March 21, 2012

Essay Writing

Filed under: Essay Writing - 21 Mar 2012

Writing an essay is no more difficult than writing a paragraph except that an essay is longer. The principles of organization are the same both, so if you can write a good paragraph, you can write a good essay.

An essay …

March 13, 2012

No article or definite article?

Filed under: Worksheet - 13 Mar 2012

Words using no article

He  doesn’t  like  going  to  school.

I  think  she’s  at  home  now.

I  usually  get  to  work  at  9.30.

Do  you  go  to  church  on  Sundays?

She  was  very  tired  so  she  went  to  bed  early.

Did  you  have  the  baby  in  hospital?

Their  father’s  in  prison.

March 12, 2012

The indefinite article ‘a’ and the definite article ‘the’

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a  is  used  with  countable  nouns  to  indicate  one :

I’ve got  two  bikes  and  a  car.

She’s  a  lawyer.

He’s a teacher.

the  is  used:

a)   when  a  word  is  used  a  second  time;

He gave  me  a  knife and  a  spoon.  The spoon  was  dirty.

I  bought  a pen  and  some  paper,  but  I  left  the  pen  in  the  shop.

b)   when  only  one  object  exists:

the  earth,  the  sun,  the  River  Thames

March 11, 2012

The indefinite article ‘a’ Worksheet

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a  (or  an)  is  used  with  countable  nouns to  indicate  one.

Can  I have a cup of tea?

I’ve  got  a  daughter and  two  sons.

a  is  not  used  before  a plural  noun   (NOT  I’ve got  a  sons).

a  is  not  used before  uncountable  nouns  (NOT  I want  a petrol,  please).

 

Practice

Write  a,  an,  or  nothing to  complete  these  sentences.

1    I’d like  ..a..  sandwich,  please.

2   He  asked  me  for  —  money.

3    They  wanted  ….  information  about  the  trains.

4     I’d  like  ….  apple  and …. orange,  please.

5    They’ve  got  ….  very big  house.

6    Do you  like  ….  fast  cars?

7    We watched  ….  films  all  afternoon.

8    Have  you  got   ….  umbrella?

9    I  asked  for  ….  bread  and …. cheese.

10  Are you drinking  ….  milk?

11  I had …. glass  of  water.

12  He  gave me …. orange.

13  Is there  ….  telephone  here?

14  We had ….  eggs  for breakfast.

15  I like ….  coffee  and …. tea.

 

Answer Key

1. a      2. —      3. —      4. an,  an      5. a      6. —  …

March 9, 2012

The possessive with ‘S’ Worksheet

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To  indicate  possession  for  people  or  animals:
a)   in  the  singular,  add  ’s:

Anne’s   bike

James’s  friend

The dog’s  food

b)   for  plurals  ending  in  s,  just  add  ’:

The  boys’  mother

My pare/Us’  house

The  ladies’  hats

c)   for  other  plurals,  add   ’s:

The  children’s  friends

The  women’s  cars

 

Note:  It’s  =  It  is.  The  possessive  of  it is  its:

It’s  cold  today.

Give  the  dog  its  food.

 

Practice

Rewrite  these  sentences,  putting  the  apostrophe  (‘)  where  necessary.  If  two

answers  are  possible,  write  the  more  likely  one.

 

1   We  talked  to  the  boys  parents  for  some  time.

We  talked to  the boys’ parents  for some time.

We  talked to  the boy’s parents  for some  time.

2   We  can  borrow  my  fathers  car.

We can borrow my father’s car.

3     Have  you  met  Susans  friend?

4     About  sixty  people  use  the  teachers  room.

5     Someone  had  taken  Barbaras  purse.

6   Something  was  hurting  the  animals  foot.

7     I’m  going  to  write  to  the  childrens  parents.

8     Jane  works  in  my  mothers  office.

9   The  dog  doesn’t  like  its  food.

10   Mary  and  Pat  stayed  at  their  friends  house.

11   Are  you  going  to  the  secretaries  meeting?

12  I  put  the  money  in  the  waiters  hand.

13   lans  suit  was  very  expensive.

 

Answer Key

1. the  boys’/the  boy’s

2. my  father’s

3.  Susan’s

4. the  teachers’

5. Barbara’s

6.  the  animal’s

7. the  children’s

8. my  mother’s

9. (no  apostrophe  necessary)

10.  their  friend’s/their  friends’

11. the  secretaries’

12. the waiter’s

13. Ian’s

January 28, 2012

Possessive adjectives and pronouns worksheet

Possessive adjectives
my      your     his     her     its     our     your     their
Possessive pronouns
mine     yours     his     hers     –     ours     yours     theirs

• The possessive adjective is always followed by its noun:
It’s …

Possessive adjectives worksheet

Filed under: Possessive adjectives,Worksheet - 28 Jan 2012

• Each pronoun has a possessive adjective:
I —> my                     we —> our
you —> your            you —> your
he —> his                   they –> their
she —> her                  it —> its

Practice
Write the correct possessive …

Reflexive pronouns worksheet

Filed under: Worksheet - 28 Jan 2012

myself     yourself     himself     herself     itself
ourselves     yourselves     themselves

• The object is the same person or thing as the subject:
I cut myself when I was cooking.
The kettle will switch itself off automatically.

Practice
Write the correct reflexive pronouns …

Subject and object pronouns worksheet

Filed under: Worksheet - 28 Jan 2012

Subject  pronouns

I          you         he         she         it          we         you         they

 

Object pronouns

me         you         him         her          it          us          you         them

The  subject  is  the  person  or  thing  doing  the  action:

I left early.

She  went  home.

We said goodbye.

The  object  is  the  person  or  thing receiving  the  action:

She  telephoned  me.

I  hit  him.

We  saw  her.

 

Practice

Write  the  correct  pronouns  for  these  sentences.

1    ……. telephoned  yesterday,   (she)

2    We  watched  …….  for  hours,  (he)

3    Hasn’t  ……..  arrived  yet?   (she)

4      ……..  don’t  understand.   (I)

5   Are  you  talking  to  ……..  ? (I)

6     …

January 25, 2012

POLITE REQUEST WITH “I” AS THE SUBJECT

Filed under: Polite Request - 25 Jan 2012

May I

May I (please) borrow your pen?

Could I

Could I borrow your pen (please)?

May I and Could I are used to request permission. They are equally polite.
In Could I, polite request has a present or future meaning, not a past meaning

Can …

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