Have you ever seen a ghost? Maybe it is a frightening experience, thus I met a grisly wizard and a gruesome bat, these are the pictures I took of them...terrifying, aren´t they?
Homophones are words that have exactly the same sound (pronunciation) but different meanings and (usually) spelling. The etymology of homophone is made up of the blending of two combining forms: homo- (from the Greek word "homos")which means "same" -phone (from the Greek word "phone") which means "voice" or "sound" Therefore, there is a list of words which are homophones because their pronunciation is the same though they have different spelling and meaning: sauce/source one/won packed/ pact to/too/two saw/soar/sore there/their/they're scene/seen heard/herd allowed/aloud pair/pare/pear alms/arms there/their/they're bare/bear pole/poll liar/lyre rain/reign/rein flair/flare vain/vane/vein flaw/floor ...
In English there are certain auxiliary verbs which always accompany a main verb introducing a modality of ability, permission, probability or future, suggestion or advice and obligation in the meaning of the sentence. They are different from the main auxiliary main verbs Be, Have and Do because these three verbs can function alone in the sentence as main verb with meaning (“ser / estar, tener, hacer” correspondingly) or they can accompany a main verb in order to form another tense. For example: Be: the Continuous tense (Present, Past and Future Continuous) and the Passive Voice. Have: the Perfect (Present, Past and Future Perfect), similar with Spanish “haber”. Do: forms the negative and interrogative sentences in the Present/ Past Simple tenses. The modal auxiliary verbs are immediately followed by the main verb or the particle “not” and th...
Mobile app to learn English- Aplicaciones móviles para aprender inglés Hoy en día los dispositivos móviles como smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, etc. están ocupando un lugar cada vez más importante en nuestras vidas y condensando en un solo dispositivo varios instrumentos de uso diario como relojes, agendas, cámaras fotográficas, etc. Debido a su portabilidad y fácil uso los podemos usar en diferentes ámbitos, la calle, los medios de transporte, el trabajo, en la cama, etc. Aprender un idioma requiere de mucho esfuerzo, tiempo y dedicación, afortunadamente hay numerosas aplicaciones que van a facilitar este proceso, así podemos aprender inglés, alemán, etc. cómodamente en el bus, metro, sofá, jardín, piscina, etc. He aquí una selección de las más usadas para el aprendizaje de idiomas, la mayoría de ellas ofrecen cursos gratis a cambio de recibir publicidad y más servicios a cambio de pagar una cuota Premium. Nowadays the mobile electronic devices such as smartphones, tablets...
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