QB 13 August 20

Vocabulary: forgiving means a. someone who enjoys offering gifts and services (volunteering)

b. a person who stops feeling anger and resentment towards someone c. someone who is thankful for many things in life

Idiom: to twist someone's arm means a. to convince someone to do something b. to cause someone pain or sadness c. to show someone that you love them

Grammar: Which is correct? a. I tried curry for the first time last week. Before that I had never been to an Indian restaurant. b. I have tried curry for the first time last week. Before that I have never been to an Indian

restaurant. c. I had tried curry for the first time last week. Before that I never went to an Indian

restaurant.

Vocabulary: forgiving (adjective)

Forgiveness helps us heal.

means b: a person who stops feeling anger and resentment towards someone who has done something wrong Examples:

• Jacqui is a forgiving person. She doesn't hold a grudge against people who have done her wrong.

• Sam is not very forgiving . If someone makes a mistake, he continues to blame that person for a very long time.

• It's good to be forgiving so that we can move forward; it releases a burden that we carry on our shoulders; it harms us when we are not forgiving.

Psychology Today gives "8 Reasons to Forgive":

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-forgiving-life/201804/8-reasons-forgive

noun = forgiveness

verb = to forgive

Idiom: to twist someone's arm

means a. to convince someone to do something he or she is reluctant (does not want) to do Examples:

• Alright; you twisted my arm; we'll go and get ice cream, but don't tell your mother; she won't be pleased.

• I had to twist my boss's arm, because he didn't want me to give the client a discount.

• Marta didn't want to go out to dinner, but we twisted her arm.

Grammar:

a. I tried curry for the first time last week. Before that I had never been to an Indian restaurant. past simple: tried - last week (an action completed at a specific time in the past)

past perfect: had (never) been (a past action before another past action - negative in this example)

present perfect: have never been (at any time in my life - from birth to now) Why can it not be "I have tried curry last week"?

- Because "last week" is a specific time in the past, so we use the past simple (preterite)