Oct 25
Use of Another and Otheranother + singular noun (Have another sandwich.) another (Thanks. I’ll have another.) other + plural noun (I wonder if there is life on other planets.) determiner + other + noun (There may be life on some other planets.) determiner + other (“I have one book.” “I have the other.”) Another means …
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Oct 25
A definite article comes before a singular noun that is used as a representative of an entire class of things. This is especially common with the names of animals, trees, inventions, musical instruments, and parts of the body.The tiger is the largest cat.My favorite tree is the oak.The Wright Bothers invented the airplane.The oboe is …
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Oct 24
In English grammar, a determiner is a word or a group of words that specifies, identifies, or quantifies the noun or noun phrase that follows it. Basically, determiners come at the start of a noun phrase and tell more about what comes after it (or them, in the case of a phrase).Determiners include articles (a, …
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Oct 23
A conjunction is a part of speech that joins two words, phrases, or clauses (both dependent and independent) together. There are three different kinds of conjunctions — coordinating, correlative, and subordinating — each serving a different purpose, but all working to bring words together.Let’s see how they work… Coordinating conjunctions are used to join equal …
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The present perfect forms have gone to and have been to are often confused in English. However, there areclear differences between the two forms. The present perfect forms have gone to and have been to are commonly used to refer to movement to another place.Notice the differences in the examples below. Has / Have Gone …
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To agree with a positive statement we say “SO + AUXILIARY + SUBJECT”To agree with a negative statement we say “NEITHER + AUXILIARY + SUBJECT”I use ‘so do I’ to say that a positive sentence is also true for me, and I use ‘neither do I’ to say that a negative sentence is also true …
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Mar 08
GRAMMAR – How to read numbers 60m – sixty meters (distance) 25ft – twenty-five feet (distance) 35 km/h – thirty-five kilometers per hour (speed) 2.5L – two and a half liters (volume) 3 tbsp – three tablespoons (small volume) 5 tsp – five teaspoons (small volume) 7 lbs 8 oz – seven pounds eight ounces …
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Mar 08
VOCABULARY – Informal (spoken) Contractions In English, as in most other languages, there are ways to shorten groups of words that commonly go together. We don’t do this in writing, just when we speak. They are called informal or spoken, contractions. ain’t – am not/is not/are not – I ain’t gonna lie. cos – because …
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Mar 08
GRAMMAR – Comparatives & Superlatives A COMPARATIVE adjective is used to compare differences between the two objects they modify (larger, smaller, faster, higher). They are used in sentences where two nouns are compared, in this pattern: Noun (subject) + verb +comparative adjective + than + noun (object). A SUPERLATIVE adjective takes a comparison to the …
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