To be taken with a pinch of salt

 

Nowadays, everything is to be taken with a pinch of salt. If you listen to the listening exercise below (6 Minute English). There are so many fake news going around that you don't really know what the truth is.

 

Anyway, something is for sure: Can you tell me the peculiarity of the word 'doubt' regarding its way to pronounce?

 

"We wouldn't have probably had so many cases of fake news and doubts if Internet hadn't been invented". Here we have an Impossible or Unreal conditional based on two past facts that cannot be changed. 

 

Activities for my students in 3º ESO: Impossible or Unreal conditionals ( 1, 2 ) + Conditional sentences (mixed).

 

Would it have been possible if it hadn't been Nadal?

 Times when Rafa Nadal Refused To Lose  1   2 

 

 

 Here's my musical tribute to our eternal tennis: Thank you by Pentatonix. Here's a version with the lyrics for you to really understand the message! 

 

 

Road towards success in the new PAU (Selectivity exam).....

 

REPHRASING (Brand new material for new PAU exam 2025)

 

11. He made an effort to speak in English.   He tried

12. I spent my holidays in France .   ?

13. This is the man. His job is very dangerous.    This is

14. The engineer has repaired my television.    I’ve

15. She gave up going to French lessons.    She stopped

16. I regretted having hit the dog on the head.    I wish

17. I’m not as good at English as you are.    You

18. The policeman knew where the thief was hidden.   ?

19. I regretted having hit the dog on the head.    I wish

20. The children stayed at home because it was raining.    As

 

Solution to the exercises in the previous post

 

 

Rephrasing

1. She has been drinking too much alcohol for two years.

2. If I had a computer, I would be able to type the essay on English grammar.

3. Although she had been vaccinated, she caught flu.

4. The policeman said that they would arrest them for illegal entry in the country.

5. The pieces of the broken toy were glued by the teacher.

6. I may finish work earlier than usual today.

7. This is where we last had coffee together.

8. I wish I could speak German fluently.

9. His parents got angry with him because he hadn’t behaved himself.

10. The instructions must be read first.

Here are some activities for you to do:

• Real Easy English:   Talking about FUTURE PLANS  (BBC Learning English)
  

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  Learning English from the News: South Korea's martial law crisis  (BBC Learning English)

• Ask BBC Learning English: How to use prefer, would rather and prefer  (BBC Learning English)

• A listening exercise for you to do:   Can you trust ancestry DNA kits?  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

   

   

 

 

Quizz: Complete the expression (BBC Learning English)

 

 

 

"All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl"

Learn English with  Dua Lipa

 

 

 

Note: 'taken by a pinch of salt' means you doubt something is completely true. And the peculiarity about the word 'doubt', phonetically speaking, is that the 't' is silent.