Chat and Text Acronyms - CUWTA

catch up with the acronyms!

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Tongue Twister - Billy Button

Bill Button bought a butter'd biscuit;
Did Billy Button buy a butter'd biscuit?
If Billy Button bought a butter'd biscuit,
Where's the butter'd biscuit Billy Button bought?

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Tongue Twister - Stella´s Sneakers

Someone sold Stella super stiped sneakers. Stella stood. Stella stepped. Stella slipped.

  “Shucks!” shrieked Stella. Sam’s silver stream shovel scooped Stella skyward.

Star-struck Stella sideswiped Shelly’s shiny space station. “Stay, Stella. Sip some sweet soda,” said Shelly.

  “Sure,” said Stella. Stella sipped. Stella stepped. Stella slipped. She slipped south. Sam’s steam shovel scooped Stella safely.

Sam soon aw Stella’s sign: Sale-Super Slippery Striped Sneakers

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Text and Chat Acronyms - BWL

bursting with laughter

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Tongue Twister - Sally at the Seashore

Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

She sells seashells on the seashell shore.
The seashells she sells are seashore shells,
Of that I'm sure.

She sells seashells by the seashore.
She hopes she will sell all her seashells soon.

If neither he sells seashells
Nor she sells seashells,
Who shall sell seashells?
Shall seashells be sold?

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Phrasal Verb - come across

1. While I was cleaning I came across a large wad of cash in your pocket.  Can you explain?
2. He is the most obnoxious man I have ever come across.
3. Whose keys are these?  I came across them in the bathroom.
4. I've never come across anything like this before!  Where did you get it?

So now you can work out the meaning of come across.
Is it ...

1. finding something / meeting someone by chance, or
2. going to a place to get something or meet someone?

That's right.  The correct answer is number 1.

Grammar for "come across"

"come across" is a inseparable phrasal verb.
This means that you can say...

• She came across your keys in the bathroom.
• She came across them in the bathroom.

But, you CANNOT say ...

• She came your keys across in the bathroom.
• She came them across in the bathroom.

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Chat and Text Acronyms - BI5

back in 5

(be back in 5 minutes)

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Tongue Twister - Peter Piper

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

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dressed to the nines

If someone is dressed to the nines then they are wearing very smart clothes.

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health

noun

• condition of the body or mind

good health / poor health

to have one's health / to lose one's health

(also, healthiness)

adjective

healthy / unhealthy

adverb

healthily

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Abbreviations and Acronyms - BBIAS

be back in a second

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Cambridge Exams for ESL Learners

From lowest level to highest level...

1. Cambridge English Starters (YLE starters) - school children aged 7-12
2. Cambridge English Movers (YLE movers) - school children aged 7-12
3. Cambridge English Flyers (YLE flyers) - school children aged 7-12
4. Cambridge English Key (KET) - basic level
5. Cambridge English Preliminary (PET) - intermediate level
6. Cambridge English First (FCE) - upper intermediate level
7. Cambridge English Advanced (CAE) - advanced level
8. Cambridge English Proficiency (CPE) - the most advanced exam

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perfidious

treacherous, deceitful,

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Grammar - Phrasal Verbs

There are different types of phrasal verbs,

1. transitive (separable)
2. transitive (inseparable)
3. intransitive (do not have an object.)

transitive - separable

• Put your shoes away, please.  Put them away.

transitive - inseparable

• There is a problem with the last inventory.  Management is looking into it.

intransitive

• The alarm went off at 6:30am.

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Chat and Text Acronyms - 10Q

thank you

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Roald Dahl - GOBBLEFUNK

Roald Dahl
WORLDS No. 1 STORYTELLER

Roald Dahl loved playing around with words and inventing new ones.  In The BFG he gave this strange language and even stranger name - Gobblefunk!

Here are some of the fabulous words that he invented with their definitions.

• BLABBERSNITCH:  a creature that lives at the bottom of the sea
• CRODSCOLLOP:  A mouth-watering flavour; for example, the taste of chocolate ice cream
• BUGGLES:  means completely crazy
• GOGGLER:  an eye
• OOMPA-LOOMPA:  A very small person.  A tribe of them work in Willy Wonka´s fantastic chocolate factory.
• HORNSWOGGLER:  A very dangerous creature.
• PHIZZ-WHIZZING:  Means brilliant or really good!
• SPLATCH-WINKLE: Splatch-winkling means rushing around; in a hurry
• RINGBELLER:  The BFG´s word for an amazingly excellent dream; the complete opposite of a nightmare
• SVOLLOP:  To svollop something means to destroy it.
• TIME-TWIDDLER:  A time-twiddler is very special.  Time-twiddlers are immortal; they live forever and ever.
• VERMICIOUS KNID:  Watch out!  These beasts are vicious killers who can fool you by changing shape.
• WHOOPSY-SPLUNKERS:  Used to describe something absolutely marvellous.

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Roald Dahl - Esio Trot

Roald Dahl
THE WORLD'S No. 1 STORYTELLER

Mr Hoppy really loves his neighbour Mrs Silver, and Mrs Silver really loves her tortoise, Alfie.  One day Mrs Silver asks Mr Hoppy how to make Alfie grow, and suddenlyMr Hoppy knows the way to win her heart.  With the help of a magical spell and some cabbage leaves, can Mr Hoppy be happy at last?

Also available as an audio book!
Aged 8 and up.

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Listening Exercises

Listening is a very important part of learning a new language.  Without listening skills you will be unable to communicate with others efficiently.  Here are some sites that will help you, with various different levels and activities involving listening. 

Cyber Listening Lab for ESL Learners

Breaking News English

English Radio and Newspaper Links

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