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 are 10 of the most common mistakes made by my students when speaking English. Try and make sure that you don't make them too!
1) I haven't a car
2) Jane told about it to Steve
3) You haven't to work on Sunday
4) He watched the painting in the gallery
5) He didn't want nobody to see it
6) He put off his hat
7) Tomorrow will come my friend
8) I didn't use skype for a long time
9) I thought that I will come on Saturday
10) I found out my keys.
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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=iLHojh1I81g
This lesson looks at the phrases and clauses that can be found on the first page of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. If you would like a PDF of 'Grammar in Theory and in Practice', send 12 pounds to https://www.paypal.me/MrSkypelessons , and I will send a copy to your email. Paperback version is available here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grammar-Theory-Practice-David-Nicholls/dp/B08QWK88NQ/ref=sr_1_2?crid=N5IVHY3CQQBG&dchild=1&keywords=grammar+in+theory+and+in+practice&qid=1611221275&sprefix=Grammar+in+%2Caps%2C171&sr=8-2
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDSDawvrrdA
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Paperback versions of my books are on Amazon:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvUyL2teIGA
Some of the ideas of Zeno of Citium (and other stoic philosophers) are introduced and several questions are open for debate.
1) Do you consider the universe to be a living being? Does the universe have the power of rationality?
2) Do you believe in fate? Has the future already been predetermined? Does free will exist in this world?
3) Is the universe finite or infinite in size? Is the amount of matter finite or infinite?
4) Do you agree that all crime, sin and bad behaviour is the result of ignorance?
5) Would you say that anger is always bad, in any circumstances?
6) Do you think that while emotions are mere reactions, our power of judgement gives us genuine free will?
The whole Philosophy course can be found here
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English lessons are here
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=496YMO8QqjE