UK and US English

Although English in the UK and the US is very similar, there are a lot of differences in vocabulary, spelling, grammar and pronunciation.

Vocabulary
Many common words for items we see or use every day are different in UK and US English.
The words on the left are UK English. Match each one with a US from the list on the right.
1. Aubergine a. elevator
2. Wardrobe b. truck
3. Lift c. windshield
4. Windscreen d. eggplant
5. Queue e. closet
6. Lorry f. line

Spelling
1. Look at these pairs of words. Which is the UK spelling and which is the US spelling?
1. labour/labor
2. centre/center
3. offence/offense
4. color/colour
5. metre/meter
6. traveler/traveller

Pronunciation
in some dictionaries, words which are pronounced very differently in UK and US English have both pronunciations shown at the word
1. Which of these words have different pronunciations in UK and US English?
1. peach
2. schedule
3. colour
4. ballet
5. zebra
6. bicycle

Reference: Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

English Vocabulary

It is difficult to learn new vocabulary, harder to store or retain them in your mind and even harder to recall them and use them.

There are certainly many ways and techniques to help you improve your learning and acquisition of vocabulary. A way that I think is useful is through learning words in groups according to topics and keeping a small dictionary to build upon. teachers can train their students to keep such mini dictionaries and to revise them regularly.

Examples:
Colours: red, blue, green, yellow, brown, black, grey, white, purple, pink, orange, navy blue, lime green, beige, maroon, khaki etc.
You can have the words along with the illustrating colours.

Sports: football, soccer, rugby, golf, basketball, baseball, tennis, volleyball, cycling, swimming, mountaineering, diving, rally driving, skiing, boxing, ice hockey, snowboarding, ice skating, skateboarding, rollerblading, horse riding, etc.
Here you can have pictures or photos for each picture to show what it means.

Family: grandfather, grandmother, father, mother, uncle, aunt, father-in-law, mother-in-law, cousin, sister-in-law, brother, sister, husband, brother-in-law, niece, nephew, son, daughter, granddaughter, grandson.
Here you could have a family tree or the meaning in your mother tongue.

You can make groups of vocabulary for lots of topics like food, fruit, vegetables, body parts, computer parts, car parts,what's in an office, what's in the kitchen, what's in the bedroom, what's in the living room, cloths, classroom , animals, insects, flowers, quantities, to name but few.

Tongue Twisters

A nice and funny way to learn sounds is through tongue twisters. What is a tongue

twister?

A tongue-twister is a phrase that is designed to be difficult to articulate properly.

Tongue-twisters may rely on similar but distinct phonemes (e.g., s and sh ), unfamiliar constructs in loanwords, or other features of a language. the challenge is

to say the tongue twister mistake free as quick as possible.

A big black bug bit a big black bear,made the big black bear bleed blood.

The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

Betty Botter had some butter,"But," she said, "this butter's bitter.If I bake this bitter butter,it would make my batter bitter.But a bit of better butter--that would make my batter better."So she bought a bit of butter,better than her bitter butter,and she baked it in her batter,and the batter was not bitter.So 'twas better Betty Botterbought a bit of better butter.

She sells sea shells by the sea shore.The shells she sells are surely seashells.So if she sells shells on the seashore,I'm sure she sells seashore shells.

"Surely Sylvia swims!" shrieked Sammy, surprised."Someone should show Sylvia some strokes so she shall not sink."

A flea and a fly flew up in a flue.Said the flea, "Let us fly!"Said the fly, "Let us flee!"So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

Mr. See owned a saw.And Mr. Soar owned a seesaw.Now See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw before Soar saw See,Which made Soar sore.Had Soar seen See's sawBefore See sawed Soar's seesaw,See's saw would not have sawedSoar's seesaw.So See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw.But it was sad to see Soar so soreJust because See's saw sawedSoar's seesaw!

How much wood would a woodchuck chuckif a woodchuck could chuck wood?He would chuck, he would, as much as he could,and chuck as much wood as a woodchuck wouldif a woodchuck could chuck wood.

A tree toad loved a she-toadWho lived up in a tree.He was a two-toed tree toadBut a three-toed toad was she.The two-toed tree toad tried to winThe three-toed she-toad's heart,For the two-toed tree toad loved the groundThat the three-toed tree toad trod.But the two-toed tree toad tried in vain.He couldn't please her whim.From her tree toad bowerWith her three-toed powerThe she-toad vetoed him.

You've no need to light a night-lightOn a light night like tonight,For a night-light's light's a slight light,And tonight's a night that's light.When a night's light, like tonight's light,It is really not quite rightTo light night-lights with their slight lightsOn a light night like tonight.

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You can check the WWW for more tongue twisters either for yourself or for your students if you are a teacher.

Wise Sayings ( English-Arabic)

Every successful person has a painful story. كل انسان ناجح لديه قصة حزينة.
Every painful story has a successful ending. و كل قصة مؤلمة لها نهاية ناجحة.
Accept the pain and get ready for success. تقبل الألم و استعد للنجاح.

Never compare yourself to others. لا تقارن نفسك بالآخرين.
You might be underestimating yourself. فقد تقلل من قدر نفسك.

No-one makes a lock without a key. لا أحد يصنع قفل بدون مفتاح.
Similarly, problems have solutions. في المقابل كل مشكلة لها حل.

We can not change the past. لا نستطيع تغير الماضي.
But anyone can start now and create a successful ending. لكن نستطيع تغير الحاضر لغد أفضل.

Changing the face can change nothing but facing the change can change everything. تغير الصعاب قد لا يغير شئ و لكن مواجهة الصعاب قد تغير كل شئ.

If a problem can be solved no need to worry. إذا كان لمشكلة ما حل لا داعي للقلق.
If a problem can not be solved what's the use of worrying. إذا لك يكن هناك حل للمشكلة فلا داعي للقلق.

Girls find your name and its meaning in English. Well, it's 72 names only, so don't be upset if you can't find your name. I hope you can add more names and their meaning

Abeer
عبير
Fragrance, aroma

2
Ahlam
أحلام
Dreams
Plural
3
Amani
اماني
Wishes
Plural
4
Ameera
اميرة
Princess

5
Amina
أمينة
Trustee

6
Ahed
عهد
Reign or time

7
Aysha
عائشة
Alive

8
Anhar
انهار
Rivers
Plural
9
Amal
أمل
Hope

10
Asma
أسماء
Names
Plural
11
Anwar
أنوار
Lights
Plural
12
Afrah
أفراح
Happiness (s)
Plural
13
Ashwaq
أشواق
Longing, yearning, craving
Plural
14
Bayan
بيان
Communiqué or report

15
Basma
بسمة
Smile

16
Dalal
دلال
Coquetry

17
Dua
دعاء
Prayer

18
Dunia
دنيا
Life

19
Eman
ايمان
Faith

20
Ebtisam
ابتسام
Smile

21
Faiza
فايزة
Winner

22
Faridah
فريدة
Unique

23
Ghazal
غزال
A Dear

24
Huda
هدى
Right way, right path

25
Hadeel
هديل
Cooing

26
Hanan
حنان
Sympathy, compassion,

27
Haneen
حنين
Longing, yearning, pining

28
Hidaiah
هداية
Preaching

29
Jinan
جنان
Heaven paradise

30
Janah
جنة
Heaven paradise

31
Janat
جنات
Heavens paradises
Plural
32
Jamila
جميلة
Pretty, beautiful

33
Jawahir
جواهر
Jewels

34
Khalidah
خالدة
Immortal

35
khulood
خلود
Immortality

36
Khalsa
خالصة
Pure, immaculate

37
Luluah
لولوة
Pearl

38
Maha
مها
An Oryx

39
Manar
منار
landmark

40
Maimonah
ميمونة
Auspicious, prosperous

41
Methaq
ميثاق
Covenant , compact, convention

42
Muneerah
منيرة
Lights

43
Nada
ندى
Dew

44
Narjes
نرجس
Narcissus, daffodil

45
Nawal
نوال
Grant, kindness

46
Naemah
ناعمة
Soft

47
Noor
نور
Light, brightness, bloom, illumination

48
Najwa
نجوى
Secret conversation, confidential talk

50
Nabila
نبيلة
Honorable

51
Raja
رجاء
Expectation, hope, request

52
Saeeda
سعيدة
Happy

53
Sawsan
سوسن
Wild iris

54
Sana
سناء
Lightning

55
Shadha
شذى
Scent, aroma

56
Sharifa
شريفة
Honorable, upright

57
Sheikha
شيخة
Head, chief, chieftain

58
Salima
سليمة
Good

59
Saleha
صالحة
Good, valid

60
Shurooq
شروق
Sunrise

61
Shahad
شهد
Honey

62
Shooq
شوق
Yearning, longing

63
Tahra
طاهرة
Virtuous

64
Taibah
طيبة
Delicious, savory, tasty, flavorful

65
Wafa
وفاء
Faithfulness, fidelity, fealty

67
Waheedah
وحيدة
Alone

68
Warda
وردة
Rose flower

69
Waed
وعد
Promise

70
Yasmin
ياسمين
Jasmine

71
Zahrah
زهرة
Rose

72
Zakia
زكية
Innocent, redolent

English SMSs

First of all SMS means: Short Message Service

Here I've got some SMSs that you could send to your friends and family

Some of them are funny, some are naughty, disturbing or whatever you call them. Anyways

read, sms and add your own

Someday u may lose ur hair, lose ur teeth, ur money and even lose ur mind,But one thing u will never lose

ur good looks,.....

coz u can never lose what u don't have

Every thing about you is Perfect Your lips Your skin Your eyes Your body

You are lucky to be born GooD LooKing

Not LiKe me ..

Born to be Big LIAR

I'm a killer, i kill people for money, but you are my friend

I KILL YOU FOR FREE !!

When I was a kid, my mom told me that angels live in heaven...Now I know that it is not true...Because if angels live in heaven,......

WHY I AM HERE?

God saw u hungry, so he created rice,

Saw u thirsty created water,

Saw u in the dark, created light

& when he saw u without a cute friend... E7em!

He created ME

WHeN oNe Door Of HAppiNess CLoses aNoTher Opens,

But oFTeN wE LoOK So LoNG At THe CLoSed DooR

THaT we Do Not SeE ThE oNe WhiCH HaS oPeNed

Living on earth is very expensive, but it does include a free trip around the sun every year

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet

Enough trials to make you strong

Enough sorrow to keep you human

and Enough hope to make you happy

you should do 2 things when you wake up in the morning

Pray to God so you can live.

Have shower so others can live!

Hey friend remember that without stupidity there can be no wisdom

& without ugliness there can be no beauty…

so the world needs YOU after all!

U Must B Tired Coz U Have Been Running Thru My Mind,

U Must B A Good Thief Coz U Have Stolen My Heart

I Must B A Bad Shooter Coz I Keep Missing u ;** &

True friends are like morning ,

u cant have them the whole day,

but u can be sure they will be there

when u wake up tomorrow,.next week,next year forever

Always draw a circle around the ones you love

never draw a heart because hearts can be broken

but circles are never ending

Flowers need sunshine,

violets need dew,

all people in world know that I need u.