Hello everyone! How's your week going? I hope you're doing well and enjoying our first challenges of The Alphabet Game.

Today's answer begins with the letter C.

Sentence: I am working less these days because I am _____ on writing my novel. 

Here's a hint: this word is often followed by the preposition ON. It was a lesson from this last year. 

Leave us your answer on one of our social media sites (Facebook or Twitter) and we will post the correct answer later. We will also include the correct answer in Monday's Daily Vitamin email.

Before we end this week's lessons, we wanted to remind you of our great prizes for the top three winners. 

1st Prize: A six-month General-English online course valued at 230.00€. It includes the initial level test, guidance with an online tutor, including telephone contacts and written tutorials.

2nd Prize: A three-month 'English-for-Work' online course valued at 120.00€. It includes the initial level test, guidance with an online tutor, including telephone contacts and written tutorials. The winner can choose the type of course they prefer (English for Meetings; Making Presentations; Negotiating and Selling; Banking and Finance; Telephoning; Dealing with the Public; Writing; Applying for a Job; or Travelling).

3rd Prize: Fresh'n Rebel Rockbox CUBE Bluetooth speaker, valued at 30.00€.

IMPORTANT: To participate (and win one of the prizes) you must:
1) be a follower of at least one of our social media sites (either Facebook or Twitter).
2) share the initial contest post (May 21st) on at least one of our social media sites.
3) post the correct answer on one of our social media sites each day. At the end of the 26 lessons, the person with the most points will be the winner.

Thanks for participating. Have a great weekend!

Welcome back, everyone!

Today is the second day of our Alphabet Game, so we are concentrating on the letter B. Can you guess the missing word below?

Sentence: We went out last night and met some beautiful _____. 

Here's your hint: this was from a Daily Vitamin lesson where we compared British and American English. There are many words that will make this sentence correct, but we are looking for the word that is used in British slang and refers to one of the sexes, and it's an animal. 

Leave us your answer on one of our social media sites (Facebook or Twitter) and we will post the correct answer later. We will also include the correct answer in tomorrow's
Daily Vitamin email.

Good luck!

Hello Daily Vitamin readers! Are you ready for our first day of the 2019 Alphabet Game?

Remember... each day we will give you a challenge. The answer will begin with one letter of the alphabet, starting with "A" and ending with "Z" on the 28th of June.

It's day number one, so today's answer, of course, begins with the letter A. Here is your challenge. 

Sentence: In the military, we received _____ training. 

Here is a clue: this word is also a part of the body. 

Remember, this was a Daily Vitamin lesson from this year.

Leave us your answer on one of our social media sites (Facebook or Twitter) and we will post the correct answer later. We will also include the correct answer in tomorrow's
Daily Vitamin email.

Good luck!

Good morning, everyone!

Starting tomorrow, and for the next 26 Daily Vitamin lessons (May 22nd until June 28th), for the 5th year in a row, we're going to be playing the Alphabet Game, with the objective of learning new vocabulary and reviewing past Daily Vitamin lessons. And we're going to give you the opportunity to win some prizes!

1st Prize: A six-month General-English online course valued at 230.00€. It includes the initial level test, guidance with an online tutor, telephone contacts and written tutorials.

2nd Prize: a three-month 'English-for-Work' online course valued at 120.00€. It includes the initial level test, guidance with an online tutor, telephone contacts and written tutorials. The winner can choose the type of course they prefer (English for Meetings; Making Presentations; Negotiating and Selling; Banking and Finance; Telephoning; Dealing with the Public; Writing; Applying for a Job; or Travelling).

3rd Prize: Fresh'n Rebel Rockbox CUBE Bluetooth speaker, valued at 30.00€.

Each day we will give you a definition or a clue for a vocabulary word or expression that starts with a specific letter of the alphabet. We'll start with the letter "A", then the letter "B", then the letter "C", etc. until we finish all 26 letters in the English alphabet. We will send the clue in the Daily Vitamin lesson and we will post it on our Facebook and Twitter social media sites:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZigguratLanguageServices

Twitter: https://twitter.com/EnglishDaily

IMPORTANT: To participate (and win one of the prizes), you should:
1) be a follower of at least one of our social media sites (either Facebook or Twitter).
2) share today's initial contest post (May 21st) on at least one of our social media sites.
3) post the correct answer on one of our social media sites each day. At the end of the 26 lessons, the person with the most points will be the winner.

HOW TO GET POINTS AND WIN
For posting a correct answer on our Facebook or Twitter pages, each Alphabet Game participant receives one point automatically. Between all the participants that post correct answers each day, the participant who posts the correct answer first receives 10 additional points, the participant who posts second receives 9 additional points, the participant who posts third receives 8 additional points, etc. The participant who posts tenth receives one additional point. So, the first 10 people to post get 1 point for posting plus the additional points for their 1st-through-10th-place standing.

If you have any questions, let us know (didactic@ziggurat.es). We are looking forward to all of you participating!

Welcome back, readers! Today we are looking at our second Expression with May. Today's expression is TRY AS I MAY. 

Definition: An expression meaning that even with a lot of effort, a goal cannot be achieved. 

Example 1: Try as I may, I can't seem to learn how to dance. 

Example 2: Try as I may, I don't think I'll ever be able to cook as well as my mother. 

We also say try as I might.

Tomorrow we begin the 5th Annual Alphabet Game. Later today, you will receive some instructions about the contest. We look forward to your participation! We have some great prizes again this year.

Have a great morning!