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With nostalgia and tender joy we hope next Christmas we will not give away our hearts so easily ;D

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Which words are homophones?

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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 ...
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Modal Auxiliary Verbs

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                                        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...
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How to improve my listening skills? Cómo mejorar mis capacidades de escucha en lengua extranjera

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  It is essential to be able to understand what is said orally in any language in order to assimilate it, learn words, gramatical structures and be able to communicate. Listening attentively every production in any foreign language can make anyone learn it in order to communicate which is the ultimate objective of any foreign language speaker. Es esencial ser capaz de entender lo que se dice oralmente en cualquier lengua para aprender, asimilar, aprender palabras y estructuras gramaticales y ser capaz de comunicarse. Escuchar atentamente cualquier producción oral puede hacer aprender la lengua para comunicarse que es el principal objetivo. Thus when grammar books and language courses were not available or did not exist any learner would pay attention to any conversation, songs, speeches in the street or the mass media such as the radio, TV or the internet to learn the language and achieve its communicative goal. For example Spanish workers in Germany during the sixties of the pas...
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