IELTS MINA

Verbs ending in -EN 1️⃣:

If you know the adjective, you know the verb!

💥ADJECTIVE / VERB
straight ➡️STRAIGHTEN -
flat ➡️FLATTEN -
wide ➡️WIDEN -
soft➡️SOFTEN -
hard➡️HARDEN -
tight➡️TIGHTEN -
loose➡️LOOSEN -


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The past perfect is not necessary in 'before' and 'after' sentences involving the simple past.

👇👇👇👇👇

👍 After I brushed my teeth, I went to bed.
👍After I had brushed my teeth, I went to bed.

👍I brushed my teeth before I went to bed.
👍 I had brushed my teeth before I went to bed.


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✅Answer:

Affectionate
Courageous
Resourceful
Easy-going
Stubborn
Charming
Fun-loving
Cynical



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Can you 'decipher' the 8 personality adjectives?💥

1. /əˈfekʃənət/
2. /kəˈreɪdʒəs/
3. /rɪˈzɔːsfl/
4. /ˌiːziˈgəʊɪŋ/
5. /ˈstʌbən/
6. /ˈtʃɑːmɪŋ/
7. /ˈfʌnˌlʌvɪŋ/
8. /ˈsɪnɪkl/


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*Some popular Grammatical Blunders. Every one has made at least two times*:
*Not too late to learn*😊

1. You're taking it personal (wrong)❌
You're taking it personally (correct)✅
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2. He is matured (wrong)❌
He is mature (correct)✅
He has matured (correct)✅
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3. The reason is because (wrong)❌
The reason is that (correct)⁦✅
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4. Night vigil (wrong)❌
Vigil (correct)✅
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5. Traveling bag (wrong)❌
Travel Bag (correct)✅
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6. As at when due (wrong)❌
As and when due (correct)✅
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7. Be rest assured (wrong)❌
Rest assured (correct)✅
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8. I'm hearing you (wrong)❌
I can hear you (correct)✅
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9. My names are (wrong)❌
My name is (correct)✅
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10. All manners of (wrong)❌
All manner of (correct)✅
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11. She delivered a baby boy (wrong)❌
She was delivered of a baby boy (correct)✅
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12. Lacking behind❌
Lagging behind (correct)✅
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13. Crack your brain (wrong)❌
Rack your brain (correct)✅
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14. Return it back (wrong)❌
Return it (correct)✅
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15. Ghana comprises of 10 regions (wrong)❌
Ghana comprises 10 regions (correct)✅
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Ghana is comprised of 10 regions (correct)✅
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16. Wake keeping (wrong)❌
Wake keep (wrong)❌
Wake (correct)✅
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17. Exercise patience (wrong)❌
Be patient (correct)✅
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18. Barbing saloon (wrong)❌
Barber shop (correct)✅
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19. I forgot my phone at home (wrong)❌
I left my phone at home (correct)✅
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20. Borrow me your pen (wrong)❌
Lend me your pen (correct)✅
May I borrow your pen (correct)✅
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21. More grease to your elbow (wrong)❌
More power to your elbow (correct)✅
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22. Funny enough, I've never liked him (wrong)❌
Funnily enough, I've never liked him (correct)✅
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23. My body is scratching me (wrong)❌
My body itches (correct)✅
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24. Letterhead paper (wrong)❌
Letterhead (correct)✅
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25. I'm not your mate (wrong)❌
We're not mates (correct)✅
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26. You're mannerless (wrong)❌
You're ill-mannered (correct)✅
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27. Horn at the car in front (wrong)❌
Honk at the car in front (correct)✅
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28. Happy birthday in arrears (wrong)❌
Happy belated birthday (wrong)❌
Belated happy birthday (correct)✅
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29. I will sleep at 10pm (wrong)❌
I will go to bed at 10pm (correct)✅
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30. Just when I thought I have seen it all (wrong)❌
Just when I thought I had seen it all (correct)✅
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31. First come, First serve (wrong)❌
First come, First served (correct)✅
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32. I have a running nose (wrong)❌
I have a runny nose (correct)✅
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33. Working Experience (wrong)❌
Work Experience (correct)✅

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⭕️She is cradling her baby⭕️

🔹Cradle🔹
در آغوش گرفتن، با دقت نگه داشتن
If you cradle someone or somthing in your arms or
 hands, you hold them carefully and gently.

➡️ I cradled her in my arms. [VERB noun + in] 

➡️He was sitting at the big table cradling a large bowl of milky coffee. [VERB noun] no

✔️
Synonyms: hold, support, rock, nurse  

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📌IELTS Speaking Vocabulary - FRIENDS

♦️close friend: a very good friend.
♦️enjoy each other's company: to like spending time with each other.
♦️fair-weather friend: someone who is your friend only when you are cheerful and successful.
♦️friends are like second family: that is to say your friends love you and make you feel comfortable.
♦️get in touch with somebody: to contact somebody.
♦️near and dear to someone: very important to someone.
♦️shoulder to cry on: someone who is always ready to listen to your problems.
♦️to be through thick and thin: to have some good times and difficult times together.
♦️to be well-matched: to be similar to somebody in interests.
♦️to break up: to end a relationship.
♦️to drift apart: to become less close to someone.
♦️to fall for someone (to fall in love with someone): to start loving somebody.
♦️to fall out with: to quarrel, to have a conflict.
♦️to get on like a house on fire: people get on like a house on fire when they like each other's company and become friends very

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Mother-in-LAWS → ❌

MOTHERS-in-law → ✔

Editor-in-CHIEFS → ❌

EDITORS-in-chief → ✔

Passerbys → ❌

Passersby → ✔

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GROUPS OF ANIMALS

pride of 🦁lions
flight of 🐦birds
team of 🐂oxen
herd of 🐄cattle
school of 🐟fish
colony of 🐜ants
swarm of 🐝bees
pack of 🐺wolves
litter of 🐕puppies
murder of 🐦crows
troop of 🐒monkeys


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She replied to my tweet. → ✔ 👩‍💻💬

She replied, “My tweet.” → ✔

She replied my tweet. → ❌. (ಠ_ಠ)

She answered my tweet. → ✔

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✔these days ✔currently ✔nowadays ✔now = repeatedly between the recent past and the present (focus on the present)

🤢👎🏽 These days (Currently/Nowadays/Now) I jogged.

🥰 These days (Currently/Nowadays/Now) I have been jogging.

🥰 These days (Currently/Nowadays/Now) I jog.


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_*USEFUL VOCABULARY ♥ WORDS FOR ALL COMPARATIVE EXAM*_ *(20.04.2020)*

1. *DESPERATE نا امید (ADJECTIVE):*
*despairing*
_Synonyms_: hopeless, anguished

_Antonyms_: cheerful, composed
*Example Sentence:*
A desperate sadness enveloped him.

2. *DISASTROUS مصیبت‌بار (ADJECTIVE):*
*catastrophic*
_Synonyms_: calamitous, devastating
_Antonyms_: fortunate
*Example Sentence:*
A disastrous fire swept through the museum.

3. *VIOLATE تخطی کردن (VERB):* *contravene*
_Synonyms_: breach, infringe
_Antonyms_: comply with
*Example Sentence:*
They violated the terms of a
ceasefire.

4. *COMPREHENSE (ADJECTIVE):* کامل*inclusive*
_Synonyms_: complete, thorough
_Antonyms_: partial
*Example Sentence:*
He has a comprehensive collection of photographs

5. *UNEQUIVOCAL (ADJECTIVE):*صریح *unambiguous*
_Synonyms_: unmistakable, indisputable
_Antonyms_: vague, ambiguous
*Example Sentence:*
Nevertheless the text of the
Washington Agreement was not unequivocal.

6. *COLLAPSE (NOUN):*ریزش *subside*
_Synonyms_: cave in, fall in
_Antonyms_:hold up
*Example Sentence:*
The roof collapsed on top of me.

7. *COMPLIANCE پذیرش (NOUN):* *acquiescence*
_Synonyms_: agreement, assent
_Antonyms_: defiance
*Example Sentence:*
Compliance was shown with
government views shown by the commission.

8. *APPALLINGهولناک (ADJECTIVE): dreadful*
_Synonyms_: awful, terrible
_Antonyms_: admirable, excellent
*Example Sentence:*
His conduct was appalling

9. *RIOT (VERB): آشوب به پا کردن rampage*
_Synonyms_: fight, run riot
_Antonyms_: pacify
*Example Sentence:*
Students rioted in Paris.

10. *CONFORMپیروی کردن از (VERB): obey*
_Synonyms_: observe, follow
_Antonyms_: flout
*Example Sentence:*
The kitchen does not conform to
hygiene regulations.

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VERB + gerund (-ing)

◽️keep
◽️enjoy
◽️suggest
◽️imagine
◽️can't help
◽️don't mind

Example:
◾️I can't keep doing this.

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