Grammar corner 1. The use of thus: “All animals thus infected exhibited the same disease symptoms” “Samples from the animal in which disease thus occurs must contain the same organism that was present in the original diseased human.” Use the adverb thus in place of words like therefore or so when you want to sound proper. Use thus interchangeably with words like consequently, ergo, hence, and just like that. For example, if you want to sound fancy you could say no one showed up for water aerobics, thus the class was cancelled. It had to be thus. Thus is also, rarely, a noun that means a good-smelling gum resin from trees that we don't really use anymore. Exercise: thus means : A. merely B. therefore C. first D. wholly (Answer: Therefore) Definitions of thus 1. adverb (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result “it is late and thus we must go” synonyms: hence, so, thence, therefore 2. adverb in the way indicated “set up the pieces thus” synonyms: so, thusly 3. noun an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation

Currently there is a trend towards the use of alternative forms of medicine. however, at best these methods are innefective and at worst they may be dangerous. To what extend do you agree with this statement? 100-150 words

Today we are starting our last grammar unit: reporting what other people say. we will be explaining it from the very beginning and we will study all 16 reporting verbs. Hope you enjoy it

Dont's - No podemos utilizar pronombres en las introducciones. El examinador no sabrá a qué os referís a menos que lo hayáis mencionado antes - la opinión debe quedar clara al principio y al final del examen. El objetivo del desarrollo es convencer. - sustituye "I think" por "as far as I am concned" - "very" es el intensificador de los vagos. Si "very big"= "huge", deberías usar este último (adjetivo extremo) - es importante que selecciones con cuidado las palabras qu escribes. La redacción solo es de 100-150. Intenta demostrar todo lo que sabes - es fundamental que revises el true/false. Debes tener bien las dos preguntas porque te juegas muchos puntos -si en la pregunta 3 te piden un adjetivo con preposición, el sinónimo que buscas en el texto debe incluir también la preposición. - cuida la gramática. No es posible hacer un buen examen escribiendo "me se cae". Te aconsejo que empieces una hoja de "errores gramatcales que cometo" y otra de "words I mispell" - haz la redacción semanal que propongo en clase . Practice until you can't get it wrong ¿-Estás estudiando tus tres palabras de vocabulario al día?See u in class

After our last exam, I'd like you to work on the following 1. Create your own synonym dictionary 2. Make sure you have a checklist in mind for editing your writing 3. Try to keep up-to-date with current affairs to improve the content of your writings 4. Write as many timed compositions as possible. 5. Keep practising See u in class

LESSON 2 refers to TOO/ENOUGH/SO/SUCH , modal verbs (review) , purpose clauses and contains useful expressions and vocabulary. Don't forget to study the summary of the unit at https://coggle.it/diagram/ZAYLmZQtDmLlLhiJ/t/- and do the exercises. Happy learning!