The Wolves and the Sheepdogs is an English fairy tale for young learners and intermediate English learners from Aesop’s fables about naivete in a very didactic and informative story. You can practice listening comprehension and vocabulary in real context with the help of this story. Source of story: Gutenberg Project at www.gutenberg.org Watch this video on YouTube…
Ingenuous GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ɪnˈdʒen.ju.əs/ (adj) sincere and honest, trusting, artless, innocent, guileless, naive, unaffected, candid, showing childlike simplicity, straightforward, open, frank, gullible, innocuous, unsophisticated, innocent Sincere friendships with ingenuous friends take time to form and deepen. Here are some ways to nurture your friendship: Treat your friend as you would like them to treat…
The Fox and the Goat – An English fairy tale from Aesop’s Fables with a podcast or video and a list of English vocabulary and expressions to improve your listening, reading and vocabulary Source: Gutenberg Project at www.gutenberg.org Watch this video on YouTube The Fox and the Goat A fox one day fell into a…
Credulous GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈkred.jʊ.ləs/ (adj) easily deceived, easily fooled, too willing to believe everything that is said, naive, unsuspicious, trusting, imprudent, unsuspecting, unsophisticated, uncritical, innocent Young children have a well-deserved reputation for being credulous. From an adult perspective, many of the stories they believe are outrageous—that a machine can shrink a room or clone…
Belling the cat to learn English with fairy tales based on Aesop’s Fables with a podcast, list of new words and expressions for young English learners or beginners Belling the Cat is now in the public domain available on Gutenberg Project. Video of Belling the Cat Watch this video on YouTube Belling the Cat Long…
Gullible 1100 Words You Need Gullible 1100 Words You Need /ˈgʌl.ə.bļ/ (adj) Gullible definition easily fooled and deceived by others, duped, naive, too willing to believe what other people say, credulous, susceptible, innocent, trusting, accepting: Example One day, in downtown Victoria, I was being treated to the famed English afternoon tea served at the Empress…
Dupe 1100 Words You Need Dupe 1100 Words You Need /djuːp/ (noun & verb) Noun: a person who is easily deceived or tricked, victim of deceit or trickery, a naive or gullible person, sucker, mug, victim, target, fool Verb: to deceive or trick someone, persuade and cajole, fool, con, take in, play a trick on,…
Naive (adj) /naɪˈiːv/ Naive definition willing to trust people excessively – simple and trusting – unsophisticated and unable to analyze matters critically – inexperienced – gullible – credulous – childlike: Example That would be so naive to think that this simple plan could eradicate all of our problems. Antonyms suspicious, shrewd Parts of speech Noun:…