Let us look at how do we use the word “The” which is known as the Definitive Article. Very often we come across people misusing this word. Main rule: The definite article “the” (invariable in form) designates a person, place, or event which has been specified or defined by the speaker: Here’s the book I [...]
My last post was on the subject of the “Subjuntive”. I hope you can understand better how to use the Subjunctive. Try out this Test:- Build a sentence with one part from Column A and one part from Column B. The sentence must be logical for example:- If she had time, she would visit you. [...]
The subjunctive is used rarely. One finds vestiges of it in a few hypothetical expressions (using “if + to be”) and in a few set phrases. In many cases the subjunctive ?? considered archaic or literary ?? is replaced by the modal “would,” used to express the conditional. Other meanings often communicated by the subjunctive [...]
Let us take a look at Pronouns. Words like I, he, she, he and him are call Pronouns. Quite often people are confused how to use them. The usage of such Pronouns really depends on the following:- The Pronoun is used in the subjunctive or objective case. Use a subjunctive case Pronoun (I, he, she, [...]
The Past Perfect Tense is used to distinguish between two actions in the past. It is also used in between an action and a situation or time in the past. Example : I told Jane that I had finished my work. Have you come acros the usage of the word “had had”? The Past Perfect [...]
“To emigrate” is to leave your country in order to go and live in another country permanently. “To imigrate” is to come and live in another country permanently after leaving yours. So if you leave Malaysia and move permanently to Australia, you are said to have emigrated from Malaysia and immigrated to Australia. The next [...]
Today let us study Plurals! Do you know what are Plurals? As a general rule, the plural is formed by adding “?s” to the singular form of nouns. Example:- shoe ??> shoes | book ??> books | river ??> rivers Nouns ending in “s” or “s” will generally take the ending “?es” : bus ??> [...]
Do you know the meaning of Future? Well it is regarding something in days to come or things in the next few days! When we deal with things that is going to happen in the future we use the word ‘WILL’. For ? predictions (John won’t win the race; the weather will be very bad [...]
Lots of people confused with these two words quite frequently. Stationary means standing still or not moving. For example: “The car was stationary.” Stationery means the items needed for writing, such as paper, pens, pencils and envelopes. For example: “It is the secretary’s job to order the stationery?” One easy way to remember which to [...]
Many of my students and even parents asked me how to improve their English! I would like to suggest 5 Ways that one can do to improve their English. 1. Form a Habit. A set of action that is repeated frequently to get the desired results is called a habit. For example regular brushing of [...]
