Archive for February, 2010

Tutorial On Suggestive Words

Put these words into the right order to build a sentence. 1. tea / have / ‘s / let / cup / a / of 2. a / car / about / buying / huge / what / ? 3. don’t / why / we / together / cinema / to / the / ? [...]

Making suggestions

There are Four ways to tell your friends what you would like to do in the next few days: 1) WHAT ABOUT/HOW ABOUT … + Base form + -ING What about going to the pictures tonight? How about going to the pictures tonight? 2) WHY + Negative Why don’t we go to the swimming-pool tomorrow? [...]

Tutorial On Interrogative Words

Ask a question about the underlined words: 1. I saw that movie in a big cinema. 2. I will see my girlfriend next summer. 3. I would like to buy three bottles of milk. 4. I love this film because I love Tom Cruise. 5. Sandra stole my keys! 6. I ate a big cake. [...]

Interrogative Words

When? I bought a new car yesterday. When did you buy a new car? Where? I went to Paris. Where did you go to? How much + Singular / How many + Plural I ate two apples. How many apples did you eat? Why? I went to the hospital because I was ill. Why did [...]

Tutorial On Passive Voice

Put the following sentences into the passive voice. 1. They built the house in two months. > help: The house… 2. We will carry the luggage upstairs. 3. Everyday John feeds the cat. 4. They have not caught the murderer yet. 5. “The fog caused the accident. The police called the ambulance. The insurance will [...]

The Passive Voice

Hi everyone, how was your New Year Celebrations? I had a fantastic time with my family. Today let us study the Passive Voice. Main use: It is used to put the emphasis on the person or the thing which is affected by an action. It is used in sentences where the object of the action [...]

Happy Chinese New Year

Tutorial On Negative Constructions

This will be my last post on Negative Constructions and I am taking a few days break to celebrate the Chinese New Year which starts tommorrow! Meantime I wish all my Chinese readers, visitors and friends a Happy Chinese Lunar New Year! Build a sentence with these words: 1. all – at – he – [...]

Negative Constructions

We have learned about Causative Constructions, today let us look at Negative Constructions. Everybody knows “not”. Other negative constructions are possible. Because English does not allow double or triple negatives, it is important to avoid using “not” with other negative constructions. When “not” is included, use the affirmative forms of other adverbs: No more / [...]

Tutorial on Direct And Indirect

Today try to do the tutorial below on indirect discourse. 1. Sarah said, “I am ill.” 2. Paul told me, “Go to the cinema and buy two tickets”. 3. Thierry explained to us, “I went to Spain during my holidays”. 4. John said, “I will buy a new computer soon”. 5. My father told me, [...]