Interesting and Funny Facts of English Language

1. 'Lollipop' is the longest word typed with your right hand.
2. No word in the English language rhymes with Month, orange, silver or purple.
3. 'Dreamt' is the only English word that ends in the letters 'MT '.
4. The sentence: 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' uses every letter of the alphabet.
5. The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left.
6. There are only four words in the English language which end in 'dous': Tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
7. There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: 'abstemious' and 'facetious.'
8. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
9. What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.
10. "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
11. "Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.
12. 'Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
13. The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways. The following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."
14. The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.
15. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable."
16. According to Illinois state law, it is illegal to speak English. The officially recognized language is "American."
17. Widow is the only female form in the English language that is shorter than its corresponding male term (widower).
18. There is only ONE word in the English language with THREE CONSECUTIVE SETS OF DOUBLE LETTERS.... Bookkeeper.
19. There is a word in the English language with only one vowel, which occurs five times: "indivisibility."
20. There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.
21. There are only 4 words in the English language which end in "duos": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
22. The shortest word in the English language with all its letters in alphabetical order is the word "almost"
23. The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis. The only other word with the same amount of letters ispneumonoultra-microscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.
24. The longest one syllable word in he English language is "screeched".
25. The letter most in use in the English language is "E" and the letter "Q" is least used.
26. Out of all the eight letter words in the English language, only one has only one vowel in it: "strength"
27. Only 3 words in the English language end in "ceed": "proceed", "exceed" and "succeed."
28. Of all the languages in the world, English has the largest vocabulary about 800,000 words.
29. "The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in English.
30. "Forty" is the only number which has its letters in alphabetical order. "One" is the only number with its letters in reverse alphabetical order.
31. "Four" is the only number whose number of letters in the name equals the number.
32. The most common letters in English are R S T L N E.
33. "Go" is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

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Online classroom

No curso de Inglês online você pode fazer suas aulas de inglês no local e horário de sua preferência.

O curso de Inglês online é importante para você que não tem tempo de se ausentar do trabalho ou passar um longo tempo no trânsito tentando chegar até o local de suas aulas. As aulas de Inglês pela internet são exatamente como as aulas onde o aluno tem a presença física do professor, porém, nas aulas de inglês online o aluno verá seu professor de inglês através de sua webcam.

 Através das aulas  particulares de Inglês pela internet, aliadas à experiência e competência da professora, você pode comprovar que as aulas online podem ser ainda mais eficazes e dinâmicas que aulas onde exige o deslocamento físico do aluno ou professor, pois você participa das aulas no conforto de sua casa ou sem precisar se ausentar de sua empresa.

 Nas aulas particulares de Inglês online o aluno também não terá a cansativa experiência de sair à noite em um trânsito caótico a caminho do local de sua aula, evitando assim atrasos e cansaço desnecessário, economizando tempo e dinheiro.

 As aulas de Inglês são em tempo real com a presença constante da professora de Inglês através da webcam e microfone e podem ser individuais, em duplas ou para grupos.

O material usado é o mesmo adotado em aulas com a presença física. Material extra personalizado é enviado ao aluno gratuitamente por e-mail.

As aulas são ministradas via Skype: teacherclaudiamedeiros.

*English version

In an online English course  you can make your English classes at the place and time of your choice.

The online English course  is important to you that do not have time to be absent from work or spend a long time in traffic trying to get to the location of your classes. English classes over the internet are just like the lessons where the student has the physical presence of the teacher, but in online English classes  students will see their English teacher through their webcam.

Through the private English lessons over the Internet, combined with the experience and competence of the teacher, you can prove that online classes can be even more effective and dynamic classes where they require the physical displacement of the student or teacher, as you participate in lessons in the comfort of your home don't need to be away from your company.

In online English lessons , students also will have the grueling experience of a night out in a chaotic traffic on the way to location of their class, thus avoiding unnecessary delays and exhaustion, saving time and money.

English classes are real time with the constant presence of an English teacher through the webcam and microphone and can be single, in pairs or groups, as well.

The classes are through Skype: teacherclaudiamedeiros.

The Flatmates - episodes 1-5

Watch "The Flatmates"! Here are the first five episodes. They will be available in our virtual classroom once a week. Enjoy the British accent of the characters and improve your English ;)

Color idioms

When something comes as a complete surprise, we say: IT COMES AS A BOLT FROM THE BLUE / IT’S A BOLT FROM THE BLUE.

If things happen extremely rarely, we say:  IT HAPPENS ONCE IN A BLUE MOON.

When you waste your time and effort because you won’t get any results, you say: UNTIL I AM BLUE IN THE FACE.

When you go out to celebrate something and drink a lot of alcohol, you say: I PAINTED THE TOWN RED.

If you find someone doing something bad or illegal while he’s doing it, you say: I CAUGHT HIM RED-HANDED.

If you do something to create an angry response, you say: IT’S LIKE A RED RAG TO A BULL.

If someone can be a good gardener and can make plants grow very easily, we say: THEY HAVE GREEN FINGERS / TO HAVE GREEN FINGERS.

If you think other people are always into a better situation than you even when they’re not, we say: THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE.

If we’re unhappy because someone else has something we want, we say: I’M GREEN WITH ENVY.

Reading skills

Reading is as important as speaking. As a matter of fact, through reading you will improve a lot your vocabulary and become a fluent speaker. Click here and start now to improve your vocabulary!

English Quizzes

Quizzes are really such a funny way to improve your vocabulary! Click here and enjoy them!