Texting abbreviations

TBH: To be honest
IKR: I know, right?
IDEK: I don't even know.
SMH: Shaking my head
Dope: Another term for "cool," so no need to freak out!
GOAT: Greatest of all time
Dime: A term to describe a beautiful girl
No chill: When a person did something "uncool" or "irritating"
143: I love you
CMB: Call me back
CUNS: See you in school
F2F: Face to face
FTW: For the win
HMU: Hit me up
KWIM: Know what I mean?
WYCM: Will you call me?

Internet abbreviations

Abbreviations are short forms of words or phrases. Abbreviations are often used in chatrooms because they are easy to type and they save time. They are also used for texting or direct/instant messaging. Many people also use abbreviations on social media sites. Here are some common abbreviations. Some are shown here in capitals (for example: AFK), but they can also be in small letters (for example: afk).

English Passive Voice. Rules and Examples.

In the passive voice, the noun that would be the object of an active sentence appears as the subject of a sentence with passive voice, so, the action described by the verb is being done to the subject by an agent.

Examples:

1. John read the book in one week. (active)

    The book was read by John in one week. (passive)

2. Mike buys a car. (active)

    A car is bought by Mike. (passive)

Linking words and phrases

Silent letters

Today we’re going to give you a longer list and focus on groups of words that have the same silent letter.

Silent letters 

/t/
listen – escuchar
soften – ablandarse, suaveizarse
whistle – silbar (chiflar in Mexico)
fasten – atar, abrochar
Christmas – Navidad
castle – castillo

/k/
knife – cuchillo
knee – rodilla
knowledge – conocimiento
knit – tejer, hacer punto
knob – pomo, picaporte (a knob of butter)
know – conocer, saber
knot – nudo

/p/

receipt – recibo
pseudonym – seudónimo
psychic – psíquico/a
psychology – psicología
psychiatry – psiquiatría
pneumatic – neumático

/b/
climb – subir, ascender, escalar
debt – deuda
subtle – sutil
comb – peinilla, peine, peineta
numb – entumecido/a, adormecido, insensible
dumb – tonto/a, estúpido/a
doubt – dudar, duda
womb – útero
lamb – cordero
tomb – tumba, sepulcro

/h/
hour – hora
hourly – una vez por hora
honest – honesto/a
heir / heiress – heredero / heredera
honour – honor
honourable – honorable (dishonourable)

/e/
site – lugar, sitio
language – idioma
ride – manejar, montar
note – nota
care – preocuparse 
curve – curva

/t/
gourmet – de alta cocina
debut – debut

/ed/
stopped – detenido
kissed – besado
helped – ayudado
travelled – viajó

…and now it’s your turn to practise your English. 

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