I AM # Learn Speaking

I ‘m’ is an abbreviation for I am. It is used in combination with other words to tell about something about yourself or describe something you are doing. Let us have a look at examples –

I ‘m’ so tired.

This is spoken as ” I am so tired”.

I ‘m’ happy.

I ‘m’ thoroughly exhausted.

I ‘m’ nervous.

Variations of I am

I ‘m’ can also be used to describe an action that you are doing.  When entering a physical location such as a room, in is used along with it.

Example – I ‘m’ in a school. I ‘m’ in car…

You can also use at, but it is used when you are referring to general locations.

Example – I ‘m’ at the park.

I ‘m’ at the airport.

However, you can also interchange in and at.

The word ‘on’ is used when referring to a non physical location such as your time being utilized by something else.

Example – I ‘m’ on phone. I ‘m’ on a bus.

You can even add verb to I ‘m’ to describe an action that you are doing.

Example – I ‘m’ exercising. I ‘m’ texting.

Add Getting To tell that you are gaining possession.

If you use I am with getting it means ‘you’ are gaining possession, being affected by or have plans to seek out and obtain a particular thing.

Example – I ‘m’ getting married. I ‘m’ getting a new car.

Add ‘going to’ to tell someone what you are planning to do now or in near future.

Example – I ‘m’ going to stop pulling hairs.

Add ‘trying to ‘ after I ‘m’

trying to is used after I ‘m’ to indicate that you are attempting to accomplish something.

Example – I ‘m’ trying to help myself. I ‘m’ trying to be more honest.

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Frequently Asked Questions # IELTS

IELTS for some reasons brings about lots of questions in the minds of students. It could be either the fact that their career depends on it or the fear to score high. Either ways, let us have a look at some of the frequently asked questions by students.

When asked about the positive and negative developments, do I need to talk about both of them?
It is your choice. You can even take a bold stand and talk about one of them or you can either talk about both of them and then talk about the one that you favor more.
How should I answer the multiple choice questions in the listening test?
Answering the multiple choice questions in IELTS is a tough task and that is the reason that not everyone scores high in IELTS. It is tough but not impossible, so while answering the multiple choice questions, try to mark the keywords in the question so you will have less information to focus on. They will also help you so that you don’t get lost in the middle of the recording.
Do we need to answer in the same order as the points are written in the cue card of the speaking section?
It is always easy to follow the pattern and answer accordingly. But there is no rule about it. So, you can answer the question whichever way you want but make sure that you cover all the points.
Do I need to correct myself after making mistake in IELTS speaking?
This is a dicey situation. You can do self correction once in a while but then over doing it or panicking because of that one mistake, would let you lose marks.

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Pest And Pollinators # Practice Reading

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) have recently published a report on using insects as a protein source for animal feed and human consumption. It found that edible  (fit to be eaten as food) insects could contain biological (of or relating to the products and operations ofapplied biology) and chemical contaminants (something that contaminates (to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc)), depending on how the large scale insect farms were managed.

With an estimated (to form an approximate judgment or opinion regarding the worth, amount, size, weight, etc.,of; calculate approximately) global population of 9 billion by 2050, using insects as a high quality source of protein as feed (for chickens, for example) could give a much needed food conversion rate (lower levels of initial energy and water required). Insect meat is also a quality source of fat, fibre, minerals and vitamins.

It is estimated that insects such as flies , moths, meal worms and crickets/locust

Insects

Insects

already form the diet of at least 2 billion people. There is still clearly a way to go until western cultures can adopt new foodstuffs (a substance used or capable of being used as nutriment) and a better understanding of the hazards  (an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable)of eating insects is required for the next step.

Source : http://pestsandpollinators.com/

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Decline Of Pollinators # Practice Reading

Pollinators ( an insect that carries pollen from one flower to another) contribute (to give to a common supply)to about 10% of the economic (involving or pertaining to one’s personal resources of money) value of crop production, but the contribution to human nutrition (the process by which organisms take in and utilize food material)by these pollinators is potentially much higher. This is because pollinators support the sexual reproduction (the state of being reproduced)(by transfer of gametes aka pollen) of crops high in essential nutrients that malnourished (poorly or improperly nourished)regions of the world rely on. This suggests that regions already facing food shortages and nutritional (providing nutrition) deficiencies (the quality or condition of being deficient; incompleteness or inadequacy)will suffer particularly hard from the global decline of bees and other pollinators.

Many of the crops dependent on animal vectors (In epidemiology, a vector is any agent (person,animal, or microorganism) that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism)to pollinate (convey pollen to or deposit pollen on (a stigma, ovule, flower, or plant) and so allow fertilization)(instead of wind) are the ones most rich in micro nutrients essential for human health. The recent decline of important pollinators, such as the domesticated (tame and kept as a pet or on a farm.)Western honey bee, Apis mellifera, has lead to concerns on the economic and now nutritional situation of crop production.  Dr Chaplin-Kramer and colleagues (a person with whom one works in a profession or business)set out to assess (the ​act of ​judging or ​deciding the ​amount, ​value, ​quality, or ​importance of something, or the ​judgment or ​decision that is made)the importance of pollinators to global health by determining which regions these crops are most critical for and what their micro-nutrient content is.

Source :http://pestsandpollinators.com/

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