What are word classes? How can we recognize them? What role do they play in regards to punctuation? Grammar in Theory and in Practice was written for those who want straight answers, in plain English, to these crucial, yet rarely asked, questions.This essential guide empowers students to identify parts of speech rapidly, to employ punctuation marks confidently, and to examine syntax precisely, in four popular GCSE texts: Lord of the Flies, Animal Farm, Frankenstein, and 1984. Grammatical categories are neatly defined in the glossary, and each chapter is packed with practical and demanding exercises, testing your knowledge of nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, and prepositions. Topics range from the relatively simple, such as common pronoun errors or subject-verb agreement problems, to the somewhat complex, such as appositives, participles, or rhetorical devices. At the end of the course, there is a large punctuation section that revises the usage of commas, colons, semicolons, hyphens, and apostrophes.
How do we use AS and LIKE in English? This video is aimed at intermediate level and above.
as = job/function
I use my plates as ashtrays.
I work as a teacher
like = similar to, for example
He looks like a nice guy
That sounds like a good idea
More lessons and quizzes on my blog
http://www.skype-lessons.com/blog
More lessons on tenses here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTEvy6ykgl4&index=1&list=PLEHBbj8NPA2wHQqzUNe9iHpPzfnzIa-An (ELEMENTARY)
and here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXtwqFNSq9U&index=1&list=PLEHBbj8NPA2x1BDyDNbXot2ycIAqumDFf (INTERMEDIATE)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWWvTbv0t8Q
In this English lesson we focus on the topic of ellipsis. Ellipsis is the omission of a word or phrase from a sentence because it's meaning is clear from the context.
I have more respect for Kepler than for you
I have more respect for Kepler than you do
He's in love with money more than with his wife
He's in love with money more than his wife is
The performance will be better this year than it was last year
Please practise with the following exercises
https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/advanced/a_grammar/file06/nef_int_grammar_6_02?cc=us&selLanguage=en
http://www.flesl.net/Grammar/ellipsis(ex+).html
And more lessons are on my website
https://www.skype-lessons.com/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VhSL8h-AbM
This lesson focuses on when we need to use plural and singular forms of the verb. Learn the following rules:
My wife and I are
Either A or B is correct.
Neither of them is (are) correct.
None of the students has (have) the answer
If any of them wants (want) to come...
Neither my friend nor my teacher agrees.
Neither my friends nor my teachers agree.
Neither my friend nor my teachers agree.
Neither my friends nor my teacher agrees.
A lot of /plenty of / all of / some of / a third of + apples ARE
A lot of /plenty of / all of / some of / a third of + the work IS
There is a boy
There are 3 girls
£50 is a lot
3 miles is too far
5 years was a long sentence
A number of them have complained
The number of them has increased
A large percentage of them have come back
The percentage of those who come back has increased.
COLLECTIVE NOUNS ARE BOTH SINGULAR AND PLURAL, BUT BE CONSISTENT
More exercises
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/svagr2.htm
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/5/13/34
http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/sva04.htm
http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/parts-of-speech/verbs/quiz-in-subject-verb-agreement.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8Q-8Je-Ml4
https://www.udemy.com/course/master-english-phrasal-verbs/?couponCode=7C809C526DEAAD2FCDB7 (MASTER PHRASAL VERBS)
https://www.udemy.com/course/master-english-language/?couponCode=A2C3B0B0FEF17CD49E69 (MASTER ENGLISH LANGUAGE)
https://www.udemy.com/course/english-grammar-advanced/?couponCode=BBF85AF8B896F4284646 (MASTER ENGLISH GRAMMAR)
https://skype-lessons.com/ (MY WEBSITE for private English lessons and Ebooks)
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Visual-Phrasal-Verbs-Black-white/dp/1097343499/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFnwx45TGKE