Grammar, Body Idioms, paragraph writing...
Here are some tips which may help you to master the English Language!
It is important to understand that every word in a sentence has a job to do, a role in the sentence.
A noun is a word used to name a person, place, thing, idea or quality.
Thing: beach ball Person: cowboy
Place: church
Idea: justice
: The bus inspector looked at all the passengers' passes. : The manager was trying to write a want ad, but he couldn't decide whether he was advertising for a "waiter" or a "waitress"
Pronouns are small words that take the place of a noun. Pronouns are words like: he, you, ours, and themselves. If we didn't have pronouns, we would have to repeat a lot of nouns.
Can be used as the subject of a verb. The subject of a sentence is the person, animal, place or thing that does the action shown by the verb. Ex: Ahmed goes to school. He is a student.
Can be used as the object of the sentence. The object of a sentence is the person, animal, place or thing that receives the action shown by the verb.
EX: He gave her some books.
Possessive Pronouns show something belongs to someone
that
: Look over there, those seats are yours.
The possessive adjective modifies the noun following it in order to show possession.
: Can we bring our children?
An adjective is a word that tells us something about a noun (person, an animal, a thing or a place).
: The clown's sad smile touched us deeply.
An adverb modifies (adds more to the meaning of) a verb, an adjective or another adverb.
:I
called you last night. (called = verb; last night=adverb) : Your dress is very beautiful. (beautiful = adjective; very = adverb) : The rain stopped quite suddenly .
(suddenly = adverb; quite = adverb)
Verbs are words that show action. Every sentence must have a verb. : The kidnapper asked for 200 000 $ to set the hostage free.
Verb Types
Main Verbs Book Invite kidnap
Helping Verbs To Be To Have To Do
Modal Verbs Will Shall Can
Auxiliary Verbs
To be Continuous tenses Present Continuo us Am – is – are + v ing
Past Continu ous Was/wer e +v -ing
To have
To do
Perfect Tenses
Simple Tenses
Present Perfect (have /has+ PP)
Past perfect Had +PP
Present simple Do
Past simple Did
: They work in a bank : They worked in a bank : They are working in a bank : They were working in a bank : They have worked in a bank : They had worked in a bank
Are words that serve to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences as and, but, after words, because, that‟s, before why etc. : He joked and we laughed.
An interjection is a word added to a sentence to convey emotion. It is not grammatically related to any other part of the sentence. (Oh! Ah! Wow! Darn! Gosh! Golly! Gee! Ow! Ouch) : Oh no, I forgot that the exam was today.
A preposition is a word (or words) that creates a relationship between a noun or pronoun and another part of the sentence
The puppy is on the floor.
The puppy is in the
The puppy is beside
If someone catches your eye, you find them attractive. "The pretty girl near the door caught his eye."
If someone looks down their nose at a person or thing, they consider that person or thing as inferior.
:
"Intellectuals often look down their noses at amusement parks and such.“
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If you turn a blind eye to something, you ignore it intentionally.
If something happens in the blink of an eye, it happens nearly instantaneously, with hardly enough time to notice it.
EX:
"The pickpocket disappeared in the blink of an eye.”
If your heart misses a beat, you have a sudden feeling of fear or excitement.
EX: "When the lights suddenly went out, her heart missed a beat."
[Verb inf + s/es in the third person]
“He – She – it”
Ex:
3- To express Feelings: Ex: - She hates flying! Ex: - I love walking around late at
night during the summer.
Ex:
- I get up at 12.05. - I do not study at weekends.
1- Verbs that end in (o, ss, s, z, sh, ch, x) add es with " The third person" [o] [s] [z] [ʃ] [ʧ] [x]
Ex:
The student always studies for his test.
Ex:
He usually plays football at week ends.
Ex:
•He plays football. •They play football.
Ex:
•He does not play football. •They are not teachers.
Ex: •He plays football. •Does he play football? •Yes, he does. •No, he does not.
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With the present simple, we often use adverbs of frequency to say „how often‟ we do something [Usually – often – rarely – never – always – sometimes – scarcely – seldom].
These adverbs of frequency go before the main verb but after verb to be. Ex: I often go to the cinema.
She is always careful.
We can also put them at the very beginning or end of the sentence. This makes them stronger: Ex: Often I go to the cinema.
I go to the cinema often. But never: I go often to the cinema.
OR It’s twenty-five past four
OR It’s four twenty-five in the afternoon
In English we use o'clock only at the full hour. Example: It's seven o'clock
2:00
9:40
10:25
8:30
8:55
1:45
A. Pre-writing: Think of ideas B. Planning: Organize your ideas C. Drafting: Write the first draft D. Revising and Editing: Improve your writing
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When do I get up? What do I do in the morning? When do I go to work? What do I do at work? When do I have lunch? Where do I have lunch? When do I go home from work? How do I get home from work? What do I do after work? What do I do in the evening? When do I go to bed?
Name, Age, nationality, home town, job, your beliefs, what kind of person are you, family, friends, hobbies, favourite sports, / singer / newspaper / , …..etc.
My Name is Sama. I`m 24 years old. I‟m bachelor of Arts, English department. I work for Beheira Water & Drainage Co. as a translator in International Co-operation Department. I Live in Damanhour with my happy family.
It is nice and quite city. I have one brother and two sisters. I believe that two heads are better than one. Also I believe that hard efforts will be crowned with success. God blessed me with a lot of honest and loyal friends. They say that I‟m lovely, tender, honest, and self dependant girl.
My favorite hobbies are listening to holly Quran, travelling and web browsing. I hope to be successful and distinguished in my career.
We use me too to agree with a positive sentence. A: I've got a cat. B: Me too!!
We use me neither to agree with a negative sentence. A: I'm not a doctor. B: Me neither.
3- We use both to say that two things or people are the same.
1. We both like English. 2. They are both teachers.
You use not my cup of tea in an informal context to refer to something in which you are not interested in or which you do not like. EX: Beach holidays are not my cup of tea.
If you add fuel to the flames, you say something that makes a difficult situation worse. EX:"He forgot their wedding anniversary, added and his apologies only fuel to the flames."
1.From (your email Address). 2.To: (receiver/s address) 3. Cc: (Carbon Copy) 4. Bcc: (Carbon Coby) 5. Subject.
1- Dear Sir / Madam 2- Dear Mr. Ahmed / Professor Ahmad 3- Dear Ms. 4- Dear Manager of ….(avoid To whom it may concern)
5- Dear Mohamed 6- Dear Mr. Mohamad and Ms. Samar:
1.Treat the body of the message as you would a more formal letter or memo. You should draft, reread carefully, and run spell check before sending out your email. After all, you want to make a good impression on your receiver. 2- AVOID WRITING IN ALL CAPS, LIKE THIS. 3 - Look for mistakes that spell check would not catch. 4- Don‟t use too many informal abbreviations ( asa) or emoticons.
Please feel free to contact me for any more details. • Please do not hesitate to contact me for any support. • I appreciate your kind cooperation. • sincerely. Worm regards. Kindest regards. •
A good signature should include the following. •Your full name and title •The company name & Address. •Your email Address. •Phone and fax number. •Website address.
Name: Tahany El banna Title: Manager of International cooperation Dp. Co. Beheira Water & Drainge Co. Email:
[email protected] M: +000000 Fax: Web. www.bwadc.com.eg
Photograph
Photographer
Photographic
I usually get up at a quarter past seven - that's seven fifteen in the morning. I pray and have breakfast at eight o'clock. Then I take the company‟s bus at eight thirty. Sometimes I go to work on foot to keep my fitness.
My morning is usually pretty busy. Once I arrive at my office I love to start my day with few verses of Quran. Then I check my mail while am drinking a hot cup of coffee. I like taking a coffee break at twenty to eleven if possible. another break at three fifteen.
I usually finish work at a quarter to five and arrive home around six in the evening. At night, I usually go to bed at eleven o'clock.
Before you begin to write you need to think about what you are going to write. Then you need to organize your ideas. When you have organized your ideas, you write your first draft. After that, you revise and improve your writing. Finally, you edit your first draft and write the final draft.
If you behave in a completely unacceptable way, you break every rule in the book. EX "Our competitors obtained the contract by breaking every rule in the book ."
If there is a hue and cry about something, there is loud opposition to it. "There will no doubt be a great hue and cry when the reorganization is announced."
The departure of highly qualified people (scientists, doctors, engineers, etc.) for other countries, where they have better opportunities and usually better pay, is called the brain drain.
