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Saturday, January 18, 2020
Relative Pronouns / Relative Clauses
Relative Pronouns are who, whom, that, which, whose, where, and when. We use relative pronouns to connect a clause or phrase to a noun (in the main clause) that it modifies. The clause with relative pronoun is called a relative clause (all the below underlined clauses). It functions as an independent clause.
We use who and that for people.
We use who and that for people.
- My teacher has a luxury car. He is also an online freelancer.
My teacher who/that is also an online freelancer has a luxury car. - JK Rowling is an author. She wrote Harry Potter series.
JK Rowling is the author who/that wrote Harry Potter series.
- He is the traveler. I saved him.
He is the traveler whom I saved.
We use which and that for things.
- The film was horrible. We watched it last night.
The film which/that we watch last night was horrible. - I lost the pen. You lend it to me.
I lost the pen which/that you lend to me.
- She's a lucky woman. Her husband is a billionaire.
She's a lucky woman whose husband is a billionaire. - They are the people. Their houses were burnt down a few days ago.
They are the people whose houses were burnt down a few days ago.
- This is the city. We grew up here.
This is the city where we grew up. - That is the park. I lost my wallet there.
That is the park where I lost my wallet.
- It was yesterday. The committee announced its winner at that time.
It was yesterday when the committee announced its winner.
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Articles - a, an & the
A/An
We use "a/an" with singular countable nouns. It is used to mention something for the first time, or to say that the thing is one of a number of things.
We use "a/an" with singular countable nouns. It is used to mention something for the first time, or to say that the thing is one of a number of things.
- I've got a skateboard. (mention something for the first time). It is a homemade skateboard. (the thing is one of a number of things)
- She has a sister. (mention something for the first time)
We use articles "a/an" to mention someone's profession.
- I am a professor.
- She is an engineer.
We use "a" before a consonant sound and we use "an" before a vowel sound.
- He's an artist.
- It is a German car.
The
We use "the" with countable (singular and plural) nouns and uncountable nouns. We use it to refer to something or somebody previously mentioned. (Compare to "a/an" above).
- I've got a skateboard. The skateboard was a birthday present from a penfriend.
- They need a house. The house must be big enough for the whole family.
We use "the" talk about specific things or people.
- The restaurant we went to last night was horrible.
- Do you remember the gift I got from Mom for my birthday?
We use "the" to talk about something "unique".
- The government should promote the local products. (There is only one government in a country)
- The world is facing a serious problem. (There is only one world or I am referring to the one we are living in)
No Articles
We do not use an article when we are talking about people or things in general.
- I like oranges.
- People are sometimes selfish.
- Education is very important in the world.
- I love drinking tea in the afternoon.
Thursday, April 18, 2019
Future with "Be Going To"
To form it, we use the correct form of "Be" + "Going to"+ base form
Use: Beside "will" and "shall", we can also use "be going to" to express future events as per below situations.
Use: Beside "will" and "shall", we can also use "be going to" to express future events as per below situations.
- When you intend to do something in the future:
- I am going to buy some books this weekend.
- He is going to cut that tree down.
- She is not going to study geography this semester.
- When you have planned to do something in the future (previously made decision):
- I am going to move out soon.
- They are going to visit their grandparents this New Year Day.
- What are you going to do this weekend?
- When you can forecast (based on current situation) that something is likely to happen very soon:
- Look! The tree is going to fall down.
- Watch out! He is going to fall into the hole.
- I think it is going to rain today. Look at those black clouds.
Thursday, April 4, 2019
Plural Nouns
- Add -s to form the plural of most nouns.
- girl - girls
- orange - oranges
- kite - kites
- fight - fights
- label - labels
- Add -es to nouns that end in -o, -ch, -sh, -s, -x, or -z
- watch - watches
- dish - dishes
- bus - buses.
- box - boxes
- quiz - quizzes
- potato - potatoes
- There are some exceptions to the -o endings
- piano - pianos
- logo - logos
- solo - solos
- photo - photos
- kangaroo - kangaroos
- radio - radios
- For nouns that end in -y with a consonant before the -y, change the -y to -i and add -es
- country - countries
- baby - babies
- puppy - puppies
- candy - candies
- story - stories
- For nouns that end in -y with a vowel before the -y, just add -s
- toy - toys
- boy - boys
- monkey - monkeys
- key - keys
- day - days
- For nouns that end in -f or -fe, drop the -f or -fe and add -ves
- loaf - loaves
- knife - knives
- wife - wives
- wolf - wolves
- leaf - leaves
- Some nouns have the same singular and plural forms
- fish - fish
- deer - deer
- sheep - sheep
- salmon - salmon
- Some nouns are irregular.
- man - men
- woman - women
- goose - geese
- tooth - teeth
- mouse - mice
- child - children
- Form the plural of most compound nouns by adding -s to the head nouns.
- car park - car parks (noun + noun)
- sister-in-law - sisters-in-law
- train station - train stations
- taxi driver - taxi drivers
- firefighter - firefighters
- passer-by - passers-by (noun + preposition)
- hanger-on - hangers-on
- Below are some exceptions to the #8 rule.
- grown-up - grown-ups
- check-in - check-ins
- higher-up - higher-ups
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