*This will be my final post of the school year.
Grammar ~ Tag Questions
The Music of English: Connected Speech
Vocabulary
GO THROUGH WITH/THE LAST (FINAL) STRAW
WOD: go through with ___________ or ___________ with something
1.
I didn’t have the nerve to go through with the elective surgery.
2.
Maria went through with her divorce even though it was difficult.
POD: the last (final)
straw the last ___________ a
person can ___________
1.
Your rude email to me is the last straw! I’m going to look for a
new job!
2.
My sister has always been unkind
towards me, but when she started being unkind to our mother it was the final straw.
MIX UP/WALK ON EGGSHELLS
WOD: mix up ___________ two people or
things
1.
People often mix up the identical twin sisters.
2.
I always mix up Rhode Island and New Hampshire on a map.
POD: walk on
eggshells to act in a
__________ manner
1.
Ever since I smashed my parents’
car, I've been walking on eggshells
with them.
2.
When my mother-in-law stays at
our house, I feel like I'm walking on
eggshells.