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.
Here is a quick list of some of the most useful and common noun and preposition combinations, in English. Please speak to your monitors and your skills will improve! https://www.skype-lessons.com/prepositions/
Quiz
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1) What is the solution to unemployment or homelessness?
2) What is the reason for the high levels of inflation?
3) Has there been an increase/decrease in the value of your currency?
4) Is there any point in protesting against government policy?
5) Do you have any respect for your government/political parties?
6) What is your attitude to immigration?
7) Do you have any difficulty in remembering people’s names?
8) What do you have a reputation for?
9) Would you say there are a lack of jobs where you live?
10) Is there a need for higher or lower interest rates?
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More lessons on gerunds and infinitives here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlx0uiAR8a4&list=PLEHBbj8NPA2ykYynnFugS4EJBwYfl3Djm
And phrasal verbs are here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=677aAF3dM3E&list=PLEHBbj8NPA2z5GB5GBRxzl6IOi2iHukOn&index=1
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG9uE347KZQ
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c5NakBzqII
This intermediate English lesson focusses on 0, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and mixed conditionals. https://www.skype-lessons.com/conditionals/
0) IF + PRESENT / PRESENT
1) IF + PRESENT / WILL
2) IF + PAST / WOULD
3) IF + PAST PERFECT / WOULD HAVE + 3rd
Here is a quiz to test your understanding of this grammar
http://www.quiz.biz/quizz-365625.html
I am also available (timetable permitting) for private lessons on Skype. Please go to my website for details.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j6WVXU1jDo
An English vocabulary lesson on the theme of SHOPPING and CUSTOMER SERVICE. For upper intermediate and advanced learners. https://www.skype-lessons.com/vocabulary-lessons/
Answer the following questions:
When you order online, is delivery usually prompt?
Which service or shop has the most obliging staff, in your opinion?
Where have you experienced the most impeccable service?
Have you ever complained about a service? Why did you kick up a fuss?
Which places have the most incompetent staff?
Have you ever had a refund? Why?
When was the last time you splashed out on something? What was it?
When was the last time you had to fork out on something? What was it?
VOCAB
prompt delivery
responsive to complaints
obliging staff
ready and willing to help
impeccable service
immediate dispatch
take complaints seriously
2 year warranty / guarantee
a full refund
meet health and safety requirements
satisfied customer
a sterile (impersonal) atmosphere
substandard service
shoddy work, products, services
incompetent staff
uncooperative shop assistants
a stain
to be ripped / torn
to be scratched
something is missing
didn't respond to my query
Phrasal verbs
get back to s.o
put s.o through
put s.o on hold
hang up
kick up a fuss (moan, groan, grumble, whinge, whine)
shop around
fork out on
splash out on
stock up on
rip s.o off
mug s.o off
bargains
discounts
Loads more lessons and quizzes are on my website
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgq8iV-_PjA