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Biology Frenzy

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Are you mad for Biology or do you feel like exploring this field? Here is a list of relevant links to study, play and learn Biology.

A science website for kids from the American Museum of Natural History.

Biochemistry quiz     (you can change the settings and select study-cards, learn, speller etc or even modify the type of quiz questions)

Biology vocabulary quiz  at cram.com

Biology vocabulary quiz at proprofs.com
Play Quiz: The Amazing World of Biology! now!

The Biology Project is an interactive online resource for learning biology, developed at The University of Arizona.

Biology games at reviewgamezone.com

Free Biology worksheets at en.islcollective.com

Get The Basics Of Figurative Language

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Just Outside the Box Cartoons by Marti is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

Based on a work atwww.justoutsidetheboxcartoon.com.

Come on! Don’t be a couch potato! Before exclaiming: “I’m done with figurative language!” take some time to STUDY the following resources. Then check yourself. I’m sure you will find it a piece of cake in the end!

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Simple Opinion Essay Plan and Useful Links

From “Which make better pets, cats or dogs?” to “Truth: Is it absolute or relative?” the list of opinion essay topics can be infinite. An opinion essay is a type of formal essay where the writer expresses their personal viewpoint on a particular topic.

The essay can be short or lengthy, depending upon the range of  ideas or the word limit according to a particular exam type. Whatever the case, follow the regular essay guidelines and stick to your topic. Be clear, support with examples, use connectors to smoothly link one point to the next, avoid repetition and always prepare a plan to follow. Here’s a simplified one for you:

OPINION ESSAY LAYOUT

Are you more of an audio-visual type? Watch the following video to clarify any points on how to write an opinion essay.

Examples of Opinion Essays
writefix.com   Essays listed by topic and category
Guidelines and exercises
Prompts and food for thought
Finally, the following chart from myeverydayinenglish.blogspot.com.br briefly presents some common connectors to use in your essay. 

Historic Or Historical?

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A few times these past days I was asked about the difference between the words “historic” and “historical”. Although these adjectives are close in meaning, their usage is different. In a few words, every past event is historical, but what stands out is historic:

“historic” 

very important, very influential in relation to history, e.g. the historic first flight, a historic battle (of major importance)

“historical”

existing in the past (not necessarily important), or concerning the past, e.g. historical times (period in history when written records began to be kept), a historical film

Check the following sentences:

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  • Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriett Beecher Stowe is considered a historic novel because it changed the views of slavery and still reminds us of the effects of slavery and cruelty.
  • I enjoy reading historical novels and books about war and warriors.

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  • He likes collecting historical photographs. His albums contain some historic ones like the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945.

As our national holiday is approaching (there are two relevant references about the historic events here and here), it is such an appropriate moment to satisfy this question with more references:

Definition at    dictionary.cambridge.org     oxforddictionaries.com    thefreedictionary.com

Examples and quiz at  grammar-monster.com

Tips and tricks at   quickanddirtytips.com

Now, would you like to play with some historical events, historic characters and sites?

Find the  Famous Historical Sites

Find the Historical People

 

What Is A Phrasal Verb?

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Phrasal verbs are an important part of the English language, because they are very common in spoken English and informal texts. Native speakers would probably say  “The concert was put off” rather than “The concert was postponed”, so make sure you learn as many of them as possible by practising them regularly. Remember that they should be avoided in formal writing. 

Still, what are phrasal verbs? What are they made up of? Is it easy for you to figure out their meaning? Do you often mix them up? If you have followed this introduction up to here, you definetely understand a few of them, since the highligted words are examples of phrasal verbs.

Get down to studying phrasal verbs with the following resources. You will find definition, syntax and types of phrasal verbs as well as a few quizes to practise them. 

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