So / Such

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Such and so can be used for emphasis. For example, 'You're such a goose!' means 'You're very much like a goose!' or 'It's so quiet' means 'It's very quiet'.
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Practice with suffixes

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Noun suffixes

Noun suffixes
Click here to learn some suffixes to make nouns
-ness (nouns from adjectives)
 -ity (nouns from adjectives)

-tion / -sion (nouns from verbs)
-ment (nouns from verbs and adjectives)
-ment is another suffix that is used to make nouns from verbs and occasionally from adjectives
-ance / -ence (nouns from adjectives and verbs)
-ship (abstract nouns denoting different kinds of relationships)
- hood (abstract nouns denoting different kinds of 'families')

Suffixes 2

-er, -or, -ian, -ent, -ant: a person who does something

-ist: a person who specialises in an activity or area of study, or who is a member of a group with particular beliefs

-ee: a person who has something done to him or her

-hood: a state that is closely associated with a period of time

-ology: a subject (often academic) of study

-ion: a state or activity

-age: a state or process

-ce   important - importance,   patient - patience ,violent - violence
-y difficult - difficulty ,modest - modesty ,honest - honesty

Admirable Athletes

Listen as a group of people talk about which professional athletes they admire most.

Halloween

After listening to this British Council podcast about Halloween

for each of the questions decide if they are true or false.

1. Halloween is liked by many people.

2. The Celts celebrated Samhain at the end of the autumn.

3. The Church thought pagan feasts were holy days.

4. Only poor people play "treat or trick".

5. Witches are a modern invention.

6. Jack O'Lantern was another name for the devil.

7. Animals that live at night are popular symbols.

http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-podcasts-themes-halloween.htm

Guy Fawkes' Night

November 5th is Guy Fawkes' Night and it will be celebrated by people across the UK.
Guy Fawke's failed attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament, King James I and the entire English government. Luckily, the plot failed but why do we continue to celebrate such a violent event 400 years after the actual attempt?
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Obesity epidemic

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