Monday, September 23, 2013

There are nine parts of speech. They are articles, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections. A word of caution, however, a word can be more than one part of speech. You can find out more information on the parts of speech by checking the sources listed at the bottom of this review. Nouns A noun is a word used to name something: a person/animal, a place, a thing, or an idea. For example, all of the following are nouns. Leah, Ignacio, Lan, Marek Japan,...
Difference:Noun 1-A point or way in which people or things are not the same. 2-The state or condition of being dissimilar or unlike. 1-[COUNTABLE/UNCOUNTABLE] something that makes one thing or person not the same as another thing or person cultural/social/political differences difference between: What's the difference between these two computers? difference in: There's a big difference in the attitudes of town and country people. slight/subtle/minor differences: There are subtle differences in...
Verb Forms and Verb Tenses The Base Form English verbs have five basic forms: the base form, the - S form, the - ing form, the past form, and the past participle form. The base form is the verb "with no special endings"--no - s, - ing, past-tense ending, and so on. Here are the most common uses of the base form: 1. If the verb tense is simple present and...

Saturday, September 21, 2013

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The main verb in English sentences Look at the main verbs in the following sentences: ·         They always wait for the 6 o'clock train. ·         Every day the dog waits for the postman. ·         I am waiting for a friend. ·         We waited for three hours. Notice that there...