basic english grammar in tamil ppt

... has certain merits, since it allows us to determine word classes by replacing words in a sentence with words of "similar" meaning. For instance, in the sentence My son cooks dinner every ... called FINITE verbs Verbs in any other form (infinitive, -ing, or -ed) are called NONFINITE verbs This means that verbs with tense are finite, and verbs without tense are nonfinite The distinction ... between finite and nonfinite verbs is a very important one in grammar, ... although to is not part of the verb Infinitives with to are referred to specifically as TO-INFINITIVES, in order

Ngày tải lên: 22/10/2013, 13:15

... the following by naming things you see in the classroom Trang 17USING AN vs , -(a) A dog is an animal A and an are used in front of singular count nouns In (a): dog and animal are singular count ... Sonya is wearing Some silver jewelry She's wearing Q necklace and Some earrings chairs in our living room 3 We have furniture in our living room 4 Sue has a CD player She is listening to music ... 1440 minutes? SUBJECT PRONOUNS ( a ) I speak English ( c ) You speak English ( e ) She speaks English (g) He speaks English ( i ) I t starts at 8:OO ( k ) W e speak English (m) You speak English

Ngày tải lên: 17/01/2014, 05:20

... yesterday I'm in class I'm in class today I was in class yesterday too ,, ( ) is in class 'I ( ) is in class today ShelHe was in class yesterday too ! ' I - ?*' , :; % ,a, r , " I'm in class ... words in the list; use the SIMPLE PRESENT or the SIMPLE PAS? I ~t often yesterday rain5 famed in the morning ~t I to school every morning I school yesterday morning Sue often question in class ... television last night I usually T V in the evening because I want to improve my English Mike his own dinner yesterday evening He his own dinner every evening I usually home at night because I

Ngày tải lên: 24/01/2014, 08:20

... L get a haircut watch TV in the evening something interesting in the evening go to bed early , : gom bed late * 4y , : % , " 19 go shopping 20 something interesting and unusual \ EXERCISE ... in a couple of minutes f i m now) USING TODAY, TONIGHT, AND THIS + MORNING, AFTERNO01 EVENING WEEK MONTH VF4R PRESENT Right now it's 10 A.M We are in our English class ( a ) We are studying English ... University I'm going to take a vacation in Canada i spring summer We're going to have company for dinner night 10 We had company for dinner three days 11 We're going to have dinner at our friends'

Ngày tải lên: 24/01/2014, 08:20

... verb follows can In (d): speak is the main verb I An infinitive with to does NOT follow can In (e): w speak is incorrect The main verb never has a fmal -s In (f): speaks is incorrect NEGATNE: ... sentences with the same meaning by using an infinitive after too + ADJECTIVE (a) and (b) have the same meaning 1 Mr Cook is old He can't drive a car anymore too t adjective t infinitive 2 Susie doesn't ... same meaning by using too + ADJECTIVE +for (someone) + INFINITIVE 1 Robert can't touch the ceiling because it's too high + The ceiling is I too I t adjective + for (someone) + infnitive

Ngày tải lên: 24/01/2014, 08:20

... 150 USING THE 156 USING 0 (NO ARTICLE) TO MAKE GENERALIZATIONS 160 USING SOME AND ANY 161 INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: SOMETHING, SOMEONE, ANYTHING, ANYONE 163 INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: ... MAKING COMPARISONS WITH ADVERBS 414 USING AS AS WITH ADVERBS 416 Chapter 10 EXPRESSING IDEAS WITH VERBS USING SHOULD 420 USING LET'S 423 USING HAVE + INFINITIVE ... watermark. Chapter 7 EXPRESSING ABILITY USING CAN 281 USING CAN: QUESTIONS 282 USING KNOWHOW TO 284 USING COULD: PAST OF CAN 285 USING VERY AND TOO + ADJECTIVE 287 USING TOO MANY

Ngày tải lên: 24/01/2014, 08:20

... every night Monday morning, Tuesday morning, Wednesday ( d ) They go to the beach every weekend morning, Thursday morning, Friday morning, Saturday morning, and Sunday morning Trang 2ERClSe 1 ... don't drink tea They don't have a car EXERCISE 14: Use the words in italics t o make NEGATIVE SENTENCES Notice in (b): In 3rd person singular, there is no -8 on the main verb; the final -a ... weather is hot in July 14 nswr Sue drinks coffec EXERCISE &WRITTEN: Describe a typical day in your life, from the time you get up in the I morning until you go to bed Use the following words

Ngày tải lên: 24/01/2014, 08:20

... is interesting / boring / confusing / etc LEFT FIELDER CENTER FIELDER UM CATCHER 1 I think that the weather today is 3 Right now I'm thinking about 4 In my opinion, English grammar is 5 In ... (that) to give your opinion 1 English grammar is easy / hard I fun I interesting I think (that) English grammar is 2 People in this city are friendly / unfriendly / kind / cold Please purchase ... with think thaf INCORRECT: I am thinking that Sue is hry (f) and (g) have the same meaning People often often omit that after think, especially in speaking EXERCISE 21 : Use I think (that)

Ngày tải lên: 24/01/2014, 08:20

... Compare the things in Column A with the things in Column B Discuss how the two things you are comparing are similar Example: A pencil is like a pen in some ways They are both writing instruments ... hats In other words, your hat is mine 6 A foot and a hand are in some ways, but different in other ways 7 A dormitory and an apartment building are in many ways 8 A motorcyle is a bicycle in some ... fat-fattm, thiwthinnm, hot-hotter If an adjective ends in y , change the -y to i and add -er ADJECTIVES WlTH famom more famous SYLLABLES interssting more intorastinp Use more in front of adjectives

Ngày tải lên: 24/01/2014, 08:20

... + prepositions + V-ing Ex: Fred confessed to stealing the jewels Adjective + prepositions + V-ing intent on interested in successful in tired of Ex: Mitch is afraid of getting married now. Noun ... goodbye without knowing that they were never to meet again. Ex2: Since 1840, American Presidents elected in years ending in zero were to be died (have been destined to die)in office.  to be about ... singular noun no + singular noun some + singular noun anybody nobody somebody anyone no one someone anything nothing something every + singular noun each + singular noun everybody

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 14:00

... 6 thinking of/thinking about 7 think of 8 thinking about/thinking of 9 thought about 10 think much of UNIT 134 134.1 2 for the misunderstanding (which was my fault) 3 on winning the tournament ... 4 embarrassing 5 embarrassed 6 amazed 7 astonishing 8 amused 9 terrifying shocked 10 bored boring 11 boring interesting 97.3 2 bored 3 confusing 4 disgusting 5 interested ... reminded me about 8 remind you of 133.3 2 hear about 3 heard from 4 heard of 5 hear from 6 hear about 7 heard of 133.4 2 think about 3 thinks about/thinks of 4 think of 5 think of 6 thinking

Ngày tải lên: 23/07/2014, 12:20

... verb ends in ~e, we leave out e before the ending ~ing: hope/hoping smile/smiling dance/dancing confuse/confusing Exceptions arc: be/being and verbs ending in ~ee: see/seeing agree/agreeing If ... of playing in the street 133.2 Complete the sentences using one of the following verbs (in the correct form) + the correct preposition: complain dream hear remind remind remind think think warn ... say/said 6.4 Verbs ending in ~ie (die, lie, tie) If a verb ends in ~ie, ie changes to y before the ending ~ing: die/dying lie/lying tie/tying @p281 APPENDIX 6 6.5 Words ending in -e (hope, dance,

Ngày tải lên: 23/07/2014, 12:20

... examination disappointing * The film was disappointing I expected it to be much better shocking * The news was shocking interested * Julia is very interested in politics (not 'interesting in ... using one of the words in the box amusing/amused confusing/confused exhausting/exhausted annoying/annoyed disgusting/disgusted interesting/interested boring/bored exciting/excited surprising/surprised ... same things He's really boring B Compare adjectives ending in ~ing and ~ed: You can say: * My job boring * My job interesting * My job is tiring * My job satisfying * My job depressing (etc.)

Ngày tải lên: 23/07/2014, 12:20

... the English people you know, not English people in general) C The difference between 'something in general' and 'something in particular' is not always very clear Compare these sentences: #1 In ... year we are going skiing in Swiss Alps 12 United Kingdom consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 13 Seychelles are a group of islands in Indian Ocean 14 River Volga flows into Caspian ... Each time the beginning of the word is given 1 calculate algebra equation: mathematics 2 government election minister: p - 3 finance trade industry: e - 4 running lumping throwing: a - 5 light

Ngày tải lên: 23/07/2014, 12:20

... example situation: It is raining. Jill wants to go out, but not in the rain. She says: I wish it would stop raining. This means that Jill is complaining about the rain and wants it to stop. ... do something instead of just sitting and doing nothing. You can use I wish wouldn't to complain about things people do repeatedly: * I wish you wouldn't keep interrupting me. ... say 'get something done' instead of 'have something done' (mainly in informal spoken English) : * When are you going to get the roof repaired? (= have the roof repaired) * I think you... can

Ngày tải lên: 23/07/2014, 12:20

... stopped doing some things and started doing other things: He stopped studying hard/going to bed early/running three miles e3very morning He started smoking/going out in the evening/spending a lot ... to anything at these times? Write (true) sentences about yourself (this evening) I'm going out this evening or I'm not doing anything this evening or I don't know what I'm doing this evening (tomorrow ... afternoon He is going to the dentist on Tuesday morning He is having dinner with Ann on Friday In all these examples, Tom has already decided and arranged to these things Use the present continuous to

Ngày tải lên: 23/07/2014, 12:20

... nine o'clock. It's nine. It's nine-oh-five. It's five (minutes) after nine. It's five (minutes) past nine. It's nine-ten. It's ten (minutes) after nine. ... verb. In (a): since I was child = a since- clause.* Notice in the examples: The verb in the main clause is present perfect. The verb in the. since-clause is simple past. *A sinceclause ... om dmmw in class. Boris is sitting in class. . , , We are sininp in class. Boris is ~mirg in class right now at ten o'clock. In (b): Boris began to sit in class before...

Ngày tải lên: 17/01/2014, 05:20

... beautiful expresses an opinion. Opinion adjectives usually come before all other adjectives. In (c): opinion precedes age. In (d): opinion precedes color. In (e): opinion precedes nationality. ... In written English, contractions of a noun and i. (e.g., Tom's happy) are found in infod English (for example, in a letter to a friend), but not in formal English (for exmple, ... 8-19 INDIRECT OBJECTS WITH EXPLAIN AND INTRODUCE W EXERCISE 53-ORAL: Complete the sentences. Use the words in parentheses. (a) The teacher explained the grammar to us. (b) Anna introduced...

Ngày tải lên: 24/01/2014, 08:20