35 words which are both verbs and nouns

> A D D R E S S          

verb: to address - to write a name or address on an envelope or parcel           adresować
noun: address [c] - the number of the house, name of the road and town          adres

> A N S W E R
verb: to answer - to say, write or do something as a reaction to a question, letter, telephone call etc.          odpowiedzieć (na pytanie, na list); odebrać (telefon)          = to reply
noun: answer [c] - a reaction to a question, letter, telephone call, etc.          odpowiedź (na teście), rozwiązanie          = reply
                    
> B R U S H
verb: to brush - to clean something or make something smooth with a brush          szczotkować; czyścić
noun: brush [c] - an object with short pieces of stiff hair, plastic or wire fixed into a usually wooden or plastic base or handle, which is used for cleaning, tidying the hair or painting          szczotka; pędzel

homophones for the first time

What are homophones?
Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meaning and usually different spelling.
Here are some examples that appeared on our facebook page for our full week - in alphabetical order.

          AYE - EYE - I             
aye (adverb) another word for "yes" 

(noun) a vote or voter in support of a suggestion, idea, law, etc.

eye (noun) one of the two organs in your face, which you use to see with

               the evil eye - a magical power to injure or harm people by looking at them
               keep your eye in (AmE) - to continue to be good at a sport or other activity by practising it
I (pronoun) (used as the subject of a verb) the person speaking 

          BEAN - BEEN          
bean (noun) a seed, or the pod containing seeds, od various climbing plants, eaten as a vegetable

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names of the months

January is the first month of the year. January is named for Janus, the Roman god of doors and gates. Also, the word 'janitor', with the previous meaning of 'doorkeeper', comes from the name od two-faced Janus.

The names of February comes either from the Roman god Februus or else from 'februa', the festivals of purification celebrated in Rome every fifteenth of this month.

March is named after Mars, the Roman god of war. The connection is even easier to make in French, where March is simply 'Mars'.

April is named in honour of the ancient goddess of love, Aphrodite. Another theory is that the name could come from the Latin word 'aperire', meaning 'to open', referring to flowers opening in spring.

May is likely to have been named after the Roman goddess Maia, though there is a theory that May might have its name from the Latin 'Maiores', meaning 'Seniors'.

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day and night... night and day...

day    /deɪ/ noun [C]

     1. a period of 24 hours, especially from 12 o'clock one night to 12 o'clock the next night

                    Warning: choose the correct preposition!
                        To talk about when something happened or will happen, don't say 'in/at this/that day', say 'on this/that day':
                                                 I will always remember where I was in that day.
                                                 I will always remember where I was on that day.

     2. used to refer to the period in 24 hours when it is naturally light
                    a bright, sunny day

night    /naɪt/ noun [C] DARK PERIOD     
     the part of every 24-hour period when it is dark because there is very little light from the sun 

The Present Continuous Tense

     To describe what is happening at the moment we are talking (in other words, now this minute) we use the present continuous.

To make the present continuous positive we ude the verb 'to be' (am, are, is) and the verb root with the suffix -ing. 
          I am reading a book.
          He is playing football.
          We are watching TV. 

The Simple Present Tense

     Verbs have forms called tenses that tell you when the action happens. The simple present tense expresses an action in the present taking place one, never or several times. It is also used for action that takes place one after another actions that are set by a timeable or schedule. The simple present also expresses facts in the present. 


To make the present simple positive we use the personal pronoun (I, you, we, they) followed by the verb root. 
          I play tennis every Saturday. 
          We learn English every day.

To make the negative, we put do and not before the main verb. the short form of this is don't.
          I do not (don't) play football.
          We do not (don't) learn German.

To make a question, we put the helping verb Do at the beginning of the sentence. in short answers we do not repeat the main verb. 
          Do you play tennis every Sunday?     No, I don't.
          Do they learn English every day?     Yes, they do.
          

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