A Few, Few, A Little, and Little

A FEW and FEW are used to quantify the count noun following it.

1. I have a few/few friends.
2. There are a few/few people in this area.

However, A FEW and FEW do not have the same quantity. A FEW means "some" and the quantity is enough for the purpose.

1. I have a few friends. I'm not lonely.
2. There are a few cakes in the fridge. Would you like one?
3. I don't mind sharing the oranges. I have a few in my bag.

FEW means "not enough" for the purpose.

1. I have few friends. I'm feeling so lonely.
2. The night life here is quiet. Few people go out at night.
3. We have few trees in our village. I think we have to plant more.

Unlike A FEW and FEW, A LITTLE and LITTLE quantify the non-count noun following it. A LITTLE means "some" and quantity is enough for the purpose.

1. I have a little wine left. There's enough for us, I think.
2. We still have a little time to spare before the party ends.
3. There's a little bread left. Shall we eat it for dinner?

LITTLE means "not enough" for the purpose.

1. People with little education cannot find a good job in this modern city.
2. I have little free time. I can hardly call my daughter.
3. I have little money left in the bank to afford the new car.

The Most Common Phobias

1. Acrophobia: fear of heights
2. Aerophobia:  fear of flying
3. Agliophobia: fear of pain
4. Agoraphobia: fear of open or crowded spaces
5. Ailurophobia / Gatophobia: fear of cats
6. Allodoxaphobia: fear of opinions (what people think of you)
7. Androphobia: fear of men
8. Anthropophobia: fear of people
9. Aphenphosmphobia: fear of intimacy
10. Apiphobia : fear of bees
11. Aquaphobia: fear of water
12. Arachnophobia: fear of spiders
13. Astraphobia: fear of thunder/lightning
14. Atychiphobia: The fear of failure
15. Autophobia: fear of abandonment and being abandoned by someone
16. Bathophobia: fear of depths
17. Chronophobia: fear of the future
18. Claustrophobia: fear of small spaces
19. Coasterphobia: fear of roller coasters
20. Coulrophobia: fear of clowns
21. Cynophobia: fear of dogs
22. Didaskaleinophobia: fear of school
23. Enochlophobia: fear of crowds
24. Entomophobia: fear of bugs and insects
25. Equinophobia: fear of horses
26. Galeophobia: fear of sharks
27. Gerascophobia: fear of getting old
28. Glossophobia: fear of public speaking
29. Gynophobia: fear of women
30. Hemophobia: fear of blood
31. Iatrophobia: fear of doctors
32. Katsaridaphobia: fear of cockroaches
33. Kinemortophobia: fear of zombies
34. Metathesiophobia: fear of change
35. Monophobia: fear of being alone
36. Mottephobia: fear of moths
37. Musophobia: fear of mice
38. Myrmecophobia: fear of ants
39. Mysophobia: fear of germs
40. Nosocomephobia: fear of hospitals
41. Nyctophobia: fear of darkness
42. Ophidiophobia: fear of snakes
43. Panophobia: fear of the happenings of terrible things
44. Pediophobia: fear of dolls
45. Phasmophobia: fear of ghosts
46. Philophobia: fear of love
47. Pogonophobia: fear of beards / bearded men
48. Pyrophobia: fear of fire
49. Ranidaphobia: fear of frogs
50. Scelerophobia: fear of crime
51. Scoleciphobia: fear of worms
52. Spheksophobia: fear of wasps
53. Taphophobia: fear of being buried alive
54. Thalassophobia: fear of the ocean
55. Tokophobia: fear of pregnancy
56. Thanatophobia: fear of deaths
57. Trypanophobia: fear of needles
58. Vehophobia: fear of driving
59. Xenophobia:fear of the unknown
60. Zoophobia: fear of animals

The Simple Past Tense

The Simple Past tense is used to express a completed action in a definite time before now (either a recent completed action or a distant completed one). For this reason, speakers always attach a specific past time expression or phrases in the simple past tense.

1. She needed a lot of help last week.
2. I ate a lot candy when I was young.
3. The electricity was off the whole night last night.
4. Four years ago, we didn't have specific plans for our business.

The past tense verb forms differ from the present verb forms.

1. I go to school by bus. (present simple)
   Yesterday, I went to school by bus. (past simple)
2. He does his homework after dinner. (present simple)
   He did his homework after dinner last night. (past simple)
3. They need some help. (present simple)
   They needed some help a few days ago. (past simple)

Forms of the Simple Past 

Positive Form

Unlike the present simple tense, the past simple verb is used with all subjects without any changes.

Negative Form

The auxiliary verb "did" + "not" is used with the base form of the main verb in order to form the simple past tense form.

Question Form

In the question form, the auxiliary verb "did" is placed before the subject pronoun together the base form of the main verb to form questions.

Answering to the questions:

• Yes, [subject] did.
• No, [subject] didn't. (not "did not")

The Present Simple Tense

 Uses of the present simple tense:

1. to express your habits
1. They watch TV every night.
2. I get up at 7 o'clock.
3. I have my breakfast at 8 o'clock.
2. to express your routines / repeated actions or activities
1. They fly to Japan every summer holiday.
2. It rains every morning in the winter.
3. I always go to school by bus.
4. He never forgets to do his homework.
5. I drive to Siem Reap once a year.
3. to express general truths or facts
1. Water boils at 100 degree Celsius.
2. The sun rises from the east and sets at the west. 
3. Water freezes at 0 decree Celsius.
4. Money doesn't guarantee happiness.
5. It is the biggest house in the village.
4. to express scheduled future activities or events. The verbs which are generally used in this situation are: arrive, be, begin, close, depart, end, finish, fly, leave, open, start, get, go, have, return.
   
1. I fly to New York tomorrow.
2. The bank opens at 9.00 and closes at 4.00.
3. The train to Sihanouk Ville leaves at 10 AM. 
4. The meeting starts at 3 AM.
5. What time does the train leave?
5. to be used after conjunctions of time (as, before, until, when, while, as soon as, after, since, once) to express future happenings.
1. I'm not going to sign this contract until it is signed by the other party first.
2. Look both ways when you cross the street.
3. I always brush my teeth before I go to bed.
4. We will go as soon as the rain stops.
6. to give instructions, directions, and orders (imperatives)
1. Don't go there alone.
2. Brush your teeth before you go to bed.
3. Stay here.
4. Shut up.
5. First, open the box. Then, take it out...
7. to be used in the news headline. The events finished, but to attract readers' attention of the events, the present simple is used in the active voice.
1. Trump wins presidential election.
2. Japan agrees aid for port expansion
3. Minister aims to boost farming through partnerships.

Forms of the present simple tense

The Positive Form

We notice that all the third person singular subjects (he/she/it/singular subject) have suffixes -s and -es at the end of each main verb. Note below on how to add suffixes to the third person singular:
1. We add -s to most verbs:

• talk - talks
• sing - sings
• leave - leaves
• swim - swims
• ring - rings

2. With verbs ending in -s, -ss, -ch, -sh, -o, -x, and -z we add -es to the verb.

• teach - teaches
• box - boxes
• fix - fixes
• kiss - kisses
• wish - wishes
• go - goes
• do - does

3. With verbs ending in "consonant + y", we change the -y to -i and add -es.

• cry - cries
• carry - carries
• deny - denies
• fly - flies
• hurry - hurries
• reply - replies
• study - studies
• worry - worries

But we do not follow the above rule if the form is "vowel + y":

• stay - stays
• play - plays
• betray - betrays
• decay - decays

The Negative Form

In negative form, the main verb does not take -s or -es, but the auxiliary verb "do/does" + "not" is placed before the main verb.

The Question Form

Yes/No Questions

The auxiliary verb do/does is placed before the subject while the main verb is in the base form of the verb in the question form. 

In order to answer a yes'/no question, only the subject and the auxiliary verb are used.

• Yes, I/we/you/they do. / Yes, he/she/it does.
• No, I/we/you/they don't. / No, he/she/it doesn't. (not "do not" or "does not")

Names of Diseases in English

Common diseases in English (the explanation in English will be added soon) :

1. កញ្ច្រិល = measles
2. ក្អកមាន់ = whooping cough
3. ខាន់ស្លាក់ = diphtheria
4. ខ្វាក់មាន់ = moon-blind
5. ខ្យល់គ = apoplexy
6. គ្រុនចាញ់ = malaria
7. គ្រុនឈាម = hemorrhagic fever
8. គ្រុនពោះវៀន = typhoid fever
9. ឆ្កួតជ្រូក = epilepsy
10. ដេកមិនលក់ = insomnia
11. បន្ទាលត្រអាក = urticaria
12. ត្រអក = eczema
13. របេង = tuberculosis
14. រលាកទងសួត = bronchitis disease
15. រលាកបំពង់ក = laryngitis disease
16. រាគ = diarrhea
17. អត់ដឹងក្លិន = anosmia
18. អុតស្វាយ = chicken pox
19. អាសន្នរោគ = cholera

Please help share any other common diseases