Friday 5 October 2018

WORD CLASSES

Words which belong to the same class function in much the same way, so, identifying the word class is really useful in English: i.e,  is the word "fly" and adjective, a noun, a verb, an adverb? can it belong to more than one word class? In English yes, it can. Look at the definition of "fly" from word reference and notice how a different word class makes such a big difference! And when you finish, check if you remember the word classes in English with this exercise.
For the verb: "to fly"
Simple Past:flew
Past Participle:flown
wordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2018
fly1 /flaɪ/  v.,  flew /flu/  or, for 11.flied, flown/floʊn/,  fly•ing, n., pl.  flies. v.
  1. to move through the air using wings:[no object]Outside the birds were flying.
fly2 /flaɪ/  n.[countable]pl.  flies. 
  1. Insectsa two-winged insect, such as the common housefly.a fishing lure dressed to resemble an insect or small fish.

Thursday 4 October 2018

WORD ORDER IN ENGLISH

Sentence structure. Words, words, words. What's the correct order?

Let's start with affirmative sentences

Now, negative sentences

Study this chart from ego:
interrogativeauxiliary verbsubjectother verb(s)indirect objectdirect objectplacetime
Whatwouldyoulike to tellme   
 Didyouhave a partyin your flatyesterday?
Whenwereyou   here? 


and finally, interrogative sentences

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