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.

An English vocabulary lesson on the theme of SOCIAL LIFE. For upper intermediate and advanced learners. https://www.skype-lessons.com/vocabulary-lessons/ Please answer the following questions to activate the vocabulary: How many close mates do you have? Have you ever been to a fancy dress party? Have you ever been to a housewarming party? Have you ever been on a stag or hen night? When was the last time you threw a party? Have you ever gatecrashed a party? Do you often pay your mates a flying visit, or do you think it's rude to turn up uninvited? What do you think is the perfect venue to wine and dine your beloved? How often do you call in on your parents? How often do you pop to the shops? Have you ever been stood up on a date? Have you ever been turned down for a job? mate / pal / chum geezer / bloke / chap booze hangover party animal party pooper throw a surprise party have a stag party gatecrash a fancy dress party a housewarming party This calls for a celebration to attend a formal function a black tie event a bash / a get together / a do to wine and dine s.o to book the perfect venue to outstay your welcome to pay s.o a (flying) visit pop out pop to pop round pop over pop by drop round drop over drop by call in on hang out (with), hang around (with) knock around (with) hook up with get on with fall out with get up to let s.o down blow s.o out stand s.o up turn s.o down turn s.o away turn up / show up dash off / shoot off / head off Loads more lessons and quizzes are on my website https://www.skype-lessons.com/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKWPD83OBtU

A lesson that looks at the difference between subordinating conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jP8L1BHLyk

More phrasal verb lessons and quizzes are here https://www.skype-lessons.com/blog/phrasal-verbs/ Do you find it difficult to make out exactly what I say in this video? When you haven't done your homework do you usually make up an excuse? Would you like to do up any of the rooms in your place? Are there any laws you would like to do away with? Do you think you will do without a holiday next year? More lessons and quizzes on my blog https://www.skype-lessons.com/blog More lessons on gerunds and infinitives here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlx0uiAR8a4&list=PLEHBbj8NPA2ykYynnFugS4EJBwYfl3Djm And tenses (intermediate) are here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXtwqFNSq9U&list=PLEHBbj8NPA2x1BDyDNbXot2ycIAqumDFf&index=1 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnm97rPvNpg