Anagrams

Do you like playing with words?
Try to solve these anagrams!
Example: ARE // a part of the head - EAR

1. TOOLS // a seat without a back or arms 
2. MILES // an expression which means that you are pleased 
3. MEAT // a group of players in a competitive game 
4. READ // a person you esteem 
5. DEEPS // velocity 
6. LEADER // a player who gives cards in a game 
7. LISTEN // not making any noise 
8. MASTER // a small, narrow river 
9. TAVERNS // a person that serves others 
10. ADMIRER // not single  

Idioms related to Shopping

Thank God, Christmas is coming!
That means summer, vacation, beach... but before all that, shopping!
Have you shopped for any Christmas presents yet?
Well, to help your English learning, here are some idioms related to shopping:

shop around	If you shop around, you visit a number of shops selling similar articles in order to compare the prices.You can usually save money by shopping around.
shop till you drop	If you shop till you drop, you go shopping for a very long time, until you are exhausted.In Brazil, people usually shop till they drop the day before Christmas.
shopping spree	If you go on a shopping spree, you enjoy a lively outing, usually with much spending of money.Many Brazilias go on a shopping spree as soon as they get their thirteenth salary.
shopping therapy	This term refers to the idea that buying things can make you feel better.A little shopping therapy can usually cheer up some women.
window shopping	When people go window shopping, they look at things in shop windows, without actually purchasing anything.I haven't been paid yet, so I can only go window shopping.

Funny Sentences!

1. I’ll buy you 11 Roses; 10 real and 1 fake. And I’ll love you until the last rose dies.
2. I am a nobody. Nobody is perfect. Therefore, I am perfect.
3. I stepped on a cornflake, and now I am a cereal killer.
4. Isn’t having a smoking section in a restaurant like having a peeing section in a swimming pool?
5. Future depends on your dreams. So go to sleep.
6. You all laugh because I’m different – I laugh because you’re all the same.
7. Children in backseats cause accidents. Accidents in backseats cause children.
8. Smile, it makes people wonder what you are thinking.
9. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted and then used against you.
10. Behind every successful man, there is a woman. And behind every unsuccessful man, there are two or more.

FUN FACTS!

 Match two parts of the sentences to get logical and true statements.

1. An average chocolate bar

2.   It’s impossible to

3.   The youngest pope was

4.   A snail can sleep for

5.   A polar bear’s skin is

6.   A crocodile can’t

7.   “Typewriter”

8.   Starfish

9.   Butterflies

10. Elephants

11. Cats

12. The strongest muscle in your body is

13. “Stewardesses”

A.  have 32 muscles in each ear.

B.  is the longest word that can be typed using the letter on only one row of the keyboard.

C.  3 years.

D.  stick its tongue out.

E.   has 8 insects’ legs in it.

F.   black.

G.  11 years old.

H.  the tongue.

I.    haven’t got brains.

J.  can’t jump.

K. taste with their feet.

L. is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

M. sneeze with your eyes open.

RIDDLES

Are you good at solving riddles?
Try to answer these before reading the answers!

1. Why did the man throw the butter out the window?

2. Why did the man put the clock in the safe?

3. What has a neck, but no head?

4. How do you spell mousetrap?

5. What can't be used until it's broken? 

6. Do you know why birds fly to south in the winter?

1.    He wanted to see the butterfly.

 2.  He wanted to save time.

3. A bottle.

4.  C-A-T.

5. An egg.

6. Because it's too far to walk there.

A joke for you!

10 inventions by stupid people

1. water proof towel
2. solar powered flashlight
3. submarine screen door
4. a book on how to read
5. inflatable dart board
6. a dictionary index
7. ejector seat in a helicopter
8. powdered water
9. pedal powered wheel chair
10. water proof tea bag 

False Friends

Algumas palavras em inglês são muito parecidas com palavras em português, mas as aparências, às vezes, enganam. Aqui estão algumas delas:

Actually: na verdade, realmente       Nowadays: atualmente
Parents: pais                                      Relatives: parentes
Library: biblioteca                             Bookstore: livraria
Intend: pretender    Pretend: fingir    Understand: entender