gramar

[Anonymous]

There are several gramar techniques I need to learn, were can I find rules and ecercises?.

1) The use of apostrophe
2) The use of conjunction "of"
3) When to use "a" or "an"
4) when to use "one" or "ones"
5) when is needed to use "however"
6 what is the use of "this" versus "these"
7) when to use "ed" at the end of a word?
8 when to use brought or bring
9) Use of "it"
10) use of "ing"
11) use of e
12) be being
13) rules for double consonants
14) use of

 

[Red5]

I'll leave this for one of our teachers to answer. ;-)

(sorry it has taken so long to reply - I've no idea why, but our forum did not show this message until now)

 

[RonBee]

I'll take number three. :wink:

Use a before a noun that begins with a consonant sound. Example: "I want to buy a car." Use an before a noun that begins with a vowel sound. Example: "I would like an apple."

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[Tdol]

2) The use of conjunction "of"

'Of' is used to join words together when no moification of meaning is required- 'Cup of coffeee'. Here it merely joins the two words and doesn't modify them in any other way. It is the second most common word in the English language. ;-)

 

[RonBee]

Use apostrophes to form contractions or to show possession. It is important to note that the possessive pronouns do not use apostrophes to indicate possession. Also, apostrophes are not used (except incorrectly) to pluralize words.

contractions

• can't = can not
  aren't =are not
  isn't = is not
  it's = it is
  wasn't = was not
  they're = they are
  we're we are
  I'm = I am
  I'll = I will
  she'll = she will
  he'll he will
  they'll = they will
  he's = he is
  she's she is

possessives

• dog's = belonging to the dog
  Red's = belonging to Red
  Tdol's = belonging to Tdol
  Ron's = belonging to Ron
  Mike's = belonging to Mike

:wink:

 

[Tdol]

4) when to use "one" or "ones"

One is a singular pronoun, where there is a choice- I've got five newspapers, take one.

Ones is plural- I'm not eating any more biscuits- the last ones I ate made me feel sick. ;-)

 

[Casiopea]

There are several grammar techniques I need to learn, where can I find rules and exercises?. [

6) what is the use of "this" versus "these"
7) when to use "ed" at the end of a word?
8) when to use brought or bring

'this' and 'these' are demonstrative pronouns used to refer to items/people close to the speaker. Use 'this' for singular and 'these' for plural. Example:

This book (over here) is blue.
These books (over here) are blue.

Use 'that' (singular) and 'those' (plural) to refer to items/people far from the speaker. Example:

That book (over there) is blue.
Those books (over there) are blue.

'-ed' is a past tense suffix. Add it to verbs to form the past tense. Example:

I walk today.
I walked yesterday.

Some verbs don't take '-ed'. Those verbs are called irregular verbs. Example:

bring => brought

You have to memorize the list of irregular verbs. All other verbs take '-ed'.

 

[RonBee]

The present tense is bring. The past tense and past participle is brought.

https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=13292#13292

 

[RonBee]

Use however to contradict in some fashion what has previously been said. Example:

• I agree with you that today is a good day to go skiing. However, I don't think you should go. It might also be a good day for avalanches.

 

[RonBee]

Re:

• 9) Use of "it"
  10) use of "ing"
  11) use of e

Use it as a pronoun. Example:

• A: Do you know what happened to the cheese?
  B: Yes, I ate the last of it.

In the above example, it is a pronoun for cheese.

Use ing to form the present progressive or present participle. Examples:

• I enjoy swimming. Yesterday, I went swimming. I am swimming again today. I shall go swimming again tomorrow.

In English, we use e at the end of a word to indicate a long vowel sound. Examples:

• mat, mate
  rat, rate
  sat, sate
  not, note
  rot, rote
  bit, bite
  sit, site
  cut, cute
  mut, mute

 

[RonBee]

to be

The verb to be is the most irregular of the irregular verbs.

First person singular: am

• Do you know who I am?
  I am the person you see when you look in the mirror.
  That's who I am.
  I am the person I am.

Go to: https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=13314#13314

 

[RonBee]

With most words that one syllable in length and end in a single consonant, the past or progressive tense is formed by doubling the final consonant and adding -ed or -ing. Examples:

• slip, slipped, slipping
  slap, slapped, slapping
  trap, trapped, trapping
  top, topped, topping
  tap, tapped, tapping
  fan, fanned, fanning
  gum, gummed, gumming
  sum, summed, summing
  drum, drummed, drumming
  trim, trimmed, trimming
  slim, slimmed, slimming
  grin, grinned, grinning
  cram, crammed, cramming
  slam, slammed, slamming
  lob, lobbed, lobbing
  grab, grabbed, grabbing
  trip, tripped, tripping

 

[Tdol]

A single consonant after a single vowel.

In BE we also double the final 'l' in two syllable words, like 'travelling', but our American friends don't follow suit. ;-)

 

[Tdol]

12) be being

This is very rarely used. Yo u will occasionally hear 'He will be being picked up at this very moment', but it is an uncomfortable usage and we tend to avoid it. The same is true of 'been being'. ;-)

 

[RonBee]

A single consonant after a single vowel.

In BE we also double the final 'l' in two syllable words, like 'travelling', but our American friends don't follow suit. ;-)

Yes, that's right. It's a single consonant after a single vowel. The same pattern is followed with adjectives, thus:

• big, bigger, biggest
  fat, fatter, fattest
  fit, fitter, fittest
  hot, hotter, hottest
  sad, sadder, saddest
  tan, tanner, tannest
  dun, dunner, dunnest
  glum, glummer, glummest
  slim, slimmer, slimmest
  trim, trimmer, trimmest
  thin, thinner, thinnest