can you help me with these questions?
a. i'm going to do the washing up later.
What is the meaning of this structure 'i'm going to do' and what is the name of this structure?
b. the bridge was built in in 1847
what is the meaning of 'was built' and what is the name of this structure?
c.if i had the time, i would help you.
what is the meaning and name of this structure? what is the form also?
Conjunctions join words or groups of words together. Some common conjunctions are and, that, because, but, if, or, as, than, and when.
And - He is learning English and French.
That - She said that she was ill.
Because - She doesn't eat meat or fish because she is vegetarian.
A contraction is a short form of a group of words. English has a few contractions, which mostly involve not pronouncing a vowel. In writing the vowel is replaced with an apostrophe in writing.
For example, the contraction of I am is I'm and the contraction of will not is won't.
which of the below sentence is correct,i am often confusing between them
I started working on the task
or
I have started working on the task
What is the difference between the two smell verbs in these sentences?
James smelled the flowers.
The flowers smelled amazing.
The first sentence expresses an action, while the second verb connects the subject of the sentence to additional information about the subject. The second sentence contains a linking verb.
To make an omlete you need ________ egg, ________ onion, ____ tomato, ______ salt and _____ oil, take _____ medium sized bowl. break _____ egg into the bowl, beat it well until it becomes frothy. Cut _____ vegetables into _______ small pieces. Mix them with the beaten egg. Heat ______ oil in ______ frying pan. Pour in ________your batter. Fry until it becomes golden.
Prepositions are often confusing for English learners, especially when one preposition can have more than one meaning. Today we look at the prepositions for, of and to and three of their possible meanings.
For usually tells us about the use of something, a reason or purpose.
We need new batteries for the remote control.
These drinks are for after work.
We use it for cutting grass.
This, that, these and those are called demonstratives. We use a demonstrative when we want to talk about whether something is near or far from us and if the subject is singular or plural.
This car is nice (singular, near)
That car is nice (singular, distant)
These cars are nice (plural, near)
Those cars are nice (plural, distant)
Apart from some irregular verbs (drink > drank > drunk), the past tense of regular verbs is made by adding -d or -ed to the base form of the verb. The past simple tense is also often the past participle form (play > played > played).
"He was talking."
A singular noun refers to one of something (a chair, a hat, a dog); a plural noun means more than one (chairs, hats, dogs).
In most cases we make a plural noun by adding s to a singular noun (car > cars).
Words that end in -ch, x, s or s-like sounds take -es for the plural (kiss > kisses).
When a noun ends in y we replace it with –ies to make the plural (city > cities).
