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.
Today's lesson is a general noun quiz. All you have to do is choose the word that is being described in each sentence.
An important part of learning a language is to review words you have learned in the past. Sometimes we want to learn new words so much that we forget to go back any study the words we have learned before. The problem with this is we can end up forgetting words we thought we knew. How many times have you come across a word you remember seeing but can no longer remember what it means?
Choose the word that is being described in each sentence:
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We use the negative prefixes un- / in- /im- /il- /ir-
For example:
John and James are brothers. John is reliable, you can trust him to do anything you ask. James, on the other hand, is unreliable, you cannot rely on him.
By adding un to reliable we change the meaning of the word to not reliable.
Dis gives the adjective the opposite meaning: "I know you all agree with the plan, but I still disagree."
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How often do you go grocery shopping (shopping for food)? Do your family do one big shop a week or do you buy little and often? Do you shop in big supermarkets or at small local shops.
Below are seven words we associate with shopping (they are all nouns). The letters of these words have been scrambled (mixed up). Read the definition of each word and then use the letters to form the correct spelling. Type the words into the boxes provided:
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.
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).
Confusing then and than is a mistake we frequently see online, even made by native speakers. Although their spelling and pronunciation may appear similar, they have very different meanings.
Than can be either a conjunction or a preposition.
It can be used to join two parts of a comparison or used with 'more' or 'less' to compare numbers or amounts:
I am a lot older than my brother.
There are fewer people here than last year.
I would rather go to a restaurant than a bar.
A verb is a word that shows an action. It is important to choose the verb that fits with the subject and object in a sentence otherwise your English will not sound natural or you may not be able to make yourself understood.
For example it would be very strange for someone to say, "we is" instead of "we are", or "I need to make a break", instead of, "I need to take a break".
We can also change the form of verbs to show when an action happens.
