in class, at class, in the class or .... - WordReference Forums
Sep 13, 2011 · As simple as this problem may seem, It has been driving me crazy for quite a while now! Look at this sentence: "I was in the class. I told the students to open up their books to page 45 and asked one of them to start reading from line 12" Is there a difference between the sentence above and...
make up - substitution - replacement class - WordReference Forums
Jun 6, 2013 · But how do you call in English a lesson/class when one teacher suddenly has to conduct a lesson/class because a subject teacher is off work that day (e.g. when suddenly a teacher falls sick and can not come to school and another teacher has to take up his/her class). It is not a make-up lesson, if I am not wrong.
"have / take a class", to give or be given? - WordReference Forums
Sep 14, 2011 · I'm not sure about using "have a class" and "take a class". What can be their subject, teachers or only students? (1). The teacher is going to have a class. (2). The teacher is going to take a class. Do the above sentences mean " The teacher is going to give a class." ? Or the same as "The students are going to have a class / take a class."
In what capacity have you known the applicant
Jan 29, 2008 · A friend of mine who was hunting a job asked me to be one of her references. So recently, I got this reference form from one of the companies she interviewed. There is this blank "In what capacity have you known the applicant" which I don't quite understand what to put in. Does it refer to...
give a class or teach a class? | WordReference Forums
Mar 28, 2018 · BE: The substitute teacher would give will take our English class for us today. It is not idiomatic "to give" a class. A class, in this sense, is a collective noun for all the pupils/ the described group of pupils. "Our class went to the zoo." Take is understood as "to lead; to conduct", as in "He took us to the zoo." You can give a lecture [on ...
Differences between lecture, lesson and class.
Apr 19, 2010 · class vs. lesson A lecture, at least to me, is quite different, consisting of someone speaking to a group with little or no interaction between them. We had lectures at university.
I got the first place/position in class. | WordReference Forums
Sep 19, 2017 · He got the first place in the class. He secured the first place in the class. He is the first boy in the class. He is the best boy in the class. In the U.S. we don't have this idea: we do not announce that one student is the "first" or the "best" in the class. It simply is not done. The closest thing we have is individual exams.
“work ethic” and “work ethics”? - WordReference Forums
Aug 29, 2011 · "Work ethics" refers to the way a person's moral or ethical values influence his or her work. One's work ethics can influence one's work ethic, but they also affect other things such as one's willingness to take a bribe. Someone who works hard for long hours, but can be bribed, could be said to have a good work ethic but poor work ethics.
class vs. lesson | WordReference Forums
Dec 29, 2005 · Let's try it this way. Because a class is a physical thing (a group of people being taught a lesson), and a lesson can be an abstraction (a section of a course of instruction) as well as a one-on-one meeting with a teacher, they are used very differently in sentences.
make/give/do a presentation | WordReference Forums
Oct 18, 2006 · Have you got any examples of full sentences where the article is omitted? Obviously, you can use it without an article in the plural: "The human resources department gave presentations on a variety of subjects". But, if it's singular, it needs an article: "The human resources department gave a presentation on the code of ethics".