Thursday, 4 August 2011

Refresh your mind with exercise..

Question 1 - 5. (greeting people)

1. How to say goodbye?
    ___________________________

2. How to expressing pleasure to have meet someone?
    ___________________________

3. How to introduce someone else?
    ___________________________

4. How to introduce ourself?
    ___________________________

5. How to returning the compliment?
    ___________________________


Question 6-10. (article)

6. ____ pen is in the pencil box.

7. Aishah put ___ apple on the table.

8. I am ____ English teacher.

9.  My dad brought ____ big cat from Italy.

10. I saw ___ elephant this morning.


Friday, 22 July 2011

Idiom??Let's study about it..


list of idiom....
1. a piece of cake.
    : A task that can be accomplished very easily.


2. a slap of the wrist.
    : A very mild punishment.


3. apple of my eye.
    : Someone who is cherished above all others.


4. back to square one.
    : Having to start all over again.


5. beat a dead horse.
    : To force an issue that has already ended.


6. blue moon.
    : A rare event or occurrence. 


7. break a leg.
    : A superstitious way to say 'good luck' without saying 'good luck', but rather the opposite.


8. chow down.
    : to eat.


9. crack someone up.
    : To make someone laugh.

10. Down to the wire.
    : Something that ends at the last minute or last few seconds.


11. field day.
    : An enjoyable day or circumstance. 


12. finger linking good.
    : A very tasty food or meal.


13. he lost his head.
    : Angry and overcome by emotions.


14. high on the hog.
    : Living in Luxury.


15. keep an eye on him.
    : You should carefully watch him.


....so dear friends..let's use idiom in our writing or our speech everyday...good luck!....

Monday, 4 July 2011

~Article~



Definition : The is called the definite article because it points out a particular object or class. 
Examples:  1. This is the book I was talking about.
                    2. The dodo bird is extinct.



There are only 3 article in English.
1. a
2. an
3. the

There are two types of articles indefinite 'aand 'an' or definite 'the'. You also need to know when not to use an article.

INDEFINITE ARTICLE - a and an ( determiner )
A and an are the indefinite articles. They refer to something not specifically known to the person you are communicating with.


A and an are used before nouns that introduce something or someone you have not mentioned before.

For examples: 1.  "I saw an elephant this morning."
                      2.  "I ate a banana for lunch."

A and an are also used when talking about your profession:-

For examples: 1. "I am an English teacher."
                       2. "I am builder."

You use a when the noun you are referring to begins with a consonant (b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y or z), for example, "a city", "a factory", and "a hotel".

You use an when the noun you are referring to begins with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u).

DEFINITE ARTICLES - the ( determiner )

There are two ways to pronounce "the". One "thuh" and the other "thee".

You use the when you know that the listener knows or can work out what particular person/thing you are talking about.

For examples:
1. "The apple you ate was rotten."
2. "Did you lock the car?"

You should also use the when you have already mentioned the thing you are talking about.
For example:
"She's got two children; a girl and a boy. The girl's eight and the boy's fourteen."

We use the to talk about geographical points on the globe.
For Example:
the North Pole, the equator 


We use the to talk about rivers, oceans and seas
For example: the Nile, the Pacific, the English channel

We also use the before certain nouns when we know there is only one of a particular thing.
For example: the rain, the sun, the wind, the world, the earth, the White House etc..
No article????

We usually use no article to talk about things in general:-
For examples:
1. Inflation is rising.
2. People are worried about rising crime. (Note! People generally, so no article)

You do not use an article when talking about sports.
For examples: 
1.My son plays football.
2. Tennis is expensive.

You do not use an article before uncountable nouns when talking about them generally.
For examples:
    1. Information is important to any organisation.

2. Coffee is bad for you.








How to greet people...?


I think,every day we greet every people around us. But sometimes, we don't know how 2 greet people politely..
So..let's learn how 2 greet people in right way...

1. To introduce ourself.
    - I just wanted to introduce myself, my name....
    - I don't believe we've met before, I....
    - I don't think we've actually met formally yet,I....

2. to introduce someone else.
   - I'd like to introduce you to… 
   - There's someone I'd like you to meet, this is… 
   - Have you met…?

3. To expressing pleasure to have met someone.
   - Pleased to meet you. 
   - Nice to meet you. 
   - Very nice to meet you.
   - It's a pleasure to meet you.

4. Returning the compliment.
  - Likewise.
  - and you?

5. Say goodbye.
  - see you later.
  - see you soon.
  -

6. Health. 
 - how are you?
 - fine, thank you / thanks.
 - are you all right?
 - i'm tired.
 - i'm exhausted.
 - i'm got a cold.




Sunday, 3 July 2011

~Conjunction~


Definition: 
Conjunction is one of part of speech that connect to words, sentences, phrases or clauses together.

Example:
Ahmad and Sufi are friends.
* the conjunction and connect 2 nouns in the sentence.

LETS SEE THE CONJUNCTION AND ITS FUNCTIONS...


1. To add more information:
     - and, furthermore

2. To elaborate / exemplify :
     - for example, for instance

3. To show contrast :      
    - however, conversely

4. to relate to new information
    - so, consequently, because

5. To show time :
    - first, then, next

6. To indicate a new departure / a summary :
    - by the way, well, anyway 

Besides that.....in conjunction also include..... CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTION...
  
Definition of correlative conjunction
A pair of conjunction that work together.

Examples: 
Both Farah and Shaza are good swimmer.

*the conjunction both..and are correlative conjunction.

The most common correlative conjunction are :
1. both ..... and
2. either ... or
3. neither .... nor
4. not only ...but also...







Tuesday, 14 June 2011

~lets learn bout synonyms & antonyms~



WHAT IS SYNONYMS???

 * Synonyms are different word with identical or at least similar meaning. For example, the word beautiful is synonyms with the word gorgeous.

WHAT IS ANTONYMS????

* Antonyms is a word that means the opposite of another word. For example, 'hot' is antonyms of 'cold'.

Let's look another example of antonyms and synonyms.

(....Synonyms...)

1. beautiful = gorgeous


2. big = large 


3. bad = worst 

4. fast = rapid 

(...Antonyms...)

1. tall x short

2. big x small


3. fat x thin


4. slow x fast