english grammar basics in tamil

... but I'm having some this morning because there is nothing else  I often cycle to work but I'm taking the car this morning because it's raining very hard  I'm thinking about having my hair ... considered investing in Mexico Present Perfect Continuous This tense is used to talk about an action or actions that started in the past and continued until recently or that continue into the ... fast In the next examples, the action is true at the present moment but we don't think it will be true in the long term  We're looking for a new house  She's thinking about leaving the

Ngày tải lên: 30/08/2016, 21:12

... This study intends to find out difficulties students are facing when learninggrammar So, the focus will be:  Determining the importance of grammar in English learning  Investigating difficulties ... students in learning a foreign language in general and in learning grammar communicatively inparticular Tsui (1996) suggests five factors to determine learners’ difficulties in leaning speaking in ... about Englishgrammar, the difficulties in learning English grammar communicatively of grade10A9 students, find out some solutions to improve the efficiency of teaching andlearning English grammar

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2018, 22:15

... 5PREFACE The main objective of An Introductory Course: English Grammar is to introduce the first-year university student into the world of English grammar Most of the students doing this introductory ... speaking I’ll be with you in a minute I’m just finishing something in the kitchen  For temporary actions; that is, actions that are going on around now, but not at the very moment of speaking ... I’m looking forward to my holidays / I’m looking forward to going on holidays I’m fond of music / I’m fond of playing music Compare: I was used to (accustomed to) red wine/drinking red wine (‘to’

Ngày tải lên: 31/08/2023, 18:53

... determiners in English 3.2 Usage of determiners in English 4 Data collection II DISCUSSIONS AND FINDINGS II.1 Similarities II.1.1 In English II.1.2 In Vietnamese II.2 Differences II.2.1 In English ... 26 - Group 5 VINH, NĂM 2022 Trang 2I THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 1 Definition 1.1 Definition of determiners in English 1.2 Definition of determiners in Vietnamese 2 Types of determiners 3 Structure ... find countless English songs online, or on English radio stations online - Watching English videos related to your interests: Watching English videos on Youtube is a good way to learn English to

Ngày tải lên: 21/05/2024, 13:27

... 173 Using according to my optmion instead of in my opinion Don’t say: According to my opinion, she’s right ¥ Say: In my opinion, she’s right Note Avoid using the phrase as | think instead ... say: The rain prevented me to go Say: The rain prevented me from going Succeed in + -ing Don’t say: Paula succeeded to win the prize Say: Paula succeeded in winning the prize Think of + -ing Don’t ... being so late Or: Please excuse me for being so late Finish + -ing Don’t say: Have you finished to speak? Say: Have you finished speaking? Note: Yo + infinitive or the gerund follow verbs meaning

Ngày tải lên: 16/12/2013, 15:42

... the Internet Kevin searched the Internet Combining sentences, using and to connect the subjects Diane and Kevin searched the Internet Each pair of sentences has the same predicate Combine ... tools, paint, hats, and silk stockings _ 10 “Buy nothing you can make yourselves,’ Washington said George Washington believed in being self-sufficient Write three sentences with examples of things ... sometimes squeak 5 Machines are used every day Machines work in different ways Trang 1410 Combining Subjects If two sentences have the same predicate, the sentences can be combined to make one

Ngày tải lên: 02/04/2014, 21:58

... Irregular Verbs Begin, Beginning, Began, Begun Know, Knowing, Knew, Known Break, Breaking, Broke, Broken; Choose, Choosing, Chose, Chosen Do, Doing, Did, Done Teach, Teaching, Taught, Taught ... animals live in rain forests 3 Hundreds of different kinds of birds 4 The birds eat seeds, fruit, and insects ——— 5 Nestsin the tall trees 8Ð Make sentences by matching the words in the first ... experiences, they reached China in 1275 5 The ruler, Kublai Khan, welcomed the Polos to his kingdom Kublai Khan appointed Marco to high positions in the government In China, Marco saw paper money

Ngày tải lên: 02/04/2014, 22:00

... Demonstrative Pronouns Interrogative Pronouns Indefinite Pronouns Verbs with Indefinite Pronouns Indefinite Pronouns and More Descriptive Adjectives Definite and Indefinite Articles Numerical Adjectives ... had its origin in ancient Greece 8 Underline the concrete nouns in each sentence Circle the abstract nouns 1 People in ancient times had differing values and beliefs Some Greek kingdoms valued ... completes the meaning of a linking verb in a sentence It renames the subject The most common linking verbs are forms of the verb be (is, am, are, was, were, and so on) Japan is a country in Asia (country

Ngày tải lên: 02/04/2014, 22:07

... + 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

... going/'m not going am staying/'m staying 6 Are you doing 7 are going/'re going begins 8 does this train get 9 am going /'m going Are you coming 10 is coming is travelling/'s travelling ... going to work tomorrow morning 3 I'm not doing anything tomorrow evening 4 I'm playing football next Sunday 5 I'm going to a party this evening 19.4 3 are having/'re having 4 opens finishes ... meeting/'m meeting 11 am not using/'m not using 12 does it finish UNIT 20 20.1 2 I'm going to phone her later 3 I'm going to do it this afternoon 4 Not yet I'm going to read it after dinner

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

... examples: in a room, in a building, in a box, in a garden, in a town/city, in a country * There's no one in the room/in the building/in the garden Trang 24 * What have you got in your hand/in your ... are you going out this evening? C We say: in the morning(s), in the afternoon(s), in the evening(s) * I'll see you in the morning * Do you work in the evenings? but: on Friday morning(s), ... playing tennis tomorrow _unless/providing_ it's raining 3 I'm playing tennis tomorrow _unless/providing_ it's not raining 4 I don't mind if you come in late _unless/as long as_ you come in quietly

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

... don't mind 1 (flying) _I don't like flying._ 2 (playing cards) 3 (doing the ironing) 4 (going to museums) 5 (lying on the beach all day) 57.3 How would you feel about doing these jobs? In your ... live in the country or I prefer living in the country Study the differences in structure after prefer We say: I prefer something to something else I prefer doing something to doing something ... ~ing (to say bow something happens): * The burglars got into the house by breaking a window and climbing in * You can improve your English by reading more * She made herself ill by not eating

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