Memoirs of a Geisha – the film adaptation

EDITOR’S INTRO

Hi, and welcome to another issue of Learn

Grammar fun

Present Perfect & Present Perfect Continuous

STRESS SHIFT

This month we are going to be looking at stress  patterns within words. In particular, we are going to be looking at some of the differences in stress between nouns and verbs. OK, let’s get started

RELATIVE CLAUSES WITH “WHO”, “WHOM” AND“WHOSE”

Hello, everybody. Last month we looked at some more aspects of relative clauses, and how we can omit the pronoun in some cases. In this grammar focus we are going to look at relative clauses with “who”, “whom” and “whose”

Are you Romantic?

Do you know how to make someone feel special and loved? Or are you a more down-to-earth type of person? Do our quiz and find out whether you are romantic or not. (Answers on page 44.)

LESSONS I’VE LEARNT

What lessons have you learnt from life? During a recent experiment at the Delaware Institute of Psychology, 3,000 men and women over the age of 55 were asked to write down ten things they’d learnt from life. Here are some of their responses. Do you agree with any of them?

FUNNY PRODUCT LABELS

Our mini-series on funny signs from English-speaking countries

Story Time

In this section you can hear native English speakers telling each other jokes

Crank Calls

Here are some more crank calls - those funny telephone calls that are designed to wind people up. Have fun listening to these two. (Answers on page 44.)

BUSINESS DIALOGUES

Listen to this dialogue and learn lots of useful business vocabulary and expressions

HOW TO USE BODY LANGUAGE IN INTERVIEWS!

When was the last time you went to an

17 TIPS ON HOW TO USE BODY LANGUAGE IN INTERVIEWS!

Here are some really useful things you need to know about body language in interviews

Geisha

All about a Japanese tradition

Trivia Matching

Exercise See if you can do this matching

Weird Trivia

This is another part in our mini-series on strange facts. Whoever thought the world was so spectacular?

CROSSWORD

ANSWERS ON PAGE 44 Across 6: To

RATS IDIOMS

This month we are looking at some rat idioms

WORDSEARCH

See if you can identify the word below. Then, try to find the word in the Wordsearch. Good luck!

VOCABULARY THE GYM

Learn some useful words and expressions to use at the gym

TYPICAL DIALOGUES THE GYM

Listen to this dialogue and learn lots of useful vocabulary and expressions. The answers are on page 44

STRANGE BUT TRUE

True stories from around the world that are hard to believe!

British bar chat

British Bar Chat – Swearing This month two

Dictionary of slang

Here we’ve got some examples of how to say things in different situations

Fluency Practice

Here are five quick activities for you to improve your pronunciation and fluency. Answer the questions as quickly as possible, and try not to think too much. Later, you can check your answers. (Answers on page 44.)

BOSSES PAY

Listen to this interview and learn lots of useful business vocabulary and expressions

PHRASALVERBS TO PLAY

The verb “to play” has many different uses. However, we generally use this verb in reference to sports or games. For example, “We played football last night.” Now let’s see some phrasal verbs with the verb “to play”

FOOD – ODDS AND SODS

HP Sauce – this is a brown, spicy

Cars

Answers

ROMANTIC QUIZ Mostly “a” = You are truly