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Assure vs Insure vs Ensure - English Grammar - Teaching Tips

 

In this video Linda explains the differences between "assure", "insure" and "ensure". They not only sound similar, but those three words also make an outcome sure but they are in no way interchangeable. "Assure" is used to speak out a promise or say something with confidence, for example "I assure you that he is a great lawyer". "Ensure" is used to make something certain, such as here: "Please ensure that you will be home at five o'clock today"."Insure" means to protect an object against risk by buying an insurance policy from an insurance company, like here: "I insure my television because it was expensive". Once you have realized the three different meanings and usages, there is no way you'll confuse them again.


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In this unit coveres two receptive skills - reading and listening. The article considers motives and reasons for reading and listening.These are for purpose ,for entertainment or mixture of both.↵There are presented specialist skills needed for reading and listening:predictive skills,scanning,skimming,detailed information,deduction from context.The unit presents problems connected with teaching and learning receptive skills and gives ways to approach difficulty.The unit also provides an example of ESA patchwork lesson for receptive skills.



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