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Idiom of the day:

"In a flash" = suddenly, quickly

Example sentences:
When my son fell and broke his leg, the ambulance came to my house in a flash.

I ordered my food and the lady brought it to me in a flash.

If you are using an indefinite article ( “a” or “an”), you have to decide which one to choose based on the sound of the word after.

“a” is used with consonant sounds and “an” is used with vowel sounds.

Examples:
“a”
I bought a bike.
I have a yogurt.
Tony bought a used car.
They built a university near my house.
(A word beginning in “u” sometimes sounds like it begins with “y” which is a consonant sound, therefore you will need to use “a” instead of “an”.

“an”
I have an idea.
I have an ugly sister.

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1) Conk out - to fall asleep

Example:
After my son played on his bike for 5 hours, he came home and conked out on the sofa.

2) Ask out - To ask someone to go on a date with you.

Example:
Billy asked out that girl and she said yes, so they are going to the movies this Friday.

Position of Adjectives

Unlike Adverbs, which often seem capable of popping up almost anywhere in a sentence, adjectives nearly always appear immediately before the noun or noun phrase that they modify. Sometimes they appear in a string of adjectives, and when they do, they appear in a set order according to category. (See Below.) When indefinite pronouns — such as something, someone, anybody — are modified by an adjective, the adjective comes after the pronoun:

Anyone capable of doing something horrible to someone nice should be punished.
Something wicked this way comes.

The results to the poll are:

Fill in the sentence with the correct phrasal verb.

I missed 5 days of school and now I am _________ ___________ in my classes.

falling from 14% (7 votes)

falling out 24% (12 votes)

falling behind 43% (22 votes)

falling in 8% (4 votes)

falling away 12% (6 votes)

The correct answer is:
falling behind

Thank you for participating in our poll.

The verb "to be" can be a little tricky in English. Here is the simple present tense for each pronoun.

I - I am
You - You are
He/She/It - He is/She is/It is
We - We are
They - They are

Often times you will see contractions with this verb. We use an apostrophe to show a contraction. This symbol: ' .

I - I'm
You - You're
He/She/It - He's/She's/It's
We - We're
They - They're

In some phrases that we say in English, word order is very important. Some phrases are so common that the word order simply cannot be changed. These phrases just have to be memorized.

Two examples of this are:

Red, white and blue.
(These are the colors of the American flag. We cannot say blue, white and red or red, blue and white. The order simply must always stay the same.)

He was soaked from head to toe.
(We cannot say toe to head. It just sounds wrong.)

Memorize these examples and you will know the word order of some important phrases.