Last week EC opened a new English language centre: EC Bristol English school.
To celebrate he's a lesson on the English city of Bristol.
Take a look at these ten sentences related to the school and city.
Choose the correct missing word in each case.
This lesson is designed to test how well you know the different parts of speech. E.g. verb, noun, adjective, adverb etc. In each of the following sentences, one word has been capitalised. Your job is to decide which part of speech this word is.
When you have finished, I strongly recommend that for further practise you have a go at a game called ‘Mad-libs’, where you complete a story by adding in your own words! Try this website
Lesson by Caroline
Sometimes, it can be really difficult to remember how to use words which have similar meanings but different forms. For example:
Difficult - adjective - not easy to do. E.g. "That test was really difficult."
Difficulty - noun - the fact or condition of being difficult. E.g. "You can decide the level of difficulty when you play this game."
When we add the prefix ‘un’ to a word, we give the word the opposite meaning. For example:
Clean - very tidy and neat
Unclean - not very tidy and neat!
In the following sentences, which word beginning with ‘un’ is needed? Use the letters, don't type in the words!
"We need to decide where to go. This is an important decision."
In this sentence the highlighted verb is decide and the noun form of the verb is decision.
Today, I'd like you to take a look at the sentences below. Complete each sentence with a noun. Always use the noun form of the verb given in brackets. Don't use any -ing words.
I'm sure that you have a pretty good vocabulary, but do you sometimes use the wrong form of a word when speaking and writing? It's a common problem that can be fixed with careful consideration and practice. Let's get the ball rolling (start) with this exercise.
Task 1: Choose the correct missing form in each sentence
Task 2: Now the hardest part...write your own example sentences with the correct answers.
When someone does not have money we can say they are poor. It is an adjective.
"A poor man."
The noun form of poor is poverty.
"Many people in the world still live in poverty."
Level: Elementary
Ordinal numbers are easy to learn but also, easy to forget.
When objects are placed in order, we use ordinal numbers to tell their position. If ten people ran a race, we would say that the person that ran the fastest was in first place, the next student was in second place, and so on.
Remember, ordinals are numbers we use when we want to put things in order. We normally ad 'th' to the numbers, but also sometimes 'nd' or 'st'. In the following sentences, do we need an ordinal number?
Complete the sentences with the prefixes and suffixes below. You will only need to use each prefix / suffix once.
-able
-ist
-ing
-ive
im-
-ic
un-
-ment
-ful
-ient
Don't include the dash (-) when you type in your answer and only type in the prefix/suffix - not the whole word.
Using an adjective in a sentence when you should use a noun will make your English sound strange. Let's try cuting down on your errors by taking this short quiz. For each question you have two options. Choose either the adjective or noun form.
