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Brian Boyd · Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 176 Location: Bangkok, Thailand

Hi students,

I've made some VALENTINE'S DAY puzzles for practising grammar and improving vocabulary. Find them here:

http://www.grammarmancomic.com/romance.html

Hope you enjoy them

Brian
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RedRose · Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 2735 Location: GuangZhou, China

I just downloaded this game, but my english is too bad to take it Crying or Very sad

But I will keep trying...it would be a great challenge to me Exclamation

I just know the first word is "heart"

RedRose · Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 2735 Location: GuangZhou, China

Dear Brian,

I just racked my brain to guess the puzzle...but I just get 6 words of 10. and I am not sure whether they are right.

I get 1st, 2nd, 5th, 7th, 8th,9th.

I can't work out the rest of words anyway. I guess it's because I know little about valentine, and my vocabulary is awful.

For example, the 3rd one: a nickname for your lover. what kind of nickname is a western lover supposed to have? In China, we always call our lovers "fool", "maniac", "psychopath", and so on. what about western lovers" Laughing

Now I am about to PM you tp tell you my guesses.

Brian Boyd · Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 176 Location: Bangkok, Thailand

Hi Redrose,

LOL! The answer to that one isn't psychopath!! It's sweetheart.

I've sent you a private message with the rest of the answers. Thanks for trying the puzzle and sorry I made it difficult.

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Katherine Spiegel · Joined: 21 Jan 2006 Posts: 15 Location: Lodz, Poland

Hey, I have checked the puzzles and the crossword Smile

They are both great!
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RedRose · Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 2735 Location: GuangZhou, China

Dear Brian.

I just tried the other puzzle. but I still got a terrible headache. here is my solution. I can't work out 4th and 11th anyway.

1/romance
2/beauty
3/heart
4/?
5/chocolate
6/kiss
7/partner
8/date
9/married
10/flirt
11/_-_-_-_-ve
12/forever

can you tell me the answers? thanks!

PS: I need time to recover my brain Crying or Very sad

I don't think my brain still works well after the puzzle Very Happy

admiral · Joined: 17 Sep 2005 Posts: 546

how can you do all that...
Maybe I'm too bad at languages...
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clonc · Joined: 02 Oct 2005 Posts: 45 Location: UK

Brian,

I think you are spending too much time plugging your web page.

This is pure advertising, though subtle, and I think it should stop.

I am sure I am not alone in this thought.

Moderators, please note.

RedRose · Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 2735 Location: GuangZhou, China

bud · Joined: 09 Mar 2003 Posts: 2111 Location: New Jersey, US

Clonc seems to have a lot of ideas on what this forum should be. Wink

RedRose · Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 2735 Location: GuangZhou, China

clonc · Joined: 02 Oct 2005 Posts: 45 Location: UK

Yes. Bud, I have many ideas and I am not afraid to express my opinion.

And I have many ideas on what this forum should not be.

And Red Rose. I am not sure of the extent Dave influences this forum (or any of his forums). Try writing to him and see what happens. Last year Lorikeet wrote, "I sent an e-mail to Dave about some people's concerns, and I asked him what, if anything, he wanted to do about it. He hasn't responded to me, so I haven't done anything. I don't know what he or anyone else did. I was waiting for some direction, since it's his site."

I am sure Dave is a good guy, but he is somewhat remote, and I do not believe he has many ideas about this forum. I have never seen any opinions expressed by him. Have you?

RedRose · Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 2735 Location: GuangZhou, China

everytime when I wrote Dave email about what happened on the forum, like some technical problem, he always replied my email and explained why it looked like that.

For example, I once told him by email that this forum need a mod who should often visit and moderate this forum, he replied my email and he set Lori as another mod. I am sure he has more ideas about this forum. he dosen't look like God. I mean, he isn't so remote.

Brian Boyd · Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 176 Location: Bangkok, Thailand

Hi RedRose

Answer number 4 is 'cupid' (the little angel or cherub who fires arrows at people to make them fall in love).

Number 11 is 'attractive'

(now take the numbered letters and fill in the quote at the bottom of the page to get some valentine advice)

Clonc - sorry if I've been annoying you be promoting my website on this forum. My site is very new (I only started it about six weeks ago) so I'm doing my best to make students and teachers aware of it. I'm hoping that I eventually won't need to promote it at all, and people will know about it through word of mouth.

However, I never come here solely to plug it - I'm always offering some kind of resource that will hopefully be useful to students. I often answer students' grammar questions too.

Also - it's not like I'm selling anything or making money. Maybe in the future I'll try to sell products from my site, but for now EVERYTHING there is 100% free. In fact, I've spent over five months putting together all of that free stuff!

None of the moderators have said anything about my posts, but the last thing I want to do is upset other forum users.

Brian
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RedRose · Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 2735 Location: GuangZhou, China