Long Vowel Silent "e" Pattern

    Good afternoon! Week starts and I´m back to continue telling you my experience. Today corresponded a particular lesson about long vowel silent "e" pattern. A silent letter e at the end of a word often signals a specific pronunciation of the preceding vowel letter, as in the difference between "rid" /ˈrɪd/ and "ride" /ˈraɪd. I mean, when silent e occurs at the end of an English word, it converts a vowel to its "long" equivalent, which means that it makes a vowel say its "name", except u, which has two long sounds, instead of one.
     These are the words discussed in the lesson and also dthe sentences that I wrote in Sentence Writing Practice:
                                               

    
     1.These pencil are yellow.
     2. This toy is mine and the rest are yours.
     3. I was late to the meeting.
     4. I save the wounded bird.
     5. We can not ride bike beacause it´s raining.
     6. The police sealed off the crime zone.
     7. The clown made a joke to children.
     8. Powder makes my nose itch. 
     9. Puppy is very cute.
     10. Lowder the volumen if you´re going to use the player.






Hundreds of English words end with a silent e, so  I´m going to give you a list of some I could find; i hope you find it useful and with this I say goodbye until tomorrow.

• Love
• Dove
• Above
• Cove
• Give
• Gave
• Cave
• Knave
• Jove
• Stove
• Brave
• Dave
• Drove
• Mauve
• Mace
• Maze
• Lace
• Grace
• Pace
• Wove
• Drive
• Hate
• Bate
• Date
• Fate
• Grate
• Gate
• Mate
• Nate
• Kate
• Late
• Bite
• Skate
• Cute
• Flute
• Mute
• Ripe
• Pipe
• Tripe
• Stripe
• Type
• Gripe
• Hype
• Die
• Pie
• Tape
• Gape
• Nape
• Spoke
• Wrote
• Note
• Zygote
• Page
• Gauge
• Cage
• Lime
• Time
• Mime
• Dime
• Wine
• Pine
• Turpentine
• Frame
• Game
• Name
• Tame
• Same
• Came
• Dame
• Fame
• Crane
• Cake
• Bake
• Take
• Make
• Lake
• Plane
• Mane
• Dane
• Scene
• Come
• Came
• Crime
• Fare
• Bare
• Mare
• Stare
• Claire
• Rose
• Nose
• Doze
• Wise
• Loose
• Lose
• Grease
• Shoe
• Toe
• Slate
• Mete
• Gripe
• Code
• Abode
• Rune
• Cane
• Pane
• Hope
• Pope
• State
• Spite
• Trite
• Kite
• Mite
• Late
• Extreme
• Note
• Calculate
• Reserve
• Preserve
• Curve
• Conceive
• Perceive
• Receive
• Expense
• Hence
• Peace
• Abase
• Fleece
• Niece
• Abide
• Above
• Abuse
• Acute
• Adore
• Angle
• Anime
• Bible
• Biome
• Blade
• Blame
• Blare
• Bride
• Cause
• Case
• Grave
• Choke
• Chore
• Chose
• Close
• Clothe
• Evoke
• Fluke
• Flume
• Frame
• Goose
• Grove
• Orate
• Pause
• Pike
• Rite
• Courage
• Please
• Squeeze
• Tease
• Ate
• Ride
• Rode
• Slate
• Robe
• Hope
• Cube
• Jute
• Code
• Mode
• Mope
• Dude
• Wine
• Whine
• Dine
• Handle
• Age
• Moose
• Goose

Vivid Verbs

    Hi blogger friends! I had a great experience today, the lesson was about "vivid verbs". Then I looked for information  related to the topic and concluded that "vivid verbs" refer to highly descriptive words that convey meaning or action in a much stronger way. For example, sauntering describes the process of walking more vividly. Walking just refers to the process of physically moving at a walking pace. Sauntering describes a slower, more relaxed stroll. Using a vivid verb in speech or writing provides a much stronger description than using a generic or frequently used verb. Here are some examples of ways to make common verbs more vivid: 

walk= stroll, saunter, meander
make= fashion, build
run= gallop, race, speed 

 In Spellingcity. com there is a very interesting list of vivid verbs which are widely used:

1.I splashed my dad with water from the hose.

2.The worm wiggled its way back to the hole.

3.I dashed home quickly because I was late.

4.She sipped the hot tea with tiny tastes.

5.Heat melted the candy bar into warm sludge.

6.The pig snorted loudly through his snout.

7.They cuddled and held each other closely.

8.The snake hissed at its prey.

9.The children giggled at the clown´s antics.

                                                                         

10.I got on my kness and begged for more cake.

    I am sure this is interesting for those who are learning English, so I wanted to share it with you and also I will leave you this link if you want to expand your list of vivid verbs. Here and also here. Bye!

New Knowledge

   Hi guys! It´s me again. I completed Lesson 4 and 5 this morning. The first was very intructive because it helped me to practice Math words that are frequently used in my classroom. I even made a new word, sort, which means "ordenar" in Spanish.

   Also , in this lesson, was a very funny educational activity; I mean World-O-Rama, where the words of the lesson were associated with its definition and context.

   Lesson 5 was interesting. It was about homophones, words that are phonetically similar but with differences in their writing and meaning.
   Also I learned two new words: hole (agujero) and whole (todo). That´s why I looked for a list of homophones words that are widely used in English.

           ate(comió)-eight(ocho)                                                     be(ser/estar)-bee(abeja)
           blew(sopló)-blue(azul)                                                      brake(freno)-break(rotura)
           buy(comprar)-by(por)                                                      dye(tinte)- die(morir)
           fair(feria)- fire(fuego)                                                        heal(sanar)-heel(tacón)
           hear(escuchar)-here(aquí)                                                knew(sabía)-new(nuevo)
           mail(correo)-male(masculino)                                           peace(paz)-piece(pieza)
           pray(orar)-prey(presa)                                                      reel(carrete)-real(real)
           sail(vela)-sale(venta)                                                         sea(mar)-see(ver)
           stair(escalera)-stare(mirar)                                                steal(robar)-steel(acero)
           waist(cintura)-waste(residuos)                                           week(semana)-weak(débil)

I hope you find it useful. So, see you tomorrow!!!!!

Sentence Writing Practice

   Hey you! How are you today? I´m very happy because I´m here for the second time.

  A while ago, I was checking my login on Spellingcity.com and I realized I had not done some activities. Then I said, let´s work! Something amazing happened: with each activity, I remembered new words more easily. And to complete the daily lesson I answered a test which I enjoyed, because it proved my knowledge: Sentence Writing Practice. I had to write sentences with the words of Spelling TeachMe section; it was very nice and funny.

   Here, I leave you the list of sentences that I wrote:

-My plan is to go to the movie to night.

-I´m going to take a bath.

-The book is on the shelf.

-I sleep in my bed.

-I buy a pig.

-An igloo is a house of snow blocks.

-There is a fox in the woods.

-The wall clock is very old.

-Do not crush the tomatoes!

I hope to get a good score! It´s very nice to see this, right?

My first day!

Hello everybody! I have begun to improve my English skills through VocabularySpellingCity.com.     I´m so excited because I know I´m going to learn many new things every day. My goal is to expand my English vocabulary and communicate fluently in English.  In fact, I learned three words yesterday:

fox.: el zorro(substantive); fingir(pretend, fake, act, simulate); confundir(confuse, mistake, mix, mix up, obscure); disimular(hide, conceal, cover, dissimulate, dissemble, pretend); dejar perplejo de(nonplus).

bug.: el error(mistake, fault, wrong, fallacy); el bicho(insect, small animal, bedbug, thumbtack); el microbio(microbe, germ); la sabandija(vermin, louse, blackfly); la molestia(hassle, trouble, bother); fastidiar(annoy, tease, bother, nag, hassle).

shelf.: el estante(rack, bookcase, wrack, prop, piece of furniture with shelves); la repisa(ledge, bracket); la parrilla(grill, grate , broiler); la tabla(table, plank, board, chart, panel); el arrecife(reef); el saliente cortante(jag, setoff); el graderio(bleachers, terraces).

 This is my experience and I will tell it to you.