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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.