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…
Ingenue 601 Words You Need to Know to Pass Your Exam in real context with synonyms, antonyms and illustrations for GRE & SAT candidates and advanced learners of English to practice reading comprehension and expand your vocabulary /ˈǣn.ʒeɪ.nuː/ (noun) Definition a young and innocent woman who is naive, trusting, unsophisticated and inexperienced particularly as played…
The Swallow and the Crow – An English fairy tale with a podcast or video, a list of related vocabulary and expressions and some exercises Source of story: Gutenberg Project at www.gutenberg.org Watch this video on YouTube The Swallow and the Crow The swallow and the crow had a contention about their plumage. The crow put…
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…
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…
The Dog and the Shadow The Dog and the Shadow – learn English with fairy tales from Aesop’s fables with a podcast, list of useful words and phrases, illustrated flashcards and text-to-speech, ideal for young learners and beginners. Watch this video on YouTube A DOG, crossing a bridge over a stream with a piece of…
Callow 1100 Words You Need Week 45 Day 4 Callow 1100 Words You Need Week 45 Day 4 /ˈkæl.əʊ/ (adj) awkward and clumsy, inexperienced, like a bull in a china shop, fledgling, all thumbs, amateur, immature, juvenile, adolescent, naïve, green, raw, unworldly, unsophisticated, wet behind the ears, youthful How to get experience if no one…
Artless 1100 Words You Need Week 42 Day 3 Artless 1100 Words You Need Week 42 Day 3 /ˈɑːt.ləs/ (adj) simple and honest, without guile or pretension, ingenuous, naïve, innocent, candid, childlike, guileless, sincere, natural, unsophisticated In David McDuff’s 1993 version we read: ‘The greater the stupidity, the greater the clarity. Stupidity is brief and…
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…