Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Learning Sentences
What are Sentences? A group of words that expresses a complete thought. This video is very useful for teachers to teach their students how to make sentences.
Tuesday, 8 November 2011
Adverbs
Adverbs tell us in what way someone
does something. Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs.
Adjectives tell us something about a
person or a thing. Adjectives can modify nouns or pronouns.
Adjective
|
Adverb
|
Mandy
is a careful
girl.
|
Mandy
drives carefully.
|
Mandy
is very careful.
|
*Mandy is a careful driver.
This sentence is about Mandy, the driver, so use the adjective.
*Mandy drives carefully.
This sentence is about her way of driving, so use the adverb.
Form
Adjective + ly
Adjective
|
Adverb
|
dangerous
|
dangerously
|
careful
|
carefully
|
nice
|
nicely
|
easy
|
easily
|
horrible
|
horribly
|
electronic
|
electronically
|
irregular
forms
|
|
good
|
well
|
fast
|
fast
|
hard
|
hard
|
*If the adjective ends in -le, the adverb ends in
-ly.
Example: terrible - terribly
Example: terrible - terribly
*If the adjective ends in -e, then add -ly.
Example: safe - safely
Example: safe - safely
Tip: Not all words ending in -ly are adverbs.
*Adjectives ending in -ly: friendly, silly, lonely, ugly
*Nouns, ending in -ly: ally, bully, Italy, melancholy
*Verbs, ending in -ly: apply, rely, supply
*There is no adverb for an adjective ending in -ly.
Types of adverbs
1) Adverbs of mannerquickly
kindly
2) Adverbs of degree
very
rather
3) Adverbs of frequency
often
sometimes
4) Adverbs of time
now
today
5) Adverbs of place
here
nowhere
Subject - Verb - Object (S-V-O)
Word order in statements – Subject - Verb - Object (S-V-O)
Subject
|
Verb
|
Object
|
I
|
play
|
football.
|
Max
|
reads
|
books.
|
We
|
can speak
|
English.
|
Sue
|
is singing
|
a nice song.
|
I
|
play
|
football
|
I
|
like
|
table tennis.
|
* S - V - O in each part of complex sentences.*
Expressions of place and time in sentences
Time
|
Subject
|
Verb
|
Object
|
Place
|
Time
|
I
|
have
|
breakfast
|
in the kitchen.
|
||
They
|
play
|
handball
|
in the gym
|
every Monday.
|
|
My friend
|
is swimming
|
in the pool.
|
|||
Every Saturday
|
Peter
|
watches
|
TV
|
at home.
|
*- At the end of the sentence: Place before Time
*- NEVER put Place or Time between Verb and Object
Adverbs of frequency
always, usually, regularly, normally, often, sometimes, occasionally, rarely, seldom, never are adverbs of frequency.The position of these adverbs is:
-before the main verb
Adverb of frequency
|
Verb
|
|||
always
|
get up
|
at
6.45.
|
||
Peter
|
can
|
usually
|
play
|
football
on Sundays.
|
Mandy
|
has
|
sometimes
|
got
|
lots
of homework.
|
-after a form of to be am, are, is (was, were)
Verb
|
Adverb of frequency
|
||
Susan
|
is
|
never
|
late.
|
*The adverbs often, usually, sometimes and occasionally can go
at the beginning of a sentence.
Sometimes I go swimming.
Often we surf the internet.
Sometimes I go swimming.
Often we surf the internet.
*Sometimes these adverbs are put at the end of the sentence.
We read books occasionally.
We read books occasionally.
Learn English Grammar - How to form sentences?
Learn English the fun way using animated videos to help you understand the right context and the way to make sentences using the words 'Him' and 'Her'.
Now here, 'Him' is used for the male gender while 'Her' is used for the female gender.
Learning Adverbs
What are Adverbs? Words that add meaning to an action..
This video is clear and attractive to teach your students
how to use the adverbs, my students like this video very much.
I hope this video can help your students too.
Monday, 7 November 2011
Learning Verbs
What are Verbs?Word that describe an action. Watch this video to learn about Adjectives!
This video is clear and attractive to introduce the verbs, my students like this video very much. I hope this video can help your students too.
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