I am used to seeing her in bad mood

I am used to (something)

‘be used to means 'become familiar with'. 

Example  : I am used to seeing her in bad mood.

Meaning : I am familiar with seeing her in bad mood. It's not the first time I am seeing her in bad mood.  

Example 2 : imagine that you have recently moved to, let's say, Japan. Because Japan is so different from your home country, you felt a little uncomfortable being there. Everything was new and strange. Then after a while, you started to feel more at home in Japan. You can use this expression:

'It was strange at first, but now I am used to Japan.'

Do you notice the grammar of this phrase?

Subject (I, he, she, we) + be verb (am, is, are) + used to + object (Japan, it)

Simple Passive

Use:       

The passive voice is used:
a) When the object of a sentence is more important than the subject
The city was destroyed by the volcano.

b) When the subject of the sentence is unknown.
This cheese was made in Canada.

 It is common in formal and scientific writing.

Form:
You can use the passive voice in all tenses. Use the correct form of be + the past participle of the verb.

Present Simple: I  you / they / we It / She / he	am are is	Past participle taken given built made eaten brought cooked left...	The workers collect the rubbish of Wednesdays. =>  The rubbish is collected on Thursdays.
Past Simple: you / they / we I / It / She / he	were  was		People built the castle over 800 years ago. =>  The castle was built over 800 years ago.
Present Perfect: I / you / they / we It / She / he	have been has been		Someone has taken my book! =>  My book has been taken!
Past Perfect: I / you / they / we / it / she / he	had been		When we arrived at the airport, someone had resold our tickets. =>  When we arrived at the airport, our tickets had been resold.
Modals I / you / they / we / it / she / he	can be will be would be must be should be could be		You must wear a hard hat in this area. =>  Hard harts must be worn in this area.

To mention who caused the action, use by.
The bins were emptied by the cleaning staff.

TYPES OF NOUN

DEFINITION: Noun is a word which is used to name something as a person, animal, thing and place. There are six kinds of noun in English.

1) Proper Noun

2) Common Noun

3) Abstract Noun

4) Collective Noun

5) Compound Noun

6) Material Noun

1) PROPER NOUN

DEFINITION: Proper Noun is a name of particular thing, person, animal and place. On the other hand, proper noun is always written with a capital letter at the beginning of the word.

Example: Dara, New York, Cambodia, John, Angkor Wat…

2) COMMON NOUN

DEFINITION: Common Noun is a name which is given in common to everyone (person, thing, animal…..).

Example: Man, teacher, doctor, dog, cat, house, chair…

3) ABSTRACT NOUN

DEFINITION: Abstract Noun is the name of idea, quality and action that is the name of something we can’t touch, see, smell and taste.

Example:

- Idea: Advice, ambition, wish...

- Quality: Goodness, kindness, darkness...

- Action: Talking, movement, discussion..

NOTE: Some Abstract Nouns can make from many kinds of adjective, verb and common noun.

a) Abstract Noun makes from adjective.

Adjective	Abstractive Noun
dark poor wise honest	darkness poverty wisdom honesty

b) Abstract Noun makes from verb.

Verb	Abstractive Noun
hope regret help promise	hope regret help promise

c) Abstract Noun is quite different from verb.

Verb	Abstractive Noun
live die know advise	life death knowledge advice

Verb Abstractive Noun

d) Abstract Noun makes from common noun.

Common Noun	Abstractive Noun
man friend hero infant	manhood friendship heroism infancy

4) COLLECTIVE NOUN

DEFINITION: Collective Noun is a name of number or collection of person, thing and animal taken together and spoken as a whole.

Example: Army, committee, family, nation, association, community…

5) COMPOUND NOUN

DEFINITION: Compound Nouns are the nouns that are combined between one word with another word and can make from many kinds of noun, adjective and verb.

Noun/ Adjective/verb	Noun	Common Noun
sun strong walking	light man stick	sunlight strongman walking-stick

6) MATERIAL NOUN

DEFINITION: Material Noun is the name of particular object.

Example: Chair, table, car, book, pen, house, radio…

How to use 'MAKE'

Make

Subject + make + object + bare infinitive (infinitive without 'to') 

'Make' can mean 'force someone to do something that he or she doesn't want to do':

• His mother made him clean his room.
• The teacher made us study very hard.

It can also be used to mean 'cause someone to do something' (the thing can be good or bad):

• That film made me cry.
• My brother often makes me laugh.

If we use 'make' in the passive, we use the infinitive with 'to' instead of the bare infinitive:

• She was made to work on Saturday, even though she hated working at weekends.

We can also use subject + make + object + adjective. This means 'cause the object to be the adjective' (the adjective can be good or bad):

• Her story made me really happy.
• The traffic jam made us late.

Definite and indefinite articles

Use: 
1) Use a before a singular noun.
   I've got a brother and a sister.
Use an if the noun begins with a vowel.
   I've got an aunt in Texas.

2) Use plural nouns or uncountable nouns to talk about things in general. Don't use an article here.

I like cats.
Dolphins are very intelligent.
Crime is increasing.

3) Use the to talk about one particular thing, or a particular group of things.
Books are interesting. The book on the table is interesting.
Children are noisy. The children in this class are noisy.

4) Use a to introduce a new thing or person. Use the when you already know this person or thing.
There is a restaurant near my house. The restaurant serves good food.

5) Use the when there is only one of these things.
    The moon is very big tonight.
My dad is the only doctor in our village.
Joe is the best student in the class. 

6) Use the when there are many things, but it is clear which one you mean.
   Let's go to the pub! We need to go to the supermarket. 

7) Most 'general' nouns do not use an article.
Life is not the same as it used to be NOT: The life…

Health is important to everyone. NOT: The health…

We're worried about pollution. NOT: The pollution…

But some general nouns use the:

the environment People are increasingly worried about the environment. 
the weather What's the weather like today? 
the countryside I love walking in the countryside.
the sea / ocean I'd love to live near the sea. 
the radio There's an interesting programme on the radio. 
the theatre / cinema We went to the theatre last night. 
the economy The economy is affecting everyone. 

Common mistakes:

1) Some students use the when they talk about things in general.
I love the romantic films! => I love romantic films!

2) Some students use singular nouns without a or the.
I want book about the weather. => I want a book about the weather.

3) Some students use the when they talk about things in general.
I want the book about the weather. => I want a book about the weather.

will / be going to for prediction

Use:

Both be going to and will can be used to predict future events. In many cases they can be used interchangeably. 
Experts believe that the recession will continue.
Experts believe that the recession is going to continue.

However, in some cases they are used differently:

• Use going to when there is evidence about what is going to happen.

Look at the time! We’re going to be late!

• Use will / won’t when guessing about the future.

I bet Robin will be late again.

• Will is often used with phrases such as I think…, I expect…, I don’t think…, I bet… , I’m sure…, I doubt if/that…  when making predictions

• It is more common to use I don’t think + will, not I think + won’t

I think it won’t rain => I don’t think it will rain

Form:

be going to

Positive

I	am / ‘m	going to	verb (infinitive form)
you / we / they	are / ‘re
he / she / it	is / ‘s

Negative

I	‘m not	going  to	verb (infinitive form)
you	aren’t    OR   ‘re not
he / she / it	isn’t      OR     ‘s not

Questions

Am	I	going  to	verb (infinitive form) ?
Are	you / we / they
Is	he / she / it

Short Answers

Yes,	I am.	No,	I’m not.
	you / we / they are.		you / we / they    ‘re not / aren’t
	he / she / it is.		he / she / it ‘s not / isn’t

will

Positive / Negative

I / You / He / She / It  / We / They	will	verb (infinitive form).
	won’t

Will

I / you / he / she / it  / we / they /

verb (infinitive form)?