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nouns
What is a Noun? How to use it?
About Nouns. Common and Proper Nouns
Count/Noncount Nouns
Singular and Plural Nouns
Singular/Plural-Only Nouns
Collective, Material and Abstract Nouns
Collective and Individual Nouns
Material and Concrete Nouns
Concrete and Abstract Nouns
Compound and Derivative Nouns
Common & Possessive Cases of Nouns
Gender of the Noun
Determinants of English nouns
pronouns
What is a Pronoun? The Functions of English pronouns.
The Types of English Pronouns
Reflexive Pronouns
Reciprocal Pronouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
Interrogative Pronouns
Relative Pronouns
Indefinite Pronouns
Personal Pronouns and their subcategories
Possessive Pronouns
adjectives
What is an Adjective?
Degrees of Comparison of the Adjectives
How to form the Degrees of Comparison
Usage of the constructions as…as, not so..as, than, by far and of
Substantivized Adjectives
numerals
What is a Numeral?
English Cardinal Numerals
English Ordinal Numerals
English Fractional Numerals
verbs
What is a Verb?
The Basic forms of the English verb
Finite and non- finite forms of the Verbs
Regular and Irregular Verbs
Table of Irregular Verbs
Four Main Types of Verbs
What is the Mood of a Verb?
What is the Voice of a Verb?
What is the Number Category?
What is the Person category?
The Indicative Mood – the Active Voice
Indefinite group of Tenses
The Present Indefinite Tense (the Present Simple)
The Past Indefinite Tense ( The Past Simple)
The Future Indefinite tense ( the Future Simple)
The Future Indefinite in the Past
All forms of “to smile” in Indefinite group of Tenses
Conjugation of to smile in Indefinite Tense Form/Passive
Conjugation of To Be in Indefinite Tense
Conjugation of To Have in Indefinite Tense
Continuous group of Tenses
The Present Continuous tense
The Past Continuous tense
The Future Continuous tense
The Future Continuous in the Past
Conjugation of “to smile” in Continuous Tense Form
Conjugation of to smile in Continuous Tense Form/Passive
Conjugation of To Be in Continuous Tense
Conjugation of To Have in Continuous Tense
Perfect group of Tenses
The Present Perfect tense
The Past Perfect tense
The Future Perfect tense
The Future Perfect in the Past
Conjugation of to smile in Perfect Tense Form/Active
Conjugation of to smile in Perfect Tense Form/Passive
Conjugation of To Be in Perfect Tense
Conjugation of To Have in Perfect Tense
The Present Perfect Continuous tense
The Past Perfect Continuous tense
The Future Perfect Continuous tense
The Future Perfect Continuous in the Past
Conjugation of to smile in Perfect Continuous Tense Form
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
The Indicative Mood-the Passive Voice
The Group of Tenses of the Passive Voice
The Passive voice with a formal subject It
The Sequence of Tenses
The Subjunctive Mood
The Imperative Mood
non-finite forms of the verbs
The Infinitive-Non-Finite form of the Verb
The Gerund-Non-Finite form of the Verb
The Participle-Non-Finite form of the Verb
THE IMPERATIVE MOOD AND NON-FINITE FORMS OF “TO SMILE”
THE IMPERATIVE MOOD AND NON-FINITE FORMS OF “TO BE”
THE IMPERATIVE MOOD AND NON-FINITE FORMS OF “TO HAVE”
Auxiliary and modal verbs
Auxiliary and Modal verbs
Auxiliary Verbs
Auxiliary Verbs: to be
Auxiliary Verbs: to have
Auxiliary Verbs: shall and will
Auxiliary Verbs: should and would
Modal Verbs
Modal Verbs: to be
Modal Verbs: must
Modal Verbs: need
Modal Verbs: ought to
Modal Verbs: can
Modal Verbs: could
Modal Verbs: may
Modal Verbs: might
adverbs
The Categories of Adverbs
The Degrees of Comparison of Adverbs
How to place Adverbs in a sentence
prepositions
Prepositions
The Types of Prepositions
The place of Prepositions
conjunctions
The Conjunction
syntax
What is Syntax? Syntax in English
What is Sentence? Definition of a Sentence
Simple Sentence – Unextended and Extended sentences
Subject of a Sentence. Types for definition
“It” as a Formal Subject
Cleft sentence ( It was yesterday that…)
Subject Pronoun/ “One” and “They” as subject meaning
What is a predicate? Predicate Types
Subject-Verb Agreement in English
There is/There are
What is The Object of a Sentence?
What is the Attribute of a Sentence?
What is Adverbial Modifier of a Sentence
Parallelism in English Grammar
Independent Elements
Declarative Sentence in English Grammar
Direct/Indirect Objects in Declarative Sentence
Adverbial Modifier in Declarative Sentence
Stylistic Elegance: The Role of Subject-Verb Inversion in Language
Negative Declarative Sentences: Structure, Usage, and Style
Types of Interrogative Sentences
Wh-questions (Interrogative Sentence)
Yes/No Questions (Interrogative Sentence)
Alternative Questions (Interrogative sentence)
Tag Questions (Interrogative Sentence)
Indirect / Embedded Questions
Imperative Sentences
Exclamatory Sentences
Compound Sentences
Complex Sentences
Subordinate Clauses
Nominal (Noun) Clauses
Noun-Modifying (Adjective) Clauses
Adverbial(Adverb)Clauses
Complex Sentence With Multiple Dependent Sentences
Direct (Quoted) and Indirect (Reported) Speech
IF (Conditional) Sentences
Types of Conditional Sentences
Would and Should in Conditional sentences
Might and Could in Conditional Sentences
Conditional sentences: Mixed and Implied
Conditional Sentences without “IF”
I wish, Would, and If Only in Conditionals
Punctuation Marks in English
morphology
Word Formation: Word derivation; Word Building in English
Word Formation in English
Phonetics
phonetics
About Phonetics
Acoustic Phonetics
Articulatory Phonetics
Auditory Phonetics
About English Alphabet
The Alphabet names in English
The International Phonetic Alphabet symbols for English phonemes
Vowel and Consonant Sounds in Syllable
What are Six Syllable Types?
phonics
The Phonics rules in English
The S Sound Phonics
The Sound of Murmur Diphthongs : AR, OR, ER, UR, IR, and YR
Pronunciation of letter groups (letter combinations)- au, ou, ld, nd, kn, ture, gh, ch, sh, th, wh, wr in English
Pronunciation of letters-i, I, j, g, w, qu and letter groups – au, ou, kn, ture, sh, ch, th, gh in English
Pronunciation of the letter “i”
Pronunciation of letters- u, o, a, e, x, l,y and letter groups- ow, ng, er, or, rr in English
Pronunciation of the letter “a”
Pronunciation of the letter “a” before consonants
Pronunciation of the letter “e”
Pronunciation of the letter “o”
Pronunciation of the letter “u”
Pronunciation of the letter “y”
Grammar in Use
grammar tips
For Since Ago
Verbs followed by Gerunds
Verbs followed by Infinitives
grammar in use
Adverb, conjunction, and preposition examples
Preposition – “About”
Preposition – “Above”
Preposition – “Across”
Preposition – “After”
Preposition – “Against”
Preposition – “Among (Amongst)”
Preposition – “At”
Preposition – “Before”
Preposition – “Behind”
Preposition – “Below”
Preposition – “Beside” and “Besides”
Preposition – “Between”
Preposition – “Beyond”
Preposition – “By”
Preposition – “Down”
Preposition – “During”
Preposition – “Except”
Comparison of prepositions “Besides” and “Except”
Preposition – “For”
Preposition – “From”
Preposition – “In”
Comparison of the Prepositions “In” and “At”
Preposition – “Inside”
Preposition – “Into”
Preposition – “Of”
Preposition – “Off”
Preposition – “On (Upon)”
Preposition – “Out of”
Prepositions “Out of” and “From” to compare
Preposition – “Outside”
Preposition – “Over”
Prepositions – “Round” and Around”
Preposition – “Since”
Prepositions “Since” and “From”
Preposition – “Through”
Prepositions – “Till” and “Until”
Preposition – “To”
Preposition – “Towards”
Preposition – “Up”
Preposition – “With”
Prepositions “With” and “By” to compare
Preposition – “Within”
Prepositions -What is the difference/Prepositions For, During,In, and Within
Preposition – “Without”
Phrasal Prepositions
The Interjection
Videos and Images
videos
Paired Idioms: Body and Soul; Live and Learn
Paired Idioms: Safe and Sound; Ups and Downs
Noun forming suffixes
Nouns from verbs /suffixes:ion-ation-tion-sion-ssion/
Nouns from verbs/suffix: ment/
Nouns from adjectives /suffixes:ness-dom/
Table 1-Pronunciation of Vowels o and e in open and closed syllables
Table 2- Pronunciation of Vowels a, e, u, o + re in syllable type
Table 3- Pronunciation of Vowels in different syllable types
Table 4-Pronunciation of vowels y and u in open and closed syllables
Table 5- Pronunciation of Vowels a and i in open and closed syllables
Table 6- Pronunciation of Vowel Digraphs and letter groups
Table 7- Pronunciation of Vowel Digraphs
Table 8- Pronunciation of Vowel Digraphs before r letter
Exercises
exercises and quizzes
Noun exercises
Pronoun Exercises
Adjective Exercises
Numeral Exercises
Verb Exercises
Adverb Exercises
My Quiz on the theme “The Noun”
My Ouiz on the theme “The Pronouns”
My Quiz on the theme “The Verb”
My Quiz on the theme – “The Adjective”
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Grammar
parts of speech
nouns
What is a Noun? How to use it?
About Nouns. Common and Proper Nouns
Count/Noncount Nouns
Singular and Plural Nouns
Singular/Plural-Only Nouns
Collective, Material and Abstract Nouns
Collective and Individual Nouns
Material and Concrete Nouns
Concrete and Abstract Nouns
Compound and Derivative Nouns
Common & Possessive Cases of Nouns
Gender of the Noun
Determinants of English nouns
pronouns
What is a Pronoun? The Functions of English pronouns.
The Types of English Pronouns
Reflexive Pronouns
Reciprocal Pronouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
Interrogative Pronouns
Relative Pronouns
Indefinite Pronouns
Personal Pronouns and their subcategories
Possessive Pronouns
adjectives
What is an Adjective?
Degrees of Comparison of the Adjectives
How to form the Degrees of Comparison
Usage of the constructions as…as, not so..as, than, by far and of
Substantivized Adjectives
numerals
What is a Numeral?
English Cardinal Numerals
English Ordinal Numerals
English Fractional Numerals
verbs
What is a Verb?
The Basic forms of the English verb
Finite and non- finite forms of the Verbs
Regular and Irregular Verbs
Table of Irregular Verbs
Four Main Types of Verbs
What is the Mood of a Verb?
What is the Voice of a Verb?
What is the Number Category?
What is the Person category?
The Indicative Mood – the Active Voice
Indefinite group of Tenses
The Present Indefinite Tense (the Present Simple)
The Past Indefinite Tense ( The Past Simple)
The Future Indefinite tense ( the Future Simple)
The Future Indefinite in the Past
All forms of “to smile” in Indefinite group of Tenses
Conjugation of to smile in Indefinite Tense Form/Passive
Conjugation of To Be in Indefinite Tense
Conjugation of To Have in Indefinite Tense
Continuous group of Tenses
The Present Continuous tense
The Past Continuous tense
The Future Continuous tense
The Future Continuous in the Past
Conjugation of “to smile” in Continuous Tense Form
Conjugation of to smile in Continuous Tense Form/Passive
Conjugation of To Be in Continuous Tense
Conjugation of To Have in Continuous Tense
Perfect group of Tenses
The Present Perfect tense
The Past Perfect tense
The Future Perfect tense
The Future Perfect in the Past
Conjugation of to smile in Perfect Tense Form/Active
Conjugation of to smile in Perfect Tense Form/Passive
Conjugation of To Be in Perfect Tense
Conjugation of To Have in Perfect Tense
The Present Perfect Continuous tense
The Past Perfect Continuous tense
The Future Perfect Continuous tense
The Future Perfect Continuous in the Past
Conjugation of to smile in Perfect Continuous Tense Form
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
The Indicative Mood-the Passive Voice
The Group of Tenses of the Passive Voice
The Passive voice with a formal subject It
The Sequence of Tenses
The Subjunctive Mood
The Imperative Mood
non-finite forms of the verbs
The Infinitive-Non-Finite form of the Verb
The Gerund-Non-Finite form of the Verb
The Participle-Non-Finite form of the Verb
THE IMPERATIVE MOOD AND NON-FINITE FORMS OF “TO SMILE”
THE IMPERATIVE MOOD AND NON-FINITE FORMS OF “TO BE”
THE IMPERATIVE MOOD AND NON-FINITE FORMS OF “TO HAVE”
Auxiliary and modal verbs
Auxiliary and Modal verbs
Auxiliary Verbs
Auxiliary Verbs: to be
Auxiliary Verbs: to have
Auxiliary Verbs: shall and will
Auxiliary Verbs: should and would
Modal Verbs
Modal Verbs: to be
Modal Verbs: must
Modal Verbs: need
Modal Verbs: ought to
Modal Verbs: can
Modal Verbs: could
Modal Verbs: may
Modal Verbs: might
adverbs
The Categories of Adverbs
The Degrees of Comparison of Adverbs
How to place Adverbs in a sentence
prepositions
Prepositions
The Types of Prepositions
The place of Prepositions
conjunctions
The Conjunction
syntax
What is Syntax? Syntax in English
What is Sentence? Definition of a Sentence
Simple Sentence – Unextended and Extended sentences
Subject of a Sentence. Types for definition
“It” as a Formal Subject
Cleft sentence ( It was yesterday that…)
Subject Pronoun/ “One” and “They” as subject meaning
What is a predicate? Predicate Types
Subject-Verb Agreement in English
There is/There are
What is The Object of a Sentence?
What is the Attribute of a Sentence?
What is Adverbial Modifier of a Sentence
Parallelism in English Grammar
Independent Elements
Declarative Sentence in English Grammar
Direct/Indirect Objects in Declarative Sentence
Adverbial Modifier in Declarative Sentence
Stylistic Elegance: The Role of Subject-Verb Inversion in Language
Negative Declarative Sentences: Structure, Usage, and Style
Types of Interrogative Sentences
Wh-questions (Interrogative Sentence)
Yes/No Questions (Interrogative Sentence)
Alternative Questions (Interrogative sentence)
Tag Questions (Interrogative Sentence)
Indirect / Embedded Questions
Imperative Sentences
Exclamatory Sentences
Compound Sentences
Complex Sentences
Subordinate Clauses
Nominal (Noun) Clauses
Noun-Modifying (Adjective) Clauses
Adverbial(Adverb)Clauses
Complex Sentence With Multiple Dependent Sentences
Direct (Quoted) and Indirect (Reported) Speech
IF (Conditional) Sentences
Types of Conditional Sentences
Would and Should in Conditional sentences
Might and Could in Conditional Sentences
Conditional sentences: Mixed and Implied
Conditional Sentences without “IF”
I wish, Would, and If Only in Conditionals
Punctuation Marks in English
morphology
Word Formation: Word derivation; Word Building in English
Word Formation in English
Phonetics
phonetics
About Phonetics
Acoustic Phonetics
Articulatory Phonetics
Auditory Phonetics
About English Alphabet
The Alphabet names in English
The International Phonetic Alphabet symbols for English phonemes
Vowel and Consonant Sounds in Syllable
What are Six Syllable Types?
phonics
The Phonics rules in English
The S Sound Phonics
The Sound of Murmur Diphthongs : AR, OR, ER, UR, IR, and YR
Pronunciation of letter groups (letter combinations)- au, ou, ld, nd, kn, ture, gh, ch, sh, th, wh, wr in English
Pronunciation of letters-i, I, j, g, w, qu and letter groups – au, ou, kn, ture, sh, ch, th, gh in English
Pronunciation of the letter “i”
Pronunciation of letters- u, o, a, e, x, l,y and letter groups- ow, ng, er, or, rr in English
Pronunciation of the letter “a”
Pronunciation of the letter “a” before consonants
Pronunciation of the letter “e”
Pronunciation of the letter “o”
Pronunciation of the letter “u”
Pronunciation of the letter “y”
Grammar in Use
grammar tips
For Since Ago
Verbs followed by Gerunds
Verbs followed by Infinitives
grammar in use
Adverb, conjunction, and preposition examples
Preposition – “About”
Preposition – “Above”
Preposition – “Across”
Preposition – “After”
Preposition – “Against”
Preposition – “Among (Amongst)”
Preposition – “At”
Preposition – “Before”
Preposition – “Behind”
Preposition – “Below”
Preposition – “Beside” and “Besides”
Preposition – “Between”
Preposition – “Beyond”
Preposition – “By”
Preposition – “Down”
Preposition – “During”
Preposition – “Except”
Comparison of prepositions “Besides” and “Except”
Preposition – “For”
Preposition – “From”
Preposition – “In”
Comparison of the Prepositions “In” and “At”
Preposition – “Inside”
Preposition – “Into”
Preposition – “Of”
Preposition – “Off”
Preposition – “On (Upon)”
Preposition – “Out of”
Prepositions “Out of” and “From” to compare
Preposition – “Outside”
Preposition – “Over”
Prepositions – “Round” and Around”
Preposition – “Since”
Prepositions “Since” and “From”
Preposition – “Through”
Prepositions – “Till” and “Until”
Preposition – “To”
Preposition – “Towards”
Preposition – “Up”
Preposition – “With”
Prepositions “With” and “By” to compare
Preposition – “Within”
Prepositions -What is the difference/Prepositions For, During,In, and Within
Preposition – “Without”
Phrasal Prepositions
The Interjection
Videos and Images
videos
Paired Idioms: Body and Soul; Live and Learn
Paired Idioms: Safe and Sound; Ups and Downs
Noun forming suffixes
Nouns from verbs /suffixes:ion-ation-tion-sion-ssion/
Nouns from verbs/suffix: ment/
Nouns from adjectives /suffixes:ness-dom/
Table 1-Pronunciation of Vowels o and e in open and closed syllables
Table 2- Pronunciation of Vowels a, e, u, o + re in syllable type
Table 3- Pronunciation of Vowels in different syllable types
Table 4-Pronunciation of vowels y and u in open and closed syllables
Table 5- Pronunciation of Vowels a and i in open and closed syllables
Table 6- Pronunciation of Vowel Digraphs and letter groups
Table 7- Pronunciation of Vowel Digraphs
Table 8- Pronunciation of Vowel Digraphs before r letter
Exercises
exercises and quizzes
Noun exercises
Pronoun Exercises
Adjective Exercises
Numeral Exercises
Verb Exercises
Adverb Exercises
My Quiz on the theme “The Noun”
My Ouiz on the theme “The Pronouns”
My Quiz on the theme “The Verb”
My Quiz on the theme – “The Adjective”
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For Since Ago
We use for and since to say HOW LONG We use ago as a time word to say WHEN