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My brother is not quite twenty-five. |
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I’m two years older than you are. |
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I’m the youngest. |
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Guess how old I am. |
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برای نمونه مکالمات بیشتر بر روی لینک های زیر کلیک کنید. موفق باشید
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Leaving things to the last minute We're open from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Don't have anyone by that name Command of Chinese and English
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Hi! That's an interjection. :-)
"Interjection" is a big name for a little word. Interjections are short exclamations like Oh!, Um or Ah! They have no real grammatical value but we use them quite often, usually more in speaking than in writing. When interjections are inserted into a sentence, they have no grammatical connection to the sentence. An interjection is sometimes followed by an exclamation mark (!) when written.
Here are some interjections with examples:
| interjection | meaning | example |
| ah | expressing pleasure | "Ah, that feels good." |
| expressing realization | "Ah, now I understand." | |
| expressing resignation | "Ah well, it can't be heped." | |
| expressing surprise | "Ah! I've won!" | |
| alas | expressing grief or pity | "Alas, she's dead now." |
| dear | expressing pity | "Oh dear! Does it hurt?" |
| expressing surprise | "Dear me! That's a surprise!" | |
| eh | asking for repetition | "It's hot today." "Eh?" "I said it's hot today." |
| expressing enquiry | "What do you think of that, eh?" | |
| expressing surprise | "Eh! Really?" | |
| inviting agreement | "Let's go, eh?" | |
| er | expressing hesitation | "Lima is the capital of...er...Peru." |
| hello, hullo | expressing greeting | "Hello John. How are you today?" |
| expressing surprise | "Hello! My car's gone!" | |
| hey | calling attention | "Hey! look at that!" |
| expressing surprise, joy etc | "Hey! What a good idea!" | |
| hi | expressing greeting | "Hi! What's new?" |
| hmm | expressing hesitation, doubt or disagreement | "Hmm. I'm not so sure." |
| oh, o | expressing surprise | "Oh! You're here!" |
| expressing pain | "Oh! I've got a toothache." | |
| expressing pleading | "Oh, please say 'yes'!" | |
| ouch | expressing pain | "Ouch! That hurts!" |
| uh | expressing hesitation | "Uh...I don't know the answer to that." |
| uh-huh | expressing agreement | "Shall we go?" "Uh-huh." |
| um, umm | expressing hesitation | "85 divided by 5 is...um...17." |
| well | expressing surprise | "Well I never!" |
| introducing a remark | "Well, what did he say? |



Say and tell have similar meanings. They both mean to communicate verbally with someone. But we often use them differently.
The simple way to think of say and tell is:
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You say something |
You tell someone something |
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Ram said that he was tired. |
Ram told Jane that he was tired. |
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Anthony says you have a new job. |
Anthony tells me you have a new job. |
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Tara said: "I love you." |
Tara told John that she loved him. |
But, of course, it is not always so easy. Here are a few rules to help you.
Personal object
We
usually follow tell with a personal object (the person that we are
speaking to). We usually use say without a personal object:
Say "to someone"
With say, we sometimes use "to someone":
Direct speech
We can use say with direct speech. We use tell only with direct speech that is an instruction or information:
We can use say with direct questions, but we cannot use tell:
Reported speech
We can use say and tell to talk about reported information:
We cannot use say or tell to talk about reported questions. We must use ask (or a similar verb):
Orders, advice
We use tell + object + infinitive for orders or advice:
Phrases
Here are a few fixed phrases with tell. We cannot use say with these phrases:
Right and wrong
Read these examples of correct and incorrect usage:
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These are NOT possible... |
These are possible... |
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Tara said Jo to go away. |
Tara told Jo to go away. |
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Tookta told to me that she was coming. |
Tookta told me that she was coming. |
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Tookta said to me that she was coming. | |
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Siriluck always says lies. |
Siriluck always tells lies. |
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Ram told Nok: "Let's turn on the TV." |
Ram said to Nok: "Let's turn on the TV." |
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(Ram told Nok: "I was born in 1985.") | |
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She said if I wanted to come. |
She asked if I wanted to come. |
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Tookta told what I wanted to do. |
Took asked what I wanted to do. |



suffix |
grammatical change |
example |
example |
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-s |
plural |
dog |
dogs |
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-en |
plural (irregular) |
ox |
oxen |
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-s |
3rd person singular present |
like |
he likes |
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-ed |
past tense |
work |
he worked |
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-en |
past participle (irregular) |
eat |
he has eaten |
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-ing |
continuous/progressive |
sleep |
he is sleeping |
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-er |
comparative |
big |
bigger |
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-est |
superlative |
big |
the biggest |
With derivational suffixes, the new word has a new meaning, and is usually a different part of speech. But the new meaning is related to the old meaning - it is "derived" from the old meaning.
We can add more than one suffix, as in this example:
derive (verb) + tion = derivation (noun) + al = derivational (adjective)
There are several hundred derivational suffixes. Here are some of the more common ones:
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suffix |
making |
example |
example |
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-ation |
nouns |
explore |
exploration |
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-sion |
persuade |
persuasion | |
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-er |
teach |
teacher | |
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-cian |
music |
musician | |
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-ess |
god |
goddess | |
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-ness |
sad |
sadness | |
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-al |
arrive |
arrival | |
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-ary |
diction |
dictionary | |
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-ment |
treat |
treatment | |
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-y |
jealous |
jealousy | |
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-al |
adjectives |
accident |
accidental |
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-ary |
imagine |
imaginary | |
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-able |
tax |
taxable | |
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-ly |
brother |
brotherly | |
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-y |
ease |
easy | |
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-ful |
sorrow |
sorrowful | |
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-ly |
adverbs |
helpful |
helpfully |
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-ize |
verbs |
terror |
terrorize |
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-ate |
hyphen |
hyphenate |



Notes
Be careful. Some contractions can have two or three meanings. For example, he'd can be he had or he would. It depends on the rest of the sentence. Look at these examples:
The contraction 's (= is or has) is not used only with pronouns. It can also be used with nouns, names, question words and words like "here" and "there", for example: The train's late. John's arrived. Where's the phone? Here's your change. There's a policeman.
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I'm |
I am |
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I've |
I have |
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I'll |
I will/I shall |
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I'd |
I would/I should/I had |
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you're |
you are |
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you've |
you have |
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you'll |
you will |
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you'd |
you had/you would |
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he's |
he has/he is |
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he'll |
he will |
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he'd |
he had/he would |
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she's |
she has/she is |
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she'll |
she will |
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she'd |
she had/she would |
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it's |
it has/it is |
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it'll |
it will |
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we're |
we are |
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we've |
we have |
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we'll |
we will |
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we'd |
we had/we would |
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they're |
they are |
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they've |
they have |
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they'll |
they will |
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they'd |
they had/they would |



Notes
With the verb "to be", two negative forms are possible - we aren't or we're not etc.
In questions, am not is contracted to aren't, for example: I'm late, aren't I?
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aren't |
are not |
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can't |
cannot, can not |
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couldn't |
could not |
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daren't |
dare not |
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didn't |
did not |
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doesn't |
does not |
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don't |
do not |
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hasn't |
has not |
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haven't |
have not |
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hadn't |
had not |
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isn't |
is not |
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mayn't |
may not |
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mightn't |
might not |
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mustn't |
must not |
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needn't |
need not |
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oughtn't |
ought not |
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shan't |
shall not |
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shouldn't |
should not |
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wasn't |
was not |
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weren't |
were not |
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won't |
will not |
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wouldn't |
would not |



Informal contractions are short forms of other words that people use when speaking casually. They are not exactly slang, but they are a little like slang.
For example, "gonna" is a short form of "going to". If you say "going to" very fast, without carefully pronouncing each word, it can sound like "gonna".
Please remember that these are informal contractions. That means that we do not use them in "correct" speech, and we almost never use them in writing. (If you see them in writing, for example in a comic strip, that is because the written words represent the spoken words or dialogue.) We normally use them only when speaking fast and casually, for example with friends. Some people never use them, even in informal speech.
It is probably true to say that informal contractions are more common in American English.
Also note that, unlike normal contractions, we do not usually use apostrophes (') with informal contractions when written.
On the right are some common informal contractions, with example sentences. Note that the example sentences may be a little artificial because when we use a contraction we may also use other contractions in the same sentence, or even drop some words completely. For example:
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What are you doing I’m reading a book. What’s your friend doing He’s studying his lesson. I’m not doing anything right now. Where are you going I’m going home. What time are you coming back I’m not sure what time I’m coming back. What are you thinking about |
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Look within and around you. Contemplate, ponder and think.God said in Quran 45 Verse 3 “...the heavens and the earth are full of signs for the believers..”.God, expressing His infinite love through nature so beautifully woven spreading on the face of the entire universe above and below.The beauty of it all just amazes me but have we ever take time to ponder?
When your love for God is immensely strong, you see God in all that you do, in all that there is and in all that ever will be. Travelling to work 1 hour daily can be a hectic and tiring schedule for some.For me, it is a journey of new discoveries in the horizon pondering the signs of God. Awesome mountain view with formation of clouds clinging at its tip and carpets of green grass spreading the entire fields and trees emerging its bountiful leaves seems like an ‘eyemo’ to my sight. Its enchanting beauty is beyond imagination.Trees with coloured redolent flowers spreading all over its branches and clinging on to each other thus creating illuminating beauty and the wind that brushes the trees creating a rhapsody of rhyme lingering in my ears, branches clutching each other at the sides of the road forming a cave like quintessential sanctuary....just magnificent! Such is the vast richness and abundance of God’s creation. Such is His state of the art expressing His passion of lullaby beauty blossoming and cascading the entire universe.Suddenly, a sparkle of epiphancy transcend and triggers my heart from a mystical standpoint of view that can only be esoteric.
With faith in God and bonds that we bind with each other despite genders and religion, we will be able to create a peace filled world and a transformational multitudes of freedom, joy, unity, harmony and peace build so strongly none could separate us.This should be our legacy.A legacy we must carry from generation to generation. Generations that are filled with faith and wisdom.And with that, we shall prosper and be divinely guided if we cling on to God’s faith and with His infinite love shining upon us, we can move mountains.
As we lift our God consciousness, we know there is nothing that we cannot understand nor overcome or change. You know you have the power, strength and energy to do whatever you need to do, and the courage to move forward in faith.
Life is meant to be lived lovingly, abundantly, fully, joyously, positively, and victoriously just like the trees.Lift your consciousness and let your horizons expand to opening new possibilities. Be better than before; see more clearly the vast prosperity and abundance that is ready for you now. As you lift your vision and to the higher conciousness of God within you, you see the beauty and upliftment of a joyous life, and there is new light shining upon your path.Your path of wondrous values.Such is God’s infinite love for us.
“Lift your God consciousnss within you and your life will be filled with wondrous values”
By Sallina Ismail






Describing People توصیف اشخاص
1. Child-Children بچه – بچه ها
2. Baby/infant : نوزاد / کودک
3. Toddler : نوپا
4. Boy : پسر
5. Girl : دختر
6. Teenager : نوجوان
7. Adult بزگسال
8. Man-men : مرد – مردان
9. Woman-women : زن – زنان
10. Senior citizen/Elderly person : شهروند ارشد / شخص سالمند
Age سن
11. Young : جوان
12. Middle-aged : میان سال
13. Old/Elderly : پیر / مسن
۰۰۹۳۷۹۶۱۶۲۷۵۲



in the morning in the afternoon in the evening
2 – قبل از صفات عالی.
the biggest the greatest
3 – قبل از آلات موسیقی.
the piano
4 – قبل از کلمه ه ای تئاتر و سینما.
the theater the cinema
5 – قبل از اعداد ترتیبی.
the first the second
6 – در مواقع بیان مالکیت اشیاء . ( مضاف و مضاف الیه).
the wheels of the car the door of the house
7 – قبل از صفاتی که اشاره به یک گروه خاص دارند.
the lion the poor the rich the Indian
8 – قبل از اسامی سیاره ها.
the planet Mercury.
9 – قبل از اسامی منحصر به فرد در جهان.
the sun the moon the earth the sky the pyramids
10 – قبل از نام خانوادگی که به صورت جمع استفاده شده و به دو یا چند نفر از اعضای خانواده اشاره دارد.
the Johnsons the Smiths
11 – قبل از اسامی مرتبط با رسانه ها.
the media the radio the newspaper
12 – قبل از طبقات اجتماعی .
the middle class the elite the clergy
13 – قبل از اسامی مرتبط با حمل و نقل.
the bus the train the airplane the subway
14 – قبل از اسامی روزنامه ها.
the Christian Science monitor the Manchester Guardian
15 – قبل از گروه های سیاسی.
the Labor party the conservative party the communist party
16 – قبل از اسامی سازمان ها، موسسات و بنگاه ها.
the United Nations the Ford Foundation
17 – قبل از عوامل اجرایی دولتی و نظامی.
the Army the Navy the air force the State Militia the Police
18 – قبل از عنوان های دولتی.
the secretary of state the prime minister the king the mayor
19 – قبل از وقایع یا دوره های تاریخی.
The Middle Ages The Civil War The Renaissance
The First World War
20 – قبل از موقعیت های فیزیکی.
the top the bottom the center the inside the outside
21 – قبل از اسامی دانشگاه هایی که با حرف اضافه of توصیف شده اند .
the University of Notre Dame the University Of Michigan
اما Oxford University
22 – قبل از ساختمان ها.
the Empire State Building the Coliseum
23 – قبل از اسامی هتل ها.
the Statler Hotel the Carlyle Hotel
24 – قبل از اسامی کتابخانه ها و موزه ها.
the Louvre the Metropolitan Museum the Library of Congress
25 – قبل از پل ها ، تونل ها و برج های معروف.
the Brooklyn Bridge the Golden Gate Bridge the Hudson Tunnel
the Eiffel Tower
26 – قبل از اسامی دریاها ، اقیانوس ها و خلیج ها.
the Gulf of Mexico the Persian Gulf the red sea the Indian Ocean
27 – قبل از اسامی رشته کوه ها.
the Rocky Mountains the Himalaya Mountains
اما Mount Everest
28 – قبل از مجمع الجزایر.
the Hawaiian Islands
اما Coney Island
29 – قبل از جنگل ها ، بیابان ها ،شبه جزیره ها .
the Sahara Desert the Black Forest the Iberian Peninsula
30 – قبل از جهت های قطب نما ، نواحی جغرافیایی و نقاط کره ی زمین .
the South the Middle West the South Pole The Equator
31 – قبل از اسامی رودخانه های معروف جهان.
the Nile the Amazon
32 – قبل از اسامی کتب آسمانی یا خیلی مشهور.
the Bible the Quran
33 – قبل از اسامی کشورهایی که به صورت متحده یا جمهوری اداره می شود.
The United States of America the Islamic Republic of Iran



حتما خیلی از شما به دلیل تاخیر های زیاد در به روز کردن وبلاگ از من ناراحت هستید . راستشو بخواهید هم یه کم گرفتار بودم و هم از اینکه مطلبی بنویسم که فقط برای پرکردن فضای وب باشه خوشم نمیاد .
خیلی وقته تو فکرم که یه پست خوب و مفید بنویسم که همه ازش استفاده کنن. گفتم حالا که تابستون داره میاد و همه وقت آزاد بیشتری دارن بهترین کار میتونه یه دوره تصویری آموزش خط باشه. این مجموعه شامل 26 ویدئو میباشد که به صورت خیلی زیبا به آموزش خط می پردازد . امیدوارم مفید باشه.
فرمت فایل ها flv میباشد . برای باز کردن از نرم افزار KMplayer استفاده کنید.
برای دریافت کافیه روی لینک های زیر کلیک کنید.
English Cursive Handwriting Letter A a
English Cursive Handwriting Letter B b
English Cursive Handwriting Letter C c
English Cursive Handwriting Letter D d
English Cursive Handwriting Letter E e
English Cursive Handwriting Letter F f
English Cursive Handwriting Letter G g
English Cursive Handwriting Letter H h
English Cursive Handwriting Letter I i
English Cursive Handwriting Letter J j
English Cursive Handwriting Letter K k
English Cursive Handwriting Letter L l
English Cursive Handwriting Letter M m
English Cursive Handwriting Letter N n
English Cursive Handwriting Letter O o
English Cursive Handwriting Letter P p
English Cursive Handwriting Letter Q q
English Cursive Handwriting Letter R r
English Cursive Handwriting Letter S s
English Cursive Handwriting Letter T t
English Cursive Handwriting Letter U u
English Cursive Handwriting Letter V v
English Cursive Handwriting Letter W w
English Cursive Handwriting Letter X x
English Cursive Handwriting Letter Y y
English Cursive Handwriting Letter Z z



امیدوارم پست قبلی براتون مفید بوده باشه.
پست امروز شامل 10 ویدئوی زیبا از اصطلاحات عامیانه زبان انگلیسیه که واقعا یکی از شیرینی های یادگیری زبانه . واسه خودم که خیلی جالبه. البته همه اونایی که زبان میخونن هم علاقه خاصی به یادگیری اصطلاحات دارن. امیدوارم خوشتون بیاد. اگه تمایل داشتین که به همین ترتیب ادامه بدم ، بهم خبر بدین.
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حتما اطلاع دارین که چه اندازه مهمه که یه کلمه یا جمله انگلیسی را درست بیان کنید . دلیلش هم اینه که خیلی از مواقع اگه استرس رو درست و سر جای خودش قرار ندیم ممکنه کلمات یا جملاتمون واسه مخاطب نامفهوم باشه. اگه فکر میکنین کمی در این قسمت از زبان دارای مشکل هستید ، این پست و پست های بعدیشو به دقت دنبال کنید.
این مجموعه شامل 16 درسه که واسه هر هفته 4 درسشو اینجا میذارم.
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English Pronunciation - WORD STRESS - Lesson 1 a
English Pronunciation - WORD STRESS - Lesson 1 b
English Pronunciation - WORD STRESS - Lesson 1 c
English Pronunciation - WORD STRESS - Lesson 1 d



امیدوارم تا اینجا مطالب براتون مفید بوده باشه. البته همین که الان اینجایین یعنی اینکه بد نبوده . پس اگه دوست دارین بهتر بشه نظرتون بیان کنید. میدونید که اینجام کلاسه و کلاس یه طرفه هم خوب از کار در نمیاد.
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English Pronunciation - WORD STRESS - Lesson 2 a
English Pronunciation - WORD STRESS - Lesson 2 b
English Pronunciation - WORD STRESS - Lesson 2 c
English Pronunciation - WORD STRESS - Lesson 2 d



از اینکه ما رو فراموش نمیکنین و همچنان با ما همراهید ازتون متشکرم . ببینم وضعیت کلاس بهتر شده یا ...
English Pronunciation - WORD STRESS - Lesson 3 a
English Pronunciation - WORD STRESS - Lesson 3 b
English Pronunciation - WORD STRESS - Lesson 3 c
English Pronunciation - WORD STRESS - Lesson 3 d



این آخرین پست آموزش استرسه. امیدوارم این 16 درس تونسته باشه دانش قبلی شما رو تقویت کنه.
همیشه منتظر ایده های جدید شما هستم. البته واسه هفته های بعد هم از این درس ها داریم ولی کمی متفاوته. الان نمیگم چیه تا بازم بیای.
English Pronunciation - WORD STRESS - Lesson 4a
English Pronunciation - WORD STRESS - Lesson 4b
English Pronunciation - WORD STRESS - Lesson 4c
English Pronunciation - WORD STRESS - Lesson 4d



REPORTING STATEMENTS
Direct speech
If you want to write what someone has said, the simplest way is to repeat the exact words that they had used in quotation marks (“...”). This is called ‘direct speech’.
“I really enjoyed the meal,” he said.
She went upstairs and shouted, “Time to get up!”
If you mention the speaker at the end of the sentence, and do not say he or she, you usually reverse the order of the subject and the verb. For example:
“It’s much too cold to swim,” said Frank.
“Go back to your room,” said her mother.
Indirect speech
You can also report what someone has said without using quotation marks. This is called ‘indirect speech’. The usual way of doing this is to use a clause which begins with + (that). For example:
“I’m tired!”
He said he was tired. OR He said that he was tired.
That is more common in written English and in formal spoken English.
Changing from direct to indirect speech
When changing from direct to indirect speech, you need to change the grammar in certain ways.
Verb tense forms usually need to change. In most cases, you change the present tense into the past tense.
She said, “I am staying at the Chelsea Hotel.”
She said that she was staying at the Chelsea Hotel.
If the direct speech is already in the past tense, you need to put the verb even further back in time, using had. This applies to both past tense and present perfect forms of the verb.
He said, “I came by bus.”
He said that he had come by bus.
She said, “I’ve definitely seen John recently”.
She said that she had definitely seen John recently.
However, you do not use this rule if the verb in the direct speech already uses had.
She said, “I had given up hope of seeing him again.”
She said that she had given up hope of seeing him again.
The correct relationship between the verbs in the reporting clause and the verb in the reported clause is called the ‘sequence of tenses’.
If you report something that someone said, which is still true now, you do not need to change the tense of the verb.
“I want to get married.”
She said she wants to get married.
“Blue’s my favourite colour.”
She said that blue’s her favourite colour.
If the direct speech contains will, shall, or may, these also need to change.
will →would shall → should may →might
She said, “I will see you soon.”
She said that she would see us soon.
Would, should, could, might, and must do not change.
She said, “I could visit him on Thursday.”
She said she could visit him on Thursday.
You also need to change certain personal pronouns. I and you have to be changed to he and she, unless the original people are still taking part in the conversation. Similarly, my and your need to be changed to his and her.
Mary said to John, “I saw your cat.”
Mary said that she had seen your cat. (if the person who says this is talking to John)
Mary said that she had seen his cat. (if the person who says this is not talking to John)
You also need to change times and places which depend on the speaker’s point of view.
He said, “I saw the car here yesterday.”
He said that he’d seen the car there the day before.
In this case here becomes there because you are in a different place, and yesterday becomes the day before because you are now speaking at a later time.
Similarly, now becomes then, last week becomes the week before, two months ago becomes two months before, tomorrow becomes the next day, and so on. Of course, if the time phrase does not depend on the speaker’s point of view, it can be used without change.
He said, “I bought the car in November 1996.”
He said he had bought the car in November 1996.
REPORTING QUESTIONS
When you are changing a question from direct speech into indirect speech, you follow the same kinds of rules as for statements. The only differences are that you need to use a different word to introduce the reported speech, and the word order of the question becomes like that of a statement. You end the sentence with a full stop, not a question mark.
You use if or whether to introduce a ‘yes‑no question’.
I asked, “Does he eat meat?”
I asked whether he ate meat. OR I asked if he ate meat.
You introduce questions where there is a choice in the same way ‑ more usually by using whether than by using if.
I asked, “Is it Karen’s book or Michael’s?”
I asked whether it was Karen’s book or Michael’s.
You introduce questions that begin with who, why, what, how etc by using the word which begins the question in direct speech.
Someone asked, “Why doesn’t she resign?”
Someone asked why she didn’t resign.
She asked when he would go back to Japan.
You often mention the person who is being asked the question, by using a pronoun (him, her, them etc) or by mentioning their name.
I asked him if he ate meat.
She asked Michael when he would go back to Japan.
REPORTING WHAT SOMEONE HAS TOLD OR ASKED ANOTHER PERSON TO DO
When saying what someone has told or asked another person to do, you usually use an infinitive.
“Go home!”
She told him to go home.
“Can you shut the window?”
She asked him to shut the window.
! Don’t confuse say and tell. Don’t say ‘He said me to go home.’ or ‘He told, Go home!’ Say He told me to go home. or He said, “Go home!



CHAPTER
6. The past continuous, the past perfect and the
past perfect continuous
1. Summary of the uses of the English
tenses
2. The past continuous
a. Use
b. Formation
c. Questions and negative statements
3. The past perfect
a. Use
b. Formation
c. Questions and negative statements
4. The past perfect continuous
a. Use
b. Formation
c. Questions and negative statements
5. Summary of the formation of the English present
and past tenses
6. Emphatic statements
Exercises
CHAPTER
7. The future tenses
1. The simple future
a. Use
b. Formation
c. Questions and negative statements
2. The conjugation expressing determination and
compulsion
3. The present continuous of to go followed
by an infinitive
4. The future continuous
a. Use
b. Formation
c. Questions and negative statements
5. The future perfect
a. Use
b. Formation
c. Questions and negative statements
6. The future perfect continuous
a. Use
b. Formation
c. Questions and negative statements
7. Summary of the formation of the English future
tenses
8. Clauses
a. Coordinate clauses
b. Subordinate clauses
c. The past perfect and the simple
past
d. The use of the present in subordinate clauses to
express future actions
Exercises
CHAPTER
8. Conjugations with the auxiliary
would
1. Uses of the auxiliary would
2. Formation of conjugations with the auxiliary
would
a. The simple conjugation with the auxiliary
would
b. The continuous conjugation with the auxiliary
would
c. The perfect conjugation with the auxiliary
would
d. The perfect continuous conjugation with the
auxiliary would
3. Summary of the formation of the conjugations
with the auxiliary would
4. The "future in the past"
Exercises
CHAPTER
9. The subjunctive
1. Uses of the subjunctive
2. Formation of the subjunctive
3. Formal commands and requests
4. Wishes
a. An earlier time
b. The same time
c. A later time
d. Summary
e. Use of the auxiliary could in expressing
wishes
5. Conditions which are false or
improbable
a. Forms of the verb used in the main
clause
i. Referring to present or future
time
ii. Referring to past time
iii. Summary
iv. Use of the auxiliary could in sentences
containing false or improbable conditions
b. Forms of the verb used in the subordinate
clause
i. Referring to present or future
time
ii. Referring to past time
iii. Summary
c. Changing a statement containing a probable
condition into a statement containing an improbable condition
6. The imperative mood
Exercises
CHAPTER
10. Modal verbs
1. Formation of the modal
conjugations
a. Questions
b. Negative statements
c. Negative questions
d. Tag questions
2. Relationships among the modal
auxiliaries
3. Can and could
4. May, might and
must
5. Should
6. Expressions Which are synonymous with the modal
auxiliaries
a. The pronunciation of have
to
7. The use of auxiliaries in tag questions, short
answers and ellipsis
a. Negative tag questions
b. Affirmative tag questions
c. Short answers
d. Ellipsis
Exercises
CHAPTER
11. Transitive and intransitive verbs
1. Direct objects
2. Lay and lie, raise and
rise and set and sit
a. To lay and to lie
b. To raise and to rise
c. To set and to sit
3. Indirect objects
Exercises
CHAPTER
12. The passive voice
1. Use of the passive voice
2. Formation of the indicative mood of the passive
voice
a. The Simple Present indicative
b. The other indicative tenses
c. Summary of the formation of the indicative
tenses of the passive voice
3. Questions and negative statements
a. Questions
b. Negative statements
c. Negative questions
4. Changing the voice of a verb
5. Changing the voice of a verb while preserving
the meaning of a sentence
a. Changing the verb from the active voice to the
passive voice
b. Changing the verb from the passive voice to the
active voice
c. Changing the voice of a verb which takes both a
direct object and an indirect object
6. The subjunctive mood of the passive
voice
a. Use of the simple present
subjunctive
b. Use of the past forms of the
subjunctive
Exercises
CHAPTER
13. Nouns: The formation of plurals
1. Proper nouns
2. Countable nouns
3. The formation of plurals
a. Nouns ending in ch, s, sh,
x or z
b. Nouns ending in y
c. Plurals of proper nouns
d. Nouns ending in f or
fe
e. Nouns ending in o
f. Foreign words
g. Hyphenated nouns
h. Numbers and letters
i. Irregular plurals
Exercises
CHAPTER
14. Singular countable nouns
1. The use of determiners with singular countable
nouns
2. A and an
3. The use of a and an before
singular countable nouns
a. A weakened form of one
b. Naming a profession
c. Making a general statement
d. Referring to something not mentioned
before
e. A or an with the meaning of
per
4. The use of the before singular countable
nouns
a. Referring to something mentioned
before
b. Referring to something unique
c. Referring to something when it is considered
obvious what is meant
d. Referring to something as a class
Exercises
CHAPTER
15. Plural countable nouns
1. The absence of a determiner before plural
countable nouns
a. Making a general statement
b. Referring to something not mentioned
before
c. Naming a profession
2. The Use of The Before plural countable
nouns
a. Referring to something mentioned
before
b. Referring to something when it is considered
obvious what is meant
c. Names of nationalities
d. Adjectives referring to classes of
people
3. The use of the with proper
nouns
a. Names of people
b. Names of places
4. Nouns used only in the plural
Exercises















WHAT IS A DISJUNCTION?
In English language and grammar, disjunct has a distinct meaning. It is a word or a small phrase added to a sentence that tends to show mood, opinion or emphasis in some way. Alternately, disjuncts may be a comment on what is being said or an expression from the speaker about how truthful something might be. The disjunct usually doesn’t have to be in the sentence and the sentence would be complete without it, though some specific meaning of the writer/speaker could be lost in the process.
There are many words that qualify as disjunct examples. Some words that may be disjuncts include fortunately, unfortunately, hopefully, probably, possibly, maybe, honestly, clearly, briefly, and frankly. There are number of small phrases that are disjunct phrases too and these might include: in my opinion, fortunately for you, in other words, in truth, between you and me, to my amazement, and to tell the truth. It’s easy to see that many more examples could be added and that it’s possible to generate a number of other terms and phrases that would serve as disjuncts in different kinds of sentences.
In addition to generating disjunct words or phrases, it’s fairly simple to come up with sentences that might use them. The following sentence uses a disjunct phrase to comment on the writing process:
It was, in other words, the ugliest cat I had ever seen.
Note the italicized phrase isn’t really necessary to the sentence and it could be said without it. The speaker is really commenting on his or her word choice, which may or may not be appropriate in present writing context. Sometimes it makes sense to remove a phrase that doesn’t belong and write a cleaner sentence.
Another example is the following:
Possibly, I will see you tonight.
Here the term, possibly, should remain in the sentence since it expresses doubt about the speaker’s plans. Without it, the person being addressed might seem surer that the speaker would show up that night. Qualifying potential actions is valuable to avoid misunderstanding.
On the other hand, the next example of a disjunct could be saying too much:
Honestly, I will see you tonight.
The term certainly raises the question as to whether the speaker is in the habit of lying about plans, and use of another word like definitely is not stronger than a simple statement of, “I will see you tonight.” Sometimes using these words is up to the speaker or writer’s style and a matter of discretion, but all conscientious users of the English or other languages that use disjuncts would be benefit from understanding use, so they can make informed language choices.
One matter of confusion can be the term disjunction, which is actually quite different. Disjunctions tend to be either/or statements, like this example: “You can either go to the store or to the movies.” They combine two actions, options, or others that can’t exist together. Choosing one means not choosing the other. In a way, the disjunction is the opposite of conjunction because it doesn’t join two things together; instead it joins two things that can’t be or cannot exist together, offering an element of choice



In linguistics, the theory of universal grammar holds that there are certain fundamental grammatical ideas which all humans possess, without having to learn them. Universal grammar acts as a way to explain how language acquisition works in humans, by showing the most basic rules that all languages have to follow.
The basic idea of universal grammar, that there are foundational rules in common among all humans, has been around since the 13th century. In the following centuries this idea led many philosophers to try to design a perfect language from the ground up, taking into account what they felt were the core principles of all languages.
The most famous theory of the idea of a universal grammar was put forth by the linguist Noam Chomsky in the 1950s. Chomsky held that there was a universal grammar hardwired into the brain of all humans, and that all human languages had evolved on top of that universal grammar, and that children learned their native languages using the universal grammar as a support structure.
One of the main impetuses for the development of a modern theory of universal grammar is the question of how early language learners know that certain phrases are ungrammatical. Children acquire language by listening to native speakers around them. But, by virtue of being proficient speakers, native speakers don’t go around saying everything that is ungrammatical and saying it’s wrong. This is often called the Poverty of Stimulus argument, and universal grammar attempts to explain it by saying that a number of these restrictions are part of a universal grammar.
Universal grammar does not attempt to lay out many blanket statements that hold true for every single language on Earth. If it did that, after all, we would expect most languages to be roughly the same. Instead, we find an incredible range of languages. Instead, what a universal grammar seeks to do is to lay out propositions of the form, “If X is true, then Y will be true.” These structures lay out how all languages develop when faced with certain basic principles. Using these structures, students of universal grammar can attempt to state what word order a language might choose, what phonemes will be present, and other foundational traits of the language.
Another argument commonly leveled against universal grammar is that the theory itself is not actually falsifiable. Although it claims to be able to predict what new languages will be like, the sample size is small enough that when new languages are discovered the rules laid out must sometimes adapt to fit the new data. This would seem to undermine its validity as a strong predictive theory, making it more a cohesive set of observations about what we already know to be true.



Talking about languages
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166 |
Do you speak English |
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167 |
Yes, a little. |
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168 |
Does your friend speak English |
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169 |
Yes, he speaks English perfectly |
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170 |
What’s his native language |
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171 |
I don’t know what his native language is. |
|
172 |
How many languages do you speak |
|
173 |
My friend reads and writes several languages |
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174 |
How well do you know French |
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175 |
He speaks French with an American accent |
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176 |
My parents speak English fluently. |
|
177 |
Mr. Jones can read French pretty well. |
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178 |
Sometime I make mistakes when I speak English. |
|
179 |
I have a lot of trouble with pronunciation. |
|
180 |
How is her accent in French |
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91 |
What day is today |
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92 |
Today is Monday. |
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93 |
What day was yesterday |
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94 |
Yesterday was Sunday. |
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95 |
What day is tomorrow |
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96 |
What month is this |
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97 |
This is January. |
|
98 |
Last month was December, wasn’t it |
|
99 |
Yes, it was. |
|
100 |
What month is next month? |
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101 |
I was in the hospital for several weeks. |
|
102 |
Where were you on Tuesday? |
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103 |
You were here in February, weren’t you |
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104 |
No, I wasn’t. |
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105 |
Your friend was here a week ago, wasn’t he |
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Introductions and courtesies =
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76 |
What’s your name |
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77 |
My name is Jones. |
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78 |
What’s your first name |
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79 |
My first nama is Bill. |
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80 |
How do you spell your last name |
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81 |
Jones. J. O. N. E. S. |
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82 |
What’s your friend’s name |
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83 |
His name is John Smith |
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84 |
John and I are old Friends |
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85 |
Are you John’s brother |
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86 |
No, I’m not. |
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87 |
This is Mr. Jones. |
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88 |
How do you do |
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89 |
Mrs. Jones, this is Mr. John Smith. |
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90 |
Very pleased to meet you. |
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Identifying people by accupation
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61 |
Who are you |
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62 |
I’m a student |
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63 |
Who is that over there |
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64 |
He’s a student too |
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65 |
Is that lady a student |
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66 |
No, she isn’t |
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67 |
Those men aren’t students, either |
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68 |
Am I your teacher |
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69 |
Yes, you are. |
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70 |
That man is a teacher, isn’t he |
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71 |
Yes, he is. |
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72 |
Who are those people |
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73 |
Maybe they’re farmers |
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74 |
Aren’t they students |
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75 |
I really don’t know |
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Identifying objects
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46 |
What are these |
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47 |
Those are books |
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48 |
Where are the books |
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49 |
There they are |
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50 |
These are my pencils |
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51 |
Where are your pens |
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52 |
They’re over there. |
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53 |
Are these your pens |
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54 |
Yes, there are. |
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55 |
Those are mine. |
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56 |
These are your books, aren’t they |
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57 |
No, they aren’t. |
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58 |
They’re not mine. |
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These are mine and those are yours. |
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60 |
Those aren’t your pens, are they |
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Identifying objects
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31 |
What’s this |
این چیست؟ |
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32 |
That’s a book |
آن یک کتاب است |
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33 |
Is this your book |
آیا این کتاب مال شماست؟ |
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34 |
No, that’s not my book |
نه خیر آن کتاب مال من نیست |
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35 |
Whose book is this |
این کتاب مال کیست؟ |
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36 |
That’s your book |
آنکتاب مال شماست |
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And what’s that |
وآن چیست؟ |
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38 |
Is that a book |
آیا آن یک کتاب است؟ |
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39 |
No, it isn’t |
نه خیر ان نیست |
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40 |
It’s a pencil |
آن یک پنسل است |
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41 |
Is it yours |
آیا آن مال شماست؟ |
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42 |
Yes, it’s mine |
بله آن مال من است |
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43 |
Where’s the door |
درکجاست؟ |
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44 |
There it is. |
اینجااست |
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45 |
Is this book his |
آیا این کتاب مال اوست؟ |
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Classroom expressions
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1 |
Come in, please. |
لطفا داخل بیایید |
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2 |
Sit down. |
بنشینید |
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3 |
Stand up, please. |
لطفا استاد شوید |
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4 |
Open your book, please. |
لطفا کتاب خودرابازنماید |
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5 |
Close your book, please. |
لطفا کتاب خودرا ببندید |
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6 |
Don’t open your book. |
لطفا کتاب خودرابازکنید |
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7 |
Do you understand? |
آیامی فهمی؟ |
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8 |
Yes, I understand. |
بله فهمیدم |
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9 |
No, I don’t understand. |
نه خیر نفهمیدم |
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10 |
Listen and repeat. |
گوش کن وتکرارکن |
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12 |
Now read, please. |
فعلا بخوانید |
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13 |
That’s fine. |
خوب است |
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14 |
It’s time to begin. |
حالا وقت است آن که شروع کنیم |
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15 |
Let’s begin now. |
بیایید فعلا شروع کنیم |
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This is lesson one. |
این درس اول است |
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1 |
Hello. |
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2 |
Good morning. |
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3 |
I’m John Smith. |
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4 |
Are you Bill Jones |
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5 |
Yes I am. |
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6 |
How are you |
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7 |
Fine, thanks. |
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8 |
How is Helen |
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9 |
She’s very well, thank you. |
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10 |
Good afternoon Mr. Green. |
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11 |
Good evening Mrs. Brown. |
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12 |
How are you this evening |
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13 |
Good night, John. |
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14 |
Good-bye, Bill. |
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15 |
See you tomorrow. |
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بیان تشکرات
۰۰۹۳۷۹۶۱۶۲۷۵۲
Expressing Thanks
بیان تشکر ها
Thanks
Thank you
I appreciate it.
تشکر
از شما متشکرم
من آن را تحسین می کنم
Thanks for the tour.
Thanks for your time.
Thank you for the nice gift.
I appreciate your kindness.
برای تور متشکرم.
برای وقت گذاشتن شما متشکرم.
از شما بخاطر این کادو زیبا متشکرم. - از هدیه قشنگتان متشکرم.
من از محبت شما قدر دانی می کنم.



خوش آمد گویی - سلام و احوال پرسی
1. Hi.
Hello.
1. سلام. چطوری.
سلام
2. Good morning.
Good afternoon.
Good evening.
2. صبح بخیر
بعد از ظهر بخیر
عصر بخیر
3. How are you
How are you doing
How ya doing? (Informal)
3. حالت چطوره ؟
حالت چطوره ؟
چطوری ( غیر رسمی )
4. Fine. How about you
5. Okay. Thanks.
4. خوبم. شما چطورید ؟
5. خوبم. متشکرم.



اطلاعات دادن
| 1. Jeremy is from Ohio.
2. Kelly is a saleswoman. 3. He’s a university student. 4. Ronda lives in Texas. 5. I work at a restaurant. 6. I live in Florida. 8. Where are you from? 9. What is your occupation? |
Oh really? What part of Ohio
Is that right? What company Oh. What university? Really? What city (in Texas) Oh really? Which restaurant? Oh yeah? Where in Florida I’m from Delaware. I’m a police officer. |
Columbus.
Microsoft. Harvard. Dallas. Angelo Meroni’s Orlando. |
| 1. جرمی اهل اوهایو است.
2. کلی یک خانم فروشنده است. 3. او یک دانشجو است. 4. رواندا در تگزاس زندگی می کند. 5. من در یک رستوران کار می کنم. 6. من در فلوریدا زندگی می کنم. 8. شما اهل کجائید ؟ 9. شغل شما چیست ؟ |
اوه واقعا ؟ کدام قسمت اوهایو ؟
اینطور است ؟ کدام شرکت ؟ اوه ؟ کدام دانشگاه ؟ واقعا ؟ کدام شهر ( در تگزاس ) ؟ اوه واقعا ؟ کدام رستوران ؟ اوه بله ؟ کجای فلوریدا. من اهل دلاوار هستم. من یک افسر پلیس هستم. |
کلمبوس.
مایکروسافت. هاروارد. دالاس. آنجلو مرونیز. اورلاندو. |



See also Common Roots.
Suffixes
| Suffix | Part of Speech | Examples |
| -er, -or | noun | teacher, director |
| -ance, -ence | noun | difference, attendance |
| -ant, -ent | noun | deviant, President |
| -ee | noun | employee, trainee |
| -ess | noun | stewardess, waitress |
| -ian | noun | electrician, beautician |
| -ism | noun | Communism, theism |
| -ist | noun | chemist, artist |
| -ity | noun | rarity, velocity |
| -ment | noun | achievement, astonishment |
| -ness | noun | happiness, fondness |
| -ship | noun | relationship, friendship |
| -tion, -ation | noun | action, coronation |
| -ate | verb | deviate, create |
| -ify | verb | typify, solidify |
| -ize | verb | tenderize, authorize |
| -able, -ible | adjective | reliable, capable, sensible |
| -al | adjective | comical, radical |
| -ful | adjective | wonderful, helpful |
| -ish | adjective | impish, sheepish |
| -ive | adjective | creative, sensitive |
| -ous, ious | adjective | dangerous, impervious |
| -ly | adverb | quickly, happily |






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Verb List
Regular Verbs
| base | -s form | past | past participle | -ing form | notes |
| call | calls | called | called | calling | |
| clean | cleans | cleaned | cleaned | cleaning | |
| look | looks | looked | looked | looking | 1 |
| talk | talks | talked | talked | talking | 1 |
| end | ends | ended | ended | ending | 2 |
| wait | waits | waited | waited | waiting | 2 |
| kiss | kisses | kissed | kissed | kissing | 3 |
| wash | washes | washed | washed | washing | 3 |
| live | lives | lived | lived | living | 4 |
| love | loves | loved | loved | loving | 4 |
| beg | begs | begged | begged | begging | 5 |
| sin | sins | sinned | sinned | sinning | 5 |
| play | plays | played | played | playing | |
| stay | stays | stayed | stayed | staying | |
| cry | cries | cried | cried | crying | 6 |
| studies | studied | studied | studying | 6 | |
| die | dies | died | died | dying | |
| tie | ties | tied | tied | tying |
Notes:
1. Pronunciation differences in past/past participle after /p, s, k, f/ sounds
2. Pronunciation differences in past/past participle after /t, d/ sounds
3. Spelling and pronunciation differences in –s form after /s, sh, ch, z/ sounds
4. Dropping of “silent e” with –ing endings
5. Doubled consonants after “short” vowel sounds
6. Spelling differences when “y” is preceded by a consonant
Irregular Verbs
| base | -s form | past | past participle | -ing form |
| cut | cuts | cut | cut | cutting |
| fit | fits | fit | fit | fitting |
| hit | hits | hit | hit | hitting |
| let | lets | let | let | letting |
| put | puts | put | put | putting |
| quit | quits | quit | quit | quitting |
| set | sets | set | set | setting |
| shut | shuts | shut | shut | shutting |
| split | splits | split | split | splitting |
| upset | upsets | upset | upset | upsetting |
| burst | bursts | burst | burst | bursting |
| cast | casts | cast | cast | casting |
| cost | costs | cost | cost | costing* |
| hurt | hurts | hurt | hurt | hurting |
| spread | spreads | spread | spread | spreading |
| knit | knits | knit/knitted | knit/knitted | knitting |
| sit | sits | sat | sat | sitting |
| spit | spits | spat/spit | spat/spit | spitting |
| begin | begins | began | begun | beginning |
| swim | swims | swam | swum | swimming |
| ring | rings | rang | rung | ringing |
| sing | sings | sang | sung | singing |
| spring | springs | sprang | sprung | springing |
| cling | clings | clung | clung | clinging |
| fling | flings | flung | flung | flinging |
| sling | slings | slung | slung | slinging |
| sting | stings | stung | stung | stinging |
| swing | swings | swung | swung | swinging |
| wring | wrings | wrung | wrung | wringing |
| hang | hangs | hung/hanged** | hung/hanged | hanging |
| drink | drinks | drank | drunk | sinking |
| shrink | shrinks | shrank | shrunk | shrinking |
| stink | stinks | stank | stunk | stinking |
| think | thinks | thought | thought | thinking |
| bring | brings | brought | brought | bringing |
| buy | buys | bought | bought | buying |
| seek | seeks | sought | sought | seeking |
| fight | fights | fought | fought | fighting |
| catch | catches | caught | caught | catching |
| teach | teaches | taught | taught | teaching |
| creep | creeps | crept | crept | creeping |
| keep | keeps | kept | kept | keeping |
| sleep | sleeps | slept | slept | sleeping |
| sweep | sweeps | swept | swept | sweeping |
| weep | weeps | wept | wept | weeping |
| bleed | bleeds | bled | bled | bleeding |
| breed | breeds | bred | bred | breeding |
| feed | feeds | fed | fed | feeding |
| flee | flees | fled | fled | fleeing |
| lead | leads | led | led | leading |
| speed | speeds | sped/speeded | sped/speeded | speeding |
| meet | meets | met | met | meeting |
| bend | bends | bent | bent | bending |
| lend | lends | lent | lent | lending |
| send | sends | sent | sent | sending |
| spend | spends | spent | spent | spending |
| deal | deals | dealt | dealt | dealing |
| feel | feels | felt | felt | feeling |
| kneel | kneels | knelt | knelt | kneeling |
| dream | dreams | dreamt/dreamed | dreamt/dreamed | dreaming |
| mean | means | meant | meant | meaning |
| spill | spills | spilt/spilled | spilt/spilled | spilling |
| build | builds | built | built | building |
| burn | burns | burnt/burned | burnt/burned | burning |
| hold | holds | held | held | holding |
| sell | sells | sold | sold | selling |
| tell | tells | told | told | telling |
| find | finds | found | found | finding |
| grind | grinds | ground | ground | grinding |
| wind | winds | wound | wound | winding |
| break | breaks | broke | broken | breaking |
| choose | chooses | chose | chosen | choosing |
| freeze | freezes | froze | frozen | freezing |
| speak | speaks | spoke | spoken | speaking |
| steal | steals | stole | stolen | stealing |
| wake | wakes | woke | woken | waking |
| weave | weaves | wove | woven | weaving |
| arise | arises | arose | arisen | arising |
| drive | drives | drove | driven | driving |
| ride | rides | rode | ridden | riding |
| rise | rises | rose | risen | rising |
| write | writes | wrote | written | writing |
| bite | bites | bit | bitten | biting |
| hide | hides | hid | hidden | hiding |
| slide | slides | slid | slid | sliding |
| get | gets | got | gotten | getting |
| forget | forgets | forgot | forgotten | forgetting |
| give | gives | gave | given | giving |
| forgive | forgives | forgave | forgiven | forgiving |
| forbid | forbids | forbade/forbad | forbidden | forbidding |
| fall | falls | fell | fallen | falling |
| swell | swells | swelled | swollen | swelling |
| dive | dives | dove/dived | dived | diving |
| blow | blows | blew | blown | blowing |
| fly | flies | flew | flown | flying |
| grow | grows | grew | grown | growing |
| know | knows | knew | known | knowing |
| throw | throws | threw | thrown | throwing |
| draw | draws | drew | drawn | drawing |
| withdraw | withdraws | withdrew | withdrawn | withdrawing |
| show | shows | showed | shown | showing |
| eat | eats | ate | eaten | eating |
| beat | beats | beat | beaten | beating |
| take | takes | took | taken | taking |
| forsake | forsakes | forsook | forsaken | forsaking |
| mistake | mistakes | mistook | mistaken | mistaking |
| shake | shakes | shook | shaken | shaking |
| make | makes | making | ||
| swear | swears | swore | sworn | swearing |
| wear | wears | wore | worn | wearing |
| tear | tears | tore | torn | tearing |
| bear | bears | bore | born | bearing |
| stand | stands | stood | stood | standing |
| understand | understands | understood | understood | understanding |
| become | becomes | became | become | becoming |
| come | comes | came | come | coming |
| run | runs | ran | run | running |
| dig | digs | dug | dug | digging |
| spin | spins | spun | spun | spinning |
| stick | sticks | stuck | stuck | sticking |
| strike | strikes | struck | struck/stricken | striking |
| do | does | did | done | doing |
| go | goes | went | gone | going |
| have | has | had | had | having |
| hear | hears | heard | heard | hearing |
| lay | lays | laid | laid | laying |
| pay | pays | paid | paid | paying |
| say | says | said | said | saying |
| lie | lies | lay | lain | lying |
| light | lights | lit/lighted | lit/lighted | lighting |
| lose | loses | lost | lost | losing |
| leave | leaves | left | left | leaving |
| prove | proves | proved | proven/proved | proving |
| read | reads | read | read | reading |
| see | sees | saw | seen | seeing |
| sew | sews | sewed | sewn/sewed | sewing |
| shave | shaves | shaved | shaven/shaved | shaving |
| shine | shines | shined/shone | shined/shone | shining |
| shoot | shoots | shot | shooting | |
| win | wins | won | won | winning |
| be | is/are/am | was/were | been | being |
* "costing" does not usually occur in the –ing form
** “hang” has two different meanings and thus two usages in past/past participle
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Wh- Questions
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Wh- Questions allow a speaker to find out more information about topics. They are as follows:
Other words can also be used to inquire about specific information:
The “grammar” used with wh- questions depends on whether the topic being asked about is the “subject” or “predicate” of a sentence. For the subject pattern, simply replace the person or thing being asked about with the appropriate wh-word.
For the predicate pattern, wh- question formation depends on whether there is an “auxiliary” verb in the original sentence. Auxiliary or “helping” verbs are verbs that precede main verbs. Auxiliary verbs are italicized in the following sentences.
They are leaving. I have eaten my lunch. I should have finished my homework.
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Yes/No Questions
There are many types of questions in English. The easiest are questions that can be
answered “yes” or “no.”
A: Are you from around here?
B: Yes, I am.
A: Do you come here often?
B: Yes, I do.
A: Can I buy you a drink?
B: No, thanks.
A: Are you married?
B: Yes, I am.
To form a question from a statement, first count the number of verbs.
| John is a doctor. | One verb: is (be) |
| Jane drives a sports car. | One verb: drives |
| Joan played basketball last night. | One verb: played |
| Jan is eating her dinner. | Two verbs: is eating |
| June has rented an apartment. | Two verbs: has rented |
| Jen has been living there since 1969. | Three verbs: has been living |
If there is one verb in the statement and the verb is a form of be, simply switch the
positions of the subject and verb.
| Statement | Question |
| John is a doctor. | Is John a doctor? |
| The Jensens are here. | Are the Jensens here? |
If there are two verbs, simply switch the positions of the subject and first verb.
| Statement | Question |
| Jan is eating dinner. | Is Jan is eating dinner? |
| June has rented an apartment. | Has June rented an apartment? |
| Jen has been living here since 1969. | Has Jen been living here since 1969? |
If there is one verb, and the verb is not a form of be, the process is more complex.
1. Add Do to the beginning of the sentence.
| The Johnsons live in that house. | Do the Johnsons live in that house? |
2. If the main verb “carries” a third person singular s, move the s to Do, making it Does.
| Jane drives a car. | Do Jane drives a car? (Not finished yet!) |
| Does Jane drive a car? (Good question!) |
3. If the main verb “carries" past tense, move the past tense to Do, making it Did.
| Joan played basketball last night. | Do Joan played basketball? (Not finished yet!) |
| Did Joan play basketball? (Good question!) |
In conversation, most questions are asked of the second person (you) and answered in
the first (I).
A: Are you from California?
B: No, I’m from Oregon. Are you?
A: Yes, I’m from Hollywood.
B: Do you know any movie stars?
A: No, I don’t go out at night.
In British English, the main verb have sometimes functions like be in questions. This is
not common in American English.
| Statement | Question |
| You have a pet ferret. | Have you a pet ferret? (British) |
| Do you have a pet ferret? (American |
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Articles
Article Chart for more information.)
Singular count nouns cannot stand alone in a sentence.
Apple is on table. (Wrong!)
They must be preceded by one of the following:
1. An article (the, a, an)
An apple is on the table.
The professor gave us a test.
2. A number or quantifier (one, another, the other, each, every, either, neither)
| One man was in Chicago. Neither man was with his wife. |
The other man was in Saint Paul. Either man could be in trouble. |
Note: Never use the and another, each, every, neither, either together:
The another man was in Milwaukee. (Wrong!)
3. This, that, some*
This artist created that painting.
Some woman came to see you. (*unidentified subject)
4. A possessive pronoun or noun.
It is my bicycle now.
It was John’s bicycle.
Note: Do not use articles and possessives together.
The Mary’s bicycle was stolen. (Wrong!)
Proper nouns have their own article usage.
Don Smith lived next door to Dr. Zimbango.
The Empire State Building is in New York City.
Non-count and plural nouns can be used without articles only in the “generic” sense:
Cats are enemies of dogs.
Water is essential for survival.
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Adverbs are used to describe actions. They may come before or after a verb, but not between a verb and its object.
Mrs. Jenner softly sang. (Also possible.) Mrs. Jenner softly sang a lullaby. Mrs. Jenner sang a lullaby softly. Mrs. Jenner sang softly a lullaby. (Not correct.)
Mrs. Jenner softly is singing a lullaby. (Not correct.) Mrs. Jenner has been softly singing that lullaby for a long time. Some time and frequency adverbs are “movable.” That is, they can be placed at various points in a sentence.
I visited the dentist yesterday. Jack Prompt is here already. Jack Prompt is already here. Even though some adverbs can be used in certain sentence positions, others can not.
I already visited the dentist. (Okay.) Already I visited the dentist. (Not okay.) Adverbs such as quite, very, really, extremely, and absolutely are used to modify adjectives and other adverbs. They come directly before the words they describe. Greg is quite happy with his new boss. Sue eats very slowly. You’re absolutely right! Many adverbs can be formed by adding –ly to adjectives:
Carl runs quickly. Some adverbs are identical to adjectives in form. Others are completely different.
Be careful with words like hardly and lately, which have no relation to the adjectives/adverbs hard and late.
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Adjectives are used to describe nouns. They give more details or information about the nouns they are associated with.
B: Well, he is tall, dark, and handsome. A: Sounds like mine. Adjectives can be used to answer the questions “What kind (of) … or Which one?”
B: It’s a great car. (It’s) in excellent condition. A: What kind of seats does it have? B: They’re very comfortable seats, (soft, plush, just like a sofa.) A: Uh. I think I’ll sleep on it. A: Hand me a book. B: Which one do you want? A: The red book. The red one. Adjectives come before the nouns they modify (not after).
WRONG: Three hippies happy lived in the Heartquake Hotel. When used in this manner, the adjective(s) come after the linking verb.
WRONG: My mother tall and slender. (No linking verb.)
You smell nice today. What kind of cologne are you wearing? A: What do you want to do this weekend? Bowling…Shopping…A movie? B: Bowling sounds good. CAUTION/BE CAREFUL: Tom looked greedy. (He appeared to be a greedy person.) The adjective greedy is used to describe Tom. Tom looked greedily at the pie on the table. (He saw it and wanted it for himself.) The adverb greedily is used to describe Tom’s action.
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Count nouns have two forms: singular and plural. They can be used with numbers and quantifying expressions such as many, several, and few.
When used as subjects in present tense sentences, count nouns require the –s form of the verb in the singular and the base form of the verb in the plural.
Non-count nouns have only one form. When used as subjects in present tense sentences, non-count nouns require the –s form of the verb.
Some nouns can be either count or non-count.
Both count and non-count nouns can be quantified. That is, they can be used with expressions which divide them into parts or groups which can be counted. For example,
Sometimes a non-count noun is used to indicate a “group” of items, whereas individual items within the group are countable. For example,
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Explanation Everyday is an adjective meaning "daily." Every day is a time expression meaning "each day" or "regularly." Examples Note the difference in the following sentences: 1. Jane goes to class every day (each day) 2. Jane has an everyday class. (a daily class) Common Errors The most common error is writing "every day" as one word (everyday) as in the following sentences: 1. I used to jog three miles everyday (Incorrect) 2. I used to jog three miles every day. (Correct) |
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| S + V , but S + V |
(and, but, so, or, nor, for*, yet) |
S and S + V
N and N
Adj. and Adj.
Phrase and Phrase
Can be used in a series: A, B, C, or D
Subordinators
| S + V although S + V | (although, even though, because, since*, |
| when, while, before*, after*, whenever, | |
| wherever*, if, unless, whether…[or not] | |
| as, as [adjective] as, so that, whereas | |
| anywhere*, anytime*) | |
| Although S + V , S + V |
Sentence Connectors
| S + V . However, S + V | (however, therefore, thus, moreover, |
| nevertheless, first*, then*, next*, still* | |
| S + V ; however, S + V | besides, consequently, furthermore) |
Prepositions
| S + V (prep. phrase) | (during, after*, before*, in, on, at |
| despite, in spite of, for*, since*, by | |
| (Prep. phrase), S + V | like, except, but*, about, to*, from |
| between [A and B], among, with | |
| (Prep. phrase) V + S (unusual) | within, without, beside, near, next to) |
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1. Change the verb in tense or aspect or a combination of the two.
| He eats. | (simple present) |
| He will eat. | (future/modal) |
| He is eating. | (continuous) |
| He has eaten. | (perfect) |
| He has been eating. | (combination) |
| He should have been eating. | (combination) |
2. Add an adverb or adverb phrase, or prepositional phrase.
He should have eaten already/ by now.
He was eating in the kitchen.
3. Add an adverbial clause.
He was eating when the bus arrived.
4. Add a participial phrase.
Having finished his homework, he ate.
(SUBJECT enhancements)
5. Change the noun to a pronoun or vice versa.
He eats.
John eats.
6. Add an article, demonstrative, or possessive.
The man eats.
This man eats.
His father eats.
Note: Subjects and Objects may be enhanced in similar ways.
| Subject | Object |
7. Add an object.
| John eats rice. | |
| The man eats an apple. |
8. Add an adjective or adjectives.
| The handsome man eats. | The man eats the big, red apple. |
9. Add a prepositional phrase.
| The man in the kitchen eats. | The man eats an apple from the bowl. |
10. Add a relative (adjective) clause.
| The man who lives next door eats. | The man ate the apple that I bought. |
11. Use quantifiers.
| Some of the men eat. | They eat some of the apples. |
12. Use a noun clause.
| Whoever gets here first can eat. | He eats whichever apple he chooses. |
Enhance both the subject and the verb to make sentences more interesting.
The man who lives on the corner is eating his lunch now.
The men from the health club eat every day after working out.
The tall, green men from Mars are eating tuna sandwiches.
Some of the men ate the apples (that) I left on the table.
Whenever he feels like exercising, the fat man eats a huge meal instead.
Basic Sentence Structures
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S-V |
He sleeps. |
S-LV-N |
He is a doctor. |
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S-V-O |
She eats rice. |
S-LV-Adj |
The doctor is sick. |
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S-V-IO-DO |
She told him a lie. |
S-LV-Adv |
The doctor is here. |
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| S-V | Subject-Verb | John sleeps. |
| Jill is eating. | ||
| Jack will arrive next week. | ||
| S-V-O | Subject-Verb-Object | I like rice. |
| She loves her job. | ||
| He’s eating an orange. | ||
| S-V-Adj | Subject-Verb-Adjective | He is funny. |
| The workers are lazy. | ||
| Karen seems angry. | ||
| S-V-Adv | Subject-Verb-Adverb | Jim is here. |
| Flowers are everywhere. | ||
| No one was there. | ||
| S-V-N | Subject-Verb-Noun | She is my mom. |
| The men are doctors. | ||
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Mr. Jones is the teacher. |
The following sentences are examples of the S-V pattern.
| She sleeps. | Core sentence |
| She sleeps soundly. | An adverb is added to describe how she sleeps. |
| She sleeps on the sofa. | A prepositional phrase is added to tell where she sleeps. |
| She sleeps every afternoon. | A time expression is added to tell when she sleeps. |
| She is sleeping right now. | Verb tense is changed, but S-V relationship remains the same. |
| Mary will sleep later. | Subject is named and another tense is used. |
| The dogs are sleeping in the garage. | New subject may require a different form of the verb. |
The following sentences are examples of the S-V-O pattern.
| They like rice. | Core sentence |
| The people like rice. | Specific subject |
| The friendly people like rice. | Subject modified with an adjective |
| The people in the restaurant like rice. | Subject modified with an adjective |
| The people like boiled rice. | Object modified with an adjective |
| The people like hot, white rice. | Object modified with more than one adjective |
The following sentences are examples of the S-V-Adj pattern.
| He is fine. | Basic sentence with “be” verb |
| He seems happy. | Basic sentence with another linking verb |
| Jordan is tall, dark and handsome. | Series of adjectives |
| He appears very comfortable. | Adverb or intensifier added |
| George became sick last night. | Different tense and linking verb |
The following sentences are examples of the S-V-Adv pattern.
| The teacher is here. | Basic sentence |
| The teacher is over there. | Using an adverb phrase |
| Teachers are everywhere. | Plural noun and verb used |
| The teachers are in the lobby. | Prepositional phrase functioning as adverb |
The following sentences are examples of the S-V-N pattern.
| The man is a doctor. | Basic sentence |
| The women are doctors. | Using plural noun and verb |
| My father is a nice guy. | Modified subject and complement |
| My grandparents are senior citizens. | Modified plural subject and complement |
*Other, less common structures are dealt with in another unit.
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