Maven-5 Synergy

19/08/2023

https://africa.teachingenglish.org.uk/classroom/grammar/phrasal-verbs-2

Introduce the concept of sustainable development goals and create awareness about the importance of phrasal verbs in communication.

11/07/2023

https://africa.teachingenglish.org.uk/classroom/activities/metaphors

Try this classroom activity to get learners to practise metaphors.

29/03/2021

VACATE vs VACATION

Know the difference.

*Vacation is a noun and vacate is a verb*.

*Vacation* is to spend or take a holiday/break while _vacate_ is to move out of a dwelling, either by choice or by eviction.

29/03/2021

*ENGLISH GRAMMAR*
(Course code: ENG 102)

It’s that time of the year again when schools go on vacation, families plan family trips and the words ‘*VACATE*’ and ‘*VACATION*’ fill the air.

I was booking space for my kids’ training for this holiday and the chap at the other end of the line went:
“Don’t worry madam, just let them come when they vacate...”

And in my mind, I was like 😳 vacate ke?

Such expressions are not new in our environment:

“When the children vacate, we will have some time to rest.”

“Please, when are the teachers vacating?”

“My children’s school vacated last week.”

But do you know that the word ‘vacate’ has no place in the expressions above just like it has nothing to do with vacation. Shocked? Here goes:

*Vacation is a noun and vacate is a verb*.

*Vacation* is to spend or take a holiday/break while _vacate_ is to move out of a dwelling, either by choice or by eviction.

So when you say you want to vacate, you’re actually saying that you want to leave a place and when you say your pupils are vacating, you’re saying that they’re probably moving or are being sent out of their class.

You see why despite our big grammar and speaking through our noses, we’re still sometimes unintelligible to English native speakers?

How then do we say the above?

“When the children go on vacation, we will have some time to rest.”

“My children’s school went on vacation last week.”

So now, are we vacating this week or going on vacation?

Courtesy: Maven5Synergy

21/03/2021

21/03/2021

Degree in English Language or Linguistics, good knowledge of the subject with at least two years teaching experience.

*Application deadline*: 31st March, 2021.

04/02/2018

It seems so simple,and yet...

15/01/2018

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12/01/2018

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08/01/2018

Looking for inspiring poems? Check out this book.

08/01/2018

Our next MSBC 2018 (Maven5 Spelling Bee Competition) comes up this February. Watch out!