STEAL VS ROB

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  Someone robs a person or an organisation, but steals things such as money.
  
  

The verb rob is usually followed by the preposition of, while steal is followed by the preposition from. Sometimes the phrase starting with of or from is understood or not stated.


Have a look at the following examples:

• A mugger robbed me of my wallet in the park.
• A mugger robbed me in the park.
• The thief stole a laptop from the store.
• The thief stole a laptop.
• They have robbed me.
• They robbed the bank.
• I was robbed of my cheque-book.
• Someone has stolen my watch.
• They stole plenty of money from us.
  

Related words

robber: the person who robs
robbery: instance of robbing
thief: the person who steals
theft: instance of stealing

Further practice:

• Exercise 1
• Exercise 2

DRIVING

Driving: Vocabulary

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Listening comprehension exercises

• Speeding ticket
• Car rental
• Driving licence
• A great car deal

LONDON CONGESTION CHARGING SYSTEM

What is the London Congestion Charge?

Certain vehicles are subject to the Congestion Charge if driven within the charging zone between 07:00 and 18:00, Monday to Friday.

You do not have to pay the charge on weekends, English public holidays, designated non-charging days, or between 18:00 and 07:00.

Near or at the start of the zone, you'll see the opposite sign, which also says when the zone operates.

You don't need tickets or passes to enter the zone, and there are no tollbooths or barriers.

Cameras at entrances, exits and around the zone read your number plate. They check it against a database to work out whether you've already paid, are exempt, or have a 100 per cent discount. The database is checked until midnight the following charging day.

If there is a match, any images of your vehicle are automatically deleted from the database.

If there is no match, all the images are checked and validated, and a Penalty Charge Notice is sent to the registered keeper of the vehicle.

SCHOOL TRIP TO EDINBURGH

If you haven't been able to go to the school trip, you can have a look at the following presentation on Edinburgh (the capital of SCOTLAND) that last year some of my students created. Enjoy it!

Edinburgh

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I wish...

Try the following quiz on I wish

If Mr Bean hadn't ...

FURTHER PRACTICE

Practise the conditional by clicking on the following links:

• Choose the most suitable conditional sentence

• Conditionals quiz

• Fill in the blanks with the suitable tense

HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY!

Watch a piece of news on St Patrick's Day by clicking on the following link

ST PATRICK'S DAY

St Patricks Day

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St Patrick

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THE MEDIA

• Listen to the following pieces of news and check your listening comprehension. Note that you have to download RealPlayer to listen to them.

LISTENING COMPREHENSION EXERCISE

• Check your knowledge on British newspapers.

TRY THE QUIZ

• Revise the vocabulary used in headlines

• Watch the following pieces of news and choose the most suitable headline, press the key to START.

International Woman's Day: 8th March

International Women's Day (IWD) is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future.

To celebrate the IWD, take part in the following quiz and win wonderful prizes.

WHO IS WHO?

Read the rules and clues by clicking on the following links:

RULES

CLUES

LOVE MATTERS

Last Thurday some of you attended and enjoyed a superb talk by my colleague Belén Sáez Hernáez. As you were interested in the presentation, she has kindly allowed me to post her powerpoint slides.

Love Song Quiz(2)

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Just below you can see different pictures of the presentation. Thank you all!