Thursday, December 26, 2013

Negative and Questions in present continuous

Forming negative and questions

The negative form

negative, present continuous, grammar, tenses
Present continuous negative form

  • In order to turn a sentence in the present continuous tense into negative, you just put the word ( NOT) after the conjugated verb ( BE ).

Example:
  •  I'm watching a tennis game on T.V.
I'm not watching a tennis game on T.V.   (It's just that simple)

  • Some more Examples:

Saturday, December 21, 2013

Reciprocal Pronouns



Reciprocal Pronouns


<u>Each other and one another<u/>

pronoun,grammar, reciprocal
Reciprocal Pronouns

  One of the easiest type of pronouns to understand is the reciprocal pronouns, let's take a look at it.

1. Peter and his fiancee are arguing with each other.

  What do you notice from the example above?

    The thing that I notice is that peter is arguing with his fiancee and his fiancee is arguing with him.
     

    So, both of them are doing the same action; there is a mutual action between them which is (arguing).

    They are subjects of only one verb, that's why we use a reciprocal pronouns.



    • One more example:

    Saturday, December 14, 2013

    Indefinite Pronouns

    Indefinite Pronouns

    • What is an indefinite Pronoun?

    Indefinite, pronouns, English, grammar
    The Indefinite Pronouns

    It is a pronoun that you use when you want to indicate to things or people

    without determining who or what they are.

    in other words, they are used to refer to non specified people or things.
    • There are singular indefinite pronouns, plural indefinite pronouns and variable indefinite pronouns:

    Singular, Plural, variable, Pronouns
    Different types of Indefinite pronouns

    • First: the singular ones.


    For people:

    Everybody - everyone
    Somebody   - some one
    nobody    - no one
    anybody   - anyone.


    Examples:

    Wednesday, December 11, 2013

    Relative Pronouns

    Relative pronouns

    This is an important type of English pronouns and you really need to master it as much as possible.

    what are relative pronouns?


    These pronouns are:
    (Who, Whom, Which, That and Whose)

    • I drove the car that I got for my birthday.
    (I drove the car) is (main clause)
    (that) is (relative pronoun)
    (I got for my birthday) is ( relative clause).
    relative pronouns, relative clause, pronouns,grammar
    Relative Pronouns In English
    Usage of relative pronouns
    • A relative pronoun introduces a relative clause and there are two types of relative clauses

    defining and non defining relative clauses.


    First: defining relative clauses:

    Tuesday, December 10, 2013

    Reflexive Pronouns

    Reflexive pronoun

    • Another type of pronouns in the English language is what is called (reflexive pronouns).
    • What is a reflexive pronoun?
    It is a pronoun that you use when you want to show that the object of a verb is exactly the same as the subject of that verb.
    Reflexive pronouns, pronouns, grammar,
     How to form reflexive pronoun


    For Example:
     1. I cut myself shaving.

    The subject which is  (I) and the object which is (myself) are the same.

    Monday, December 9, 2013

    Demonstrative Pronouns

    Demonstrative Pronouns

    • there are different types of pronouns and they have different usages. one of the most confusing pronouns are the demonstrative pronouns,but after learning them you will find out that they are very easy to use and to be understood

     let's take a look at them

    a demonstrative pronoun identifies a thing or things a person or people.
    • there are four of them:
    (this - these - that - those)
    Demonstrative pronouns, grammar, pronouns,
    Demonstrative Pronouns

    Sunday, December 8, 2013

    Present continuous Tense

    Present continuous

    Grammar, present continuous, present progressive,English tenses

     The structure of the present continuous tense and how to use it.

    • Structure

       

    I                   am + (verb+ ING).


    He
    She               is + (verb+ ING).
    It


    We
    They             are + (Verb+ ING).
    You


    So, you conjugate verb (be) in the Simple present tense according to the subject and the verb in the base form + ING.


    Examples:

    Saturday, December 7, 2013

    Simple Past Execise


    Exercise

    Choose the correct answer:


    1. I…………… some computer games last night.
    a) Play

    b) Played

    c) Plaied



    2. She…………the front door yesterday to prevent strangers from entering the house.
    a) Close

    b) Closed

    c) Closied



    3. Last year, he……………me of insulting him.
    a) Accuse

    b) Accused

    c) Accuses




    4. Two years ago, they…………..to New York.

    Friday, December 6, 2013

    Personal and Possessive pronouns



    Personal and  Possessive pronouns


    In the English language, there are different types of pronouns.
    At first we are going to learn two types of them.

    • Personal pronouns and  Possessive pronouns.
    Personal pronouns, subject pronouns, grammar
    Subject Pronouns





     Personal pronouns:

                         Personal Pronouns
    Subject pronouns
    Object pronouns
    I
    Me
    You
    You
    She
    Her
    He
    Him
    It
    It
    We
    Us
    They
    Them
    You
    You


    • What is the Subject?

    Thursday, December 5, 2013

    Simple Present Exercise

    Exercise

    Choose the Correct answer:

    1.  My father.................... to work every day
    • Go
    • Goes
    • Gos
     2. She......................a beautiful car
    • Have 
    • Is
    • has
    3. They.................at the movie theater
    • Are
    • Is
    • Am

    Tuesday, December 3, 2013

    Past Simpe Tense (part 4)

    How to form a question:


    First: WH questions.

    • In order to form a question in the past simple; you need to use an auxiliary verb which is (DID).
    Question, past simple, wh question
    How to form a WH question in simple past

    For Example:
    1. I watched a movie last night.
    • if you want to ask a question with what ( to ask for information about things or people).

    put (what) + auxiliary verb (did) +  (Subject)  + verb in base form.................................?
    So the question will be:
    • What did you watch last night?


    Another example:

    Sunday, December 1, 2013

    Definite and Indefinite articles

    Definite and Indefinite articles 


      1. could you lend me a pen?
      2. I saw an airplane crashing. 
      3. The bus is so packed.

    • As you can see from the examples above, in the English language (a, an and the) are the definite and indefinite articles.

    First: INDEFINITE ARTICLE

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