Well, it is Friday! The weekend is here!
This week we talked about how to meet and make friends with people, so I thought it would be great to set up an activity for you all to do this weekend.
One of my friends has shared some of the things he has learned from native English speakers during his time in England. You can read it here:
http://www.askjohnenglish.com/learn/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=118
ACTIVITY:
1. Read what he learnt. He has some great things to share! I am sure you may learn something new from his experience.
2. Add your own. Tell us one thing (or more!) that you learnt about English from a native speaker!
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One thing that I remember at this moment, when I was in the U.S., it is about the introduction questions, the usual it is: How are you? – I am fine.
But they also ask you more often: How is it going? Have you been?, How do you do? or What’s up?
And you response: I’m doing good, or just good.
They also say: I am pretty good, and they use “pretty” in many similar cases, like: That is pretty much true, or I am pretty sure.
Yes the word ‘pretty’ is used a bit like ‘very’ without sounding so strong…
EG:
1)It is hot (hot)
2)It is pretty hot (hotter)
3)It is very hot (hottest)
there are many other words which can be used to emphasise
the meaning of adjectives,adverbs,for instance:
mentioned pretty
fairly
quite
rather
So it was quite interesting chat we had here but it’s rather late and i’ve got to cram for yesterday’s exam.
Yes Pete, that is right!
Hope your exam went well!