The possessive adjectives in English (also called ‘possessive determiners’) are: my, your, his, her, its, our and their. They say who something belongs to. I have a bag – this is my bag. You have a cat – that is your cat. He has a car – it is his car. She has a book – it is her book. The dog has […]
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‘Used to + infinitive’ We use this expression to talk about habits or repeated actions in the past which we don’t do in the present. We also use it to talk about states in the past which are no longer true. For example: I used to have long hair (but now I have short hair).
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It is possible for the two parts of a conditional sentence to refer to different times, and the resulting sentence is a “mixed conditional” sentence. There are two types of mixed conditional sentence. Present result of a past condition Form In this type of mixed conditional sentence, the tense in the ‘if’ clause is the
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Subject pronouns The English subject pronouns are: I, you, he, she, it, we they. (Of course, we use ‘you’ when we’re talking to one person and when we’re talking to more than one person.) 1: We use these pronouns when they are the subject of a verb. I like London. You have eaten the chocolate.
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What is a Part of Speech? We can categorize English words into 9 basic types called “parts of speech” or “word classes”. It’s quite important to recognize parts of speech. This helps you to analyze sentences and understand them. It also helps you to construct good sentences. Parts of Speech Table This is a summary of the
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There are several types of dictionaries. Some of them are as follows: monolingual dictionary a dictionary that uses the same language for the words and their definitions; bilingual dictionary (also translation dictionary) a dictionary that is used to translate words or phrases from one language to another; collegiate dictionary an abridged dictionary, that is of a size convenient to hold in the
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Determiners are words placed in front of a noun to make it clear what the noun refers to. Use the pages in this section to help you use English determiners correctly. Definite article : the Indefinite articles : a, an Demonstratives : this, that, these, those Pronouns and possessive determiners : my, your, his, her, its, our, their
When it comes to the differences in British English and American English spellings even brits get caught out occasionally. The main difference is that British English keeps the spelling of words it has absorbed from other languages, mainly French and German. Whilst American English spellings are based mostly on how the word sounds when it
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Comparative adjectives Comparative adjectives are used to compare differences between the two objects they modify (larger, smaller, faster, higher). They are used in sentences where two nouns are compared, in this pattern: Noun (subject) + verb + comparative adjective + than + noun (object). The second item of comparison can be omitted if it is clear from
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