Lets Go For Adverbs!

Adverbs

An adverb is a word that tells us more about a verb. An adverb "qualifies" or "modifies" a verb (The man ran quickly). But adverbs can also modify adjectives (Tara is really beautiful), or even other adverbs (It works very well).

Many different kinds of word are called adverbs. We can usually recognise an adverb by its:

1. Function (Job)
2. Form
3. Position

1. Function

The principal job of an adverb is to modify (give more information about) verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. In the following examples, the adverb is in bold and the word that it modifies is in italics.

• Modify a verb:
  - John speaks loudly. (How does John speak?)
  - Mary lives locally. (Where does Mary live?)
  - She never smokes. (When does she smoke?)
  
  
• Modify an adjective:
  - He is really handsome.
  
  
• Modify another adverb:
  - She drives incredibly slowly.

But adverbs have other functions, too. They can:

• Modify a whole sentence:
  - Obviously, I can't know everything.
  
  
• Modify a prepositional phrase:
  - It's immediately inside the door.

2. Form

Many adverbs end in -ly. We form such adverbs by adding -ly to the adjective. Here are some examples:

• quickly, softly, strongly, honestly, interestingly

But not all words that end in -ly are adverbs. "Friendly", for example, is an adjective.

Some adverbs have no particular form, for example:

• well, fast, very, never, always, often, still

3. Position

Adverbs have three main positions in the sentence:

• Front (before the subject):
  - Now we will study adverbs.
  
  
• Middle (between the subject and the main verb):
  - We often study adverbs.
  
  
• End (after the verb or object):
  - We study adverbs carefully.

And for more information:
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/adverbs.htm

Lets Go For Irregular Verbs!

Students! As for today's lesson, I would like you all to see this short video I have posted up here to be look into. There is also a question that you can can do so so you can reply the answer at the comment section of this post. Have fun learning!



As for the exercise, it can be found at the "English Exercise" Section. So be sure to give them a try. Be sure to submit your answers so I can check whether you understood the topic that is given.

Lets Review the Simple Future Tense!

Simple Future Tense

I will sing

The simple future tense is often called will, because we make the simple future tense with the modal auxiliary will.

How do we make the Simple Future Tense?

The structure of the simple future tense is:

subject	+	auxiliary verb WILL	+	main verb
		invariable		base
		will		V1

For negative sentences in the simple future tense, we insert not between the auxiliary verb and main verb. For question sentences, we exchange the subject and auxiliary verb. Look at these example sentences with the simple future tense:

	subject	auxiliary verb		main verb
+	I	will		open	the door.
+	You	will		finish	before me.
-	She	will	not	be	at school tomorrow.
-	We	will	not	leave	yet.
?	Will	you		arrive	on time?
?	Will	they		want	dinner?

When we use the simple future tense in speaking, we often contract the subject and auxiliary verb:

I will	I'll
you will	you'll
he will she will it will	he'll she'll it'll
we will	we'll
they will	they'll

For negative sentences in the simple future tense, we contract with won't, like this:

I will not	I won't
you will not	you won't
he will not she will not it will not	he won't she won't it won't
we will not	we won't
they will not	they won't

How do we use the Simple Future Tense?

No Plan

We use the simple future tense when there is no plan or decision to do something before we speak. We make the decision spontaneously at the time of speaking. Look at these examples:

• Hold on. I'll get a pen.
• We will see what we can do to help you.
• Maybe we'll stay in and watch television tonight.

In these examples, we had no firm plan before speaking. The decision is made at the time of speaking.

We often use the simple future tense with the verb to think before it:

• I think I'll go to the gym tomorrow.
• I think I will have a holiday next year.
• I don't think I'll buy that car.

Prediction

We often use the simple future tense to make a prediction about the future. Again, there is no firm plan. We are saying what we think will happen. Here are some examples:

• It will rain tomorrow.
• People won't go to Jupiter before the 22nd century.
• Who do you think will get the job?

Be

When the main verb is be, we can use the simple future tense even if we have a firm plan or decision before speaking. Examples:

• I'll be in London tomorrow.
• I'm going shopping. I won't be very long.
• Will you be at work tomorrow?

More detail:
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_future.htm

Exercise taken from:
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-simple-future.php

Lets Us Look Into Simple Past Regular Verb

The past tense of a verb is usually formed by adding "ed" to the end of the verb. If the word ends with an "e," then just add "d".

The past tense of the verb "to listen"

Person		Singular	Plural
first		I listened	we listened
second		you listened	you listened
third		he listened	they listened
third		it listened
third		she listened

Further Examples:

Infinitive		Past form	Sentence form
live		lived	Elizabeth and I lived in France last year.
watch		watched	You and the man watched tennis in 1986.
talk		talked	The people talked last night.
use		used	The team used a bus to travel to the last game.

When the past tense of a verb ends in a "y" preceded by a consonant, then form the simple past verb by dropping the "y" and adding "ied" to the end of the verb.

The past tense of the verb "to study"

Person		Singular	Plural
first		I studied	we studied
second		you studied	you studied
third		he studied	they studied
third		it studied
third		she studied

The past tense of the verb "to play"

Person		Singular	Plural
first		I played	we played
second		you played	you played
third		he played	they played
third		it played
third		she played

For more details:
http://www.tcet.com/eaonline/GrammarCentral/simplepast.html

Lets Learn Simple Present Tense!

Students!
Let us start with today's lesson with Simple present tense so as for today I would like you all to look into this video that I have posted here for you all to be learning. So enjoy the video and do your best on learning them!




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