UNIT 11 I believe

believe

bɪˈliːv/

verb

verb: believe; 3rd person present: believes; past tense: believed; past participle:believed; gerund or present participle: believing

1. 1.

   accept that (something) is true

   "the superintendent believed Lancaster's story"

   • accept the statement of (someone) as true.

     "he didn't believe her"
   • have religious faith.

     "there are those on the fringes of the Church who do not really believe"
   • feel sure that (someone) is capable of doing something.

     "I wouldn't have believed it of Lavinia—what an extraordinary woman!"
2. 2.

   hold (something) as an opinion; think.

   "I believe we've already met"

   synonyms:

   think, be of the opinion that, think it likely that, have an idea that,imagine, feel, have a feeling, hold, maintain, suspect, suppose,assume, presume, conjecture, surmise, postulate that, theorize that,conclude, come to the conclusion that, deduce; More

   antonyms:

   doubt

I believe I canspeak English very well
I believe I can learn new words
I believe I can help you
I believe I can look after my grand daughter
I believe I can be happy / live happily
I believe I can have good friends
I believe I can ride a horse
I believe I can play the guitar
I believe I can make great wooden things
(I believe he can ...) 

I believe I can make a rocking horse
I believe I can learn English very well
I believe I can have a wonderful holiday this year
I believe I can find a good movie on TV ;)
I believe I can run in the mornings
I believe I can make a great chocolate cake!
I believe I can play tennis (every week!)
I believe I can decorate my flat!
With God's help, I'm going to do it!
...so God help me 

HW 5 sentences
I can't ______ very well, but I believe I can ____
e.g. I can't speak English well, but I believe I can understand it.

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UNIT 11 - Bonus - The Internet

UNIT 11 - Everyday English - What's the matter?

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UNIT11 - What you CAN/CAN'T do in Easter?

Easter in Slovakia

UNIT 11 CAN/CAN'T

 

 

UNIT 10 - We had a good time!

HW - How was your last holiday?

Who did you go with, where and what did you do there?

UNIT 10 - What did you do last weekend?

What did you do over the weekend?

• made my bed 
• cleaned up the cottage and let some fresh air in
• I studied medical flowers in a celtic culture workshop 
• planted seeds of flowers/vegatables in the lawn/garden 
• I was mowing the lawn 
• I raked the leaves 
• I had cottage cheese, pancakes and cocoa for breakfast
• tried on a wedding dress
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• I went shopping for groceries / shoes
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• I had a shower
• I had grandchildren over (they were over at my house) - we went to an amusement park/playground . There were sandpits (pieskoviská), swings (hojdačky) and slides (šmýkalky) see-saws 
• visited (we went from Stupava through the forest) a bio farm with lots of animals (horses, sheep and lambs, rabbits, cats, chicken (rooster, hens), pigs, goat kids, donkeys, wild boars, goose, cows, turkeys, ducks...) 
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• went to a restaurant which offers Slovak meals: poppy-seed noodles, sheep cheese noodles and a goulash
• watched a tv show with young people answering questions on World War I. - it was an interesting competition (súťaž) with smart kids!
• cooked lunch in the garden
• I did the same thing on Saturday on Sunday
• I went to Záhorie by bus - spring flowered everywhere and horses grazed on the pastures
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• I saw fish (carp, catfish..) and swans!
• went to a shopping centre and bought some comfortable shoes
• celebrated 
• the liberation (freeing) of Ivanka near Danube

Last weekend I had a great time! :) It was fantastic!

I am looking forward to the next Weekend!

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