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Have and have got

July 27th, 2011 in English Learning

Have is often used to talk about ideas such as possession, relationships, individual characteristics, illnesses etc.

She has two daughters.
He has a bad temper.
He has no patience.
I have a bad cold.

Difference between which and what

July 13th, 2011 in English Learning

Which and what are often both possible with little difference of meaning.

  • Which is the coldest region in the world? OR What is the coldest region in the world?

Adjective clauses exercise

March 11th, 2011 in English Learning

Point out the adjective clauses in the following sentences.

1.       Mary had a little lamb whose fleece was as white as snow.

2.       The house that we live in belongs to my grandfather.

Relative pronoun whose

March 4th, 2011 in English Learning

Whose is a relative possessive word. It is a determiner used before nouns and replaces the words his, her, its or their.

Gerund and Infinitive: Exercise

March 3rd, 2011 in English Learning

Replace the gerund by an infinitive and the infinitive by a gerund in the following sentences.

1.       To laugh is better than to frown.

2.       Writing a story is not easy.

Change assertive sentences into interrogative

March 2nd, 2011 in English Learning

Change the following assertive sentences into interrogative.

1.       It was a great sight.

2.       No one can tolerate this.

3.       There is nothing particularly impressive about this picture.

Direct and Indirect Objects: Exercise

March 1st, 2011 in English Learning

Rewrite the following sentences putting the indirect objects before the direct objects.

1. Jane told a secret to me.

2. John’s father left a huge property for him.