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Language School Gives Spanish Students the Experience of a Lifetime
May 24th
For the past several years, the Spanish Government had offered study abroad scholarships, but to the disappointment of many young Spanish students, the Ministry of Education announced that there would be no scholarships granted this year. Kaplan International, a leading provider of English language courses and study abroad programs, wanted to bring back the excitement and motivation that those scholarships had given to students, so the school decided to step in with an innovated competition and award Béca-ME scholarships to five Spanish competition winners who impressed judges and Facebook fans with their aspirational essays.
The winners will soon start to learn English with Kaplan all over the world after demonstrating in their essays that they deserved the chance to travel abroad and learn English. The Béca-ME competition attracted more than 1,000 entrants, and offered 5 tuition and accommodation scholarships in Kaplan locations in the USA, Canada, the UK and Ireland, and Australia and New Zealand. Competition entrants were asked to write an essay entitled “The Experience of a Lifetime” explaining how they would fulfill their dreams and ambitions if they were given the chance to study abroad.
Raquel Martinez, Head of Spain for Kaplan International, said that Kaplan wanted to “bring back the excitement and motivation that those scholarships had given to students year after year. It has been a very emotional experience for all of us reading the essays full of dreams and aspirations. Students have fantastic values in Spain.” They wrote heartwarming essays about a variety of topics from the lack of opportunities caused by the economic crisis, to gaining new life skills. What a wonderful and charitable thing Kaplan has done.
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English Grammar Lesson: All Some Most Vs All Of Some Of Most Of
May 22nd
I cooked all of the food!
Hi everyone! I want to start today’s English Lesson with a question. Can you find the problem with this sentence?
- Most of Americans like pizza.
Did you find it? Well, if not, don’t worry. You’re not alone. A lot of people get confused when they try to use words like all, some, most, many, little, & few. Today I am going to teach you how to use these words.
You can use all, some, most, many, little, & few + noun. The noun should be a plural countable noun or an uncountable noun. Of course, we use many and few only with a countable noun and little only with an uncountable noun:
- All whales live in the sea.
- Some people like to play sports.
- Most cars run on gasoline.
- These days many factories are trying to operate cleanly.
- Very few people are skilled enough to win a chess game against a computer.
You can use all of, some of, most of, many of, little of, & few of + [determiner] + noun. The determiner is usually an article (a, an, or the) or a pronoun. You CAN’T USE all of, some of, most of, many of, little of, & few of + noun WITHOUT a determiner. This is where a lot of people make a mistake, so please be careful:
- All of my friends like pizza. Not, All of friends~
- Some of the people in my office like to play sports. Not, Some of people~
- Most of those cars are for sale. Not, Most of cars~
- These days many of the factories in Brooklyn have become apartment buildings.
- Very few of the people in my office can speak three languages.
So please try to remember these two patterns:
- All, some, most, many, little, & few + noun: All basketballs are round.
- All of, some of, most of, many of, little of, & few of + [determiner] + noun: All of the basketballs in this store are on sale.
Now it’s your turn to try. How about trying to write an original sentence using with and one of the patterns I just explained above. Use the comment box below!
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Happy English Grammar Lesson: Go To vs Go For
May 20th
Happy likes to go for a walk on the beach
Hi Everyone! Today is another beautiful, sunny day in NYC. I think I will go for a walk after work. That reminds me. The other day, someone asked me about how to use to and for with go, so today, I am going to show you how the grammar is and how we use it.
We use go to + place:
- Yesterday I went to the park with my dog.
- After work I may go to the library.
- Jack went to London last week.
For more details on when to use go + to + place or just go + place (like go home) check out my Using Go and To Lesson
We also use go + to + verb to show the purpose for going to a certain place:
- Yesterday I went to play the park with my dog.
- After work I may go to study at the library.
- Jack went to meet his customers in London last week.
Of course you can use both of the above ideas in one sentence:
- Yesterday I went to the park to play with my dog.
- After work I may go to the library to study.
- Jack went to London to meet his customers last week.
We also use go + for + noun to show the purpose for going to a certain place:
- I am going for a haircut after work.
- I always go for coffee in the morning.
- Jack went to Macy’s for a new suit
It is also possible to use go + for + gerund [VerbING] to show the purpose for going to a certain place. However, using go + to + verb or go + for + noun is more common:
- ABC Seaside Bar is a nice place to go for drinking.
- ABC Seaside Bar is a nice place to go for a drink.
- ABC Seaside Bar is a nice place to go to have a drink.
Well, there you have it! I hope you found this English lesson useful. How about trying to write an original sentence using with and one of the patterns I just explained. Use the comment box below!
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