Thursday 6 December 2012

Phrasal Verb



A phrasal verb is a verb followed by a preposition or an adverb; the combination 

creates a meaning different from the original verb alone.


Transitive and intransitive phrasal verbs :


Some phrasal verbs are transitive (A transitive verb always has an object.)


Example : I made up an excuse. ('Excuse' is the object of the verb.)

Some phrasal verbs are intrasitive (An intransitive verb does not have an object.)


Example : My car broke down.

Separable or inseparable phrasal verbs :


Some transitive phrasal verbs are separable. (The object is between the verb and the preposition.)

Example : I looked the word up in the dictionary.

Some transitive phrasal verbs are inseparable. (The object is placed after the preposition.)

Example : I will look into the matter as soon as possible.

Some transitive phrasal verbs can take an object in both places.

Example : I picked up the book.

   I picked the book up.

Preposition


Preposition

#preposition links nounspronouns and phrases to other words in asentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition.

#A preposition usually indicates the temporal, spatial or logical relationship of its object to the rest of the sentence as in the following examples:



The Selfish Giant
Note: Oscar Wilde intended this story to be read to children

Every afternoon, as they were coming from school, the children used to go and play in the Giant's garden.
     It was a large lovely garden, with soft green grass. Here and there over the grass stood beautiful flowers like stars, and there were twelve peach-trees that in the spring-time broke out into delicate blossoms of pink and pearl, and in the autumn bore rich fruit. The birds sat on the trees and sang so sweetly that the children used to stop their games in order to listen to them. 'How happy we are here!' they cried to each other.
     One day the Giant came back. He had been to visit his friend the Cornish ogre, and had stayed with him for seven years. After the seven years were over he had said all that he had to say, for his conversation was limited, and he determined to return to his own castle. When he arrived he saw the children playing in the garden.
     'What are you doing here?' he cried in a very gruff voice, and the children ran away.
     'My own garden is my own garden,' said the Giant; 'any one can understand that, and I will allow nobody to play in it but myself.' So he built a high wall all round it, and put up a notice-board.

TRESPASSERS
WILL BE
PROSECUTED
..................

    

Sunday 25 November 2012

ADVERB

DEFINITION

Adverbs are words that modify everything but nouns and pronouns. They modify adjectives, verbs, and other adverbs. A word is an adverb if it answers how, when, or where.

Adverb indicates:
Types:...........ly(slowly,quickly)
Where(place):here,anywhere,everywhere
When(time):last night,now,soon
How Often(frequency):always,usually,never
Adverb describe adjectives:i felt completely exhausted
Adverb describes another adverb:i slept here last night
very to intensify adverb:he worked very hard yesterday

Condition:
i)Adj-N + Adv- Verb
The young lady danced gracefully
young=adjectives
lady=noun
danced=verb
gracefully=adverb

ii)Adv - Adj
She is very beautiful
very=adverb
beautiful=adjectives

iii)Adj -N + Adv -Adv
The house is haunted,so the couple left the house very quickly.
house=noun
haunted=adjectives
very=adverb
quickly=adverb

iv)Adv - (Adv) - Adj - N
Quickly, the old lady jumped over the window
quickly=adverb
old=adjectives
lady=noun

POSITION OF ADJECTIVES

In order adjectives to look good in sentences,they must follow the position of adjectives:

Quality/  - Size  - Age  - Shape  - Colour  - Nationality  - Material  - Purpose/
opinion                                                                                                    Noun

Example:
a beautiful young lady
beautiful=quality
young=age
lady=noun

a huge japanese sumo wrestler
huge=size
japanese=nationality
sumo=purpose
wrestler=noun

a large old rectangular brown italy wooden clock
large=size
old=age
rectangular=shape
brown=colour
italy=nationality
wooden=material
clock=noun


ADJECTIVES


DEFINITION
Adjectives are words that describe nouns or pronouns. They may come before the word they describe (That is a cute puppy.) or they may follow the word they describe (That puppy is cute.).

TYPES OF ADJECTIVES

a blue car
Attributive adjectives(come before noun)

he is honest
Predicative adjectives(after noun and linking verb)

princess royal
Postpositive adjectives(come immediately after modified noun)

tall,taller,tallest
Qualitative adjectives(in terms of qualities,comparative and superlative)

she is wearing a blue long dress for her wedding
Colour adjectives(specifies colour of things)

i think that dress is beautiful on you
Compound qualitative adjectives(express speaker opinion)
what book are you reading
Interrogative adjectives(wh question,modifies noun or pronoun rather than stand on its own)

those years were fun when i was a kid
Demonstrative adjectives(this,these that, those and what)












Tuesday 30 October 2012

VERB PART 1



 
         he is a smart boy ,there is no action but a state of being expressed by verb is.





Mom cook for our lunch.(cook is verb)







Verbs are a class of words used to show the performance of action,existence,possession or state of objects.

               BIG BIG WORLD


I'm a big, big girl in a big, big world
It's not a big, big thing if you leave me
But I do, do feel that I do, do will miss you much
Miss you much

I can see the first leaf falling
It's all yellow and nice
It's so very cold outside
Like the way I'm feeling inside

I'm a big, big girl in a big, big world
It's not a big, big thing if you leave me
But I do, do feel that I do, do will miss you much
Miss you much

Outside it's now raining
And tears are falling from my eyes
Why did it have to happen
Why did it all have to end

I'm a big, big girl in a big, big world
It's not a big, big thing if you leave me
But I do, do feel that I do, do will miss you much
Miss you much

I have your arms around me
Warm like fire
But when I open my eyes
You're gone

I'm a big, big girl in a big, big world
It's not a big, big thing if you leave me
But I do, do feel that I do, do will miss you much
Miss you much

I'm a big, big girl in a big, big world
It's not a big, big thing if you leave me
But I do feel I will miss you much
Miss you much


Read more: EMILIA - BIG BIG WORLD LYRICS 

Friday 5 October 2012

Countable and uncountable nouns


COUNTABLE
- countable noun (e.g ship can be singular or plural. We can count ships. We can say a ship/one ship or two ships
-E.gs we could see a ship in the distance

UNCOUNTABLE
-An uncountable noun(e.g water) is neither singular nor plural. We cannot count water. We can say water or some water but not a water.
-E.gs Can I have some water?


Crispy Yogurt Chicken


Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup yogurt
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp chilli flakes
  • 300g chicken breast
  • 1/4 cup plain
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup breadcrumbs

Method

    Wash and clean chicken breast and cut into thin slices.
    Marinate chicken with yogurt, salt and chilli flakes for 10 minutes.
    Coat marinated chicken slices with flour then dip into beaten eggs.
    Then coat with breadcrumbs and deep-fry until crispy.
    You can keep the chicken marinated without salt for 8 hours in a chiller. Once salt is added make sure to fry it within in an hour.
    Notes:-
    as for yogurt,salt,chilli flakes,plain and breadcrumbs..we cannot count it but there are always ways to make this things available to count..such as by using the indicator such as...a cup of breadcrumbs,1/4 cup plain,1 tsp chilli flakes,1 tsp salt and 1/2 cup yogurt..by using this method..we can always follow the correct measurement to cook Crispy Yogurt Chicken as above...hehehe..have a try..hmmm,yummy1



















Noun part1

Noun

žThe word "noun" derives from the Latin nomen meaning "name", and a traditional definition of nouns is that they are all and only those expressions that refer to a person, place, thing, event, substance, quality or idea.
žA noun, or noun substantive, is a part of speech (a word or phrase) which can co-occur with (in)definite articles and attributive adjectives, and function as the head of a noun phrase.
Noun can be divided into two,which is singular noun and plural noun.ž
SINGULAR NOUNS 
Example : girl, boy, book
PLURAL NOUNS
a) Regular — ends in
s
example: student - students
b)
Irregular — change in vowel
example: woman— women

- SAME SINGULAR AND PLURAL  NOUNS
example: a sheep — two sheep
a fish—many fish 

Singular noun (regular)
-student
Plural noun

-students

Singular noun(irregular)
-Woman
Plural noun(irregular)
-Women