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Summer 2021 (July)

Conversation classes: maximum 3 participants, 45 minute duration, once a week. Intensive courses: maximum 6 participants, 2 hour duration, twice a week.

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Grammar

Verb & adverb suffixes

Verb suffixes: -en:                      widen, strengthen, lengthen -ate:                     communicate, irritate, complicate -ify:                      intensify, magnify, beautify -is(z)e:                  realise, economise, recognise Adverb suffixes: -ly:                       easily, slowly, quickly -ward(s):             

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Climate change

Easter 2021

Amidst the darkness of the pandemic and the looming destruction of climate change, there is still hope. These are the words of the English poet,

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Grammar

Adjective suffixes

-ish:                     Spanish, childish, foolish -ous:                    spontaneous, curious, envious -al:                       regional, universal, ancestral -ful:                      wonderful, helpful, useful -ic:                       scientific, terrific, athletic -(a, i)ble:              impossible, comfortable, flexible

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Grammar

Noun suffixes

I am starting a new series on suffixes. Here are some common suffixes for nouns: -ness:                   kindness, selfishness, fitness -ee:                       employee, trainee, payee -hood:                  neighbourhood,

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