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In this episode: Adjectives, adverbs, verbs and nouns, proverbs
Listener Feedback: David from Mexico has left us a voice message and asks about adjectives, adverbs, verbs and nouns
We answered who and whom in Episode 72 

Whoever / whomever – It doesn’t matter who. “I will give my clothes to whoever needs them.”

“Whosoever” is old fashioned and not used very often, especially in spoken English. “Whosoever” is used in formal English, like in the bible, for example:
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life.” – John 3:16

Adjectives, adverbs, verbs and nouns

NOUN – Reza drank his coffee (‘coffee’ is a noun)

VERB – Reza drank his coffee (‘drank’ is the verb)

ADVERB – Reza drank his coffee slowly (‘slowly’ is the adverb – slowly, quickly, noisily, beautifully etc)

ADJECTIVE – Reza drank his hot coffee slowly (‘hot’ is the adjective. An adjective describes the noun – strong, weak, expensive coffee etc)

sly – astuto, taimado/a (a sly fox)
David used the example HELP – verb and noun. What’s the adjective? ‘helpful’ / ‘unhelpful’ / ‘helpless’ – and the adverb? ‘helpfully’
Study them in a table:

NOUN  |  VERB |  ADJECTIVE  |  ADVERB

economy  |  economize  |  economical/economic  |  economically

analysis  |  analyse  |  analytical   |  analytically

apology  |  apologise  |  apologetic  |  apologetically

There is a table and exercises about this in our MansionFirst cd for the First Certificate exam

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PROVERBS – What is a proverb? – A simple and concrete saying, popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or the practical experience of humanity.
Proverbs are often metaphorical (metaphor – metáfora).

“A stitch in time saves nine.” – If  you sort out a problem immediately it may save extra work later.

“Two wrongs don’t make a right.”
When someone has done something bad to you, trying to get revenge will only make things worse.

“When in Rome, do as the Romans.”
Act the way that the people around you are acting. Have your dinner at 9pm in Spain. Drink lots of tea in the UK.

“When the going gets tough, the tough get going.”
Tweet This! Strong people don’t give up when they come across challenges. They just work harder.

“No man is an island.”
Tweet This! You can’t live completely independently. Everyone needs help from other people.

“Two heads are better than one.”
It’s better to work with someone than to work alone.

“Too many cooks spoil the broth.”
Too many people together could produce a bad result.

…and now it’s your turn to practise your English. We want you to send us a proverb. Send us a voice message and try to use as many words in their different forms.

inglespodcast.com – speakpipe or Send us an email to [email protected] or [email protected]. What’s your favourite proverb?

On next week’s episode: More proverbs and gym vocabulary

The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called ‘See You Later’