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Monday, June 02, 2014

100 DAILY LIFE VERB CLUSTERS

1.      Go for walk        
2.      Clean dishes     
3.      Wash clothes   
4.      Wake up early 
5.      Read newspaper
6.      Visit relatives
7.      Go to sleep early
8.      Pray everyday
9.      Smoke
10.  Drink milk
11.  Study lessons
12.  Dance
13.  Sing
14.  Read novels
15.  Write diary
16.  Eat vegetables
17.  Chat with friends
18.  Browse internet
19.  Watch television
20.  Take bath everyday
21.  Ride bike
22.  Listen to songs
23.  Help your parents
24.  Understand Arabic
25.  Say truth
26.  Meet strangers
27.  Tease people
28.  Drive alone
29.  Tolerate hurting
30.  Annoy at people
31.  Ask questions
32.  Go out with friends
33.  Expect miracles
34.  Throw up during journeys
35.  Humiliate others
36.  Go fishing
37.  Travel by train
38.  Boast about you
39.  Cook
40.  Revise lessons
41.  Recite Quran
42.  Go on tour
43.  Use Facebook
44.  Send emails
45.  Miss classes
46.  Hurt people
47.  Respect teachers
48.  Forget your keys
49.  Eat in a restaurant
50.  Play football
51.  Drink coffee
52.  Speak English
53.  Draw pictures
54.  Read magazines
55.  Make tea
56.  Stay up late
57.  Read editorials
58.  Solve Sudoku
59.  Iron your dress
60.  Go shopping
61.  Ware cap
62.  Watch films
63.  Think about your future
64.  Carry a pen always
65.  Disobey your parents
66.  Recharge your phone
67.   Clean your table
68.  Snore in your sleep
69.  Celebrate birthday
70.  Advise your pals
71.  Consider others
72.  Write poems
73.  Doze off during the class
74.  Comb your hair
75.  Make your bed
76.  Set alarm
77.  Go sight seeing
78.  Work out (exercise)
79.  Get mad at parents
80.  Fast during ramzan
81.  Sleep early
82.  Day dream
83.  Say sorry
84.  Hug your friends
85.  Regret your mistakes
86.  Believe in luck
87.  Complain others
88.  Memorize phone Nos
89.  Chop vegetables
90.  Take a nap at noon
91.  Plant trees
92.  Argue with your dad
93.  Feed your pets
94.  Borrow money
95.  Pay off your debts
96.  Get pissed off easily
97.  Sweep your floor
98.  Count the balance
99.  Pick your nose
100. hire taxi for travelling


Monday, April 21, 2014

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)


Tuesday, April 01, 2014

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.

Friday, February 28, 2014

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…

Monday, February 03, 2014

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.