Monday, December 24, 2012

Words that often confused


Air:                            atmosphere
E’er:                          Ever
Ere:                           before
Heir:                          one who inherits.
Ascent:                      a situation, sleeping place.
Birth:                        a coming in to life
Complement:            full number
Compliment:            a polite expression of praise
Council:                    consulting body
Counsel:                   advice
Deprecate:                to express disapproval
Depreciate:               to diminish in value or be little
Draft:                        detachment of men
Draught:                   drink.
Eligible:                    fit to be chosen, suitable.
Illegible:                    unreadable.
Eruption:                  a braking forth, as sale of goods.
Fair:                          lovely, a gathering for sale of goods.
Fare:                         food.
Gait:                          manner of walking.
Gate:                         a large door.
Liar:                          one who tells lies.
Lyre:                         a musical instrument.
Mean:                        poor, low, also equally removed from two extremes.
Mien:                         manner, look, bearing.
Precedent:                 an example for the future.
President:                 head of society.
Choir:                       a body of singer
Coir:                         coconut fiber
Reek:                         to care to heed.
Wreck:                      the loss of a ship
Rite:                          a solemn ceremony
Right:                        correct, proper
Write:                       to inscribe
Wright:                     a maker, a workman, as shipwright.
Stationary:                not removing
Stationery                 writhing materials
Treaties:                   formal agreement
Treatise:                   formal literary composition.
Weather:                  atmosphere composition
Wither:                     wilting
Whether:                  which of the two

The small vocabulary of words might help you to recapitulate the forgotten vocabulary. 

Words expressing the cries of various animals



Asses - Bray
Bears - Growls
Bees – Hum
Beetle – Drone
Birds – Sing/twitter
Bulls (oxen) – Bellow
Camels – Grunt
Cats – Mew, purr
Cattle – low
Cocks – Crow
Cows – low, Moo
Crows – Caw
Dogs – Yelp, Bark
Frogs – Croaks
Doves – Coo
Elephant – Trumpet
Flies – Buzz
Geese – Cackle, Hiss
Goats – Bleat
Hawks – Scream
Hens – cackle, cluck
Horses – Neigh, Snooze
Jackals – Howls
Larks – Sing
Lions – Roar
Mice – Squeak
Monkeys – chatter, gibber
Owls – Hoot, Screech
Ravens – Croak.
Nightingales – Sing
Parrots – Talks
Pigeons – Coo
Pigs – Grunt, squeak
Puppies – yelp
Rooks – Caw
Snakes – Hiss
Sheep – Bleat
Vultures - Scream
Sparrow – Chirp, twitter
Squirrels – Squeak
Swallows – twitter
Swans – cry
Thrushes – Whistle
Tigers – roar, growl
Turkey – gobble
Wolves – Howl

The collection of words above may help especially teacher colleagues to share this tiny exercise to enrich the vocabulary of students. 

Sunday, December 9, 2012


Tips of an Interview
There isn’t anyone who doesn’t like to get into the job either in the private or public organizations. But what is the most essential step for getting into a job in an interview in this highly competitive world. I feel interview is more of a marketing strategy rather than just question answer round.  When a sales guy approaches a prospect one tries to put all his punch in a first meeting to convert the prospect into a client. Same way I feel that the job seeker should think like marketing guy when one appears for the interview. One must know the art of selling oneself to the company. A candidate must know how to sell his ideas and skills.
But most of the time, candidate appears for the interview without proper preparation which results in bad impression along with the rejection of his candidature and meets with failures in getting a job.
Interview is not something you should be afraid of, instead it’s a fun if you know how to tackle it. Few points you should keep in mind before appearing for the interview are:
1.      Know about Job profile and responsibilities,
2.      Must have sound knowledge about the particular company and its services,
3.      Relax, smile and be polite,
4.      Listen carefully to the questions asked and Answer questions as directly as possible,
5.      Make Positive statements,
6.      Show examples if that fits the job and question,
7.      Ask yourself, why you are better than others for the job you are appearing for,
8.      Provide accurate information on your qualifications and interests,
9.      Interview the interviewer (Ask Questions but be polite)
10.  Thank the interviewer before you leave the room,
11.  Dress up not less and not more too,
12.  Carry a pen and a notebook,
13.  Report to the interview venue at least 10-15 minutes ahead,
14.  Discuss among the friends on the relevant topics likely to be asked in the interview,

Hope these tips will help to those of the families and friends to get into the job in the near future. Likewise there may be many more so please don’t hesitate to add more tips if you feel it’s appropriate when you leave the comment. 

Monday, December 3, 2012

Exercise to enrich Students' Vocabulary



  Words showing collection:

An army of soldier
A band of musicians
A bevy of girls
A board of directors
A board of chickens
A budget of news, letters
A bunch of grapes, fruits and keys.
A bundle of sticks
A caravan of merchants, pilgrims, travellers.
A century of years, sonnets, invention, runs
A chain of mountains
A class of students, persons
A cloud of locusts
A clump of trees
A code of laws
A company soldier, merchants
A congress of deligates, representative
A consignment of goods
A course of lectures
A crew of soldier
A team of horses, oxen, cricketers
A troop of school children
A crowd of people
A constellation of stars
A curriculum of studies
A drove of cattle
A faggot of sticks
A fleet of ships
A flight of birds, stairs, steps.
A flock of sheep, geese
A gang of prisoners, robbers, thieves, convicts, workman
A garland of flowers
A group of figures (in a picture), Islands
A herd of cattle, deer, goats, elephants
A hives of bees
A league of states, powers
A library of books
A litter of pigs, pups
A pack of hounds, playing cards
A peal of bell
A series of events
A sheaf of corn, arrows
A shock of hair, corn
A shower of arrows
A stag of hay, wood
A suit of clothes




Note: I took little pain in finding out the exercise above considering that the vocabulary exercise above might help you to teach your students to enrich their vocabulary. 


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