the more distant past, we often use the words ‘ever’ (in questions) and ‘never’.
  • Have you ever been to Argentina?
  • Has he ever talked to you about the problem?
  • I’ve never met Jim and Sally.
  • We’ve never considered investing in Mexico.

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paf03.16.2018

A


Test yourself

These tests will help you decide what you need to learn.


Following are some basic grammar points:

 Choose the correct answers. One or more answers may be correct.

1. She is .................. university teacher.
     a)   a             b) an                c) the             d) one

2. I like ............... small animals.
    a) the            b) --                 c) every          d) all

3. Is this coat ............... ?
    a) yours        b) your              c) the yours      d) yor

4. Is Lucy .............. ?
    a) a friend of yours                 b) a your friend          c) your friend

5. Who are ............... people over there ?
    a) that            b) these             c) the               d) those

6. ........... is your phone number?
    a) Which         b) What            c) How            d) Why

7. Could I have ........................ drink?
    a) an other      b) other            c) another          d) others

8. There aren't ....................... for everybody.
    a) chairs enough             b) enough chairs           c)enough of chairs             d) of the chairs enough

9. They're ............. young to get married.
    a) too much                   b) too                           c) very too much               d) too many

10. Most ............... like dancing.
    a) of people                   b) of the people            c) people                       

11. Bill and Nancy phone ............. every day .
    a) them                         b) then                           c) each other                  d) one the other 

12. It's ................. weather.
    a) terrible                     b) the terrible                   c) a nice                         d) the

13. The plural of car is cars. Which of these are correct plurals?
    a) journeys                   b) ladys                          c) minuts                          d) babies

14. Which of these is/are correct?
    a) happier                    b) more happier                 c) unhappier                   d) beautifuller

15. This is .................. winter for 20 years.
    a) the more bad            b) worse                           c) the worse                     d) the worst

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paf03.19.2018

Ushtrimet e meposhteme I punoni per diten e hene me 19 mars 2018.

fm

16) She's much taller ... me
     A) than     B) as       C) that

17) He lives in the same street ... me
     A) that      B) like     C) as        D) than

18) Her eyes ... a very light blue.
     A) are       B) have    C) has

19) ... help me ?
     A) Can you to    B) Do you can    C) Can you

20) You ... worry about it.
     A) not must    B) don't must      C) must not         D) mustn't

21) It ... again. It ... all the time here in the winter.
     A) 's raining; 's raining
     B) rains; rains
     C) rains; 's raining
     D) 's raining; rains

22) I ... she ... you.
     A) think; likes
     B) am thinking; is liking
     C) think; is liking
     D) am thinking; likes

23) Who ... the window ?
     A) open      B) opened      C) did opened

24) Why ... ?
     A) those men are laughing
     B) are laughing
     C) are those men laughing

25) What ... ?
     A) does she want             B) does she wants              C) she wants

26) I didn't ... he was at home.
     A) to think            B) think        C) thinking           D) thought

27) ... a hole in my sock.
     A)  There's       B) There is        C) It's     D) It is     E) Is

28) I'll see you ... Tuesday afternoon.
     A) at            B) on        C) in

29) What time did you arrive ... the station ?
     A) at          B) to      C) ------

30) We're going ... the opera tomorrow night.
     A) at         B) ------      C) in          D) to


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paf03.19.2018

Ushtrimet e meposhteme I punoni per daten 22 mars 2018.

fm



31) I went out without ... money.
     A) some     B) any

32) He's got ... money.
     A) much     B) many     C) me      D) lots of

33) ' Who's there? ' "..."
     A) It's me     B) It is I       C) Me     D) I

34) Although he felt very ... he smiled ... .
     A) angrily;friendly      B) angry;friendly         C) angry; in a friendly way.

35) I ... to America.
     A) have often been     B) often have been       C) have been often

36) My mother ... my birthday.
     A) always forgets      B) always is forgetting       C) forgets always

37) You look ... a teacher.
     A) like        B) as           C) the same like

38) How many brothers and sisters ... ?
     A) have you got         B) do you have          C) are you having 

39) Good ! I ... work tomorrow.
     A) mustn't    B) don't have to         C) haven't got to

40) I ... smoke.
     A) ------ (= nothing)          B) use to           C) used to

41) Andrew ... too see us this evening.
     A) will come          B) comes           C) is coming

42) Alice ... have a baby.
     A) will           B) shall       C) is going to

43) I knew that he ... waiting for somebody.
     A) is          B) was           C) would

44) ... Gloria last week ?
      A) Have you seen          B) Did you see          C) Were you seeing

45) She's an old friend ----- I  ... her ... years.
      A) 've known, for         B) know, for             C) 've known, since      D) know, since
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paf03.22.2018

Ushtrimet qe vijojne I punoni per diten e hene me daten 26 mars 2018.

fm


46) We met when we ... in France.
      A) studied       B) were studying        C) had studied

47) As soon as she came in I knew I ... her before .
     A) have seen           B) saw          C) had seen

48) This picture ... by a friend of my mother's.
     A) is painting       B) is painted         C) was painting          D) was painted

49) Can you ... ?
     A) make me some tea          B) make some tea for me         C) make for me some tea

50) Try ... be late.
     A) not to         B) to not

51) I went to London ... clothes.
     A) for buy       B) for to buy     C) for buying        D) to buy

52) You can't live very long without ...
     A) to eat          B) eat           C) eating           D) you eat

53) I enjoy ... , but I wouldn't like ... it all my life.
     A) to teach; to do          B) teaching; doing           C) to teach; doing          D) teaching; to do 

54) Her parents don't want ... married.
    A) her to get           B) her get         C) that she get       D) that she gets

55) I'm not sure what ...  
    A) do they want ?           B) do they want        C) they want.

56) The policeman ... me not to park there.
    A) asked       B) said         C) told           D) advised

57) I ... you if you ... that again.
    A) hit,say        B) 'll hit, 'll say        C) hit, 'll say           D) 'll hit, say

58) It would be nice if we ... a bit more room.
    A) would have        B) had            C) have

59) If ... you me, I ... in real trouble last year.
    A) didn't help, would have been
    B) hadn't helped, would have been 
    C) hadn't helped, would be 
    D) didn't help, would be

 




paf03.03.2018

Dear students,

Ne njesite frazeologjike te mesimit  te gjuhes angleze, ju duhet te kini vere re dy shprehje te tilla si:

"Would you like ...?" apo " I'd like..." .

 Po e parashtrojme kete mesim vetem per ata te cilet nuk e dine.

Ne pergjithesi ne gjuhen angleze ne perdorim shprehjen: "Would you like ..?" sa here kur duam te shprehim kuptimin;" Do you want....?"

Me nje fjale, ne qofte se ju, do te deshironi ti ofroni dikujt dicka, atehere do te ishte shume mire te perdornit shprehjen:' Would you like...?"

psh:" Would you like some coffee?"
"Would you like an orange?"
"What would you like?"

Gjithashtu ju mund  te perdorni te njejten shprehje ne qofte se do te deshironit te ndertonit nje ftese per dike, s psh ne fjaline pyetese:"  Would you like to go for a walk?"
Would you like to come for dinner?"
"What would you like to do this evening?"

I would like.., eshte nje forme te shprehuri gjuhesor me nje doze te larte miresjellje kur ne deshirojme te shprehim mendimin:" Une dua, deshiroj;" Forma e  shkurter e kesaj shprehjeje eshte:"I'd..."

* I am thirsty. I would like a drink.
* I would like some information about Nehemia Gateway Unversity.
* I'd like to see your university.

Shpesh here ju mund te gjendeni para perdoimit te dy shprehjeve te tilla si:

"Would you like ...?" "I'd like.....  apo "Do you like ...?" " I like...."

Ne qofte se fjalia gjendet si:" Would you like some tea?" Atehere kuptimi i saj do te jete = "Do you want some tea?"

Nese fjalia eshte :' Do you like tea?" atehere kuprtimi duhet te jete:=" Do you think tea is nice?"

"Would you like to go to the cinema tonight?"(= Do you want to go tonight?")

Ndersa fjalia:' Do you like going to the cinema?"( nje mendim ne pergjithsi; in general)

"I'd like an orange" = ( Can I have an orange?") 

"I like oranges ( in general)



Ushtrim: Gjeni se cila nga zgjedhjet mundeshme eshte e sakte:



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paf02.06.2018


Te dashur Studente,

Sot e ne vijim ju jeni te lutur te ndiqni me kujdes faqen tuaj, ku do te gjeni nje numur leksionesh per tema te kaluara tek te cilat ju mund te kini paraqitur disa veshtiresi te lehta. Me qellim qe ti kaperceni ato pa probleme shikoni keto mesime te shoqeruara me ushtrime edhe nese do te kini pyetje te metejshme atehere i diskutojme bashke ne oret respektive.

fm



3.  PRESENT SIMPLE (1)
Ø We form the Present Simple like this:
Ne e formojme kohen e tashme ne kete menyre:
Positive (pohore)
Singular:     I listen
                     You listen
                     He, she, it listens

Plural:          We listen
                      You listen
                     They listen
 I listen to the radio.
She speaks English.
Ø We add-s after he, she, it:
Ne vendosim s pas vetave ai, ajo ose ai, ajo per sendet dhe kafshet.
         I work-He works                                                I learn-She learns
Ø If a verb ends in –ch, o, sh, x,or ss, we add es after he, she, it:
Nese nje folje mbaron me ch, o, sh, x, ose ss, pas peremrave vetore ai, ajo, ai/ajo per sendet dhe kafshet,  ne vendosim es.
I brush-He brushes             You go-She goes     We watch-It watches      

They catch-It catches      I fix-He fixes                 We push-It pushes
Ø If a verb ends in a consonant (b,c,etc) + Y (e.g fly-flies), we use -ies after he/she/it:
Nese nje folje mbaron me nje bashketingellore si (b,c etj)+ y (p.sh. fluturoj-fluturon), ne perdorim -ies pas peremrave vetore ai, ajo, ai/ajo per sendet dhe kafshet.
I reply- she replies                 I fly- she flies         I study-she studies

2. Now look at these examples of the negative :
Tani shikoni keto shembuj te mohores:
I don’t watch that film.
She doesn’t brush her teeth.
Negative ( mohore)
Full form
Short form
I do not listen.
You do not listen.
He, she, it does not listen
We do not listen
You do not listen
They do not listen
I don’t listen.
You don’t listen.
He, she, it doesn’t listen.
We don’t listen.
You don’t listen.
They don’t listen.

Ø Note that we say:
Mbani mend se ne themi:
She does not listen. (Not She does not listens).
Ø 3. We use the Present Simple:
Ne perdorim kohen e tashme per:
·      To talk about things that happen regularly:
Per te folur per gjera qe ndodhin rregullisht.
                           She works every day.
·      To talk about facts:
            Per te folur per fakte:
Her mother is Albanian.
I don’t speak Greece.
Practice
Praktika
A.     Add s or es to the verbs in the sentences if it is necessary. If it is not necessary put a tick (√) in the gap.
Vendos s ose es ne foljet tek fjalite e meposhtme nese eshte e nevojshme. Nese nuk eshte e nevojshme vendos shenjen (√) ne hapesiren bosh.
He work..s… in a bank.
They live (√) in Germany.
1)    I watch……………TV every day.
2)    She go………….to work by car.
3)    The film finish……….at ten o’clock.
4)    We play……….tennis every weekend.
5)    They go………..on holiday in August.
6)    He speak……..Italian and French.
7)    She do………..her homework every night.
8)    We start……………..work at half past eight.
B.      Now finish these sentences using a verb from the box. Use each verb once. Remember to add-s or –es if necessary.
Tani perfundoni keto fjali duke perdorur nje folje nga kutia. Perdor secilen nga foljet vetem nje here. Mbani mend te shtoni ose vendosni s ose es nese eshte e nevojshme.
Fly           study         finish          eat      sell           smoke    drink         live
He eats toast for breakfast.
1)    I ………….coffee three times a day.
2)    My father …………..a new language every year.
3)    She…………to New York once a month.
4)    He………ten cigarettes a day.
5)    They …………..in Ireland.
6)    He………work..  at sic o’clock.
7)    I ………fruit in a shop.
C.    Write these sentences, using the negative form of the Present Simple.
Shkruaj keto fjali duke perdorur formen mohore te kohes se tashme.
(He/not/live/in Mexico). He doesn’t live in Mexico.
1)    (she /not/work/ in a bank). …………………………………………..
2)    (I/not/play/golf).  …………………………………………………………
3)    (Paul/not/listen/to the radio).  ……………………………………..
4)    (we /not/speak/French).  ……………………………………………….
5)    (you/not/listen/to me!).  ………………………………………………..
6)    ( My car/not/work). ………………………………………………………
7)    ( I/not/drink/tea).   ………………………………………………………..
8)    ( Sheila/not/eat/meat). …………………………………………………
9)    ( I/not/understand/you).   …………………………………………….
D. Put in the verbs from the box, in the Present Simple. Use each verb once.
Vendos  foljet ne kuti ne kohen e tashme. Perdor secilen nga foljet nje here te vetme.
Leave      start          arrive           get         watch         work         go        stop
brush           eat          have            like              drink   
Interviewer: How do you start the day, Ben?
Ben: Well, I get up at six o’clock. I get washed and dressed, and I (1)……………….breakfast at seven o’clock. After breakfast, I (2) ………………………my teeth. I (3)……………………to work at eight.
Interviewer: When do you get to work?
Ben: I usually (4) …………………..at my office at about half past eight. First, I (5)………………a cup of coffee, and then I (6)………………………work at 8:45 a.m.
Interviewer:  Where do you work?
Ben: I (7) …………………in a bank. I am a computer operator. I (8)……my job. It’s very interesting.
Interviewer:  When do you eat lunch?
Ben: I (9)…………………work and I have lunch at one o’clock. I (10)………………….a cup of tea at half past three.
Interviewer: When do you finish work?
Ben:  I (11) ……………the office at six o’clock. I eat dinner when I get home. Then  I (12) ………..TV for an hour or two.
E. Use the table to write facts about Jim. A tick ( ) means that something is true. A cross (X) means that something is not true. Use the verbs in brackets ( ).
Perdor tabelen e meposhtme per te shkruajtur fakte per Xhimin. Shenja (√) tregon dicka te vertete. Kryqi tregon se dicka nuk eshte e vertete. Perdor foljet ne kllapa.

1
2
3
4
From Scotland       in a bank X                in a flat             French
From England  X        in a shop                in a house X       Italian X
new films X
old films





(come) She comes from Scotland.    She doesn’t come from Scotland.
1)    Work: She……………………in a bank.    She………………………………………………..
2)    Live: she ……………………………………..   She…………………………………………………
3)    Speak. …………………………………………    …………………………………………………….
4)    Like:……………………………………………….  ……………………………………………………
4. PRESENT SIMPLE (2)
Koha e tashme (2)
1.    We use the Present Simple:
Ne perdorim kohen e tashme per:
·      To talk about feelings and opinions:
Per te folur per ndjenia dhe opinione:
I like ice-creams.
I don’t like spiders.
He loves music.
Bella wants a new dress.
I don’t want a glass of water, thanks.
She feels tired.
·      To talk about thoughts:
          Per te folur per mendime:
I think she’s hungry.
I don’t think he likes his new car.
I don’t know how she looks like now.
They don’t understand English.
2.    We form Present Simple questions like this:
Ne formojme kohen e tashme ne kete menyre:
Questions
Pyetese
Singular  Do I
                Do you                                            listen?
               Does he/she/it
Plural    Do we
              Do you                                                listen?
              Do they
v Note that we put do before I/you/we/they:
Mbani mend se ne vendosim do perpara peremrave vetore une, ti, ne ,ata/ato, ju.
Do you speak English?
Do you study in this school?
Do they work hard?
v We put does before he/she/it.
Ne vendosim does perpara peremrave vetore ai, ajo ose ai/ajo per sende ose kafshe.
Does she drive the bus?
Does Ben enjoy walking?
Does he ride the bike?
v Note that we say:
Mbani mend se ne themi:
Does he read? ( Not Does he reads?)
Practice
Praktika
A.   Put  the words from the box in the correct form. Use the Present Simple. Use each verb once.
Vendosni fjalet e kutise ne formen e sakte. Perdor kohen e tashme. Perdor secilen nga foljet vetem nje here.
Like    not know    love    feel   think    not like    want    not understand
She thinks that films are fantastic! She loves films.
1)    I ………….sick. Can I have a glass of water, please?
2)    I don’t know the answer because I …………………..the question.
3)    I ……………he’s tired. He works hard.
4)    We………………that new painting. We think it’s terrible.
5)    I want to telephone Jennifer, but I …………………..her phone number.
6)    They’re thirsty. They ………….something to drink.
7)    I ……….your new car. It’s very nice. Was it expensive?

B.   Write sentences about Bill. (√=like, √√=love, X=not like, XX=hate)
(tennis X)  He doesn’t like tennis.
(music √√ ) He loves music.
1)    (Coffee √).  ……………………………………………………….
2)    (films X).   …………………………………………………………
3)    (his job √√).  ……………………………………………………..
4)    (fish XX). ……………………………………………………………
5)    ( holidays √√).   …………………………………………………..
6)    (golf X).  …………………………………………………………….
C.    This is an interview with Kate Taylor about herself and her husband, Jim. Write the questions, using the ideas from the box.
Kjo eshte nje interviste me Keit Taylor rreth vetes se saj dhe bashkeshortit te saj Xhim. Shkruaj pyetjet, duke perdorur idete e dhena ne kuti.
Like films    read books               listen to the radio                play golf
Watch TV       play a musical instrument               smoke       go to the theatre
Drive a car       like pop music                                  drink coffee      live in London
Like dogs        speak any foreign languages

Questions
Answers
Do you live in London?
Yes, I live in north London
Does Paul play golf?
No, but he plays tennis.
………………………………………………?
Yes, I speak French.
……………………………………………….?
Yes, I like all the programs on TV.
……………………………………………….?
Yes, he listens to the radio in the morning.
……………………………………………….?
No, but he loves cats.
……………………………………………….?
No, I don’t like films.
……………………………………………….?
Yes, he has two cups in the morning.
……………………………………………….?
No, but I have a bicycle.
……………………………………………….?
Yes, he plays the piano.
……………………………………………….?
No, I prefer classical music.
……………………………………………….?
Yes, I love musicals.
……………………………………………….?
Yes, I read one book every week.
……………………………………………….?
No, he doesn’t like cigarettes.

D.   You are on holiday, and you are in a Tourist Information Centre. Ask questions using the table below.
Ti je me pushime, dhe jeni ne qendren e informacionit te turisteve.  Bej pyetje duke perdorur tabelen me poshte:
A
B
C
Do

You

Stop at the railway station?
Does
The sports centre
Finish before eleven p.m.?

All the banks

Start here?
The number 38 bus
Sell maps of the city?
The restaurants

Change tourists’ money into pounds?
The concert
Sell souvenirs?
The sightseeing tour
Have a swimming pool?
The museum
Serve typical English food?

Do you sell maps of the city?
1)    ……………………………the sports centre……………………………………
2)    …………………………………………………………………………………………..
3)    …………………………………………………………………………………………..
4)    …………………………………………………………………………………………..
5)    …………………………………………………………………………………………..
6)    …………………………………………………………………………………………..
7)    …………………………………………………………………………………………..





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paf12.18.2017

English Modal Verbs – Situations Table

SituationModal VerbExample
requests
(formal)
mayMay I sit down?
requests
(informal)
canCan I sit down?
requests
(polite)
couldCould I sit down?
requests
(polite)
wouldWould you mind if I sit down?
permission
(formal)
mayYou may sit down.
permission
(informal)
canYou can sit down.
obligation
(full)
mustYou must tell the
police the truth.
obligation
(partial)
shouldYou should tell
your friends the truth.
obligation (partial)
(less common)
ought toYou ought to tell
your friends the truth.
logical conclusions 
(stronger than "should")
mustHe left an hour ago, so he must be there already.
logical conclusions 
(weaker than "must")
shouldHe left half an hour ago,
I believe he should
be there already.
possibility
(general)
canIt can rain sometimes.
possibility
(weaker than
"may" and "might")
couldIt could rain, but it is
not very common in this
part of the country.
possibility
(weaker than "may")
mightIt's not very cloudy yet,
but it might rain.
possibility
(stronger than "might")
mayIt's starting to get cloudy –
it may rain soon.
futureactions/states/intentionswillLook at the sky!
It will rain soon.
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paf12.17.2017.

Shikoni me kujdes kete tabele. Perpiquni te kuptoni perdorimin e foljeve modale.Nese do te kini pyetje i diskutojme diten e takimit.

fm

English Modal Verbs Table

Modal verbUsageExample
canabilityI can do several things
at the same time.
when something is possibleMiracles can happen.
permissionYou can go now.
informal requestsCan you come here for a minute?
couldpast form of "can"She said she could pay
for us as well.
polite requestsCould you move
your bag, please?
possibilityIt could be that he
missed the train.
maypossibilityIt may rain tomorrow.
ask for or give
permission (formal)
May I speak?
mightpast form of "may"He said he might
change his mind.
possibilityThis might fail.
mustyou have to do itYou must obey the law.
it's very logical or
very likely to happen
They left so early, they
must be home by now.
must not/
mustn't
you are not
allowed to do it
You mustn't smoke in here.
shallfuture for "I" and "we"I shall see him tomorrow.
questions and suggestions for "I" and "we"Let's continue, shall we?
shouldthe right thing to do She should call the police.
advice- What should I do?
- You should stop
thinking about it.
what is likely or
expected to happen
We should be
back by midnight.
willfuture action or states
(not plans)
Prices will go up
next summer.
promises and intentionsIt's alright, I'll pick it up.
wouldpast form of "will"He told me he would come.
imagined situationsWhat would you do
if you were him?
for polite requests, offers and invitations- Would you please sit down?
- Would you like some tea?
- We are meeting with Sarah
next Saturday, would you like to come along?
to say what you
want to do or have
I would like a piece of cake.
ought tothe right thing to doYou ought to apologize.


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paf23.03.2017

Dear students,

Read and memorize the following:

Once upon a time, an old man spread rumors that his neighbor was a thief. As a result, the young man was arrested. Days later he was proven innocent. After being released, he sued the old man for wrongly accusing him.
In court, the old man told the judge,
"They were just comments,they didn't harm anyone."
The judge before passing sentence on the case,told the old man,"write all the things you said about the him on a piece of paper."
"Cut it into little pieces and on the way home,throw the pieces of paper out of your car window. Tomorrow, come back to hear the sentence."
The next day,the judge told the old man,
"Before receiving the sentence, I want you to go out and gather up all the pieces of paper that you threw out of your car window yesterday."
The old man said, " I can't do that!The wind has spread them all over the place and won't know where to find them."
Then the judge replied,
"The same way, simple words and comments may destroy the honor of a person to such an extent that a person will not be able to fix it. If you can't speak well of someone, don't say anything at all.
Let's all be masters of our mouths,so that we won't be slaves of our words."
"Gossips are worse than thieves because they steal another person's dignity,honor,reputation and credibility which are impossible to restore.So remember this: when your feet slip,you can always recover your balance,but when your tongue slips, you can never recover words."

paf18.03.2017

Present Perfect Tense
 We form Present Perfect Tense with the help of the verb to have + past participle of the main verb.

We form the past participle of the regular verbs by adding - ed to the basic verb form; eg: work + ed = worked.

We use Present Perfect tense:

* for actions started in the past and continue up to the present.

eg. He has been a teacher for 33 years. ( He started to work as a teacher 33 years ago and still he is a teacher )

* to talk about a past action which has a visible result in the present.

eg. Mr. Jones has built a new house.

* for actions which happened at an unspecific time in the past. The action is more important than the time
The action is more important than the time.

He has been in New York. ( when ? We don't know. it's not important )

       
  
* For recently completed actions.

She has done the shopping. (The action is complete . The shopping is now done . )
·        
F* or personal experiences /changes which have happened . 

She has cut her hair short recently.
·      
        * To put emphasis on a number .
She has been to the gym seven times this week . 

*         Time expressions used with the present perfect : just , already , yet , for, since , ever , never , ect.



Present perfect continuous


Form : present tense of “have” + been + main verb + -ing  

Use 

We use the present perfect continuous:

    * To put emphasis on the duration of  an action which started in the past and continues up to the present . 

He has been rearranging the living room since Friday . 
·         
* For an action which started in the past and lasted for some time . It may still be continuing , or have finished , but it has left a visible result in the present .



She ‘s happy because she has been listening to her favourite CD all day. 
·    
To express anger , irritation or annoyance / criticism . 

She has been using my computer without asking me . 

·*   For repeated actions in the past continuing to the  present . 
He has put on weight because he’s been eating junk food everyday since last month.
*
*   Time expressions used with the present perfect continuous : since , for , how long ( to put emphasis on duration ).


Present Perfect vs Past Simple  

We use the past simple for:  

An action happened at a stated time in the past.

Liz watched a film yesterday . ( When ? Yesterday . The time is mentioned ).
·         
 * An action which started and finished in the past . 

Paul had an earache for a week . (He doesn’t have an earache any more ).

* We use the present perfect simple for :
·        
* An action which happened at an unstated time in the past .

Liz has watched a film . ( We don’t  know when . )
  
An action which started in the past and is still continuing in the present .

Paul has lived here for two years. ( He still lives here. )


_______________________­­­______

Have gone to / Have been to / Have been in  
________________________________________________

         
She has gone to work . (She ‘s on her way to work or she’s there right now . She hasn’t come back yet. )
·         He has been to Berlin . ( He has visited Berlin but he isn’t there right now . He has some back . )
·         They have been in Athens for eight months . ( They are in Athens now . )


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paf 19.03.2017

 Finish the following exercises on Present Perfect Tense.

fm

 http://www.grammar.cl/Games/Still_Yet_Already.htm

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paf14.03.2017

Hi there,

Hope and wish you are enjoying your holiday today.
Whenever you get a little time just have a close look at the following lesson.

fm



Prepositions



Talk about place             

Some prepositions are difficult, because they have more than one meaning. Today we are going to talk about some prepositions which we use to talk about place.

In
On
at


We use in with 3-demensional spaces like boxes, rooms, towns or countries.

We use on with 2-demensional surfaces like floors, tables, walls, or ceilings.

‘Where is James?’ ‘In the car.’ There is nothing in the box. Barbara’s in Neshville.

The church has wonderful paintings on the ceiling. There were two clocks on the wall

People are in clothes. Clothes and jewellery ( rings, ear rings ect) are on people

Who is the man in the black shirt?

Jane had a ring on every finger

We often use at to show where something happens – for example, with meeting places or points on a journey.
We often us at with words for things that people do, or places where they do them.

At a football match;  at lunch;  at  a restaurant;   at work  at the office; at the theatre; at the cinema; at the station; at a party; at the university.



Sometimes in and at are both possible. We prefer at when we are thinking about the activity-what we do in a place- and in when we think about the place itself.


We had lunch at Shemo’s restaurant

It was very hot in the living room.



                                                                                                                      


                                                                     at the supermarket         near the stairs              

It’s on table (… in the table)                              at the doctor’s                  next to the post office
       under your chair.                               at the bus stop            opposite the station
       In the fridge.                                        at the station               outside the window
       Near  the door.                                  at home                        behind the tree
In the living room              in Park Street       at work                   in front of the tree
In a small flat                in London            at school                        between those two 
On the second floor    in England          at lunch
At 53 Park Street
He lived in Saigon.
He studied at  Saigon University.                                    Go straight on for 300 metres and it’s 
                                                                                          On the right.
I’m going to Edinburgh tomorrow.(…going at…)
I’ll arrive at Waverly Station at 9.15.(…arrive to …)
She was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic.
                                                       Round the world.     No preposition
‘Where are you  from?’   ‘I’m  from  Ireland.’         I want to go home.(…to home…)




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paf10.03.2017

If you want to find the first five rules, just scroll down a little and the first rule will be there.
Enjoy reading and learning them.

fm

6. Don’t use a present tense after It’s time.
It’s time you went home. (NOT It’s time you go home.)
It’s time we invited Bill and Sonia. (NOT It’s time we invite Bill and Sonia.)

7. Use was/were born to give dates of birth.
was born in 1975. (NOT I am born in 1975.)
Shakespeare was born in 1564.

8. Police is a plural noun.
The police are looking for him. (NOT The police is looking for him.)
I called the police, but they were too busy to come.

9. Don't use the to talk about things in general.
Books are expensive. (NOT The books are expensive.)
I love music. (NOT I love the music.)

10. Use had better, not have better.
I think you’d better see the doctor. (NOT I think you have better see the doctor.)
We’d better ask John to help us.


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paf07.03.2017

Read the following jokes and try to retell them at out next session.

fm



A teenage girl had been talking on the phone for about half an hour, and then she hung up.
"Wow!," said her father, "That was short. You usually talk for two hours. What happened?"
"Wrong number," replied the girl.

PUPIL: "Would you punish me for something I didn`t do?" 
TEACHER:" Of course not." 
PUPIL: "Good, because I haven`t done my homework." 

A teacher asked a student to write 55. 
Student asked: How? 
Teacher: Write 5 and beside it another 5! 
The student wrote 5 and stopped. 
teacher: What are you waiting for? 
student: I don't know which side to write the other 5! 

When I want to teach the colours, I just ask my students to pretend the phone is ringing and they will answer:
Phone rings: "Green, green!"
They answer: "Yellow?"
They ask: "White?"
They hang up: "Pink!"
While teaching this use your hands pretending you are holding the phone.

Little Johnny: Teacher, can I go to the bathroom? 
Teacher: Little Johnny, MAY I go to the bathroom? 
Little Johnny: But I asked first! 

Two goldfish in a bowl talking: 
Goldfish 1: Do you believe in God? 
Goldfish 2: Of course, I do! Who do you think changes the water?

Son: Dad, what is an idiot? 
Dad: An idiot is a person who tries to explain his ideas in such a strange and long way that another person who is listening to him can't understand him. Do you understand me? 
Son: No.

Man: I could go to the end of the world for you. 
Woman: Yes, but would you stay there?
Man: I offer you myself.
Woman: I am sorry I never accept cheap gifts.
Man: I want to share everything with you.
Woman: Let's start from your bank account.

Teacher: Why are you late? 
Student: There was a man who lost a hundred dollar bill. 
Teacher: That's nice. Were you helping him look for it? 
Student: No. I was standing on it. 

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paf05.03.2017

Starting from this evening and on, up to the end of May 2017, you are going to find certain rules which will be a real help to every one,on the way of studying English to the best of your abilities.

fm

GOLDEN GRAMMAR RULES
By Michael Swan


1. Don’t use an with own.
Sue needs her own room. (NOT Sue needs an own room.)
I’d like a phone line of my own. (NOT … an own phone line.)

2. Use, or rather, to correct yourself.
She’s German – or rather, Austrian. (NOT She’s German – or better, Austrian.)
I’ll see you on Friday – or rather, Saturday.

3. Use the simple present – play(s), rain(s) etc – to talk about habits and repeated actions.
play tennis every Saturday. (NOT I am playing tennis every Saturday.)
It usually rains a lot in November.

4. Use will …, not the present, for offers and promises.
I’ll cook you supper this evening. (NOT I cook you supper this evening.)
I promise I’ll phone you tomorrow. (NOT I promise I phone you tomorrow.)

5. Don’t drop prepositions with passive verbs.
I don’t like to be shouted at. (NOT I don’t like to be shouted.)

This needs to be thought about some more. (NOT This needs to be thought some more.)




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paf26.11.2016

Hi there,

Please read this booklet and enjoy it.

fm


http://www.storyjumper.com/book/index/14135792/The-Old-Man-and-the-Sea#page/1
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paf 22.11.2016

Follow this link and enjoy the game.

https://www.gamestolearnenglish.com/fast-english/


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paf12.05.2016

I have some new exercises available about MIGHT.
It might be a good idea to do them. 😉

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paf7.05.2016

Besoj se ju tashme jeni mesuar me ato elemente gjuhesore te cilat quhen phrasal verbs.
Disa folje ne gjuhen angleze vijne si bashkime foljesh me parafjale te caktura edhe si te tilla ato ndertojme kuptime shume te vecanta ne gjuhe. Duke u nisur sipas shkronjave te alfabetit le te provojme te mesojme foljet e meposhteme edhe pastaj i kontrollojme bashke.

fm

act up (no object): misbehave (for people); not work properly (for machines).
"The babysitter had a difficult time. The children acted up all evening."
"I guess I'd better take my car to the garage. It's been acting up lately."
act like (inseparable): behave in a way that's like _____ .
"What's wrong with Bob? He's acting like an idiot."
Note: This phrasal verb is very informal.
add up (1. no object): logically fit together.
"His theory is hard to believe, but his research adds up."
Note: This phrasal verb is often negative.
"His theory seems, at first, to be plausible, but the facts in his research don't add up."
add up (2. separable): find the total.
"What's the total of those bills? Could you add them up and see?"
add up to (inseparable): to total.
"The bills add up to $734.96. That's more than I expected!"
ask out (separable): ask for a date.
"Nancy has a new boy friend. Joe asked her out last night."

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paf 01.29.2016



Teaching reported speech is highly important, because we use it all the time!

Every time we need to tell someone what another person said earlier, we use reported speech

We do this constantly to:

  • share information
  • tell stories
  • explain situations


So to truly master English, your students must understand and feel comfortable with direct and reported speech.

In English, there are specific rules regarding how to form reported speech.

But the first thing to know is which words to use when reporting.

Here are the most common reporting verbs:

  • say (to express something in words)
     
  • tell (to express something in words, to someone)
     
  • announce (to say something officially)
     
  • explain (to say in a way that makes things clear)
     
  • mention (to speak about something shortly)
     
  • promise (to say your intention for the future)
     
  • warn (to tell someone about something dangerous)


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paf26.09.2015

Follow the link and listen to the story.
fm

http://www.youthforhumanrights.org/


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paf25.09.2015


Ndiqni kete link edhe punoni ushtrimin sipas kerkeses se dhene.

fm

http://englishallyear.com/listening40/menu.php


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paf24.09.2015

What are direct speech and reported speech?

Direct speech is exactly what a person says. When we want to quote someone's exact words, we use quotation marks.
For example:
  • "The novel is really interesting," said Andrea.
When we want to report what someone said, we do not use quotation marks. We report what they said, but we don't use their exact words. This is called reported speech or indirect speech.
For example:
  • Andrea said the novel was really interesting.

Changes in person, place, time, and possessive words

When we use indirect speech, we are reporting what someone else said in a different time and situation. Logically, we need to change some of the words from the original statement.
This happens with person, place, time, and possessive words.
For example:
  • DIRECT SPEECH: "You are a very good employee."
    REPORTED SPEECH: He said I was a very good employee.
    (We need to change the person word.)
  • DIRECT SPEECH: "It is sunny here."
    REPORTED SPEECH: She said it was sunny there.
    (We need to change the place word.)
  • DIRECT SPEECH: "I went to a concert yesterday."
    REPORTED SPEECH: She said she went to a concert the day before.
    (We need to change the time word.)
  • DIRECT SPEECH: "Harvey is our pet dog."
    REPORTED SPEECH: She said Harvey is their pet dog.
    (We need to change the possessive word.)

Reporting verbs

There are some verbs that we use very often when we report what other people said.
Some of the most common ones are:
  • say
  • tell
  • warn
  • promise
  • announce
  • mention
For example:
  • They said it rained all evening.
  • She promised she would call me today.
  • They announced that the President would make a speech.
  • Greg mentioned that he was sick.

Remember that when we use the reporting verbs tell and warn, we always need to say who.
For example:
  • Emily told me she had finished her project.
  • The lifeguard warned the swimmers there could be sharks.
It is important to remember that the word that in reported speech is almost always optional.
For example:
  • They said there was a meeting at four o'clock.
    OR
    They said that there was a meeting at four o'clock.

Tense shift

When we report what someone else has said, we are giving the information at a later time. They said something earlier, and we are reporting it now. 
Because we are giving the information at a later time, we need to change the tense in the original statement so that it makes sense. We "back-step" with the verb tense.
For example, if the statement was made in the simple present, we report it in the simple past:
  • "I am really tired," she said.
  • She said she was really tired.
If the statement was made in the simple past, we use the past perfect when we report:
  • "They came to the house around 4:30pm," he told me.
  • He told me they had come to the house around 4:30pm.
If the statement was made in the present perfect, we use the past perfect when we report:
  • "We have eaten breakfast already," Brian said.
  • Brian said they had eaten breakfast already. 
 
 And so on. Check the complete tense shift table for more examples.

Reporting with modal verbs

Some common modal verbs must be changed when we use reported speech.
For example:
  • "I will be there by dinnertime," she promised.
  • She promised she would be here by dinnertime.
  • "Sam can play with you today," Mrs. Groban told me.
  • Mrs. Groban told me Sam could play with me yesterday.
  • "You must wear formal clothes to the event," the director said.
  • The director said I had to wear formal clothes to the event.
  • "We may see a movie later," Ellen said.
  • Ellen said they might see a movie later.
  • "We shall be quite tired when we finish," said Dan.
  • Dan said they would be quite tired when they finished.
Now, let's get some practice!

Exercise A: Changes in person, place, time, and possessive words

Fill in the blanks to correctly report what these people said.
1.
"We are getting married this afternoon!"
They said they were getting married ________________ afternoon.

2. 
"My children gave me a tie for Father's Day."
He said _______________ children gave _________________ a tie for Father's Day.

3. 
"I have been standing here waiting for the elevator for ages!"
He said he had been standing _______________ waiting for the elevator for ages.

4. 
"You don't understand!"
He said _______________ didn't understand.

5. 
"I have been working on my project for two weeks."
She said she had been working on ________________ project for two weeks.

Exercise B: Reporting verbs

Match the parts of sentences from the first list with the ones from the second list to form logical sentences.
1. Gerald mentioned that his mother...
2. Valerie warned us that...
3. Chelsea said her supervisor...
4. The secretary promised she...
5. The news reporter announced that...

a. ...wanted her to complete the project by Friday.
b. ...would be visiting him soon.
c. ...the company was going to make a public statement.
d. ...it was very dangerous to climb the mountain without a guide.
e. ...would make an appointment for me.

1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________
5. __________

Exercise C: Tense shift

Complete the sentences for each picture using the correct tense shift.
1. 
"They are chatting about work."
He said they _____________________ about work."

2. 
"That man is trying to get away!"
She said the man ___________________ to get away.

3. 
"I love everything about her!"
He said he ____________________ everything about her.

4. 
"We have sung together many times before."
They said they ____________________ together many times before."

5. 
"I broke the window."
Timmy said he _______________ the window.

Exercise D: Reporting with modal verbs

1.
"We shall both need a nap!"
He said they ______________ both need a nap.

2. 
"I must finish this assignment!"
He said he ________________ finish that assignment.

3.
"I may have some ice cream for dessert."
He said he _______________ have some ice cream for dessert.

4. 
"I will fix it!"
She said she _______________ fix it.

5. 
"I can make a lot of money with this idea!"
He said he _______________ make a lot of money with his idea.

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paf.01.06.2015

Para se te lexoni materialin e meposhtem, ju lutem shikoni me kujdes materialin e dates 31 maj 2015.

fm

Do you know what a subject is? An object? It may surprise you, but they're quite important!


The subject tells us who or what is doing the action.

In the sentence "I ate an apple" the subject is I.

In the sentence "Johnny kicked the ball," the subject is Johnny. Johnny does the kicking.


The direct object tells us who or what the action is done to.

In the "I ate an apple" example, the direct object is the apple, because it is the thing affected by the action.

In "I kicked the ball," the ball is the direct object, since the ball was affected by the action.


The indirect object tells us to whom or to what. It lets us know the DIRECTION of the action.

Remember the example "I kicked the ball"?

In that sentence, we don't know where the ball went after I kicked it.

But, if I say "I kicked my brother the ball," then we know that the ball went to my brother. And my brother is the indirect object.

Most sentences with giving or speaking of some kind will have an indirect object (for example, "He told me his name").


In the following sentences the subject is red, the indirect objects is bold, and the direct object is underlined.
  • I told him a joke
    (subject = I, indirect object = him, direct object = a joke)
     
  • My father gave me a bicycle.
    (subject = my father, indirect object = me, direct object = a bicycle)
     
  • Susan sent Bob letters.
    (subject = Susan, indirect object = Bob, direct object = letters)
     
  • You loaned them money.
    (subject = you, indirect object = them, direct object = money)
     
  • She made us sandwiches.
    (subject = she, indirect object = us, direct object = sandwiches)

We'll continue next time.

Make sure you read more about the subjectdirect object and indirect object before the next e-mail!


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paf.31.05.2016


If you didn't grow up speaking English, you may have a problem with sentence order when you speak English. 

In German, for example, it's possible to move the words around in a sentence. 

In English, however, about all the variety you could get out of that sentence would be to maybe move the time to the front: "Yesterday, I ate an apple" instead of "I ate an apple yesterday."

That's because the order of words in an English sentence tells us what their job is in that sentence.

So, a good place to start is looking at the different roles that are played in a sentence. 

So next time we'll start going over the sentence parts in English. That will help you speak and write better.

In the meantime, you can start preparing yourself:

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paf29.05.2015

Hello there,

Just a few lines to read for your pleasure...

Little Billy wanted $100 badly and prayed for two weeks but nothing happened.

Then he decided to write God a letter requesting the $100. When the postal authorities received the letter addressed to God, USA, they decided to send it to President Bush.

The President was so impressed, touched, and amused that he instructed his secretary to send Billy a $5.00 bill.

President Bush thought this would appear to be a lot of money to a little boy.

Billy was delighted with the $5.00 and sat down to write a thank you note to God, which read:

Dear God,

Thank you very much for sending the money, however, I noticed that for some reason you had to send it through Washington D.C. and, as usual, those crooks deducted $95.00.

Thanks,

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paf28.05.2015

Lexoni me kujdes  tekstin edhe zgjidhni ushtrimet.

fm


http://i.emlfiles1.com/cmpdoc/4/1/3/6/7/files/293493_g2gmay15oegcinter1.pdf?dm_i=1MVU,3DZ2M,9YULG5,C4AI1,1

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paf27.05.2015

Shikoni me kujdes materialet  e kesaj faqeje.
Provoni te zgjidhni ushtrimet.

fm


http://i.emlfiles1.com/cmpdoc/4/1/3/6/7/files/293492_g2gmay15ogforeap1.pdf?dm_i=1MVU,3DZ2M,9YULG5,C4AI1,1

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paf26.05.2015

Studioni materialet e faqes se meposhteme. Zhvilloni ushtrimet ne fletoren tuaj.
Kontrollin  e tyre e bejme se bashku ne oren qe vijon.

fm

http://i.emlfiles1.com/cmpdoc/4/1/3/6/7/files/293491_g2gmay15olgpre-int1.pdf?dm_i=1MVU,3DZ2M,9YULG5,C4AI1,1

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paf22.05.2016


Today we have some listening exercises concerning the WOULD conditional.

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paf11.05.2015

For all of you with teenagers or who had teenagers, you may want to know why they really have a lot in common with cats: 

1. Neither teenagers nor cats turn their heads when you call them by name. 

2. No matter what you do for them, it is not enough. Indeed, all humane efforts are barely adequate to compensate for the privilege of waiting on them hand and foot. 

3. You rarely see a cat walking outside of the house with an adult human being, and it can be safely said that no teenager in his or her right mind wants to be seen in public with his or her parents. 

4. Cats and teenagers can lie on the living-room sofa for hours on end without moving, barely breathing. 

5. Cats have nine lives. Teenagers carry on as if they did.

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paf27.04.2015

Joke of the day...

Two drunks were in a bar partying like fools. 

They were drinking boiler makers, buying rounds like there was no tomorrow. 

They were dancing, calling each other "professor," and generally causing quite a stir. 

When asked why such a celebration, they boasted that they just finished a jigsaw puzzle & it only took them 2 months! 

"TWO MONTHS?!" cried the bartender. "That's ridiculous. It shouldn't take that long!!" 

"Oh yeah?" says one drunk. "The box said 2-4 YEARS!" 

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paf27.04.2015


Hello again.
I have some more multi-word verbs for you today. You can find the exercises here


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paf26.04.2015
Enjoy reading the following....
Texan Engineer 
A very loud Texan Engineer was visiting Australia, and talking big about all of the large civil works in the USA that he was involved in. To be polite his Australian counterpart took him on a tour of some of Sydney's larger constructions.

First he took him to Gladesville Bridge. The Texan exclaimed, "What's that!" In reply the Australian said, "That's the Gladesville Bridge".

"Hmmph" said the Texan, "How long and how many men did it take to build?" The Australian replied, "About 5 years with 1000 men."

The Texan replied, "Well in Texas we would've done it in 2 years with 500 men."

Next they went to the Sydney Opera House. "What's that" said the Texan. "That's the Sydney Opera House" was the reply.

"Hmmph" said the Texan, "How long and how many men did it take to build?" The Australian replied, "About 10 years with 200 men."

The Texan replied "Well in Texas we would've done it in 4 years with 200 men."

By this stage the Australian was a little put out by the Texan's attitude so he decided to get some revenge, they walked around the Sydney Opera House and as they did the Sydney Harbor Bridge came into view.

Immediately the Texan exclaimed, "Wow! What's that?" 

The Australian Engineer replied, "I don't know, it wasn't there yesterday."



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paf15.04.2015

Phrasal verbs 3


(Pjesa e trete)

Word order with phrasal verbs
Rendi i fjaleve ne nje fjali me folje frazale ne te.

When a phrasal verb has an object, the object can go either before or after the adverb.

                  Verb           Object        Adverb

James      took             his hat            off.
Barbara     wrote          the number          down.
Nency     let              the dog               out


                          Verb           Adverb           Object

James                  took          off                  his hat.
      Barbara               wrote           down            the number.
                                     Nency        let      out               the dog.                  

A long object goes after the adverb.

Why don't you try on that dress in the window?
The gang have carried out a number of bank raids in the last few months.

A pronoun ( e.g. it, them) always goes before the adverb.

James felt hot in his coat, so he took it off. Not He took off it.
There have been a number of raids. The police know who carried them out.

Not The police know who carried out them.
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PAF14.04.2015

Phrasal verbs

Dear students,

I am quite sure that you are familiar with dialogues like:

"Hello, Bill. Good to see you. Come in. Take your coat off and sit down."



Such phrases are simply known as phrasal verbs. It's of great importance that each one of you knows some of them.

I would like to introduce a few number of them and let's try to understand their meanings and use them in sentences,making them part and parcel of the everyday usage of the language.

1) Introduction
(Nje veshtrim i pergjithshem )

A phrasal verb is a verb+ adverb. eg. come in, sit down,take off. There are a lot of phrasal verbs in English.  Following you will find some adverbs which are used in phrasal verbs: about,along,around,away,back,behind,by,down,forward,in,off,on,out,over,round,through,up.
Some of these words can be prepositions.
eg. wait for; belongs to;look at; look for;look after; look into;agree with; apologize for; ask for; care about; deal with; care of; rely on; pay for;suffer from; 

2) Understanding phrasal verbs
( Te kuptuarit e foljeve frazale )

Some phrasal verbs are easy to understand. eg. James asked Endri to come in. The man in front  turned round and stared at the little boy who entered without knocking at the door.

The meanings here are clear if you know the words, come,in,turn,round.

But many phrasal verbs are idiomatic. The verb + adverb has a special meaning.

Fortunately the plan came off.(= succeeded)
Why did you turn down such an offer?(= refuse )
I can't make out it it's a man or a woman over there.( = see clearly )

Sometimes a phrasal verb has the same meaning as one-word verb.

find out = discover
go back = return
go on = continue
leave out = omit
make up = invent a story
put off = postpone
send out = distribute
throw away = discard
turn up = arrive

You should keep in mind that a phrasal verb is usually more informal than one-word verb.


3) WORD ORDER WITH PHRASAL VERBS

When a phrasal verb has an object, the object can go either before or after the adverb
VERB              OBJECT            ADVERB


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paf07.04.2015

 Read the story and retell t with your own words.

fm

The Tale of Asao and Ayato

old-man-with-white-beardLong ago in ancient Japan, there lived two brothers named Asao and Ayato. Asao was the older brother and Ayato was the younger one. Now, these brothers were quite different from each other. While Asao was greedy and selfish, Ayato was a kind and helpful man. Both of them lived with their wives in houses that stood next to each other.
One day, Ayato had to go to another town for business. On the journey, he had to make his way through a forest. While walking through the forest, Ayato spotted a freshwater lake. Tired and thirsty, he drank some water. Just then, he noticed a forlorn child crying nearby. There was no parent or guardian to be seen. Taken by pity, Ayato approached the boy and asked him his name and where he had come from. The boy replied that he was from a nearby town and that he had lost his way in the forest, where he had come to collect fruits.
Ayato comforted him and offered him the bread that his wife had packed for him. As the child ate hungrily, Ayato told him that he would get him home and he would soon be with his parents. Cheered up, the boy smiled and hugged Ayato.
Immediately, there was a thunder clapping. To his amazement, Ayato saw the boy disappear and in his place, stood a tall old man with white hair and a flowing white beard. “I am the Spirit of the Lake,” he said, “And the child was me in disguise. I am impressed by your goodness and kindness. As a reward, I am giving you a magic conch. Blow it only when you are in trouble and it will take care of everything. And remember not to misuse it.”
Saying so, the Spirit gave Ayato a conch that had all the colours of the rainbow. As Ayato bowed low in gratitude, the old man vanished into thin air. Soon, Ayato resumed his journey and reached his destination. Having done a good business, he earned a lump sum amount of money. However, when he set off for home, it was late afternoon, and when he was travelling through the forest, it grew dark.
Soon, a group of thieves attacked Ayato and asked him to hand over all his valuables. Scared, Ayato did as he was told. The thieves grinned in glee when they saw the big booty that they got. Having robbed him of all his money, they let Ayato go. Ayato however, had the magic conch in his pocket, and no sooner than he was let free, he remembered the words of the Spirit of the Lake. “I am doomed,” he thought, “As all the money that I have earned has been taken away from me. Now is the time for me to blow the conch. Let me see what magic it does.”
Taking out the rainbow-hued conch, Ayato blew it. Once. Twice. Thrice. Now, the robbers were only a little distance away and Ayato could hear their laughter. However, with the blowing of the conch, their laughter stopped and there was silence. Curious, Ayato, ran in the direction of the robbers, blowing the conch from time to time. When he came to the thieves, he found them fast asleep with Ayato’s bundle of cash lying next to them. He realized that the peals of the conch put its hearers to sleep and hence, the thieves had dozed off all of a sudden.
Ayato quickly collected his money and made his way out of the forest. When he reached home, it was quite late into the night.
Asao soon came to know that his brother had been blessed with good fortune while doing business in the other town. He was very jealous and wanted to get equally rich, if not more. So he and his wife invited Ayato and his wife to dinner one night, and Asao asked his brother about where had gone and how he had conducted business, in order to follow the same path himself. Helpful by nature, Ayato gave Asao the business details and then, told him about the Spirit of the Lake and the magic conch. “Had it not been for the Spirit’s gift, the conch, I would have lost all my money and returned home empty-handed,” he replied.
A few days later, Asao set out for business like his brother. Soon, he came to the lake in the forest. Now, Asao was on the lookout for a crying child whom he would help and in return, get a reward from the Spirit of the Lake. However, it so happened that this time, the Spirit assumed the guise of a poor old woman carrying two pails of water. “Ooh!” signed the old woman, “These buckets are so heavy! If only I were younger, it would not be such trouble.” But in spite of seeing her pitiable plight, Asao did not come to help her. “Pooh! Why should I carry the buckets for her?” he thought, “She will not be able to give me anything. I will only help a crying child as I know it will be the Spirit of the Lake.” So he stood there even as the old woman grunted in pain. 
At last, there was a clapping of thunder and the Spirit of the Lake appeared in his true form. “You are a very mean person!” he boomed, “You did not come forth to help a poor woman. Such a selfish man! You will not prosper in whatever that you are on your way to do.” And while a disappointed Asao stared, the Spirit disappeared. Just as the Spirit had predicted, Asao was not able to fare well in business. In fact, he lost a lot of money. He returned home angry, with lesser money than he had left with.
However, instead of repenting for his selfish act in the forest and trying to be a good person, Asao kept wondering about how he could get rich. He was so greedy that he was ready to go to any length to get money. Asao remembered the powers of the magic conch and hit upon a plan. One night, when Ayato and his wife were sound asleep, Asao stealthily stole the rainbow-coloured conch from their house. That same night, he broke into the King’s palace and entered the room containing the royal treasury. When the alarm was raised and the guards came running, Asao began blowing the magic conch, intending to lull them to sleep.  
But none of the guards fell asleep! On the other hand, the sound of the conch helped them to easily locate Asao and nab him. Actually, the conch could only work its magic if it was used for a good purpose, as the Spirit had told Ayato. As Asao had misused it, it had worked just like an ordinary conch and had not put any of its hearers to sleep. Therefore, Asao ended up in prison for his greed. 
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paf06.04.2015

Ne vijim kini nje set ushtrimesh gramatikore. Provoni te beni zgjedhjen e duhur. Komentin e ushtrimit e bejme ne oren qe vjen.

fm


6          modal verbs (2): 

will, would, used to, must, should, ought


1. Are these company notices right R or wrong W?

A. ALL EMPLOYERS WILL COMPLETE WEEKLY TIME SHEETS.
B. ALL EMPLOYERS MUST COMPLETE WEEKLY TIME SHEETS.

2. A HOST IS GREETING HIS GUEST. WHICH IS THE BEST WAY TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCE?

Thanks for coming Mary. And you_______ Mary's husband.
I've heard a lot about you.

A.are
          B.should be
        C. must be

3. What does this sentence mean?

Liverpool should win the cup of the year.

  1. I think Liverpool will definitely win.
  1. B. I think Liverpool will very probably win.


4. Which verb means the same as don't have to here?

You don't have to work tomorrow if you don't want to.

A. mustn't

B. needn't
   C. shouldn't

5. Right or wrong?
A. Fred, you should go home now: it has started to snow.
B. Fred should be home soon: he left the office at six.

6.Right or wrong?
A. He ought to understand.
B. Do we ought to go now?
C. She ought see a dentist.

7 Right or wrong?
I ought to call you yesterday, but I'm afraid I forgot.

8. Which expressions can end the sentence correctly?
There isn't much time……….
A…..you have better listen to me.
B.,……..you had better listen to me.
C…..you had better listening to me.
D…..you had better to listen to me.

9. Which is more usual: A or B?
A. You hadn't better get home late from the party tonight.
B. You'd better not get home late from the party tonight.

10. Right or wrong?
A. I use to smoke 20 cigarettes a day but I really want to give up soon.
B.I used  to smoke 20 cigarettes a day but I gave up three years.

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paf05.04.2014

Try this exercise and keep notes on your mistakes. Let's discuss things when we see each other.

fm

http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/test-your-english/adult-learners/results/?score=25&answers=1|2|2|1|3|3|2|2|4|3|3|1|1|2|1|2|2|2|3|3|1|2|3|1|2#


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paf03.04.2015

Per te bere dallimet midis ketyre dy foljeve edhe perdorimeve te tyre shikoni me kujdes mesimin  e meposhtem.

fm

REMEMBER AND FORGET
These two verbs have different meanings depending on whether they are followed by a GERUND or an INFINITIVE. Even very advanced English learners sometimes make mistakes with these verbs!

Take a look at these examples with the verb FORGET:
1. I forgot posting the birthday card to my mother so I was surprised when she called me to say thank you.

2. I forgot to post the birthday card to my mother so I apologised on the telephone when I called to wish her Happy Birthday.
In sentence 1, with FORGOT + GERUND, the actions happened in this order: First, I posted the birthday card but then second, I forgot that I had done it. So my mother received the card because I had posted it.
In sentence 2, with FORGOT + INFINITIVE the actions happened in this order: First, I forgot and second, I did not post the birthday card. So mother did not receive it on her birthday. 
The verb REMEMBER has the same grammar, as you can see here:
3. I remember telling him about the meeting, so I am surprised that he did not attend.
4. I’m glad I remembered to tell him about the meeting because it was important for him to attend.
In sentence 3, with REMEMBER + GERUND, it happened in this order: First, I told him about the meeting and then second, I remembered that I had done it.
In sentence 4, with REMEMBER + INFINITIVE, the order was as follows: First I remembered and second, I told him about the meeting. 


So this is the grammar rule:

REMEMBER/FORGET + GERUND means THE GERUND ACTION HAPPENS FIRST.
REMEMBER/FORGET + INFINITIVE means THE INFINTIVE ACTION HAPPENS SECOND.
Now let’s check your understanding of this grammar point. Can you decide which form of the verb in brackets (…) goes in each of these sentences?
5. I forgot (lock) the front door of my house, so it was easy for the burglars to enter.
6. Did you remember (turn off) the lights when you left the house this morning?
7. I forget (meet) him at your party so you will have to introduce us again.
8. I remember (play) in the garden a lot when I was a child.



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paf10.03.2015

Hi everyone!

Hope and wish you are enjoying the best of your time with your leaning of English.
I would like you to read and learn a few things about American history. In the following days I would like to share with you some certain easy stories.
Enjoy reading.

fm


                        Early American History

                           Introduction

Image America without big towns or cities without cars, trucks or buses  without movies, radios or T.V. Imagine America as a land full of woods and wild animals. Imagine small groups  of people living here and there-hunting , fishing, gathering seeds, growing food, and making everything  else they needed. This was the America of long, long ago. This was the land of the Indians.  About 500 years ago, new people began to come to the land of the Indians. They came on sailing ships from far across the sea.
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paf08.03.2015

               Christopher Columbus and Other Explorers

About  500  years ago , India and China were the richest countries  in the world. They were rich in gold , silk and  spices . The kings and queens of many countries had their eyes on the those riches . They sent traders to buy things from India  and China .  The traders had to cross high mountains and deserts .  Many were robbed and killed  along the way.
The kings and queens hired explorers  to look for ways  to get to India  and China  by boat.  One of these explorers was in Italian sailor named Christopher  Columbus.  He told the Queen of Spain that her traders  could  sail west across the ocean instead of going  east  across the land to get to India .  He believed  that to earth  was round and that  India was on the other side of the ocean from Spain.
The Queen decided to give him the money  for the  journey.  With the money  , he bought  three  ships the Nina , the Pinta  and the  Santa Maria  .  After thirty – six days at sea , the sailors saw land.  After they rowed ashore,  the people who lived there cane to greet  called the people Indians .  We still call those people  Indians  today.
The land Columbus found on October 12, 1492 was not India.  It was an island  off the place we now call America .  India was still very far away .  When the queen of Spain  learned that  Columbus had found a new land , she and other kings  and queens from the Old World sent  explorers to the new World in search  of gold . Balboa   and Colorado were two other explorers  sent by the queen of Spain  Neither of then found any gold.
People  eventually  became interested in the new World  as a place to live.   Explorers started looking for places  that very good for farming  and hunting .  Father Marquette  was a French explorer  who traveled down the Mississippi River .  He wanted  to find good places  for French  to come to live .  He made maps  of the long river  which were very helpful  to people who later came  to live along the Mississippi River.
        
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paf07.03.2015


   The Early Setters

When the explorers returned home , they told exciting  stories about life in the New World .  They told people  about  the rich forests  , animals  , wild plants , and the fish in the many lakes and rivers.  They told  then how helpful and friendly  the Indians  were and how they grey  vegetables that were never seen in the Old World – such as corn , potatoes and tomatoes .
Many people in the Old World  were having  a hard time making a living.  They decided to go to the New  World to hunt or farm.  Other people   in the Old World  could not have their own church and  pray the way they wanted to.  They decided  to go to the New World , too. Some people  just wanted to get rich and went there in search of the gold that no one  else had found  .  At first , most of the settlers  came from England and Spain.  They later came from France , Holland and other countries.

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paf06.03.2015


                        The First Town


Captain John Smith and his men came from England .  They named their town Jamestown , after Kings James of England.  They hoped to find gold and an easy life , but there was no gold. There was little food  and the first winter was very hard . Smith went to the Indians for help.  They gave him food, but their chief became angry with Smith. He wanted to kill Smith , but the chiefs daughter, Pocahontas ,told her father to let  the man live.  Smith sent some men to live with the Indians so that  they could learn how to grow corn and other vegetables . The men  protested and did not  want to be farmers . Smith told them to farm or starve .  Soon  all the men were working .  The Indians showed the  settlers how to grow tobacco.  It grew  very well there .  The settlers starting selling shiploads of tobacco the people  back  in England.  The settlers needed  more workers and bought slaves from Africa to do the work.
The  planters became rich and built big houses .  They filled then with beautiful things from England and other Old World  countries. These rich settlers  started  a new government.  Instead  of having one person rule like a king  or queen , they chose a group of people to rule .  Other English people came  and set up  other towns near Jamestown.  Later on, all the towns formed  one big colony called Virginia.  A colony is a group of people  who settle  in a new land, but keep their ties with the country they came from.



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paf05.03.2015


For each sentence, choose the best word or phrase to complete the gap from the choices below.
http://www.ihbristol.com/free-english-exercises/test/esol-smc-basic-verb-tenses



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paf25.02.2015

Try to write a short essay:" Mind is like a parachute. It works only when it is open."

Give your answer, accept or not.  Write an introduction. Give one or two supporting ideas. Finally give your conclusion.
No more than 125 words.

fm

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paf16.02.2015

Provoni te zgjidhni ushtrimet e meposhteme ne fletoren tuaj.



Gammar,vocabulary and natural English 

test                                                                                30 minutes

grammar    - ing form and infinitive

Complete the text  using the verbs in brackets in the –ing form and infinitive

I’m really looking forward to visiting   (visit) my friends.

1                  (run) is very good for your heart.
2 I loathe               (be) late for work.
3                     (stay) at home is the only thing to do in winter.
4 Instead of                           (do) my homework,I watched a video.
5 Will you remember                (close) the door when you go out?    
6 I can’t get used to               (be) without him.
7 I regret                    (inform) you that your application has been unsuccessful.
8 I stopped                   (have) piano lessons months ago.
9 I meant                      (invite) him to the party, but I forgot all about it .
10 It’s not worth                      (finish) the test. I can’t rememeber a thing.

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 grammar  wishes and regrets

Review  the sentences using  wish/regret  and the correct form of the verb.

I haven’t got her phone number.
I wish I had her phone number.
1 I didn’t study hard at school.

I wish                                                        .
2 I can’t speak French.
I wish                                                              .
3 I’m sorry that I gave  up the guitar
I regret                                                      .
4 Unfortunately I’m going out later.
I wish                                                            .
5 You’re not my boyfriend.
I wish                                                           .

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 grammar  -ing forms

Complete the sentences with a suitable adjective or preposition.

   We won the watch   by           scoring in the last five minutes.       
1                         leaving the exam room, I always check my answers carefully.
2 He’s never been interested                            drawing.
                                    finishing our meal, we did the wishing up.
4 It’s no               sitting there. He isn’t  going to come.
5 I’m looking forward                       starting my new course.

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 4  wordbooster sporting collocations,collocation in dictionaries

Complete the sentences with the nouns in the box. There is one more word than you need.
the match     for a run     your technique     weightlifting    the gist   table tennis    an aerobics club                                                
a prize   magazines    three new words    poetry    a padge

I like going   for a run   early in the morning.

1 I tend to flick throught                                  .I never actually read them.
2 When I was young we used to learn                      by heart.
3 Why don’t you join                         ?
4 We lost                        3-0 .
5 I try to look up                     a day.
6 She won                          for writing the best short story.
7 You need to practice                          ,or you’ll never be a footballer.
8 He does                                    five time a week.
9 I never skip                            when I read a novel.
10 I got                                    of the text, which was enough to answer the question.

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vocabulary  learning

Complete the sentences with the correct word
Alison doesn’t find learning French easy,but she always has    go.

1 Charlie   finds learning French difficult and he sometimes                         discouraged.
2 Jack tires to speak French all the time,but  he can’t                               it up for long.
3 Amy has difficulties ,but is always willing to                        it a try.
4 Matthew                                  everything up very easily
5 Sarah is                               slow progress , but  she is trying very hard.

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natural English

Match the sentences with the responses.
    a          Do you do any sport?
1                 I didn’t know you spoke German
2                  I want to get something memorable for her birthday
3                  I’ve lost my house keys again.
             When I was five , I got lost in  a supermarket.
             I don’t do any sport at all.
             I found  the grammar quite tricky.
             What did you think of the fitness test?
             I’ve joined a Pilates class.
               Can you speak any languages?
10             I wish I could speak Russian.



a   I don’t a bit of wight lifting.
b   Well , it’s a bit rusty.
c    Yeah , that happened to me too.
d    Well, that sounds very unhealthy.
e    What sort of thing?
f     I was hopeless at balancing on one leg.
g    Really?  I thought it was easy.
h   For goodness sake . You’re useless.
I    I can get by in Italian.
j    Why don’t you join  an evening class?
k   I’ve never heard of that. What does it involve?

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EXAM FOCUS

OPEN CLOSE

Read the text and think of the word  which best fits  each space. Use only one word  in each space. There is an example at the beginning (0)

A NEW HOBBY

When I was younger, I didn’t use to get (0)   much        exercise . For a long time I regretted
not  (1)           much sport,but recently, I decided things needed to change.  I saw a marathon on tv  and made up my mind that was what I wanted  to do. I started slowly because I felt needed 
to (2)                    used to thing gradually. I went (3)                      in the local pool and started going to a gym. I then(4)                   a group of runners. We met each week and we had an excellent coach  who gave us guidance and training tips. At first I (5)                                the training quite hard and I nearly gave up because I thought  that everyone was better  then me . However ,I decided to persevere (6)               it  and I’m really glad I did. I realized that is I wanted  to take (7)                 in such  a big race ,I had to be willing to try.I  now(8)                        running twice a day as well as going to the gym and I run marathons regularly. To tell the truth , I (9 )                          I’d run a marathon years ago.  I’r certainly advise anybody to give it (10)                    I’ts amazing how good it can make you feel.

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paf12.02.2015
In this message our focus should be on dynamic verbs vs. stative verbs.

Here is a quick reminder:


Dynamic = moving or changing.
Dynamic verbs are verbs that describe an action, not a state.
For example:
Take, break, eat, jump, work, find, buy, dance, fish.
Stative = having a state, or existing.
Stative verbs are verbs that describe a state, not an action.
For example:
Have, love, agree, be, want, hate, know, own, cost, sound, prefer, seem, hear.
Note that stative verbs usually describe:
Relationships between things or people (for example, "have")
Emotions or states of mind (for example, "love" and "agree") 
Appearance and senses (for example, "seem" and "hear")
Measurements (for example, "weigh")




Using stative verbs


Stative verbs are not usually used in the progressive tenses.
Correct: I love you.
Incorrect: I'm loving you.
Correct: Do you agree?
Incorrect: Are you agreeing?
Correct: He doesn't deserve to win.
Incorrect: He isn't deserving to win.
Correct: She hated the winter.
Incorrect: She was hating the winter.
Correct: Did you hear that noise?
Incorrect: Were you hearing that noise?
Correct: The trip didn't include a visit to the beach.
Incorrect: The trip wasn't including a visit to the beach.
Correct: They will remember us.
Incorrect: They will be remembering us.
Correct: Will it surprise you?
Incorrect: Will it be surprising you?
Correct: This will probably weigh a lot.
Incorrect: This will probably be weighing a lot.
As you must know, words usually have more than a single meaning. 
Likewise, some verbs have both stative and dynamic meanings.
For example, the verb "have" is such a verb. 
It has many different meanings (you can learn about them in the English Helping Verbs Course). One of these meanings is "to own." This is a stative meaning, since it describes a state, and not an actual action.
Examples:
"I have two cats."
"You have a new laptop."
"We have too many problems."

Another meaning of the verb "have" is "to drink, eat, or smoke something."
Examples:
"They had a drink at the bar."
"We have lunch every day at noon."
"I will have a cigarette or two."
I think you can agree with me that this meaning is fully dynamic. 
Drinking, eating and smoking are definitely actions and not states.
So in such a case, "have" can be used in the progressive tenses, too.
Correct: We never have breakfast. (dynamic meaning)
Correct: We are having lunch right now. (dynamic meaning)
Correct: We have a house. (stative meaning)
Incorrect: We are having a house. (stative meaning)

Correct: Jenifer tastes wine for a living. (dynamic meaning)
Correct: Jenifer is tasting some wine right now. (dynamic meaning)
Correct: This wine tastes awful. (stative meaning)
Incorrect: This wine is tasting awful. (stative meaning)
Correct: I always think too much. (dynamic meaning)
Correct: I am thinking about your offer. (dynamic meaning)
Correct: I think you are right. (stative meaning)
Incorrect: I am thinking you are right. (stative meaning)
Here are some verbs with both dynamic and stative meanings:
Be, have, see, smell, taste, think, expect, feel.
Example sentences (stative and then dynamic):
He is (has the identity of) a boy /
He is being (behaving) naughty.
I can see (notice with eyes) you now /
am seeing (dating) a doctor.
He can't smell (notice the smell) from birth /
Your puppy is always smelling (trying to get the smell of) me.
This cake tastes (has a taste) great /
We are just tasting (checking the taste of) the cake.
They think (have opinion) this is wrong /
They are thinking (considering) what to do.

I don't expect (think it will happen) a raise /
We were not expecting (waiting for) any guests.
She feels (has a feeling) depressed /
She is feeling (touching) the texture of the fabric.

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paf30.01.2015


 Hello again.
I have some listening activities for you that show the difference between the infinitive and the -ing form.


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paf16.01.2015

Hello again.
In today’s lesson, we have some listening concerned with Meetings.

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paf15.01.2015


Provoni te ndertoni fjali sipas modelit te dhene ne ushtrimin qe vijon.

fm


http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/english/en30stru/game/en30stru-game-make-a-sentence/sentenceGameB.swf

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paf14.01.2015

True or False? Try to understand the game and then play it. It's fun.

fm



http://www.english-portal.com/games/tf/index.html


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paf06.01.2015



Verb Tense List



  1. Simple Present or Present Simple

    • e.g., I play, you play, she/he/it plays, we play, they play

  2. Present Progressive, Present Continuous, Simple Present Progressive or Simple Present Continuous

    • e.g., I am playing, you are playing, she/he/it is playing, we are playing, they are playing

  3. Simple Past or Past Simple

    • e.g., I played, you played, he/she/it played, we played, they played

  4. Past Progressive, Past Continuous, Simple Past Progressive or Simple Past Continuous

    • e.g., I was playing, you were playing, she/he/it was playing, we were playing, they were playing

  5. Present Perfect or Simple Present Perfect

    • e.g., I have played, you have played, he/she/it has played, we have played, they have played

  6. Present Perfect Progressive or Present Perfect Continuous

    • e.g., I have been playing, you have been playing, he/she/it has been playing, we have been playing, they have been playing

  7. Past Perfect or Simple Past Perfect

    • e.g., I had played, you had played, he/she/it had played, we had played, they had played

  8. Past Perfect Progressive or Past Perfect Continuous

    • e.g., I had been playing, you had been playing, he/she/it had been playing, we had been playing, they had been playing

  9. Simple Future or Future Simple

    • e.g., I will play, you will play, he/she/it will play, they will play, we will play or I am going to play, you are going to play, he/she/it is going to play, we are going to play, they are going to play

  10. Future Progressive, Future Continuous, Simple Future Progressive or Simple Future Continuous

    • e.g., I will be playing, you will be playing, he/she/it will be playing, they will be playing, we will be playing

  11. Future Perfect or Simple Future Perfect

    • e.g., I will have played, you will have played, he/she/it will have played, they will have played, we will have played

  12. Future Perfect Progressive

    • e.g., I will have been playing, you will have been playing, he/she/it will have been playing, they will have been playing, we will have been playing


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paf05,01,2015



Diskutimi per kohet e gjuhes angleze eshte shume i gjere. Nuk besoj se eshte veshtire te kerkosh e te kuptosh me shume per to. 

Shikoni tabelen e meposhteme. Ju eshte paraqitur nje folje e  zakonshme e gjuhes angleze. 
Te kerkohesh kohe te tjera edhe disa do te mundesh ti gjesh. Por gjithmone kjo do te ngelet pjese e diskutime edhe une thjesht ju keshilloj mos shkoni me tej se kaq duke futur ketu edhe kuriozitetin tuaj.

Tabela qe kemi vendosur me poshte, eshte shume e plote edhe  e mjaftueshme per te shprehur mendime nga me te ndryshmet e te besueshme per te gjitha veprimet tuaja te mundeshme.

fm


Follow your actions as following: 

1. Present Simple - I read
2. Present Continuous - I am reading
3. Present Perfect - I have read
4. Present Perfect Continuous - I have been reading
5. Past Simple - I read
6. Past Continuous - I was reading
7. Past Perfect - I had read
8. Past Perfect Continuous - I had been reading
9. Future Simple-I will read (including "be going to + infinitive" form) I am going to read
10. Future Continuous - I will be reading
11. Future Perfect - I will have read
12. Future Perfect Continuous - I will have been reading
13. Future Simple in the past - I would read (including the "was/were going to + infinitive" form)
14. Future Continuous in the past - I would be reading
15. Future Perfect in the past - I would have read
16. Future Perfect Continuous in the past - I would have been reading



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paf.04.01.2015.


Choose the correct answer for each question.

fm

http://english.wsl.edu.pl/quiz/matters/elem/files/matelem11ex8.php

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paf 3.01.2015


Exercise 2.3

Match the items on the right to the items on the left. If you haven't finished the first two exercises of the second level, don't start this one. Go back to exercises # 1,2,3,4 and 5, of the first level then click on the  following.

fm 


http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com/eve-exercises/EngVocEx_nouns_3-2.htm

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paf31.12.2014

Choose the incorrect word.


fm

http://www.funkyenglish.com/page/simple-error-correction-4


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paf30.12.2014


Exercise 2.2 

Match the items on the right to the items on the left. If you haven't finished the first exercise of the second level. don't start level 2.1. Go back to exercise # 1, then click on the  following.

fm 

http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com/eve-exercises/EngVocEx_nouns_2-2.htm

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paf29.12.2014


Exercise 2.1 

Match the items on the right to the items on the left. If you haven't finished the first five exercises don't start level 2. Go back to exercises # 1,2,3,4 and 5, then click on the  following.

fm 

http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com/eve-exercises/EngVocEx_nouns_2-1.htm


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paf28.12.2014


Exercise 1.5 

Match the items on the right to the items on the left. If you haven't finished the first four exercises don't start the fifth. Go back to exercises # 1,2,3 and 4, then click on the  following.

fm 

http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com/eve-exercises/EngVocEx_nouns_1_5.htm

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paf27.12.2014


Exercise 1.4 

Match the items on the right to the items on the left. If you haven't finished the first three exercises don't start the fourth. Go back to exercises # 1,2 and 3, then click on the  following.

fm 

http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com/eve-exercises/EngVocEx_nouns_1_4.htm

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paf26.12.2014


Exercise 1.3 

Match the items on the right to the items on the left. If you haven't finished the first two exercises don't start the third. Go back to exercises # 1 and 2, then click on the  following.

fm 

http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com/eve-exercises/EngVocEx_nouns_1_3.htm


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paf25.12.2014

Exercise 1.2 

Match the items on the right to the items on the left. If you haven't finished the first exercise don't start the second. Go back to exercise # 1 then click on the second as following.

fm 

http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com/eve-exercises/EngVocEx_nouns_1_2.htm


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paf24.12.2014

Exercise 1.1

Nouns and derivations. Match the definitions on the left with the words on the right.

fm

http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com/eve-exercises/EngVocEx_nouns_1_1.htm

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paf19.12.2014


Listen to the speech and try to make notes. After listening to it, try to write down ten facts you do remember.

fm



http://www.ted.com/talks/myriam_sidibe_the_simple_power_of_hand_washing?language=en


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paf04.12.2014

Read the following joke and try to retell it during the Monday's session.

fm

A woman went to her doctor's office where she was seen by a young new doctor.
After about four minutes in the examination room, the doctor told her she was pregnant.
She burst out screaming and ran down the hallway.
An older doctor stopped her and asked what the problem was. She told him her story.
After listening, he had her sit down and relax in another room. The doctor marched down the hallway to the first doctor and demanded:
"What's the matter with you? Mrs. Smith is 59 years old, has four grown children, seven grandchildren and you told her she was pregnant?!?!
The new doctor continued writing on his clipboard and without looking up said,
"Does she still have the hiccups?"

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paf04.12.2014

Write your own constitution with ten articles in it. Discuss each one of them in the coming lesson.

fm

Make each day count - learn,help,make laugh,teach,enjoy.

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paf19.11.2014

Hello again.
This week’s activity is about that tricky word ENOUGH. You can find it by clicking

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paf18.11.2014


Speculations about the past.

Have a look at the following link.

fm

http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/modal-verb-have-past-participle

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paf17.11.2014


Modal verb questions. Try to do the following exercise. 

fm

http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ei049/esl-test.php

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paf15.11.2014


English Modal Verbs – Situations Table

SituationModal VerbExample
requests
(formal)
mayMay I sit down?
requests
(informal)
canCan I sit down?
requests
(polite)
couldCould I sit down?
requests
(polite)
wouldWould you mind if I sit down?
permission
(formal)
mayYou may sit down.
permission
(informal)
canYou can sit down.
obligation
(full)
mustYou must tell the
police the truth.
obligation
(partial)
shouldYou should tell
your friends the truth.
obligation (partial)
(less common)
ought toYou ought to tell
your friends the truth.
logical conclusions 
(stronger than "should")
mustHe left an hour ago, so he must be there already.
logical conclusions 
(weaker than "must")
shouldHe left half an hour ago,
I believe he should
be there already.
possibility
(general)
canIt can rain sometimes.
possibility
(weaker than
"may" and "might")
couldIt could rain, but it is
not very common in this
part of the country.
possibility
(weaker than "may")
mightIt's not very cloudy yet,
but it might rain.
possibility
(stronger than "might")
mayIt's starting to get cloudy –
it may rain soon.
futureactions/states/intentionswillLook at the sky!
It will rain soon.
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paf14.11.2014.

Shikoni me kujdes kete tabele. Perpiquni te kuptoni perdorimin e foljeve modale.Nese do te kini pyetje i diskutojme diten e takimit.

fm

English Modal Verbs Table

Modal verbUsageExample
canabilityI can do several things
at the same time.
when something is possibleMiracles can happen.
permissionYou can go now.
informal requestsCan you come here for a minute?
couldpast form of "can"She said she could pay
for us as well.
polite requestsCould you move
your bag, please?
possibilityIt could be that he
missed the train.
maypossibilityIt may rain tomorrow.
ask for or give
permission (formal)
May I speak?
mightpast form of "may"He said he might
change his mind.
possibilityThis might fail.
mustyou have to do itYou must obey the law.
it's very logical or
very likely to happen
They left so early, they
must be home by now.
must not/
mustn't
you are not
allowed to do it
You mustn't smoke in here.
shallfuture for "I" and "we"I shall see him tomorrow.
questions and suggestions for "I" and "we"Let's continue, shall we?
shouldthe right thing to do She should call the police.
advice- What should I do?
- You should stop
thinking about it.
what is likely or
expected to happen
We should be
back by midnight.
willfuture action or states
(not plans)
Prices will go up
next summer.
promises and intentionsIt's alright, I'll pick it up.
wouldpast form of "will"He told me he would come.
imagined situationsWhat would you do
if you were him?
for polite requests, offers and invitations- Would you please sit down?
- Would you like some tea?
- We are meeting with Sarah
next Saturday, would you like to come along?
to say what you
want to do or have
I would like a piece of cake.
ought tothe right thing to doYou ought to apologize.

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paf11.11.2014



Lexoni me kujdes faqen ku do te gjeni temen  e mesimit te dites. Mbasi te lexoni ushtrimet e zgjidhura, provoni ushtrimet tuaja.

fm

http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/modal3b.html


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paf22.10.2014.

Pergjigjet per ushtrimet e dates 21.10.2014 jane keto:

1. C: Continuous

2. D,E, and G are not the names of English verb forms.

3. A. Present Progressive
     B. Future Perfect
     C. Simple Future
     D. Simple Present
     E. Future Progressive
     F. Future Perfect Progressive

4. A. Past progressive
    B. Past Perfect
    C. Simple Past
    D. Present Perfect
    E. Past Perfect progressive
    F. Present Perfect progressive

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paf21.10.2014

verb forms and their names

1. What is another name for progressive?
     

        A. conditional
        B. perfect
        C. continuous
        D. infinitive
    

 2. Which of these are not the names of the English verb forms?

        A. simple past

       B. present progressive

       C. future perfect 
      D. perfect present 
      E. simple progressive 
      F.  past perfect
      G. future past

   3. Choose the correct name for each verb form. ( You won't need to use all of them.)
         
          simple future; future progressive; future perfect;
          future perfect progressive; present perfect
         present progressive; simple present
  
    A. is doing
     B. will have explained
     C. will arrive
     D. works 
     E. will be playing
     F. will have been studying 
   
   4. Choose the correct name for each verb form. ( You won't need to use all of them.)

      past perfect; past perfect progressive; past progressive;

      present perfect;present perfect progressive; 

     simple past; simple present
    

        A. was talking

        B. had talked
       C. played
       D. has been
        E. had been playing 
        F. has been visiting


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paf20.10.2014


if or unless? Chose the best option.

fm

http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/23.html


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paf19.10.2014

Like or as ? Follow the link and finish the exercise.

fm

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/exercises/grammar/grammar_tutorial/page_64.htm
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paf18.10.2014

Hello again.
Today’s lesson is about the difference between WILL and WOULD in conditional sentences.

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paf17.10.2014

Pergjigjet per ushtrimin  e dates 13 tetor 2014 jane:

 A dhe D


Object + infinitive

After make + object, we use the infinitive without to.

eg. i made her cry. (NOT I made her to cry; or I made her crying )
Note that the infinitive must follow the object.

I can't make the washing machine work. ( NOT: I cant make work the washing machine )

In passive structures the infinitive with to is used.

eg. She was made to repeat the whole story. 

The structure with an -ing form can mean: " cause sb to be doing smth"

eg. He had us laughing all through the meal

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paf13.10.2014

auxiliary verbs

Ne ushtrimin e dites se sotme do te kini mundesine te jepni zgjidhjen tuaj se cila eshte alternativa me e mire ose pse jo se cilat jane alternativat e mundeshme edhe te sakta te ushtrimit te meposhtem.


fm



Exercise 4

Which expression(s) can complete the sentence correctly?

He _____________________ all through the meeting.

A. made us  laugh

B. made us laughing 

C. had us laugh

D. had us laugh

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paf09.10.2014

Ne faqen e meposhteme do te gjeni nje loje e cila ju detyron te ndermerrni persiper nje mision per te deshifruar nje fjali te rendesishme. Per te kuptuar lojen ju duhet te lexoni me kujdes udhezuesin e saj. Me gjithate ne thelb loja bazohet ne zevendesimin e nje shkronje me nje shkronje tjeter. Provoni te gjeni disa fjale te mundeshme edhe keshtu ndoshta te gjithe mesazhin.

Just enjoy it.

fm


http://www.eastoftheweb.com/games/index.php?p=games/cryptoquote/4


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paf08.10.2014

Per nje te mesuar sa me te efektshem te gjuhes angleze, eshte shume e dobishme  qe seicili prej nesh te mundesoje te lexoje edhe te degjoje tekste apo tregime te ndryshme te lexuara nga foles amtare te gjuhes angleze. Ju mund ta arrini kete objektiv duke ndjekur  radio te tilla si BBC apo tregime te regjistruara si ky i meposhtemi.
Provoni ta degjoni edhe ridegjoni sa here te kini mundesi.

fm


http://esl-bits.net/ESL.English.Listening.Short.Stories/I.Know.What%20.You.Need/01/default.html




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paf07.10.2014

Answer: 3    A,C,D,H,I

Pergjigjet e ushtrimit te trete paraqitur per ju per daten 5 tetor, jane si me siper.

After some verbs we can use an -ing form ( gerund ) but not normally an infinitive.

Ne gjuhen angleze mbas disa foljeve te caktuara, ne mund te perdorim nje emer foljor, por jo nje pjesore.
Ndiqni me kujdes fjalite e me poshteme.

I enjoy travelling. ( NOT I enjoy to travel)
He has finished mending the car. NOT He finished to mend the car.
She has given up smoking . NOT ... given up to smoke.
The doctor suggested taking a long holiday. NOT The doctor suggested me to take 

Some common verbs that are normally followed by -ing  forms:

Disa folje te zakonshme te cilat preferojne te marrim emer foljor mbas vetes se tyre jane keto si me poshte:

admit ( pranoj )
appreciate ( vleresoj )
dislike
endure ( duroj )
give up
can't help ( nuk mund te rrij pa )
practise
put off ( shtyj, anulloj )


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paf05.10.2014

Lesson 3

Mbas dy ushtrimeve praktike te diteve te fundit, sot do te gjeni mundesine te jepni nje pergjigje per ushtrimin e meposhtem. Ne gjuhen angleze ka disa folje te cilat preferojne te shoqerohen gjithmone nga nje emer foljor ( gerund ), sikunderse gjendet edhe disa folje te tjera te cilat preferojne te shoqerohen nga nje pjesore   ( infinitive ). 
Provoni te jepni zgjidhjen tuaj, persa me poshte vijon ushtrimi.

fm



-ing forms and past participles


Which of these verbs can be followed by an -ing form?

A. avoid         
B. hope
C. suggest
D. give up
E. want
F. decide
G. expect
H. delay
I. put off
J. agree 


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paf04.10.2014

Pergjigja e sakte e ushtrimit te dates 2.10.2014 te dhene ne faqen tuaj eshte:

  
2B


Nese ne gjuhen angleze, ne nje fjali te caktuar, do te gjeni fjalen since, atehere perdorimi i kohes present perfect ose past perfect do te ishte nje zgjidhje pergjithesisht e  drejte.
Por kete ndajfolje kohe e gjejme te perdorur edhe ne kohe te tjera te gjuhes te perdorur si me poshte:


since : tenses

main clause: I have known her since...

In sentences with since ( referring to time), we normally use present perfect and past perfect tenses in the main clause.

have known her since 1984. ( NOT I know her since ...
haven't seen Bill since 2003.

However, present and past tenses are also occasionally found, especially in sentences about changes.

You are looking much better since your operation
She doesn't come round to see us since her marriage.
Since last Sunday I can't stop thinking about you.
Things weren't going so well since Father's illness.


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paf03.10.2014

A  e dni se pergjigjet  e sakta per zgjidhje te drejta ne alternativat e meposhteme ju mundesojne te kuptoni gjithnje  e me mire dallimet midis koheve te foljeve ne gjuhen angleze?

Provoni te merrni pjese ne keto zgjidhje. Nje mendim i gabuar ju con drejt mesimit me te thelluar e me te sakte te gjuhes.

fm 


past and perfect verbs

2. Which of these is/are right:A,B or both ?

A. My friends helped me  a lot since I lost my job.
B. My friends have helped me a lot since I lost my job.


 P. S. Try to make your choice. I'll show the answer later.




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paf01.10.2014


Hello again.
Here is another listening exercise about Socialising. This one is talking about holiday plans.


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paf30.09.2014

Answer: 1 A

Ne qofte se do te rishikoni ushtrimin e dates 29 shtator 2014, do te gjeni se cila ka qene zgjedhja  e vertete edhe arsyeja se perse duhej bere ajo zgjedhje.
Sa here qe nje ngjarje percaktohet si e perhershme apo ndodh vazhdimisht ne periudha te caktuara kohore, apo qe perseritet me nje ritual te caktuar, atehere koha e duhur duhet te jete simple present tense.


We often use the simple present to talk about permanent situations or about things that happen regularly, repeatedly or all the time.

It always snows here at this time of the year.
I play football every Saturday evening.
Bill translates for a British company.


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paf29.09.2014


present and future verbs

1. Choose the best reply: A or B.

Why  do you work so hard?

A. - Because I'm only happy when I'm busy.
B.-  Because I have to finish my report by the end of this week.


P. S. Try to make your choice. I'll show the answer later.  


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paf23.09.2014


Hello again.
Today I have a lesson for you on Socializing or Socialising. That is one of those words which American and British speakers often write differently, with either a Z or an S.
It’s a listening lesson.




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paf21.09.2014



Have  a look at the following link. Read the fable  and try to retell it.

fm


http://www.kids-pages.com/folders/stories/Aesops_Fables/page3.htm



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paf20.09.2014

Read the following fable and try to retell it.

fm


http://www.kids-pages.com/folders/stories/Aesops_Fables/page2.htm


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paf17.09.2014

Ne faqen e meposhteme do te gjeni nje numur shume te madh ushtrimesh.
Provoni ushtrimin e linkut te meposhtem edhe me vone mund ti referoheni per te gjetur ushtrime te tjera ku ju ndjeheni se keni nevoje te permiresoni dicka.

fm


http://englishallyear.com/vocabulary15/exercise45.html


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paf14.09.2014


Dear students,

I hope this evening is a little bit different from all those ones passed through the last three months. Such feelings seldom come into one's life. I think excitement is what is on the way for all those who go to school tomorrow. 
Having the feeling that you are doing something, is a great movement. Actually you are.
Good luck with the new season. Enjoy these days because they run fast.

fm  



http://www.123greetings.com/encouragement_and_inspiration/encouragement/encourage114.html


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  • Hi there,
  • As your school is coming close, it will be good if you keep into your mind's eyes some certain rules which will help you succeed. Among other things it is good to take advantage of all pretest material you teacher makes available. 
  • Never miss or cut your classes without any good reason. Attend any available review sessions even if you feel you don't really need it.
  • Plan your week before it starts to be sure you have plenty of time to study.
  • fm
  • Following you will find a page which will help  review some knowledge gained times ago.





































































































































































































  • http://englishenglish.com/englishtest.htm


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    paf13.06.2014

    This following exercise will help you with preposition.
    Try to do them. If you will have certain questions we can discuss them on Sunday.

    fm

    http://englishallyear.com/grammar12/menu.php
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    paf25.09.2014

    Read the following story and try to retell it when we see each other again.

    fm

       The three big sillies 

    Once upon a time there were a farmer and his wife who had one  daughter. A young man was courting the daughter, and he often came to have supper with the family. One evening the young man came for supper , and the daughter went down into the cellar to bring up some eggs. While she was in the cellar she happened to notice an axe stuck in one of the beams. It must have been there a long time but she had never noticed it and it set her to thinking: Suppose my young man and I were married and had a son and he grew up to be a man and come down in the cellar and the axe fell on his head, and killed him, what a dreadful thing that would be. So she set down her candle and basket ans set herself down and started  to cry. Soon her mother began to wonder why she did not bring the eggs, so she went looking for her. Why are you crying, daughter, she asked  when she found the girl. The daughter pointed to the axe in the beam and sobbed.: Suppose my young man and I were married and had a son and he grew up to be a man and come down in the cellar and the axe fell on his head and killed him!  Dear, dear, what a dreadful thing that would be, the mother agreed, and she sat down beside her daughter and began crying too. After a while the father began to get hungry for his supper, so he went down to see what had become of his wife and daughter. What ever you are crying for? He saked when he found them. Suppose daughter and her young man were married and had a son and he grew up to be a man and came down in the cellar and the axe fell on his head and killed him, said his wife. Dear, dear, that would be dreadful, said the father, and sat down beside the others and started to cry, too. The daughter’s young man, left all alone upstairs , got tired of that at last, so he went down in the cellar, too, to  see what the others were doing. What ever is the matter? He asked, when he saw the three of them sitting there. Weeping. Suppose you and daughter were married and had a son and he grew up to be a man and come down in the cellar and the axe fell on his head and killed him, said the father. And all three began to cry louder than ever. At that the young man burst out laughing. He just reached up and pulled down the axe, and that was that. I’ve traveled many a mile, he said, but never have I met  three such big sillies as you. Now I’m going off on my travels again, and if I meet three bigger sillies than you three, than I’ll come back and marry your daughter. So he said good-by and started off on his travels, and then the farmer and his wife and daughter sat and cried some more because the daughter had lost her young man. The young man on his travels soon came to a little cottage with grass growing from the  thatched roof. The old woman who lived there was trying to make her cow climb a ladder up to the roof, but the cow would not go. This was a surprising thing to see, so the young man asked the old woman what she was doing. Why, just see all that beautiful grass on the roof, she said. I want my cow to climb up so she can eat it. She would be neck and put it down the chimney and tie the other end around my wrist so she couldn’t fall off without my knowing it. You big silly, said the young man. Why don’t you cut the grass and throw it down to her? But the old woman was determined to do it her way, so she coaxed and pushed until she got the cow up the ladder. Then she tied a string around the cow’s neck and tied the other end of the string  around her wrist as she went about the house. The young man shook his head and went on his travels. But before he had gone far the cow fell off the roof and hung halfway to the ground with the sting around his neck. And the cow’s weight  pulled the old woman half-way up the chimney, and there she stuck in all the soot. So that was one big silly.  That night the young man stopped at an inn. Since it was crowded, he was given a bed in a double room. The man who had the other bed was a jolly fellow , and they spent a pleasant evening together. But next morning the young man had a surprise. For the jolly fellow hung his trousers from the knobs on the chest of drawers and ran across the room and tired to jump into them. he tried and tried and tried until he was all red and puffing, but he could not make it. Oh, dear, he said at last, I do  think trousers are the most awkwardest things to wear. How ever do you get into yours? The young man showed him, and the jolly fellow was so pleased, for he said he never would have thought of that system So that was another big silly.
    The young man went on his travels, and soon he came to  a pond outside a little village, where all the villagers were gathered around raking at the water with pitchforks and brooms and rakes.  What ever are you doing? The young man asked. The moon has fallen into the pond, they cried. We’re trying to rake it out. Why, you big sillies, said the young man. The moon is still in the sky. That is only a reflection in the pond. But the villagers would not believe him so the young man turned away. And that was a lot more sillies-many more than three. So the young man went back and married the farmer’s daughter. And they lived happily ever after,  I expect.


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    paf09.06.2014

    It is important that we should often stop and check the level of our knowledge received so far.
    Following you are going to find several exercises which will help you find your placement in English.
    Please, bring with you the results scored when we see each other next time.

    fm


    http://englishenglish.com/englishtest.htm
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    paf08.06.2014

    Read and translate the following story into your language.

    fm
    The Foolish Milkmade
                               







     One day a milkmade was walking along, carrying a jar of milk on her head. As  she went  she thought:

                                With the money I earn from  selling this milk I shall buy some eggs. Then I shall have three hundred eggs. From those I should  get at least two hundred and fifty  baby chicks. When the chickens are old enough I shall sell them in the market and with the money they bring I shall buy  a new dress. It will be, let’s see.  I think blue is my most becoming color, so it will be blue.. I’ll wear  my new dress  to the fair  and I shall  look so beautiful that  all the young  men will  be begging for a dance with me. But I shall just toss my head and walk away. As she thought about it , she tossed her head proudly and  down in the dust  rolled the jar from her head, spilling milk all around. And away flew all her fine dreams. It never  pays to count your chickens before they are hatched.

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    paf12.05.2014

    Ushtrimet ne linkun  e meposhtem do tju krijojne mundesine  e nje perseritje te plote te te gjitha mesimeve qe kemi bere bashke e me gjere.  Ato i perkasin periudhes midis dates 12 maj deri ne fund te muajit. Shikojini me kujdes. Nese do te kini pyetje te ndryshme i diskutojme bashke ne fund te muajit.

    fm

    http://englishallyear.com/grammar11/menu.php

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    paf05.05.2014

    Reading Comprehension Test 5

    fm


    http://englishteststore.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3022:English-Pre-Intermediate-Reading-Comprehension-Test-005&catid=133:english-reading-tests&Itemid=382

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    paf04.05.2014

    Reading Comprehension Test 4.

    fm

    http://englishteststore.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3021:English-Pre-Intermediate-Reading-Comprehension-Test-004&catid=133:english-reading-tests&Itemid=382

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    paf03.05.2014

    Reading Comprehension test 3.

    fm

    http://englishteststore.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3020:English-Pre-Intermediate-Reading-Comprehension-Test-003&catid=133:english-reading-tests&Itemid=382


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    paf02.05.2014

    Reading Comprehension Test 2.

    http://englishteststore.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3019:English-Pre-Intermediate-Reading-Comprehension-Test-002&catid=133:english-reading-tests&Itemid=382


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    paf01.05.2014

    Comprehensive test 1.
    During this month we will try to have several tests on reading. Please follow the dirsctions carefully and keep your scores.

    fm

    http://englishteststore.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3018:English-Pre-Intermediate-Reading-Comprehension-Test-001&catid=133:english-reading-tests&Itemid=382
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    paf30.04.2014

    In the coming exercise try to find the equivalent meaning of the given sentences.

    fm

    http://englishteststore.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4321:english-grammar-the-same-meaning-sentence-test-001&catid=139:the-same-meaning-sentences&Itemid=388
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    paf29.04.2014

    Hi there,

    Please follow the link below and try to take part in the competition.
    We will check your answers when we see each other next Thursday.

    fm

    http://englishteststore.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11389:what-is-your-english-level-break-my-english-records&catid=57:full-toefl-ibt-tests&Itemid=168
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    paf27.04.2014

    I have a new listening activity for you. Try number six. Don't leave the others out of your 
    care.

    fm

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    paf26.04.2014

    More useful phrases for dialogues. Keep them in your records.

    fm

    http://www.ihbristol.com/free-english-exercises/test/esol-smc-useful-phrases-in-dialogue


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    paf25.04.2014

    More useful phrases in dialogues. Try to learn them.

    fm

    http://www.ihbristol.com/free-english-exercises/test/esol-smc-more-useful-phrases-in-dialogue
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    paf24.04.2014

    Some more useful expressions.

    http://www.ihbristol.com/free-english-exercises/test/esol-smc-more-useful-phrases-for-conversation



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    pf23.04.2014

    Some of the following expressions are really very useful. Try to learn them.

    fm

    http://www.ihbristol.com/free-english-exercises/test/esol-smc-useful-phrases-for-conversation

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    paf21.04.2014

    Hi there,

    Have you ever heard the following?

    The words of the National Anthem are as follows:


    God save our gracious Queen!
    Long live our noble Queen!
    God save the Queen!
    Send her victorious,
    Happy and glorious,
    Long to reign over us,
    God save the Queen.
    Thy choicest gifts in store
    On her be pleased to pour,
    Long may she reign.
    May she defend our laws,
    And ever give us cause,
    To sing with heart and voice,
    God save the Queen.

    Hope you enjoyed it!
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    paf20.04.2014

    Ndiqni kete video dhe jepni nje paragraf tuajin duke i perdorur fjalet e mesuara sipas saj.

    fm

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HutuMqTAPw

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    paf19.04.2014

    Hello again.
    Have a close look at the first two exercises. Then you can do the others in case you want to.
    fm


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    paf18.04.2014

    Listen to the following story. Try to write the whole story in the form of a dictation.

    fm

    http://www.agendaweb.org/videos/short-video-tales/1/dinner-time.html
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    paf17.04.2014

    The dog and the cat. Listen to this story and try to retell it using your own words.

    fm


    http://www.agendaweb.org/videos/short-video-tales/1/the-dog-and-the-cat.html


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    paf16.04.2014

    Listen to the following story. Try to write the whole story in the form of a dictation.

    fm

    http://www.agendaweb.org/videos/short-video-tales/1/the-strong-cock-victory.html



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    paf10.04.2014


    Hello again.
    Following you will find an exercise by my English grammar teacher.
    The exercise this time is about some useful expressions. Look at number 12 on this page.
    You can try to do them all in case you find them interesting. My English grammar teacher is great.
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    paf10.04.2014

    U bene disa episode qe kini ndjekur. Shpresoj te kini gjetur momente te mira per te kaluar nje pjese te dites duke qeshur. Ju lutem shprehni mendimin tuaj ne nje paragraf prej 80-100 fjalesh per te gjithe episodet se bashku.
    I diskutojme keto mendime ne diten tuaj te mesimit.

    fm

    http://www.agendaweb.org/videos/comedy/01-episode07-the-cheating-game.html

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    paf09.04.2014

    Ju uroj nje mbasdite te kendeshme nen sekuencat e kesaj video.

    fm

    http://www.agendaweb.org/videos/comedy/01-episode06-come-back-all-is-forgiven.html

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    paf08.04.2014



    http://www.agendaweb.org/videos/comedy/01-episode05-the-best-things-in-life.html

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    paf07.04.2014

    Per episodin e katert qe vijon sot, jeni te lutur te ndiqni te njejten detyre si ne diten e djeshme.

    fm 

    http://www.agendaweb.org/videos/comedy/01-episode04-all-through-the-night.html

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    paf.06.04.2014

    Ndiqni videon ne linkun e meposhtem. Provoni te mbani shenim ato shprehje qe ju duken interesante e sjellin humor per ju. Just enjoy it.

    fm



    http://www.agendaweb.org/videos/comedy/01-episode03-a-fate-worse-than-death.html
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    paf29.03.2014

    Provoni te zgjidhni ushtrimet e ketij testi.

    fm



    http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/level-test.php
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    paf28.03.2014

    Complete the following sentences.

    fm


    http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/passive/exercise3.swf

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    paf27.03.2014

    Decide whether you need the definite article 'the' or not in the following exercise.

    fm

    http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/multi/article1.htm

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    paf25.04.2014

    Ne ushtrimin e meposhtem do te gjeni mundesine per te perdorur fjalen e duhur ne nje fjali te caktuar.

    fm

    http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com/AWL/AWLSublist01-Ex1a.htm


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    paf24.03.2014

    Dear students of 'Matrix,'

    Following you will find a kind of sentence which is typical for English. In the first part you will see my own try to explain it to you.
    Just after that, you will see a real original version to help you better understand the meaning of the word "complement." Enjoy your lesson.

    fm

     Subject                Verb                  Complement
        Kryefjale      +      Folje          +      Komplement ( mbiemer ose emer )

       This piano            is                        heavy
       It                            was                    a big problem

    The complement can be an adjective (e.g. heavy) or a noun phrase (e.g. a big problem). The complement often comes after be. It can also come after appear, become, get, feel, look, seem, stay or sound.

    Per ta patur te qarte se cfare eshte termi "complement", do te ishte me mire te kuptonim se ai vjen menjehere mbas nje forme te foljes 'be'; dmth mund te vije mbas foljes, am is, are, was, were, been, be, being. Ai mund te jete:

    a) mbiemer
    b) emer
    c) grup emeror.



    Gjithashtu ai mund te vije edhe mbas foljesh te tilla si: appear, become,get,feel,look,seem, stay, ose sound. Keto folje quhen ndryshe = link verbs. Per keto folje ju mund te shikoni edhe nje mesim te cilin e kemi kaluar disa ore me pare ne keto faqe.

    Complements?


    "Linking verbs link the subject to a subject complement, a word or word group that completes the meaning of the subject by renaming or describing it. If the subject complement renames the subject, it is a noun or noun equivalent (sometimes call a predicate noun).

    [Example:] The handwriting on the wall [s] may be [v] a forgery [sc].
    If the subject complement describes the subject, it is an adjective or adjective equivalent (sometimes called a predicate adjective).
    [Example:] Love [s] is [v] blind [sc]." (Hacker, A Writer's Reference 814).
    "When a pronoun is used as a subject complement (a word following a linking verb), your ear may mislead you, since the incorrect form is frequently heard in casual speech. . . .

    [Example:] During the Lindbergh trial, Bruno Hauptmann repeatedly denied that the kidnapper was he [not him].

    If kidnapper was he seems too stilted, rewrite the sentence: During the Lindbergh trial, Bruno Hauptmann repeatedly denied that he was the kidnapper."(Hacker, The Bedford Handbook 287).

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    paf23.03.2014

    Provoni ushtrimet ne testin e meposhtem. Sillni proven e rezultatit permes pergjigjes qe kini merituar nga qendra e kontrollit te testit.

    fm

    http://www.english4today.com/englishgrammar/englishtests/caelt_test.php

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    paf18.03.2014

    Listen to the dialogue and answer the questions.

    fm

    http://www.talkenglish.com/Listening/LessonListen.aspx?ALID=108
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    paf17.03.2014

    Listen to the dialogue and answer the questions.

    fm

    http://www.talkenglish.com/Listening/LessonListen.aspx?ALID=107

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    paf16.03.2014

    Listen to the dialogue and answer the questions.

    fm

    http://www.talkenglish.com/Listening/LessonListen.aspx?ALID=106

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    paf15.03.2014

    Listen to the dialogue and answer the questions.

    fm

    http://www.talkenglish.com/Listening/LessonListen.aspx?ALID=105
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    paf14.03.2014

    Listen to the dialogue and answer the questions.

    fm

    http://www.talkenglish.com/Listening/LessonListen.aspx?ALID=104

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    paf13.03.2014

    Listen to the dialogue and answer the questions.

    fm

    http://www.talkenglish.com/Listening/LessonListen.aspx?ALID=103
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    paf12.03.2014

    Listen to the dialogue and answer the questions.

    fm

    http://www.talkenglish.com/Listening/LessonListen.aspx?ALID=102
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    paf11.03.2014

    Listen to the dialogue and answer the questions.
    fm

    http://www.talkenglish.com/Listening/LessonListen.aspx?ALID=101


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    paf10.03.2014

    Listen to the dialogue and answer the questions.

    fm

    http://www.talkenglish.com/Listening/LessonListen.aspx?ALID=100




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    paf06.03.2014

    Read the passage and answer the questions.

    fm

    http://mrnussbaum.com/readingcomp/siouxcomp


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    paf 06.03.2014


    Dear students of Matrix Pre Intermediate,

    We often have problems with the English tenses. Please, have a look at the time line, it might help you understand when to use which tense ( only the ones you know so far ).
    As there is a similarity between past, present and future tenses, there are just a few rules to keep in mind.
    If you know how to use the present progressive correctly to express present actions, you will as well be able to use the past progressive correctly to express past actions.


    Try to understand this legend:


    Tenses

    Legend

    Tenses
    moment in time
    • action that takes place once, never or several times
    • actions that happen one after another
    • actions that suddenly take place
    Tenses
    period of time
    • action that started before a certain moment and lasts beyond that moment
    • actions taking place at the same time
    Tenses
    Result
    • action taking place before a certain moment in time
    • puts emphasis on the result
    Tenses
    Course / Duration   
    • action taking place before a certain moment in time
    • puts emphasis on the course or duration of the action


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    paf24.02.2014

    Vendosni keta mbiemra ne vendin e duhur.

    fm

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/worldservice/quiznet/quizengine

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    paf23.02.2014

    Choose the best answer for each question.

    fm



    http://www.english-room.com/5a_2542.htm
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    paf21.02.2014

    Choose the correct answer for each question.

    fm

    http://english.wsl.edu.pl/quiz/matters/pre/files/matpre05ex1.php

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    paf17.02.2014

    Te dashur studente,

    Si amatore te mesimit te gjuhes angleze, shpesh na qellon qe te ndodhemi perpara fjalesh te cilat nuk mund ti kuptojme lehte. Me shpesh akoma nese mundohemi ti kuptojme duke i perkthyer si bashkesi e caktuar fjalesh atehere edhe mund te gabojme. Keto shprehje ose njesi idiomatike gjuhesore kerkojne qe ti kuptosh duke i pare me syrin e  nje folesi autokton.
    Me poshte, le te rendisin se bashku per kete jave  pune, 10 shprehjet me te perdoreshme te gjuhes angleze shoqeruar edhe me mundesine per ti kuptuar ato ne situata konkrete perdorimi.

    Ju uroj te gjitheve nje fund jave te bukur.
    fm
    1. Piece of cake – Nese do t'ju bjere rasti te degjoni dike te thote se detyra qe ai kishte perfunduar, apo testi s'ishte gje tjeter vecse ' a piece of cake' kjo do te thote se:" detyra apo testi ishte dicka shume e lehte per tu plotesuar.
    2. Costs an arm and a leg – Kur dicka koston:' an arm and a leg ", mendoj se sdo ta kini te veshtire te kuptoni se per ta blere ate ju duhet te paguani pikerisht kaq shtrenjte me dy pjese jetike te trupit, pra me fjale te tjera i bie te paguash shume shtrenjte= to pay a lot of money for something.
    3. Break a leg – ta gjesh veten para nje shprehje te tille e te mundohesh ta gjesh kuptimin e saj duke u munduar te perkthesh pjeset perberese te kesaj shprehje atehere me siguri do te jemi para nje situate ku jemi ngaterruar e fillojme te mendojme keq. Nese jemi para nje provimi a testimi edhe ne telefonin tone na vjen pikerisht nje mesazh i tille:'Break a leg'. Miku yne i cili na ka derguar kete mesazh te jeni te sigurte se nuk do te deshironte kurre qe ju te kuptonit pikerisht ate mendim te cilin kjo shpreje do ta jepte nese do te ishim munduar ta perkthenim pjese pjese, apo fjale fjale. Aktualisht nje shprehjee tille do te thote:'Good luck!". Break a leg actually means good luck!
    4. Hit the books – Nese do t'ju bjere rasti te jeni student ne nje mabient ku flitet gjuha angleze atehere patjeter qe ne nje moment te caktuar do ta degjoni kete shprehje shpesh here. Para se te mendoni cdo lloj kutpimi tjeter do te ishte me mire te mbanit mend se: ' hit the books' dot  te thote thjesht: ' to study'. 
    5. Let the cat out of the bag – Duke lexuar kete shprehje idiomatike te gjuhes angleze dikush mund edhe te drejtoje pyetjen perse dikush do ta fuste macen ne nje cante? Cfare i kish bere macja ? Ne fakt kuptimi i vertete i kesaj shprehje eshte thjesht : ' te tregosh nje sekret i cili aktualisht nuk duhet te behej i ditur, por te ruhej si i tille'
    6. Hit the nail on the head – Kjo shprehje idiomatike ka te beje me nje situate te tille ne te cilen ne na duhet ti themi gjerat sic duhet ose sic edhe shprehemi ne gjuhen tone ' ti vendosim pikat mbi i'.
    7. When pigs fly – A mund te mendoni se si mund te ndodhe nje gje e tille? A mund te kini pare ndonjehere nje gje te tille? une -jo! Pra nese doni te perdorni nje shprehje te tille do tju duhet te shprehni nje mendim se 'dicka nuk mund te ndodhe kurre'.
    8. You can’t judge a book by its cover – Kjo shprehje idiomatike  nuk mbeshtetet vetem tek librat por pergjithesisht perdoret per shume gjera te tjera ne pergjithesi. Ne thelb,  ajo shpreh mendimin se nuk do te jete mire te gjykosh mbi dicka duke u nisur vetem nga pamja  e jashteme. 
    9.  Bite off more than you can chew – Vertet mund te te ndodhi qe te jesh i uritur edhe kur merr ne dore nje hamburger te kafshosh nje cape te madhe. Nese kafshata eshte e tille atehere do kesh nje problem te madh me pertypjen dhe kaperdiimin e saj e ndoshta vetja mund te te duket si idiot nderkohe qe vjen verdalle per te gjetur nje gote uje ta percjellesh me uje e mund te mbytesh. Pra, ky do te ishte kuptimi letrar. Por, ne fakt, kjo shprehje do te thote :' te perpiqesh te mbash mbi supe nje detyre e cila per ty eshte e pa pershtateshme ose e pamundur per ta menaxhuar.'
    10. Scratch someone’s back – Te gjithe e dime se sa e veshtire eshte te kruash kurrizin ne nje moment te caktuar e per me teper kur dora jote nuk rrin deri atje. Nese e shikon nje person qe mundohet ta beje kete gje, a do te mendoje ta ndihmoje ta kishte me te lehte punen e  vet? Ndoshta e ben sepse mendon se edhe ty do te te duhet qe dikush te beje te njejten gje kur te kesh te njejten nevoje. Pra, kuptimi i vertete i kesaj shprehje eshte:' te ndihmosh dike gjithmone me paramendimin se do te vije nje moment qe kjo ndihme te te kthehet ty ne te arthmen.'
    Me poshte seicili prej jush mund ta ndjeke kete mesim pa patur nevojen e gjuhes shqipe.
    Just enjoy it.
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     As a non-native speaker of English, the best way to understand idioms is to memorize their meanings from the standpoint of a native speaker. We’ve listed the 10 most common idioms in English and their actual meanings.
    1. Piece of cake – No, when someone says that the assignment they just finished was a piece of cake, it does not mean that their professor gave them a red velvet cupcake for their midterm paper, what piece of cake actually means is that something is very easy to complete.
    2. Costs an arm and a leg – It would be a strange world we lived in if buying that fancy shiny purse literally required us to chop off our body parts to give as tribute to the Louis Vuitton gods. When something costs an arm and a leg it actually means that something is very expensive.
    3. Break a leg – Oh, look, another idiom about legs. You’re about to take your dreaded calculus final and before you head into your classroom your roommate texts you, “Break a Leg!”  Why, you think in your head, would he ever wish that upon me? I thought we were cool with each other. Well, your roommate surely doesn’t want your bones to break while walking to your seat in the exam room that’s for sure. Break a leg actually means good luck!
    4. Hit the books – If you’re a student in an English speaking environment you’re probably going to be hearing this phrase a lot. Before you imagine students running into their campus library and punching, kicking and wrestling apart the complete works of Shakespeare, we would just like to say that hit the books actually means to study. There there, you can still punch books in your spare time if you want, we won’t judge you.
    5. Let the cat out of the bag – Why would someone put their cat in a bag? What did the cat ever do to them? Our last idiom actually means to disclose a secret that was supposed to be kept, well, as a secret.  The next time someone lets the cat out of the bag do not immediately pick up your phone and call animal cruelty control.
    6. Hit the nail on the head – This idiom has to do with doing or saying something that is precisely right. If you don’t understand this, just think about that sweet feeling you get when you swing a hammer at a nail and hit it perfectly.
    7. When pigs fly – So, have you ever seen a pig fly before? Never? Me neither. This idiom basically means that something will never happen, like fat little pink mammals soaring toward the sun!
    8. You can’t judge a book by its cover – How many awesome books do you think you’ve never read in your life just because the cover did not catch your eye? This idiom does not only apply to books however, but can be used for everything in general. Essentially it means that you should not decide upon something based just on outward appearances.
    9.  Bite off more than you can chew – Imagine your waiter brings you the biggest juiciest hamburger from your favorite American restaurant. In your hunger, you grab it quickly and take a giant bite out of it. Unfortunately, the bite you’ve taken is too big, and you end up looking like an idiot trying to shove this bite down your throat while drinking water and trying not to choke. That is the most literal sense of the meaning, but in general it just means to attempt to take on a task that is too much for you to handle.
    10. Scratch someone’s back – We all know how difficult it is to scratch that itch on your back that your hand just aren’t flexible enough to reach, so why would you want to scratch some random person’s smelly back? Because if you do, they may eventually be willing to scratch your own smelly back when you need it! What this idiom means is to help someone out with the assumption that they will return the favor in the future!

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    paf16.02.2014

    Test your level of English listening.

    fm

    http://www.examenglish.com/leveltest/listening_level_test.htm

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    paf15.02.2014

    Read the following story.Then read each question and choose your answer. Follow the rest of the exercises.

    fm

    http://www.web-esl.com/advreadings/roosterjewel3.htm
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    paf14.02.2014

    Hello again.
    Here is another listening exercise. It is called In The Warehouse and is number 5 on this page -
    fm
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    paf13.02.2014

    Degjoni me kujdes bisedat dhe provoni tju pergjigjeni pyetjeve te cilat shoqerojne bisedat per te provuar se ne cfare mase arrini te kuptoni nje ngjarje.

    fm

    http://www.elllo.org/PagesMixer/60-MX-Animals.htm




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    paf12.02.2014

    For each sentence choose the best word or phrase to complete the gap from the choices below the sentences.

    fm

    http://www.ihbristol.com/free-english-exercises/test/esol-smc-useful-phrases-for-conversation


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    paf11.02.2014

    Provoni te luani me lojen e meposhteme edhe shikoni se cfare numur fjalesh mund te arrini te grumbulloni. Lexoni me kujdes kerkesen se si luhet ajo. Nese nuk e kuptoni dot si luhet, kerkoni ndihme tek miqte tuaj.

    fm

    http://gamestolearnenglish.com/concentration/


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    Mesimi # 6

    Gjate javes qe kaloi, ne ushtrimet e zhvilluara, u vu re se dy fjale te gjuhes angleze te permendura si me poshte paraqesin nje veshtiresi te caktuar. Ju lutem ndiqni me kujdes diferencat e tyre si me poshte duke shpresuar se mund tju kem dhene nje ndihmese te vogel per te bere dallimin midis ketyre dy fjaleve.

    fm


    Either and Neither

    The English words either and neither can cause some problems for native and non-native speakers of 
    English. 

    Fjalet e gjuhes angleze either dhe neither mund te shkaktojne pak veshtiresi si per folsin autokton ashtu edhe per ne te tjeret te cilet mundohemi te mesojme dhe flasim gjuhen angleze.

    Sometimes you can use either one and sometimes you have to choose either one or the other, but neither one is very difficult.
    Hera heres na duhet te gjejme se cila fjale eshte e duhura ne nje kontekst te dhene per tu perdorur.

    Either… Or   ( Ose ... ose )
    Either... or is used to offer a choice between two possibilities:
    Either ...or perdoret per te ofruar nje perzgjedhje midis dy mundesive:
    Shikoni fjalite si me poshte edhe beni perkthimin e tyre.
    Either Mike or Lisa will be there.
    Either you leave me alone or I will call the police.
    We should bring either coffee or tea.
    You can either help us or go to your room.
    Either can also be followed by (one) of + group of two:
    Either gjithashtu mund te perdoret ne nje fjali e ndjekur nga shprehja (one) of + group of two. Shikoni me kujdes fjalite qe vijojne per ta kuptuar perdorimin.

    Either of us could do it
    Either one of us could do it
    Either of you should know
    Either one of you should know
    Not… either… or denies both possibilities:

    Not ... either ...or i mohon keto dy mundesi:
    I don’t think either Mike or Lisa will be there.
    He doesn’t speak either English or French.
    Not… either is used after a negative statement.
    Not ... either perdoret mbas nje deklarate mohore.
    I don’t speak French.
    You don’t either.
    He isn’t ready to go.
    We aren’t either.
    Neither… Nor
    Neither… nor is equivalent to not… either… or.
    Neither ... nor eshte e barabarte ne kuptim me perdorimin not ... either ... or.

    Neither Mike nor Lisa will be there.
    He speaks neither English nor French.
    We brought neither coffee nor tea.
    I will neither help you nor go to my room.
    Neither can also be followed by (one) of + group of two:
    Neither gjithashtu mund te shoqerohet nga shprehja (one) of + group of two.
    Neither of them is ready.
    Neither one of them is ready.
    Neither of us has any money.
    Neither one of us has any money.
    Neither is used like not… either.
    Neither perdoret njesoj si kuptimi i not ...either.
    I don’t speak French.
    Neither do I.
    (informal): Me neither.
    He isn’t ready to go.
    Neither are we.
    The Bottom Line
    Either means one, neither means none, and not either equals neitherOr goes with either and nor goes with neither
    Ne gjuhen tone fjale either nenkupton nje, kurse fjala neither nenkupton asnje. Keshtu not either
    patjeter qe do te thote neither. Fjala or shoqeron fjalen either ndersa fjala nor preferon fjalen 
    neither.

    Ne vijim kini disa ushtrime te cilat besoj se do ta lehtesojne kuptimin e ketyre mendimeve qe dhame me siper.


    1.http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/52.html

    2.http://www.grammar.cl/Games/So_Neither_Either.htm

    3.http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/68.html

    4.http://esldivlabs.vcc.ca/ELSA/Instructor_Web_Exercises/Grammar/Either_Neither_Both_Multiple_Choice.htm

    5.http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-either-or-neither-nor.php#.UvaUsvl_skY
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    paf07.02.2014

    Read the fable and try to retell it using your judgment.

    fm


    http://www.umass.edu/aesop/content.php?n=5&i=1
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    paf06.02.2014


    Degjoni me vemendje historine e meposhteme. Ju lutem shkruani te gjithe dialogun qe do te degjoni midis personazheve dhe pergatisni mundesine e ritregimit te historise se tre vellezerve.

    fm

    http://de.tze.cn/lh/swf/18/001.swf


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    paf05.02.2014


    Degjoni me vemendje historine e meposhteme. Ju lutem shkruani te gjithe dialogun qe do te degjoni midis personazheve te fabules.

    fm

    http://de.tze.cn/lh/swf/16/045.swf

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    paf02.02.2014

    Listen to the audio segment and try to answer the questions. If the answer will be wrong then you have to listen again to the story till you get the right answers.

    fm

    http://www.elllo.org/Pages0501-Quiz/501-Mark-NewBaby.htm

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    paf29.01.2014

    Te dashur studente,

    Mendoj se leksioni i meposhtem mund t'ju ndihmoje per te sqaruar nje problem te vogel ne gjuhen angleze. Nese mund t'ju linde ndonje pyetje, ju lutem e sqarojme ne oren perkatese.

    fm


    Ne gjuhen angleze perdorimi i apostrofit + s, apo s + apostrof, shpesh sjell probleme, madje edhe per vete folesit autoktone.
    Ne pjesen e meposhteme ju lutem ndiqni me kujdes disa keshilla te cilat mendoj se mund tju ndihmojne per te mesuar si te perdorini me mire kuptimet qe fshihen ne keto raste perdorimi te apostrofit. Nje perdorim i mire i apostrofit ju mundeson te jeni te sakte ne percaktimin e pronesise ( possessives ) apo te shkurtimeve ( contractions )                                                                                

    The apostrophe has two purposes in English( Perdorimi i apostrofit ka dy qellime ne  gjuhen angleze)
    1. To indicate that one or more letters was dropped in a contraction:(= Ai perdoret per te treguar se nje ose me shume shkronja mund te largohen ne nje shkurtim fjale.)it is > it's
      we are > we're
      does not > doesn't
      of the clock > o'clock
       
    2. To indicate possession: (= Apostrofi sherben per te treguar marredhenie pronesie;kur emri eshte ne numurin njejes atehere mbas tij vendoset apostrofi edhe objekti i cili e ndjek ate pergjithesisht duhet te njihet si prone e emrit qe e  shoqeron. Pronari mund te jete ne njejes e prona mund te jete ne njejes; gjithashtu pronari mund te jete ne njejes e prona te jete ne shumes sipas rastit; )
      a) singular with 's
          Tom's book
          Jeannie's idea
          the girl's toys (toys belong to one girl)
      b) plural with s' (= pronari mund te jete ne shumes e prona gjithashtu mund te jete ne shumes)
          the books' covers
          my brothers' jobs
          the girls' toys (toys belong to several girls)
    The apostrophe should never be used when you are just talking about something that is plural, with no possession. ( Pergjithesisht eshte e keshillueshme qe apostrofi te mos perdoret kurre kur ju jeni duke folur per dicka ne numurin shumes dhe nuk jeni duke perdorur marredheniet e pronesise.Shikoni rastet me poshte:)
    The girl's walked by > The girls walked by
    My brother's are tall > My brothers are tall
    Welcome traveler's > Welcome travelers
      
    Mos harroni: Apostrofi ka nje natyre te dyfishte: ai sherben ose per te dhene nje shkurtim gjuhesor ose per te dhene nje marredhenie pronesie. Ai nuk sherben per te dhene nje kuptim ne numurin shumes ne asnje rast.

    Just remember that the apostrophe has a purpose: to indicate a contraction or possession. It does not indicate a plural - the letter s does a fine job of that all by itself.
     




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    paf28.01.2014

    Dear students of Matrix pre - intermediate book,

    Read the following chapter and try to retell it using your own  words.
    Please make it ready for next Monday.

    fm


      The Lost Treasure of Persia                     


    H. A. Jones


    Chapter One   



     Skye Belle was just like any other twelve year old girl.  Almost.  Naturally she was excited that she was twelve – after all, that was so  much  older  than  being  eleven.  She  enjoyed  being  outside  and  playing  sports with her friends, especially netball. And she loved most of the other  things that girls her age enjoyed doing, like playing games, helping her mum  with the cooking, and playing on her iPad. There was nothing out of the  ordinary in any of those things.  At school Skye was just like everyone else her age too. She studied hard  and did her best. In fact she often came first in all of her subjects.
    Not  everyone  can  come  first  in  their  class,  of  course,  but  there’s  nothing  unusual about being smart.  Even Skye’s family was fairly normal. She had one brother, Brandon,  who was ten. Being a little bit younger than her, Brandon could be a pain  sometimes. He didn’t always understand everything that Skye said and that  frustrated her. Not to mention the pranks that he liked to play on her –  boys could be so silly at times. But in between the occasional argument and  fit of anger, they would still play and laugh together. In fact, despite their  differences, they were the best of friends.
    Skye’s parents were always quite busy with their work but they would  still make time each day to spend with Skye and her brother. Her parents  were obviously pleased with how well she did at school, but they would  have been proud of her even if she failed her subjects, so long as she tried  her best. Skye knew that her mum and dad loved her very much.  That isn’t to say that Skye’s life at home was perfect ‐ far from it. Of  course there were the pranks that Brandon would play on her. But she  would also get into trouble for things that could not possibly have been her  fault. Like last month when she was blamed for breaking the roof tiles. How  was she supposed to have broken the roof tiles? Sure she climbed up there  occasionally and set up her heavy telescope to look at the stars, but that  wouldn’t  have  broken  any  roof  tiles.  She  grumbled  that  sometimes  her  parents just didn’t see things the way that she did – something that anyone  her age could certainly understand.
    Yes, Skye was just like any other twelve year old girl.  Almost.
    You see, unlike most other girls her age, Skye loved old things. Not just  any old things, but really, really old things, and the older the better. Ancient  things. Her dad was 43, so in Skye’s mind he certainly qualified as old. But  what she was really interested in were things that nobody thought existed  anymore, things that people thought had been lost forever.  But  as  much  as  she  loved  researching  and  reading  about  old  and  forgotten  things,  she  loved  trying  to  find  them  even  more.  Her  last  adventure had been the previous summer. After reading all she could about  the ark of Noah, she had decided that she would trek through the remotest  parts of Turkey to find it – and she had. Now an expedition was underway  to dig up the ark and restore it.  Skye was certainly resourceful and she was very, very determined. She  was also thankful that museums liked to pay for the things that she found;  otherwise she could never afford all of the travel.
    Her  room  was  cluttered  with  old  things  she’d  found  that  she  had  decided to keep for a reminder rather than sell to the museums. But only  small things, like a few old Roman coins or pieces of ancient Greek pottery  – small things to remind her of her adventures and the things she’d been  able to find. Of course there were the usual things in her room, like her  yellow table and red and blue chairs, and the bookshelves that went up to  the ceiling. The bookshelves though didn’t actually have any books in them  but were filled with all of her toys. Her books were too important to keep in  an ordinary bookshelf – they were in the study in the grand old bookshelf.  It was made of oak and it smelled as old as it looked – Skye loved it.
    Today  Skye  was  sitting  at  the  dining  table  eating  her  breakfast  and  reading the morning’s newspaper. She was finishing off a bowl of muesli  with fresh fruit and strawberry yogurt on top. Skye loved a healthy and  filling breakfast; it helped give her energy and made her excited about the  day. She was reading an interesting article about the discovery of some  ancient  coins,  pottery  and  jewellery  in  the  Middle  East  when  her  mum  walked in.  ‘Skye,’ her mum said, ‘your aunt Thelma is coming to stay with us for a  couple of nights.’  ‘Oh, that’s great,’ said Skye happily. ‘Aunt Thelma is lovely.’ Skye liked  her aunt. Not only did it seem that she was always smiling, but she was one  of the most beautiful singers Skye had ever heard.
    Thinking of her aunt’s singing voice suddenly made her frown. ‘Um, but isn’t she supposed to be  singing in a concert tonight?’  ‘She had to cancel for some reason,’ her mum replied. ‘She didn’t tell  me why on the phone. I guess we’ll find out tonight when she arrives.’  Skye hoped her aunt was okay. She really did have the most amazing  singing voice, and Skye felt sorry for the people who would miss out on her  concert. Oh well, her mum was right ‐ they would find out tonight.  Skye turned back to the newspaper and frowned. It always annoyed her  when  interesting  things like this discovery  of  ancient  artefacts  was only  reported on in a few lines, but then there were pages and pages filled up  with  stories  about  sport.  Her  dad  enjoyed  reading  those  pages  but  it  seemed like a terrible waste to her.  
    Later that night, while her dad was still at work, there was a knock on  the door. Skye ran over to answer it. ‘Who is it?’ she asked.  ‘It’s your aunt Thelma,’ the voice said from the other side of the door.  Skye could barely contain her excitement at seeing her aunt again. She  unlocked  the  door  and  opened  it  but  was  shocked  at  what  she  saw.  Normally her aunt would have greeted her with a huge smile that would  immediately make her want to smile too. But Aunt Thelma wasn’t smiling.  She looked haggard. ‘Hello Skye,’ she said tiredly, trying to force a smile  onto her face.  ‘Hello Aunt Thelma,’ Skye replied. She felt nervous about the change in  her aunt but tried not to let it show. ‘Come in. We’re very excited to see  you.’  ‘Thank you,’ her aunt said, and this time she did smile ‐ but it was only a  small one.  Her  aunt  came  in  and  Skye’s  mum  gave  her  a  big  hug.  ‘Thelma,  it’s  always  good  to  see  you,’  she  said.  Then  she  looked  at  her  sister  and  frowned. ‘You look so tired. Sit down.’  Aunt Thelma dropped her bags on the ground then let out a long sigh as  she fell onto the couch.  Skye and Brandon sat down and watched as their mum poured a cup of  tea for their aunt. ‘What’s wrong?’ her mum asked. ‘I know it must be  something important for you to have cancelled your concert.’
    She gave Thelma the cup of tea. ‘Thank you,’ she said, and then took a  sip  of  tea  before  letting  out  another  sigh.  ‘I  just  feel  drained,’  she said
    finally, before the words started to pour out. ‘I feel like every time I walk on  stage everyone is waiting for me to fail, to sing the wrong words or sing out  of tune. I just don’t feel like I’m a very good singer anymore – or maybe  that I never was in the first place.’  ‘Thelma,’ Skye’s mum said, in a tone of voice that Skye knew was about  to be followed by something encouraging. ‘You know you’ve always been a  great singer,’ her mum continued, ‘and you’ve always doubted yourself as  well. You don’t need to doubt yourself, or the talent God has given you.’  Yep, Skye was right; she knew her mum’s tone of voice well.  ‘But this is different,’ Thelma said.  ‘I  really  don’t think I’m good any  more. And I’m scared of walking out on stage.’
     Their mum started at Thelma for a long moment before walking over  and sitting next to her, embracing her in a big hug. Thelma leaned her head  on their mum’s shoulder and tears silently started to fall down her cheek.  ‘Kids,’ their mum said, turning to them, ‘do you mind giving your aunt  and me some time together alone please.’  Skye and Brandon stood up. Their mum was right, and no doubt she and  her aunt would be talking and crying late into the night.  As they were walking out of the room, Brandon stopped and looked at  Thelma. ‘Don’t worry, Aunt Thelma. You are a very good singer. You will  remember that soon.’  Tears formed in Thelma’s eyes again. ‘Thank you Brandon,’ she said as  she reached out and gave him a big hug.  Then Skye and Brandon left them and went upstairs.  Once they were in Skye’s room she began pacing, walking back and forth  across the room. ‘You’re right Brandon,’ she said. ‘Thelma is a very good  singer.
    She just needs to remember that.’  ‘Yeah,’ said Brandon, ‘she just needs her courage back again.’  Skye  spun  around  to  face  him.  ‘That’s  it!  She  needs  courage.  Now,  where’s  that  paper  gone.’  She  ran  over  to  her  table  and  pushed  some  things out of the way searching for the newspaper. ‘Ah, here it is.’  Picking up the paper she flicked through the pages until she found the  one she wanted. ‘Listen to this: Professor Airbon confirmed that the relics  from  his  archaeological  discovery  in  Iran  date  to  around  500  BCE.’  She  stopped  reading  and  frowned.  ‘Um,  I  hate  it  when  they  do  that,’  she  grumbled.  ‘Do what?’ Brandon asked.
     ‘When they call the year BCE rather than BC,’ Skye replied.  ‘Why?’  ‘Because BC means Before Christ, and BCE means Before Common Era.  It’s the same when they replace AD with CE. AD stands for Anno Domini –  that is Latin and means The Year Of Our Lord. CE just stands for Common  Era. People keep trying to take Jesus out of history.’  ‘Why  would  they  want  to  do  that?  It  seems  silly,’  Brandon  replied  thoughtfully.  ‘I know.’ Skye frowned again then turned back to the paper. ‘The story  continues:  Professor  Airbon  believes  the  relics  are  remains  from  King  Xerxes’ royal palace.’  ‘Xerxes,’ Brandon said, laughing. ‘That’s a funny name.’
     Skye glared at her brother with her hands on her hips. ‘King Xerxes was  the  most  powerful  man  in  the  world  at  the  time,’  she  said  in  her  best  lecturing voice.  Brandon tried to stop laughing as he saw his sister’s stern gaze. ‘It’s still  a funny name,’ he mumbled.  ‘Anyway,’  Sky  continued,  ignoring  her  brother’s  comment,  ‘what  is  important for us is not the king but one of his wives.’  ‘Really?’ Brandon asked, confused. ‘Who?’   ‘What do you remember about Esther from the bible?’ she asked.  ‘I remember a little from what mum and dad read to me. Mainly that  she was courageous. But they haven’t read that one for a while.’  ‘Courageous? She was one of the most courageous women in history!  Let me tell you the story again. It happened a long time ago,’ Skye began,  putting on her teacher’s voice, ‘almost 2,500 years ago in fact. Long after  King  David  had  died,  God’s  people,  who  were  called  the  Israelites  or  sometimes the Jews, stopped loving God and started living without him. So  God sent his prophets to warn the Israelites to turn back to him. But they  didn’t.  So  God  punished  the  whole  country  when  the  army  of  Persia  conquered them, and the Israelites were led away into exile.’  ‘Wait,’ Brandon said, interrupting her, ‘where’s Persia?’  ‘Persia was an ancient nation that is now called Iran,’ Skye replied.  Brandon  nodded  that  he  understood  so  Skye  continued.  ‘While  the  Israelites were still living in exile in Persia, the king, Ahasuerus – who we  think was actually King Xerxes,’ Brandon smirked again at the name but  Skye ignored him, ‘married one of the Jews called Esther and made her his queen.
    But  one  of  the  king’s  princes  called  Haman  hated  the  Jews  and  wanted to kill all of them. So he made an evil plot and had the king sign a  royal law so that Haman could have all of the Jews, all of God’s people,  killed.  ‘But Esther was told by Mordecai ‐ ’  ‘That’s another funny name,’ Brandon interrupted, trying his best not to  laugh.  Skye frowned and growled slightly. Brandon took the hint and closed his  mouth. ‘Anyway,’ she continued, ‘Mordecai, who had looked after Esther  since she was young, told her that she had to speak to the king and ask him  to stop the killing from going ahead.’  ‘That doesn’t seem very courageous,’ Brandon said. ‘After all, they were  married.’  ‘But in those days,’ Skye said, ‘even though she was his wife, Esther  wasn’t allowed to see the king unless he asked to see her. Otherwise she  could be put to death.’  ‘That’s horrible. Why?’  ‘It was a long time ago,’ Skye replied. ‘They did things differently back  then.
    But that’s where she showed such huge courage. Even though she  knew she could be put to death, she still went to see the king without being  asked.’  ‘I  can’t  imagine  mum  letting  dad  get  away  with  anything  like  that!’  Brandon joked. ‘And what happened?’   ‘The king was happy to see her. Eventually she asked him to stop the law  to kill the Jews. King Xerxes listened to her and made another royal law so  that the Jews wouldn’t be hurt. Then the evil Haman was killed for his  wicked plot.  ‘Even now, Jews around the world celebrate the Festival of Purim to  remember God saving them through Esther.’  Brandon thought for a moment then scratched his head. ‘So what does  that have to do with Aunt Thelma?’ he asked.  ‘Well, if this Professor Airbon has found some relics that belonged to  King Xerxes, then there may be something from Queen Esther there as well.  We might be able to find some clues as to how she was able to show such  great courage.’  Brandon was smiling now. ‘And then we could give something to Aunt  Thelma to help her get her courage back.’
    ‘Exactly,’ Skye said, smiling too.  ‘So where to now?’ Brandon asked.  ‘Well,’  Skye  said,  turning  her  attention  back  to  the  newspaper,  ‘this  article says that Professor Airbon is currently working at the Louvre.’  ‘The what?’  ‘The Louvre. It’s a museum. And it’s in Paris. So that means we’re going  to France!’  Brandon yelled with excitement – he’d never been to France before, and  it looked as though he and his sister were going to have another adventure  together.  Skye  was  grateful  that  Brandon  always  came  with  her  on  her  adventures.  Her  parents  were  glad  too,  because  they  thought  that  somehow he was looking after her. Humph! She was the older one, and it  was her that had to look after him! But, as painful as Brandon could be at  times, he shared her excitement and love of adventure and she in turn  enjoyed having him with her.
    It was good to have someone to share her  experiences with. She even had to admit, grudgingly, that he had helped  her in the past. But only once or twice. And she would have gotten herself  out of trouble without him anyway; it just would have taken a little longer,  that was all.  Skye jumped onto her iPad to book some air tickets for her and Brandon  to fly to France. She then told her parents where they were going. Even  though she knew that her parents always worried when she and Brandon  went travelling somewhere to search for lost items, she was thankful that  they still encouraged them to go.


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    paf27.01.2014

     First Conditional: real possibility

    We are talking about the future. We are thinking about a particular condition or situation in the future, and the result of this condition. There is a real possibility that this condition will happen. For example, it is morning. You are at home. You plan to play tennis this afternoon. But there are some clouds in the sky. Imagine that it rains. What will you do?
    IFconditionresult
    present simpleWILL + base verb
    Ifit rainsI will stay at home.


    Notice that we are thinking about a future condition. It is not raining yet. But the sky is cloudy and you think that it could rain. We use the present simple tense to talk about the possible future condition. We use WILL + base verb to talk about the possible future result. The important thing about the first conditional is that there is a real possibility that the condition will happen. Here are some more examples (do you remember the two basic structures: [IF condition result] and [result IF condition]?):


    IFconditionresult
    present simpleWILL + base verb
    IfI see MaryI will tell her.
    IfTara is free tomorrowhe will invite her.
    Ifthey do not pass their examtheir teacher will be sad.
    Ifit rains tomorrowwill you stay at home?
    Ifit rains tomorrowwhat will you do?

    resultIFcondition
    WILL + base verbpresent simple
    I will tell MaryifI see her.
    He will invite Taraifshe is free tomorrow.
    Their teacher will be sadifthey do not pass their exam.
    Will you stay at homeifit rains tomorrow?
    What will you doifit rains tomorrow?
       

     http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/1cond1.htm

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    paf26012014

    The following video will probably be a little more help on conditional sentences and how to use them. Follow it and do the exercises.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cKIV19KdMI _
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    paf25012013

    Conditional sentences are a good component of English. It is not difficult to form them. First try to read the following grammar spot and then we keep on with some more exercises.

    fm 



    The first conditional is used to talk about ...

    first conditional picture1) A possible future situation and its result.

    If you go out, you'll have fun.

    Be careful - I know the first half looks like the present simple, but it's talking about the future.
    We often use this form to make:

    *  promises 
    *  threats, 
     negotiate.
                    eg. I'll buy you a present if I go on holiday. (promise)
                          I'll hit you if you do that again! (threat)
                          If you lend me £5, I'll buy you a drink later. (negotiation)

    Things to remember:
    • It doesn't matter if you say the situation or the result first.
      eg."I'll help you if you want" = "if you want, I'll help you."

    • You can use "unless" to mean "if not". 
      "If you don't help me ..." = "Unless you help me ..."

    Future Situation =
    if + present simple
    Possible Result =
    will/won't + verb
    eg.If you don't help me
    I'll be angry.
    eg. Unless you help me
    I'll be angry.
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    paf24.01.2014

    Match the words on the left with pictures or definitions on the right.

    fm

    http://cdextras.cambridge.org/Readers/RPT_last.swf


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    paf23.01.2014

    Hello again.
    I have a new listening activity for you. Number four on this list -
    Hope to hear  from you soon.
    fm




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    paf22.01.2014

    Read the story and answer the questions.

    fm


    http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/reading/deathcar.htm


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    paf21.01.2014

    Greetings to you Viktor,

    Try this game and send me a message telling what level you achieved.
    fm

    http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/seven-letters-game

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    paf18.01.2014


    Read the following story and please try to retell it with your own words. It will be good if you try to write your retelling.

    fm


    http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/the-town-mouse-and-country-mouse

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    paf18.01.2014


    TWO WORD VERBS
    This is  a list of important two-word verbs.

    You already know  some phrasal verbs in English. Following you are going to find a few more which you can add to your own vocabulary.
    Try to use them in your own sentences.

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    Out 
    look out/ watch out = be careful!
    Look out! There’s a car coming
               Work out = exercise (to become stronger or more fit)
    ·          Sarah works out at the gym two or three times a week.
                         On  
                         Come on = be quick/ hurry
                                Come on! Everybody is waiting for you.
                                
    Go on = continue
                                I’m sorry I interrupted you. Go on. (continue what you were saying)
                                How long will my cold go on, doctor?
                                
    Keep on = continue (talking, etc)
                                I asked them to be quiet, but they kept on talking.
    Off  
              take off = leave the ground (for airplanes)
    ·         The plane took off 20 minutes late, but landed on time.
     


    Up     
    wake up = stop sleeping
    ·         I often wake up in the middle of the night.
    Speak up = speak more loudly
    ·         I can’t hear you. Can you speak up, please?
    Hurry up = do something more quickly
    ·         Hurry up! We haven’t got much time.
    Clean up = make neat or clean
    ·         After the party, it took two hours to clean up.
    Grow up = become an adult
    ·         What does your son want to do when he grows up?
    Give up = stop trying
    ·         I know it’s difficult, but don’t give up.
     


    Down   
     Slow down = go more slowly
    ·         You’re driving too fast. Slow down!
    Break down = stop working (for cars/ machines, etc)
    ·         Sue was very late because her car broke down.
     
    Along
    Get along = be together without problems
    ·         Do you like living with Mike? Do you two get along?
    Sam doesn’t visit his parents often .He doesn’t get along with his father .

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    paf17.01.2014

    Pershendetje,

    Ju lutem ndiqni me kujdes kete adrese, lexoni me kujdes  tekstin edhe njekohesisht degjoheni ate.

    fm


    http://www.yeuanhvan.com/images/stories/flash/Fairy%20Tale/honestboy.swf

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    paf16.01.2014

    The Farmer and his three sons.
    Listen to this story and write a short retelling for Saturday January 18 2014.

    fm

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO2usa6US4s&feature=youtu.be

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    paf15.01.2014

    Hello again!

    Following there will be a number of exercises which you can do on the following days. Just click on the exercises and you will get the right link for the right exercise. Number ten will be the most important.
    Till next time.

    fm

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    Vocabulary





    1. Who's in charge?

    Match up the expressions 
    Put in the prepositions 
    Put the words in order
     
    2. Meeting a visitor

    Match up the expressions 
    Complete the sentences 
    Dictation 

    3. Socializing

    Match up the sentences 
    Who says what? 
    Complete the sentences 
    4. Sports

    Do, play or go? 
    Choose the correct answer 
    Match up the sentences 
    5. Meetings 1

    Match up the sentences 
    Complete the sentences 
    Put the words in order 
    6. Multi-word Verbs 1

    Match up the verbs 
    Complete the sentences 
    Match up the sentences
    7. On the Phone

    Match up the mini-dialogues 
    Put the words in order 
    Match up the sentences 
    8. Meetings 2

    Multi-word verbs 
    Expressions with prepositions 
    Complete the sentences 
    9. Meetings 3

    Complete the sentences 
    Complete the sentences 
    Multi-word verbs 
    10. Orders

    Match up the sentences 
    Choose the correct word 
    Complete the sentences

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    paf05.01.2014

    Verb Study

    Po ju paraqit disa perdorime te foljes: pull
    Folja pull nderton disa kombinime interesante ne gjuhen angleze. po ju paraqes disa prej tyre te ilustruara me shembuj perkates per ti kuptuar me mire.
    Jeni te lutur ti perdorni edhe ju ne fjalite tuaja te cilat mund ti komentojme kur te takohemi bashke ne sesionin e radhes.
    * I went to the dentist to have a tooth pulled out.
    * They are going to pull that building down.
    * My friend has been very ill but I think he will pull round ( = get better )
    * The child ran in front of the car and I had to pull up (= to stop ) quickly to avoid an accident.
    * The boy pulled a face when he took  the unpleasant-testing medicine.
    * Take the car a little further along the street; you will find a place to pull in there.
    Provoni njekohesisht edhe shqiperimin e ketyre frazave.
    fm

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    paf 02012014

    Dear students of Matrix Pre-Intermediate book,

    I wish you a very Happy New Year 2014.

    May 2014 be the best of your life so far.

    fm

    Following you can read a short fable just to go on with your studying of English. Find out all the new words.

    The Miser and his Gold
    Illustrated by Paul Engin

    Once upon a time there was a Miser who used to hide his gold at the foot of a tree in his garden; but every week he used to go and dig it up and gloat over his gains.
    A robber, who had noticed this, went and dug up the gold and decamped with it. When the Miser next came to gloat over his treasures, he found nothing but the empty hole. He tore his hair, and raised such an outcry that all the neighbours came around him, and he told them how he used to come and visit his gold.
    "Did you ever take any of it out?" asked one of them.
    "Nay, said he, "I only came to look at it."
    "Then come again and look at the hole," said a neighbour; "it will do you just as much good."
    Wealth unused might as well not exist.


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