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Verbs : Modals

Everyone can understand Modal Verbs!

What are model verbs?

Model verbs are also called auxiliary verbs, helping verbs and model auxiliaries.

Model verbs are not complete verbs, and they can only be used with a verb. Modal auxiliary verbs may sound difficult but in fact they're easy. Modals are: can, could, may, might, must, ought to, shall, should, will, would and need

(need can be a full verb, too).

The usage of model verbs:

Model verbs stay in the base form - bare infinitive - the bare infinitive is the infinitive without "to" before the verb.

The following model verbs are used to with the present tense:

can, will, shall, ought to, must, need, may

The following model verbs are used in the past tense:

would, should, could, might

Model verbs are used to answer questions in the short form

yes, I do.
yes, we can.
No, I don't.

Model verbs can be used as part of the grammar structure of the sentence, such as when used with the perfect tenses.

When are model verbs used:

~ Prediction - Will and Shall

Will and shall can be used to state predict that an event or an action will take place or will occur The model verbs can used to make a prediction about an event or action about the future.
I think we will be able to go and see the move tonight.
My mother thinks we will not get home be it starts to rain.

~ Requests - Offers - Suggestions - Can - Could - May - Shall

To make requests, offers or suggestions can be stated with the model verbs.

~ Permission - Can - Could - May - Might

Can, could, may and might are model verbs that can be used to give permission or deny permission to do something or to someone.

Can I help you cook dinner?

You may not watch T. V. after dinner.

~Certainty - Possibility - Can - Might - may- Could - Shall -Can, might

- and could are model verbs that can be used to state certainty and possibility.

Do you think it might rain tomorrow night?

I might be home before midnight.

You can come over tonight if you would like to.

~Ability - Inability - Can - Could - Able to

My father hopes that we will be able to go to the moves.

I can not go to Europe with you.

Understand enough right? :)

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Connectors : Sequence Connecters

Connectors are used to join or connect two ideas that have particular relationship. These relationships can be sequential, reason and purpose, adversative and condition. It also joins words and sentences in logical manner.
The examples of sequence connectors are :

Therefore
Moreover
Furthermore
Then
Finally
Therefore
However
Afterwards
Eventually
Otherwise
Nevertheless
Sometimes

To practice and get more fun exercise check this out yup! http://www.englishdaily626.com/sentence_connectors.php?005 thats all Posted by : Munira Bt Roslan

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Modifiers : Adverb

We have seen that an adjective is a word that gives more information about a noun or pronoun. How about adverb?

Lets check out these together! :D

An adverb is usually defined as a word that gives more information about a verb, an adjective or another adverb.

Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives and adverbs in terms of such qualities as time, frequency and manner.

In the sentence Sue runs fast, fast describes how or the manner in which Sue runs.

In the sentence Sue runs very fast, very describes the adverb fast and gives information about how fast Sue runs.

Most, but not all adverbs end in -ly as in But not all words that end in -ly are adverbs (ugly is an adjective, supply and reply can both be nouns or verbs).

Many times an adjective can be made into an adverb by adding -ly as in nicely, quickly, completely, sincerely.

Adverbs of time tell when something happens and adverbs of frequency tell how often something happens. Below are some common adverbs of time and frequency which you should learn:

Do it now.	I always do my homework
I will see you then.	We sometimes get confused.
They will be here soon.	He usually gets good grades.
I can't meet you today.	I never went skiing.
Let's go tomorrow.	She rarely eats a big breakfast.
They told me yesterday.	He was once on TV.
Have you traveled recently?	He saw the movie twice.

Review this lesson as many time as you want and kindly do some practice for this chapter.

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Verbs : Simple Future Tense

I am going to share about Simple Future Tense on this post. Check out this, learners! :)

The simple future tense is often called will, because we make the simple future tense with the modal auxiliary will.

How do we use the Simple Future Tense?

~ No Plan

We use the simple future tense when there is no plan or decision to do something before we speak. We make the decision spontaneously at the time of speaking. Look at these examples:

Hold on. I'll get a pen.
We will see what we can do to help you.
Maybe we'll stay in and watch television tonight.

In these examples, we had no firm plan before speaking. The decision is made at the time of speaking.
We often use the simple future tense with the verb to think before it:

I think I'll go to the gym tomorrow.
I think I will have a holiday next year.
I don't think I'll buy that car.

~ Prediction

We often use the simple future tense to make a prediction about the future. Again, there is no firm plan. We are saying what we think will happen. Here are some examples:

It will rain tomorrow.
People won't go to Jupiter before the 22nd century.
Who do you think will get the job?

~ Be

When the main verb is be, we can use the simple future tense even if we have a firm plan or decision before speaking. Examples:

I'll be in London tomorrow.
I'm going shopping. I won't be very long.
Will you be at work tomorrow?

Get it?

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Connectors : Conjunction

A conjunction is a word that connects other words or group of words. In other word, it joins two parts of sentence.

Here are some examples of conjunctions :

Coordinating Conjunctions Subordinating Conjunctions

and, but, or, nor, for, yet, so although, because, since, unless

Conjunction has three basic forms :

Single Word
for example: and, but, because, although
Compound (often ending with as or that)
for example: provided that, as long as, in order that
Correlative (surrounding an adverb or adjective)
for example: so...that

Conjunctions have two basic functions :

Coordinating conjunctions are used to join two parts of a sentence that are grammatically equal. The two parts may be single words or clauses, for example:
- Jack and Jill went up the hill.
- The water was warm, but I didn't go swimming.
Subordinating conjunctions are used to join a subordinate dependent clause to a main clause, for example:
- I went swimming although it was cold.

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Modifiers : Superlative Form

Hello learners! :D
On previous post, we have learned about comparative, right?
So now we are going to learn superlative.

Definition : A superlative adjective expresses the extreme or highest degree of a quality. We use a superlative adjective to describe the extreme quality of one thing in a group of things.

In the example below, "biggest" is the superlative form of the adjective "big" :

A B C

A is the biggest.

Another example :

the right one is the tallest

Forming the superlative :

Form	Rule	For example
Words of one syllable ending in "e".	Add -st to the end of the word.	wide - widest
Words of one syllable, with one vowel and one consonant at the end.	Double the consonant and add -est to the end of the word.	big - biggest
Words of one syllable, with more than one vowel or more than one consonant at the end.	Add -est to the end of the word.	high - highest
Words of two syllables, ending in "y".	Change "y" to "i", and add-est to the end of the word.	happy - happiest
Words of two syllables or more, not ending in "y".	Place "the most" before the adjective.	beautiful - the most beautiful

Take this note : We can use superlative adjectives when talking about three or more things, not two things.

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Modifiers : Comparative Form

When we talk about two things, we can "compare" them. We can see if they are the same or different. Perhaps they are the same in some ways and different in other ways. We can use comparative adjectives to describe the differences.

In the example below, "bigger" is the comparative form of the adjective "big":

A1 A2
A1 is bigger than A2.

Same goes to when we compare the physical size of two peoples. Lets see this :

the boy at the right side is fatter than the boy at the left side

So, this is what we call comparative.

Please take note this :

We can use comparative adjectives when talking about two things only. Not three, four or more things.

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Verbs : Present Continuous Tense

We often use the present continuous tense in English. It is very different from the simple present tense, both in structure and in use.Continuous tenses are also called progressive tenses. So the present progressive tense is the same as the present continuous tense.

We use the Present Continuous Tense to talk about activities happening now.For example :

The kids are watching TV.
Who are you writing to?
She is singing.

We can also use the Present Continuous Tense to talk about activities happening around now, and not necessarily this very moment.

Sally is studying really hard for her exams this week.
I am going to visit my Grandma this weekend.
I am reading a really interesting book now.

The Present Continuous Tense is also used to talk about activities happening in the near future, especially for planned future events.

I am seeing my dentist on Wednesday.
Polly is coming for dinner tomorrow.
Are you doing anything tonight?

Quick Spelling Hint: Make sure you DO NOT spell this tense as Present Continuos or Present Continous that appear to be very typical spelling mistakes.

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Pronouns Form : Pronouns

Pronouns are small words that take the place of a noun. We can use a pronoun instead of a noun. Pronouns are words like: he, you, ours, themselves, some, each... If we didn't have pronouns, we would have to repeat a lot of nouns.
For the example :
Sara is nine years old. She is very kind.

In this sentence above, we use the subject pronoun 'she' to replace the noun 'Sara' to make the sentence less repetition. Pronouns consist of Subject Pronoun, Object Pronoun, Possessive Pronoun and Reflexive Pronoun. Check this out child! :)

Subject Pronoun	Object Pronoun	Possessive Adjective	Possessive Pronoun	Reflexive Pronoun
I	me	my	mine	myself
You	you	your	yours	yourself
He	him	his	his	himself
She	her	her	hers	herself
It	it	its	its	itself
We	us	our	ours	ourselves
They	them	their	theirs	themselves

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Word Order : Punctuation

Can you see this picture learners?

What are the symbols in this square?

All of the symbols in the square are punctuations.

Now, I am going to share with all of you about punctuation marks

Punctuation is the name for marks used in writing. These marks help with understanding. There are many kinds of punctuation. Some of them can do many things. These are some common punctuation marks used in English:

( . ) - a period or full stop, used to end a sentence. It shows when an idea is finished.
( , ) - a comma, used to list things and and indicate sentences or questions
( ? ) - a question mark or query, used when writing the questions.
( ! ) - an exclamation mark, used write about strong emotion or to be shouted.
( ' ) - an apostrophe, used to show that something belongs to something else.
( " ) - a quotation mark, used around the worlds that people have said.