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english grammar lessons : Prepositions

2009-02-15T00:58:00.000-08:00

What is a Preposition?

A preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition. A preposition usually indicates the temporal, spatial or logical relationship of its object to the rest of the sentence as in the following examples:

The book is on the table.

The book is beneath the table.

The book is leaning against the table.

The book is beside the table.

She held the book over the table.

She read the book during class.

In each of the preceding sentences, a preposition locates the noun "book" in space or in time.

A prepositional phrase is made up of the preposition, its object and any associated adjectives or adverbs. A prepositional phrase can function as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. The most common prepositions are "about," "above," "across," "after," "against," "along," "among," "around," "at," "before," "behind," "below," "beneath," "beside," "between," "beyond," "but," "by," "despite," "down," "during," "except," "for," "from," "in," "inside," "into," "like," "near," "of," "off," "on," "onto," "out," "outside," "over," "past," "since," "through," "throughout," "till," "to," "toward," "under," "underneath," "until," "up," "upon," "with," "within," and "without."

Each of the highlighted words in the following sentences is a preposition:

The children climbed the mountain without fear.

In this sentence, the preposition "without" introduces the noun "fear." The prepositional phrase "without fear" functions as an adverb describing how the children climbed.

There was rejoicing throughout the land when the government was defeated.

Here, the preposition "throughout" introduces the noun phrase "the land." The prepositional phrase acts as an adverb describing the location of the rejoicing.

The spider crawled slowly along the banister.

The preposition "along" introduces the noun phrase "the banister" and the prepositional phrase "along the banister" acts as an adverb, describing where the spider crawled.

The dog is hiding under the porch because it knows it will be punished for chewing up a new pair of shoes.

Here the preposition "under" introduces the prepositional phrase "under the porch," which acts as an adverb modifying the compound verb "is hiding."

The screenwriter searched for the manuscript he was certain was somewhere in his office.

Similarly in this sentence, the preposition "in" introduces a prepositional phrase "in his office," which acts as an adverb describing the location of the missing papers.

Exercise on Prepositions – Place

Fill the gaps with the correct prepositions.

We live London.
Would you like to go the cinema tonight?
No, thanks. I was the cinema yesterday.
We are going holiday next week.
There is a bridge the river.
The flight from Leipzig to London was Frankfurt.
my wall, there are many picture postcards.
Who is the person this picture?
Come the sitting room, we want to watch TV.
Munich lies 530 meters sea level.

Choose the correct prepositions.

I'm Peter and I live Germany. summer I like to travel Italy, because the weather and the people there. Last summer I took a plane Munich to Rome. the airport we went to our hotel bus. We stopped a small restaurant for a quick meal. The driver parked the bus the restaurant. Nobody could find the bus and the driver, so we waited the restaurant one hour. The driver was walking the small park the restaurant which we did not know. So we were very angry him. But my holidays were great. We sat campfires and went dancing the early mornings.

Sources : www.uottawa.ca

learn english grammar with Comparison of Adjectives.

2009-02-01T23:10:00.000-08:00

learn english grammar with Comparison of Adjectives are the next topic that I would explain about it, and I have made a summary for it from many links to make easy for you to study. Please enjoy your English learning in simple ways.

Adjective

In grammar, an adjective is a word whose main syntactic role is to modify a noun or pronoun, giving more information about the noun or pronoun's definition. Some examples can be seen in the box to the right. Collectively, adjectives form one of the traditional English eight parts of speech, though linguists today distinguish adjectives from words such as determiners that also used to be considered adjectives. Not all languages have adjectives, but most, including English, do. (English adjectives include big, old, and tired, among many others.).

In many languages, adjectives can be compared. In English, for example, we can say that a car is big, that it is bigger than another is, or that it is the biggest car of all. Not all adjectives lend themselves to comparison, however; for example, the English adjective extinct is not considered comparable, in that it does not make sense to describe one species as "more extinct" than another. However, even most non-comparable English adjectives are still sometimes compared; for example, one might say that a language about which nothing is known is "more extinct" than a well-documented language with surviving literature but no speakers. Comparable adjectives are also known as "gradable" adjectives, because they tend to allow grading adverbs such as very, rather, and so on.

There are three forms of comparison:

- positive
- comparative
- superlative

Use the positive form of the adjective if the comparison contains one of the following expressions:

AS + ADJECTIVE + AS
It is used to compare people, places, events or things, when there is no difference,
use as + adjective + as:

Peter is 24 years old. John is 24 years old. Peter is as old as John.
Moscow is as cold as St. Petersburg in the winter.
Reza is as happy as Ronny.
Einstein is as famous as Columbus.
A tiger is as dangerous as a lion.

not as … as / not so … as are used when

Difference can also be shown by using not so/as ...as:

Mont Blanc is not as high as Mount Everest
Norway is not as sunny as Thailand
A bicycle is not as expensive as a car
Arthur is not as intelligent as Albert
John is not as tall as Arnie.

A - Comparison with -er/-est

clean - cleaner - (the) cleanest

We use -er/-est with the following adjectives:

1) adjectives with one syllable

clean	cleaner	cleanest
new	newer	newest
cheap	cheaper	cheapest

2) adjectives with two syllables and the following endings:

2 - 1) adjectives with two syllables, ending in -y

dirty	dirtier	dirtiest
easy	easier	easiest
happy	happier	happiest
pretty	prettier	prettiest

2 - 2) adjectives with two syllables, ending in -er

clever

cleverer

cleverest

2 - 3) adjectives with two syllables, ending in -le

simple

simpler

simplest

2 - 4) adjectives with two syllables, ending in -ow

narrow

narrower

narrowest

Comparative Form and Superlative Form (irregular comparisons)

positive form	comparative form	superlative form
good	better	best
bad / ill	worse	worst
little (amount)	less	least
little (size)	smaller	smallest
much / many	more	most
far (place + time)	further	furthest
far (place)	farther	farthest
late (time)	later	latest
late (order)	latter	last
near (place)	nearer	nearest
near (order)	-	next
old (people and things)	older	oldest
old (people)	elder	eldest

And these are another comparison of adjectives :

COMPARISONS OF QUANTITY

To show difference: more, less, fewer + than

Examples:

With countable nouns: more / fewer

Eloise has more children than Chantal.
Chantal has fewer children than Eloise.
There are fewer dogs in Cardiff than in Bristol
I have visited fewer countries than my friend has.
He has read fewer books than she has.

With uncountable nouns: more / less

Eloise has more money than Chantal.
Chantal has less money than Eloise.
I spend less time on homework than you do.
Cats drink less water than dogs.
This new dictionary gives more information than the old one.

So, the rule is:

MORE + nouns that are countable or uncountable
FEWER + countable nouns
LESS + uncountable nouns
COMPARISONS OF QUANTITY

To show no difference: as much as , as many as, as few as, as little as

as many as / as few as + countable nouns
as much as / as little as + uncountable nouns

Examples:

With countable nouns:

They have as many children as us.
We have as many customers as them.
Tom has as few books as Jane.
There are as few houses in his village as in mine.
You know as many people as I do.
I have visited the States as many times as he has.

With uncountable nouns:

John eats as much food as Peter.
Jim has as little food as Sam.
You've heard as much news as I have.
He's had as much success as his brother has.
They've got as little water as we have.
Those all short explanation about Comparison of Adjectives, Hope these English grammar article can give you short explanation about adjectives.

Sources : wikipedia

www.ego4u.com

www.englisch-hilfen.de

Learn English Vocabulary in easy ways.

2009-01-27T23:54:00.000-08:00

Learn English Vocabulary in easy ways. It is a way to increase Vocabulary to express yourself. Once you have got to grips with the fundamentals of a language (pronunciation, orthography and basic grammar), you can concentrate on learning vocabulary. This is probably the most important and time-consuming part of learning a language. Below are a few techniques to help you with this task.

Associate the familiar with the unfamiliar

Try to find word or phrases in your L1 which sound like and if possible have a similar meaning to words in your L2. Build mental images or draw pictures based on the connections. For example, the Spanish for "ice" is hielo (m), which sounds like yellow. To remember this word imagine yellow ice. This is an enjoyable method because many of the associations you think up will be silly, absurd or bizarre.

Genders

To remember genders try picturing a Spanish-speaking region, divide it into two and place masculine nouns on one side and feminine words on the other. In the case of ice imagine the masculine half covered in yellow ice.

Avoiding language mix ups

Associating words from each language you learn with places where they are spoken will help you to avoid getting your languages mixed up. For example, if you're learning French and Spanish, imagine a map of Europe and place the French words in France and the Spanish words in Spain. Alternatively you could imagine a map of North America and place the Spanish words in Mexico and the French words in Quebec.

Testing and revision

To ensure the words stick in your memory, test yourself on them at regular intervals. If you learn some new words in the morning for example, check that you can still remember them later that day, the next day, a week later and a month later. If you find some words hard to recall, try thinking up different associations for them. You may need to try several different associations before you find one that works.

Learn related words & phrases

When learning the word for hand, for example, try to learn related words, such as parts of the hand; actions of the hand; other parts of the body, and things you might wear on your hands. Also try to learn words with the same root and phrases which include the word hand. As you learn more words you will start to spot connections between words. The more words you learn the easier you will find it to guess the meanings of new words.

Learn words in context

Learning long lists of unrelated words is boring, difficult and doesn't help you much when you come across those words in a different context. If you focus on learning words in the context you're most likely to find them, you're more likely to recognise them when you encounter them or need to use them again. When learning food words, for example, think about when you'd be most likely to use them, i.e. when cooking, eating, shopping, etc, and learn other words related to those situations. Then try constructing sentences using the new words. Good dictionaries contain examples of usage which you can use as models for your own sentences.

Practice reading as much as possible

A great way to build up you vocabulary is to have a go at reading books, magazines, newspapers or comics written in your L2. Ideally look for reading material covering topics you find interesting. When reading, try to guess the meanings of any words you don't know and then check them in a dictionary to see if your guesses were correct. You don't have to look up every unfamiliar word as long as you can get the gist of the text. Dual-language books, which are also known as parallel texts are a good way to get into literature in foreign languages. They usually have the original language on one page, and the translation on the opposite page. This safes you the trouble of looking up words in a dictionary. Reading comic books, like Asterix and Tintin, is an effective and fun way to improve your reading comprehension and vocabulary. The pictures help you to follow the story when you can't understand all of the dialogue.

Take your language to the next level

A great way to improve your reading comprehension and increase your vocabulary in French, German, Italian or Spanish. A compilation links below will help you to get your increasing words about vocabulary.

Making It Personal

Read journals and newspapers that challenge you in terms of vocabulary. Pursue words actively and become alert to words that you simply overlooked in the past. Write down the words in one column; then, later, when you have a dictionary at your disposal, write down a common definition of the word; in a third column, write a brief sentence using the word, underlined. Carry this paper or cardboard with you always. In the pauses of your busy day—when you're sitting on the bus, in the dentist's office, during commercials—take out the paper and review your vocabulary words until you feel comfortable that you would recognize (and be able to use) these words the next time you see them.

Using Every Resources

Newspapers often carry brief daily articles that explore the meanings of words and phrases. These articles often emphasize peculiar words that won't find themselves into your working vocabulary, but they can still be fun. Often you'll find that learning one new word leads to other new words, little constellations of meaning that keep your brain cells active and hungry for more. Make reading these articles one of your daily habits, an addiction, even. Play dictionary games with your family in which someone uses the dictionary to find a neat word and writes down the real definition and everyone else writes down a fake (and funny) definition. See how many people you can fool with your fake definitions.

Knowing the Roots

At least half of the words in the English language are derived from Greek and Latin roots. Knowing these roots helps us to grasp the meaning of words before we look them up in the dictionary. It also helps us to see how words are often arranged in families with similar characteristics.

Some common Greek and Latin roots:

Root (source)	Meaning	English words
aster, astr (G)	star	astronomy, astrology
audi (L)	to hear	audible, auditorium
bene (L)	good, well	benefit, benevolent
bio (G)	life	biology, autobiography
dic, dict (L)	to speak	dictionary, dictator
fer (L)	to carry	transfer, referral
fix (L)	to fasten	fix, suffix, affix
geo (G)	earth	geography, geology
graph (G)	to write	graphic, photography
jur, just (L)	law	jury, justice
log, logue (G)	word, thought, speech	monolog(ue), astrology, biology, neologism
luc (L)	light	lucid, translucent
manu (L)	hand	manual, manuscript
meter, metr (G)	measure	metric, thermometer
op, oper (L)	work	operation, operator
path (G)	feeling	pathetic, sympathy, empathy
ped (G)	child	pediatrics, pedophile
phil (G)	love	philosophy, Anglophile
phys (G)	body, nature	physical, physics
scrib, script (L)	to write	scribble, manuscript
tele (G)	far off	telephone,television
ter, terr (L)	earth	territory, extraterrestrial
vac (L)	empty	vacant, vacuum, evacuate
verb (L)	word	verbal, verbose
vid, vis (L)	to see	video, vision, television

Root (source)	Meaning	English words
aster, astr (G)	star	astronomy, astrology
audi (L)	to hear	audible, auditorium
bene (L)	good, well	benefit, benevolent
bio (G)	life	biology, autobiography
dic, dict (L)	to speak	dictionary, dictator
fer (L)	to carry	transfer, referral
fix (L)	to fasten	fix, suffix, affix
geo (G)	earth	geography, geology
graph (G)	to write	graphic, photography
jur, just (L)	law	jury, justice
log, logue (G)	word, thought, speech	monolog(ue), astrology, biology, neologism
luc (L)	light	lucid, translucent
manu (L)	hand	manual, manuscript
meter, metr (G)	measure	metric, thermometer
op, oper (L)	work	operation, operator
path (G)	feeling	pathetic, sympathy, empathy
ped (G)	child	pediatrics, pedophile
phil (G)	love	philosophy, Anglophile
phys (G)	body, nature	physical, physics
scrib, script (L)	to write	scribble, manuscript
tele (G)	far off	telephone,television
ter, terr (L)	earth	territory, extraterrestrial
vac (L)	empty	vacant, vacuum, evacuate
verb (L)	word	verbal, verbose
vid, vis (L)	to see	video, vision, television

Authority for this chart: The Little, Brown Handbook by H. Ramsay Fowler and Jane E. Aaron, & Kay Limburg. 6th ed. HarperCollins: New York. 1995. By permission of Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc.

Learning Prefixes and Suffixes

Knowing the Greek and Latin roots of several prefixes and suffixes (beginning and endings attached to words) can also help us determine the meaning of words. Ante, for instance, means before, and if we connect bellum with belligerant to figure out the connection with war, we'll know that antebellum refers to the period before war. (In the United States, the antebellum period is our history before the Civil War.)

Using Your Dictionary

The dictionary should be one of the most often used books in your home. (We'll allow room for sacred texts here.) Place the dictionary somewhere so that you can find it immediately and use it often. If you do your reading and homework in the kitchen and the dictionary is on a shelf in the den or bedroom, it's too tempting to say "I'll look it up next time."

Using the Internet

You can use the internet as an aid to vocabulary development by exploring the abundant opportunities for reading available on the World Wide Web.

Links

Vocabulary Training Exercises, in English, French, German and Spanish
http://www.vokabel.com

WordChamp - learn vocabulary in French, German, Japanese, and Spanish. Includes a variety of drills and thousands of recordings of native speakers, as well as a website decoder to read foreign websites - without translation!
http://www.wordchamp.com

Mentalcode -a collection of language resources with grammar and vocabulary references and interactive exercises
http://www.mentalcode.com

Interlex - a free Windows application that helps you learn vocabulary in a foreign language
http://www.vocab.co.uk

Verbulix - vocabulary and conjugation trainers for English, German and Spanish
http://www.vocabulix.com

ALBIS, a vocabulary learning system for many languages
http://albis.vetsin.com

The Town language mnemonic - a way of memorising vocabulary
http://www.mindtools.com/forlangu.html

VTrain - The Ultimate Vocabulary Trainer
http://www.vtrain.net

Vocabulary training program
http://www.happysquirrel.com

Shoenhof's Foreign Books - a wide range of books in over 700 languages
http://www.schoenhofs.com/

Courses which use some of the association techniques described above
http://www.linkwordlanguages.com
http://www.unforgettablelanguages.com

Foreign language comics
http://www.uclick.com/client/byr/be/
http://www.postwritersgroup.com/spanishedtoons.htm
http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/spanish/index.html
http://learningrussian.com/comics/
http://www.webgerman.com/german/comics/

Garner's Usage Tip OF the Day Bryan Garner, author of A Dictionary of Modern American Usage (Oxford University Press), offers this invaluable, free, daily e-mail service. Subscription is easy. http://www.us.oup.com/us/subscriptions/subscribe/?view=usa .
Vocab Vitamins (formerly "MyWordaDay"): Colin O'Malley maintains this Website, a treasure for people who know that developing an adequate vocabulary is not a short-term project. Users can visit the Website or have the WordaDay e-mailed to them. Words are arranged in meaningful groups and defined in painstaking and useful detail, with plenty of examples. http://www.vocabvitamins.com/.
WORDSMITH: To subscribe or unsubscribe to A.Word.A.Day, send a message to wsmith@wordsmith.org with the "Subject:" line as "subscribe " or "unsubscribe." The Wordsmith has thousands of subscribers. It does a great job of discovering interesting themes and sources of words and then exploring those words—a word a day—for a week or so and then goes off to another theme and series of words.
Word of the Day: Maintained by Merriam Webster, Inc., the dictionary people. Go to the online WWWebster Dictionary and click on Word of the Day. From there, you can either subscribe to their free daily service or explore their archives. The guides for pronunciation are easier to follow than Wordsmith's and the examples are well founded and even fun. The Merriam-Webster people also provide a neat link directly to their word database so that you can highlight a word on a Web-page, click on their icon in your personal toolbar and get an instant and authoritative definition for that word.
The Atlantic section on Language: from the Atlantic Monthly's online journal. Select from "Word Court," "Word Fugitive," and "Word Police." http://www.theatlantic.com/language/.
Word Safari challenges web surfers' knowledge of vocabulary, and then sends them off on expeditions to see the chosen word used in context on the web. Aiming her Web site at building academic vocabulary skills, Ruth Pettis adds new vocabulary words every week. http://home.earthlink.net/~ruthpett/safari/index.htm.

Sources : grammar.ccc.commnet.edu
www.omniglot.com

Verb as a part of English grammar.

2009-01-21T23:08:00.001-08:00

Verbs as a part of English grammar are the topic that I have made summaries for you. Hope this part can be able for you more understand about learning English. These all the summaries about verbs. have a read and pay attention carefully.

Verb.
In syntax, a verb is a word (part of speech) that usually denotes an action (bring, read), an occurrence (decompose, glitter), or a state of being (exist, stand). Depending on the language, a verb may vary in form according to many factors, possibly including its tense, aspect, mood and voice. It may also agree with the person, gender, and/or number of some of its arguments (subject, object, etc.)

The number of arguments that a verb takes is called its valency or valence. Verbs can be classified according to their valency.

Intransitive (valency = 1): the verb only has a subject. For example: "he runs", "it falls".
Transitive (valency = 2): the verb has a subject and a direct object. For example: "she eats fish", "we hunt deer".
Ditransitive (valency = 3): the verb has a subject, a direct object and an indirect or secondary object. For example: "I gave her a book," "She sent me flowers."

The intransitive and transitive are typical, but the impersonal and objective are somewhat different from the norm. In this sense you can see that a verb is a person, place, thing, or link. In the objective the verb takes an object but no subject, the nonreferent subject in some uses may be marked in the verb by an incorporated dummy pronoun similar to the English weather verb. English verbs are often flexible with regard to valency. A transitive verb can often drop its object and become intransitive; or an intransitive verb can take an object and become transitive. Compare:

I moved. (intransitive)
I moved the book. (transitive)

In the first example, the verb move has no grammatical object. (In this case, there may be an object understood - the subject (I/myself). The verb is then possibly reflexive, rather than intransitive); in the second the subject and object are distinct. The verb has a different valency, but the form remains exactly the same. and there are many kind of verbal usage in English grammar, those are :

Auxiliary verb
Catenative Verbs
Compound verb
Control verb
English verbs
Irregular verb
Latin verbs
Light verb
Phrasal verbs
Raising verb
Reflexive verb
Stative verb
Syntax
Transitivity (grammatical category)
Verb argument
Verb framing
Verbification
Verb phrase

The verb is perhaps the most important part of the sentence. A verb or compound verb asserts something about the subject of the sentence and express actions, events, or states of being. The verb or compound verb is the critical element of the predicate of a sentence. In each of the following sentences, the verb or compound verb is highlighted:

Dracula bites his victims on the neck.

The verb "bites" describes the action Dracula takes.

In early October, Giselle will plant twenty tulip bulbs.

Here the compound verb "will plant" describes an action that will take place in the future.

My first teacher was Miss Crawford, but I remember the janitor Mr. Weatherbee more vividly.

In this sentence, the verb "was" (the simple past tense of "is") identifies a particular person and the verb "remembered" describes a mental action.

Karl Creelman bicycled around the world in 1899, but his diaries and his bicycle were destroyed.

In this sentence, the compound verb "were destroyed" describes an action which took place in the past.

Verbs and Verbals.

Verbs carry the idea of being or action in the sentence.

I am a student.
The students passed all their courses.

verbs are classified in many ways. First, some verbs require an object to complete their meaning: "She gave _____ ?" Gave what? She gave money to the conservatory. These verbs are called transitive. Verbs that are intransitive do not require objects: "The building collapsed." In English, you cannot tell the difference between a transitive and intransitive verb by its form; you have to see how the verb is functioning within the sentence. In fact, a verb can be both transitive and intransitive: "The monster collapsed the building by sitting on it."

Verbs are also classified as either finite or non-finite. A finite verb makes an assertion or expresses a state of being and can stand by itself as the main verb of a sentence.

The truck demolished the restaurant.
The leaves were yellow and sickly.

Non-finite verbs (think "unfinished") cannot, by themselves, be main verbs:

The broken window . . .
The wheezing gentleman . . .

The inflections (endings) of English verb forms are not difficult to remember. There are only four basic forms. Instead of forming complex tense forms with endings, English uses auxiliary verb forms. English does not even have a proper ending for future forms; instead, we use auxiliaries such as "I am going to read this afternoon." or "I will read." or even "I am reading this book tomorrow." It would be useful, however, to learn these four basic forms of verb construction.

Name of verb	Base form	Past form	Present participle	Past participle
to work	I can work. I work.	I worked.	I am working.	I have worked.
to write	I can write. I write.	I wrote.	I am writing.	I have written.

Source : Wikipedia
University of Ottawa.
grammar.ccc.commnet.edu

Internet Topic in English Vocabulary.

2009-01-16T00:09:00.000-08:00

Internet Topic in English Vocabulary. these all about vocabularies in English of Internet Topic.

A. = Adjective ADV. = Adverb IDM. = Idiom N. = Noun V. = Verb
a browser	N. a program used to view the Internet Microsoft Internet Explorer and Firefox are examples of popular Internet browsers.
to click	V. 1) to press the button on a computer mouse 2) to make a small, sharp sound
a click	N. 1) the pressing of the mouse button 2) a small, sharp sound
content	N. subject matter; the main idea of a book, a paper or a web page
to copyright	V. to legally protect content with a copyright
a copyright	N. the right in law to be the only producer, seller or distributor of a book, a play or a web page
to design	V. to artistically arrange the shape or layout of something
a design	N. 1) the artistic shape or layout of something 2) an architectural or technical plan for something
to format	V. to determine the size, shape and form of a written document
a format	N. the size, shape and form of a written document
infringement	N. breaking a law or rule, disregarding a legal protection
Internet (Net)	N. a series of interconnected computers and databases around the world
to lay out	V. to design the technical arrangement of a web page, building, garden, etc.
a layout	N. the technical arrangement of a web page, building, garden, etc.
World Wide Web (Web)	N. a series of commercial, educational and governmental web pages on the Internet

And these are some examples of conversation about Internet and you can fill it in your other paper works. Good luck !

Vocabulary in Conversation

Fill in all the gaps using the new vocabulary, then click the "Check" button to check your answers.

browsers click content copyright design format Internet layout World Wide Web

Farrel: Hey! What are you looking at, Barbara?

Nurul: I am taking a class called 21st Century Advertising. The teacher wants us to study different web sites to learn about web page .

Farrel: That sounds like a great class for people who are studying business.

Nurul: It is. The is the future of business. And the is going to be the storefront of the next century. To be competitive, businesses have to adapt their current advertising techniques. However, creating a good web site is much more difficult than most people think.

Farrel: Have you discovered anything interesting which you consider to be well designed?

Nurul: Yeah, this site is fantastic. Take a look. It's very artistic and the technical is convenient and very logical. It also looks good in different . I have already viewed it in Microsoft Explorer and Firefox. The is also fantastic; the size and shape of the text are perfect. I am going to borrow some of their techniques when I make my own web page for class.

Farrel: Borrowing ideas is OK, but you have to remember that the of all web pages is legally protected.

Nurul: I know. Our professor taught us about intellectual rights. He told us that infringement is a real concern for people who publish on the Web.

Farrel: That's right. Hey, that picture says "continue on." Why don't you there so we can see the next page.

Nurul: OK.

Source : Englishpage.com

Idioms describing people

2009-01-12T23:35:00.000-08:00

Idioms describing people.

A Positive and negative qualities

Positive Negative
She has a hearth of gold She's as hard as nails
[ very kind, generous] [ no sympathy ]
He is as good as gold. He's rather a cold fish
[ generous, helpful, well-behaved ] [ distant, unfriendly ]

note also :
He's such an awkward costumer. [ difficult person to deal with ]
She's a pain in the neck. Nobody like her.
[ nuisance, difficult ]
He gets on everyone's nerves. [ irritates everybody ]

B People ' fast' and 'slow' qualities

fast slow
He's very quick off the mark ; I was a bit slow off the mark ; He always gets things before The job had been filled by the time I got the everybody else Forms. You've asked him to marry you! Come on ! hurry up ! You're a fast worker ! you only You're such a slow- coach ! met him three weeks ago !

C How people relate to the social norm.

She's a bit of an odd-ball; very strange. [ particular, strange ]
He's really over the top [ very exaggerated in behavior ]
He's round the bend, if you ask me. [ absolutely crazy / mad ]
My politics are very middle-of-the-road.
[ very normal, no radical ideas; neither left-nor right-wing ]

D Who's who in the class? Idioms for 'people in the classroom'

Teachers pet
Mary's top of the class
a real know all
a bit of a big-head
a lazy-bones

Idioms and fixed expressions-general

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Idioms are fixed expressions with meanings that are usually not clear or obvious. The individual words often give you no help in deciding the meaning. The expression to feel under the weather, which means to feel unwell is a typical idiom. The words do not tell us what it means, but the context usually helps.

A Tips for dealing with idioms

Think of idioms as being just like single words, always record the whole phrase in your notebook, along with information on grammar and collocation.

example : This bottle-opener has seen better days { it is rather old and broken down. usually of-
things, always perfect tense form}

Idioms are usually rather informal and include an element of personal comment on the situation. They are sometimes humorous or ironoc. As with any informal " commenting " single word, be careful how you use them. Never use them just to sound 'fluent' or 'good' at English. In formal situation with a person you do not know , don't say " How do you do, Mr. Andy. Do take the weight off your feet" instead say " Do sit down" or 'have a seat'.

Idioms can be grouped in a variety of ways. Use which every way you find most useful to help you remember them. Here are some possible types of grouping.

Grammatical
get the wrong end of the stick ( misunderstand)
pull a fast one { trick/deceive somebody }
poke your nose in (to) { interfere }
be over the moon { extremely happy/ elated }
fell down in the dumps { depressed / low }
be in the red { have a negative blank balance }

By morning
e.g. Idioms describing people's character intellect.

He's as draft as a brush ( very stupid/silly)
He takes the biscuit (is the extreme / the worth of all )
You're a pain in the neck ( a nuisance/ difficult person)

By Verb or other Key word.
e.g. Idioms with make

I don't see why you have to make a meal out of everything. ( I exaggerate the importance of-
everything.
I think we should make a move. It's gone ten o'clock. ( go/leave ).
Most politicians are on the make. I don't trust any of them. ( wanting money/ power for
oneself ).

B Grammar of Idioms
It is important when using idioms to know just how flexible their grammar is. Some are more fixed then others. For instance, barking up the wrong tree ( be mistaken ) is always used in continuous, not simple form. e.g. I think you're barking up the wrong tree.
A good dictionary may help but it is best to observe the grammar in real examples.

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Jokes and Encyclopedia.

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Jokes and Encyclopedia is a nice topic that I would like to write at this time. there are many funny and information thing which you will get it. Have you enjoy it !

The Fly
From an article in the Wall Street Journal, about the Dutch firm that has been hired to manage the International Arrivals Building at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport:
The tile under the urinals in the Arrivals Building has that familiar lemony tinge; rubber soles stick to it. Over in Amsterdam, the tile under Schiphol's urinals would pass inspection in an operating room. But nobody notices. What everybody does notice is that each urinal has a fly in it. Look harder, and the fly turns into the black outline of a fly, etched into the porcelain.
"It improves the aim," says Aad Kieboom. "If a man sees a fly, he aims at it." Mr. Kieboom, an economist, directs Schiphol's own building expansion. His staff conducted fly-in-urinal trials and found that etchings reduce spillage by 80%. The Dutch will transfer the technology to New York.

"We will put flies in the urinals yes," Jan Jansen says in a back office at the Arrivals Building. He is the new Dutch general manager, the boss as of noon today. "It gives a guy something to think about. That's the perfect example of process control."
But a spokesperson for Rudy Guiliani, Mayor of New York, was heard to say, "What do we need with Dutch flies when we have more than enough roaches to piss on?"

Historical Origin of The "Finger"
This is not meant to be crude. It is strictly for your edification and enjoyment. Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger, it would be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore be incapable of fighting in the future. This famous weapon was made of the native English Yew tree, and the act of drawing the longbow was known as "plucking the yew." Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset and began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the defeated French,saying, "See, we can still pluck yew! PLUCK YEW!"

Over the years, some 'folk etymologies' have grown up around this symbolic gesture.� Since 'pluck yew' is rather difficult to say (like "pleasant mother pheasant plucker", which is who you had to go to for the feathers used on the arrows for the longbow), the difficult consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodental fricative 'F', and thus the words often used in conjunction with the one-finger-salute are mistakenly thought to have something to do with an intimate encounter.
It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows that the symbolic gesture is known as "giving the bird."

ENCYCLOPEDIA

English language

English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the first language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and the Anglophone Caribbean. It is used extensively as a second language and as an official language throughout the world, especially in Commonwealth countries and in many international organisations.
Historically English originated from the dialects, now called Old English, which were brought to England by Anglo-Saxon settlers, beginning in the 5th century. The language was heavily influenced by the Old Norse language of Viking invaders. The Norman conquest brought a stage called Middle English with heavy borrowing of vocabulary from Norman French and modernization of spelling conventions. Modern English continues to adopt foreign words, especially from Latin and Greek.

Contents of English Language

1 Significance
2 History
3 Classification and related languages
4 Geographical distribution
4.1 Countries in order of total speakers
4.2 English as a global language
4.3 Dialects and regional varieties
4.4 Constructed varieties of English
5 Phonology
5.1 Vowels
5.2 Consonants
5.2.1 Voicing and aspiration
5.3 Supra-segmental features
5.3.1 Tone groups
5.3.2 Characteristics of intonation

6 Grammar
7 Vocabulary
7.1 Number of words in English
7.2 Word origins
7.2.1 Dutch origins
7.2.2 French origins
8 Idiomatic
9 Writing system
9.1 Basic sound-letter correspondence
9.2 Written accents
10 Formal written English
11 Basic and simplified versions
12 See also
13 Notes
14 References
15 External links
15.1 Dictionaries

English
Pronunciation:	/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/^[1]
Spoken in:	(see below)

Total speakers:	First language: 309–400 million Second language: 199–1,400 million^[2]^[3] Overall: 500 million–1.8 billion^[4]^[3]
Ranking:	3 (native speakers)^[5] Total: 1 or 2 ^[6]
Language family:	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Anglo–Frisian Anglic English
Writing system:	Latin (English variant)
Official status
Official language in:	53 countries United Nations European Union Commonwealth of Nations
Regulated by:	No official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	`en`
ISO 639-2:	`eng`
ISO 639-3:	`eng`
Countries where English is a majority language are dark blue; countries where it is an official but not a majority language are light blue. English is also one of the official languages of the European Union.
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode.

Source : From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

English Vocabulary of Crimes in terms.

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English vocabulary of crimes in terms are provided information about crime in terms. Those are ;
Steal : The thing which is taken away.
Rob : The person or place from which things are stolen
Murderer : Killing someone
Shoplift : Stealing something from a shop
Burgle : Stealing from someone's home
Smuggle : Taking something illegally into another country
Arson : Setting fire to something in a criminal way
kidnap : Taking a person hostage in exchange for money or other favours, etc

Here are some more useful verbs connected with crime and law. Note that many of them have particular prepositions associated with them.

to commit a crime or an offence : to do something illegal
to accuse someone of a crime : to say someone is guilty
to charge someone with ( murder ) : to bring someone to court
to plead guilty or not guilt : to swear in court that one is guilty or otherwise.
to defend/prosecute someone in court : to argue for an against someone in a trial.
to pass verdict on accused person : to decide weather they are guilty or not.
to sentence someone to a punishment : What the judge does after a verdict of guilty
to acquit an accused person of a charge : to decide in court that someone is not guilty ( the opposite of to convict someone )
to fine someone a sum of money : to punish someone by making them pay
to send someone to prison : to punish someone by putting them in prison.
to release someone from prison/jail : to set someone free after a person sentence
to be tried : to have a case judged in court
trial : the legal process in court whereby an accused person is investigated, or tried. and then found guilty or not guilty
case : a crime that is being investigated
evidence : information used in a court of law to decide whether the accused is guilty or not
proff : evidence that shows conclusively whether some this is a fact or not.
verdict : the decision : guilty or not guilty
judge : the persons who leads a trial and decides on the sentence
Jury : a group of twelve citizens who decide weather the accused is guilty or not.

Appendix of Nouns ( End part of Nouns )

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These are the following appendix of nouns that you can usually find out in the sentences. they are :
1. The following nouns have only a plural form (-s) and take a plural verb.
archives areas assets ( belonging to a company ) contents costums ( taxes ) funds ( money) headquarter outskirts premises ( buildings ) savings surroundings thanks

2. The following nouns are uncountable singular :
accommodation advice baggage equipment furniture information luggage
machinery permissions progress traffic travel trouble weather work

example :
we are planning to invest in new machinery ( uncountable )

3. Uncountable common nouns
a. These nouns ending in - ics are usually singular :
economics tactics politics mathematics ethnics

b. News is always singular
c. Substances are often singular, e.g Oil, butter, petrol, coal and wine. They can be used as
countable nouns where they mean 'a type of :

We now sell three butters ( three types of butter )

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Nouns : when the speaker makes it clear ( part. 4 )

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C. when the speaker makes it clear what he/she means.
The recommendations in your report were very useful
( Specific recommendation, example : in your report )
The market analysis which you prepared omits number of crucial points.
( Specific market analysis, example which you prepared )
d. when we talk about institutions :
Did you see the news on the TV last night ?
There was an interesting article about our competitors in the newspaper.

e. We can use the with some nationality words :
A recent survey showed that the French admire hard work, the Germans are competitive and ambitious, and the British prefer to work in the security of a group.

Note :

We do not use an article with the names of meals, or with institutions and other common words are listed below :

1. names of meals :
Breakfast lunch dinner supper I usually eat lunch in the company canteen What do you eat for breakfast ?
But : I usually eat a small breakfast before going to the office.

2. Institutions :
School college university church prison hospital.
I went to university in Jakarta before joining the company. cf: The university of Jakarta has quite a good reputations The university in Jakarta has quite a good reputations

3. some common words :
bed work home
What time do you normally finish work ? I'm usually at home at the weekend.

most half both
Most managers have had some overseas experience before joining us.
At least half of the problem was their fault Both plans have been approved.

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Nouns:zero article with plural countable nouns ( part.3)

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We also use the zero article with plural countable nouns, when we are speaking generally :
Football teams are invited to the football federation meeting.
other example :
The football teams are invited to the meeting. ( specific shareholders )

We use the difinite article in the following cases :
a. When we mention a word or idea for the second time :
While I was in Switzerland I visited a company which had designed an innovative kitchen
product.

The company was based just outside based and the product was called Kitchen Magician
( a for the first mention : the for the second )

b. When the speaker presumes that it is clear what he/she means :
There are four points on the agenda. ( There is only one agenda )
I'll leave the instruction next to computer. ( the listener knows which instructions )
The economy is in very poor shape at the moment.
( there is only one economy ).

To be continued...........

Nouns : A grammatically singular nouns ( Part. 2 )

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A grammatically singular nouns normally take a singular verb : The machine is operating.
Sometimes , however, a singular countable noun can take a plural verb when the noun refers to 'more than one person ' :

example : The board are discussing that question now.
( board = more than one person ).

A singular noun takes a singular verb, a grammatically plural noun takes a plural verb.

example : The information is in the brochure.
The personnel are very happy with the new premises.

You cannot put a/an or a number in front of an uncountable noun. You cannot say a piece of equipment, an information, a news, etc. you can say a piece of equipment, an item of information/news.

Most common nouns are countable. they can take an indefinite or definite article, or no article at all.
example : We have negotiated a bank loan.
We have renegotiated the bank loan

At the moment it is difficult to get bank loans.

We use the indefinite article with singular nouns, when we introduce a word or idea for the first time.
example : A charity is not an institution which can make a profit

We use the zero article with uncountable nouns and most proper nouns, when we introduce a word or idea for the first time.

example : This accommodation includes fixed furniture and fittings
( not; an accommodation, a furniture )

Paul Berisford is in charge of plant and equipments
( not ; the Berisford, a Paul Berisford )

To be continued.........

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Nouns as one part of in English Grammar ( Part. 1 )

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Nouns as one of part in English Grammar that are important things to make of sentences. Nouns are words that refers to a person, a place or a thing, a quality or an activity. we can classify into two parts of nouns. there are proper nouns and common nouns. Now, we will study about it.

Proper Nouns are names and are written with a capital letter. e.g Susan Smith, Great Wall, General Electric. proper nouns refers to unique people or objects. in example Indonesia refers to one country and Bobby Frank ( in a given conversation ) refers to one person. The following proper nouns take the definite article :
a. Plural nouns :
the Netherlands, the Midlands, the Alps, the Thompson's ( the Thompson family )

b. Public institutions and facilities :
the Hilton, the Odeon ( cinema ), the Jakarta Museum

c. News papers :
the Jakarta Post, the Daily Express
Common nouns can be divided into countable and uncountable noun. The distinction is a grammatical distinction, not a real-world distinction. e.g money is grammatical uncountable
( but, it is clearly countable in reality ).

a. Countable Nouns have a singular and a plural. e.g machine-machines, or a plural only e.g
people

b. Uncountable nouns have only one form. This my be grammatical singular. e.g personnel,
police.

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Wise words in your English.

2008-12-05T00:38:00.000-08:00

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Love will creep where water can't pass.
Wealth does not always help to produce happiness

Lost time is never found

First love lies deep

If you are going to a good turn, do it now. but, if you are going to do a mean turn, wait until tomorrow.

Happy is he who does good to the other, and miserable is he who expects good from other

A man is know by his friends

Better be free bird than a captive king

Where there is a will, there's a way.

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Describing kinds of special words in English

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There are a number of special words in English which are used to describe different kinds of containers. Here is some additional information about each of these types of containers.

Containers and Its Usually made of and Typical contents.

bag : cloth, paper, plastic sweets, shopping, letter
barrel: wood and metal wine, beer
basin: pottery, metal typical content for Ingredients for making a cake
basket : canes, rushes typical contents for shopping, clothes, waste paper
bottle: glass, plastic milk, lemonade, wine
bowl: china, glass, wood fruit, soup, sugar
box: cardboard, wood matches, tool, toys, chocolates
bucket: metal, plastic sand, water
can: tin coca-cola, beer,
carton: card and it typical contents for milk, yogurt, packets of cigarettes
case : leather, wood and it typical contents for jewelery, spectacles
crate : wood, plastic and typical content for bottles
glass : glass and typical contents for milk, lemonade, wine
jar : glass, pottery and typical contents for jam, honey, olives, instant coffee.
jug ; pottery and typical contents for milk, cream, water
mug : pottery and typical contents for tea, coffee, cocoa
pack: card and it typical contents for cards, eight cans of coca-cola
packet: card, paper and it typical contents for cigarettes, tea, biscuits, juice, cereal
pan : metal and typical contents for food that is being cooked
pot: metal, pottery and typical contents for food, plant
sack: cloth, plastic and it typical contents for coal, rubbish
tin: tin and it typical contents for peas, baked beans, fruit
tub: wood, zine, card typical contents for flowers, rain water, ice cream
tube :soft metal, plastic typical contents for toothpaste

Those all a number of special words in English which related to containers that we can find out in our daily life. hope it can increase your words about vocabulary in English.

About the pop corn encyclopedia.

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About the pop corn encyclopedia.
Do you know what the popcorn is ?
Pop corn is just one of six kinds of corn : dent sweet, flint, flour, pod, and popcorn. Each has its particular use, but popcorn is the only kind that will pop when heated. All the others will simply crack or dry up.

Pop corn is an American "fun food". dent and flint corn are called " field corn " because we feed them to animals. Sweet corn is a food corn, flour corn and pod corn are not grown commercially in North America.

Now, the pop corn is almost being a favorite snack food in entire world. it usual consumed when we are watching on TV or in cinema or another fun environment.

Motivation words :

" Well done is better than well said ".
Benyamin Franklin.

Complete this sentences with adverbs ( exercises part 2)

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Complete this sentences with adverbs of time, such as then, next, now, soon, later, Saturday, last night, next week, today, early, daily, tomorrow, and late.
An example : Work stopped last week.

1. Your letter arrived.........
2. The Technicians are working.............
3. The package come...........
4. They do not work.............
5. They will finish............
6. The new parts will arrive.........
7. The machines will run ...........
8. Our Inspectors will return ..........
9. The workers will come back ..........
10.Their vacation will end .............

Combine the following groups of Sentences, making sure that the adverbs are in acceptable order.

Example : Prof. Mark works here

He works Industriously
He works everyday.
Prof. Mark works here industriously everyday.

1. He teaches enthusiastically
He teaches all year
He teaches here.

2. He lectures all morning
He lectures energeticaly
He lectures here

3. Leilani stays at home
She stays quietly
She stays every night

4. Children are playing
They are playing in the park
They are playing noisly

5. The professor looked up
He looked then
He looked quickly.

Rewrite the following sentences using adverbs of manner, and if possible, adverbs of time. Use overhead,suddenly, quickly, loudly, noisily, strongly, biriantly, wildly, spontaneously, completely, deafeningly, down, sharply, partially, nervously, heavily, and so on.

Example : The day was passing
The day was passing peacefully.

1. clouds gathered
2. The sun dimmed
3. the sky darkened
4. The wind blew
5. Dogs ran and growled
5. Birds cried
6. Lightning flashed
7. Thunder sounded
8. The earth shook and tremled
9. Tress fell
10. The peaceful day had been destroyed.

Let's do exercises with your English abilities ( Part 1 )

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Let's do exercise in your English ability is a program that I have made for anyone who want to exercise their English ability, and the exercise based on the my blog articles. Hope its can be useful for you. Have a good exercise !

A. Question

1. What is the meaning of Adverbial?
2. What are kind of adverbial ?
3. What is the function of adverbs of manner ?
4. What is the function of adverbs of time ?
5. What is the function of adverbs of place, and give some examples each one of them ?
( adverbs of manner, adverbs of time, adverbs of place ).
6. What is the meaning of geopolitics ?
7. Where the Little Varya story come from ?
8. What is the message story of little Varya ?
9. Mention five main subject in an article of "How to learn and practice English in Easy way ".
10. What are the virtue of Cheese ?

B. Fill in the blank with "my", "your", "his", "her", "our", or "their"

1. Ricky is in the library with......... friends.
2. Robert sits at........... desk.
3. They play volley ball in the field with.......... teacher.
4. Susan : "Do you see Miss Lina ?"
Mary : "No, I don't. may be she is in ........... room.
5. My father likes playing playing Badminton.
Look, this is .......... racket.

C. Choose the correct answer.

1. Mr. John has a new car. this is ......... car.
a. my
b. his
c. her
d. our

2. ........... dress is this ?
a. who
b. where
c. what
d. whose

3. Brother : Is this your shirt?
Sister : Yes. It is. why ?
Brother : I lost .............
a. theirs
b. ours
c. yours
d. mine

4. Sharon goes to the supermarket with......... sister.
a. his
b. hers
c. her
d. their

5. That is Agusta's and Fani's room. The room is ..........
a. theirs
b. hers
c. ours
d. his

D. Complete the following sentences with adverbs of manner, such as quitly, calmly, angrily, well,
quickly, gladly, suddenly, slowly, strongly, immediately, hurriedly, carefully, thoroughly, fast,
smoothly, noisily, promptly, peacefully, violently. Write the Sentences on a separate sheet on
your paper.

Example : Light flashed briliantly

1. The electric motors stopped ...........
2. Work ceased ............
3. The workers waited .............
4. The inspectors searched ........
5. The technicians arrived .................
6. The supervisors complained .............
7. The repair crew worked ...............
8. The machine would not start .............
9. The manager watched ................
10. The workers left .............

Pronouns as a part of English Grammar

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Pronouns as a part of English grammar are important things in English. those are Personal Pronoun, Reflexive Pronoun, and Possessive Pronoun.

a. Possesive pronoun is used to show property of somebody. that can divided into two part. those are possesive pronoun with object and possesive pronoun without object. for example :

This is my book
That is the cat's ( its ) food.
It is his bicycle.

Possesive pronoun my, your, our, their, his, hers, its are followed by object/noun. ( my book, your cat, etc )

This book is mine That Cat is yours The house is ours The book is his This school bus is theirs
Possesive pronoun mine, yours, ours, theirs, his, hers, is not followed by an object/noun or it must stand up itself.
If we want to make any question in order to ask " whose mine...?" the word to ask is "whose...?", for examples :

Whose book is this ? This is his book whose chair is this ? This is my chair Whose flower is it ? It is your flower Whose room is this ? This is Amie's Whose bag is this ? It's mine
The word " Amie's " with use emphasis ( 's ) show it belong to Amie.

b. Reflexive pronoun is used when the object is the same as the subject. and the words are myself, ourself, yourself,yourselves,himself, itself, themselves. for examples :

First I'd like to introduce myself, then I'd like you to say a few words about yourselves. We should ask ourselves how to managed to get into the mess.

c. Personal pronouns are the words that can be a subject of the sentences . the words are I, you, she, he,we, they, it, and My. for examples :

We should go for a walk He need a new clothes She doesn't go to school It is my pants !

When using personal pronouns you always mention yourself late :

My collegues and I would like to offer you this small gift ( not : I and my collegues ) My advice is that one should always listen carefully before one speaks. ( one : indifinite pronoun, i.e a person).

Those all the explanation about pronouns, hope you. will bew able more understand to study about English grammar.

Sky Diving story as an English Vocabulary practise

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SKY DIVING

One of an Interesting sport in the United States is the sky diving. People who like this sport often form a club. The members of the club get into airplane and falls toward the earth at very high speed. All of the members have parachutes for a long time.

From the ground they look like big birds. the sky divers says that they sometimes feel like birds also. Some of people like to swim in the ocean or to play in the snow, but for sky divers the favorite place is sky.

Ensclopedia
Do you know if the chameleon has many unusual things to do besides its ability to change colors?

Chameleon ability to change colors is not unique. many others lizard can do that. But Chameleons are able to do many unusual things. They have bulging eyes that can look right and left at the same time, their feet grasp like fingers, not like claws, and their tails curl up. perhaps most interesting, their sticky tongues are about as long as their bodies and swiftly shoot out to catch food.

English Vocabulary in Tips ( Health )

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VIRTUE OF CHEESE

Cheese is a food material has known as a food that has hot temperature and moisture which can help digestion. As a food material and compliment, cheese has some virtue, these are :

1. Cheese can help to cure side of ear swells
and urinate, it also lips swells.
2. Cheese can help to stop bleeding on
parvenu
3. Cheese help to digestion problem
4. Help to throat problem is caused by swell
on the throat
5. For babies, cheese can help babies teeth
grown up
6. Cheese can help cough problem is caused
by cold & hot temperature
7. Cheese is good for coarse skin

Although Cheese also can lose person appetite, but it can be solved by sweet food combination with cheese.

Grammar Review

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English sentences are formed by many patterns consist of Noun, Verb, adverbial, pronoun, Tenses, etc. the next posting will explain about adverbs in English.

ADVERBS
Adverbs normally follow the verb and are of three basic types : adverbs of manner , adverbs of time, and adverb adverbs of place. A prepositional phrase can be subtitude any of them.

Adverbs of Manner.
Annie Studies hard Mr. Rossi ride his motor slowly The Orchestra played loudly
Adverbs of manner, like most other adverbs, normally follow the verb these adverbs explain how the action of the verb is done. Other examples are well, quietly, calmly, happily, quickly, gladly, slowly, suddenly, strongly, and angrily. Many of these adverbs are formed by adding -ly to adjectives. Examples : correct-correctly, calm-calmly, rapid-rapidly,slow-slowly. If the adjective end in -y, often the -y is changed to-i before -ly is added. Examples : noisy-noisly, happy-happily.
Adverbs of place
Prof. Ober went home. The boat sailed away. The escalator is going up Mr.Brown lives here

Adverbs of place are shows where the action of verb is done, and come after the verbs. common adverbs of place are up, down, here,there, far,over there, away and far away

Adverbs of Time
He is studying now
She will come soon
He can leave then
Adverbs of time usually follow the verb, how ever they may also introduce the sentences for reasons of style or for emphasis. actually, it is possible for almost any adverbs to time are found in that position more frequently than the others. some useful adverbs of time are then, next, now, soon, late, and early. Nouns are also used as adverbs of time : Saturday ( They will come Saturday ), today ( They left today ), last night ( they arrived last night ). other examples are next week, the week before, the day after, the day after tomorrow, this afternoon, and tomorrow morning.

English vocabulary

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English Vocabulary in Politics and Public Institutions and Election.

Republic : A state government by representatives and usually, a President
Monarchy : A state ruled by a king or queen
Democracy : Government of, by and for the people
Dictatorship : System of government run by a dictator
Independence : Freedom from Outside control, self governing
Member of Parliament ( MP ) : A representative of the people in Parliament.
Politician : Someone for whom politics is career
Statesman/woman : Someone who uses an important political position wisely and well
Prime Minister : The head of government or leading minister in many countries
Chamber : Hall used by a group of legislators, many countries have two chambers
Cabinet : A commitee of the most important ministers in the government.
President and Vice President : The head of states in many modern states
Mayor : Head of a town or city council
Ambassador : Top diplomat representing his/her country abroad
Embassy : The building where an ambassador and his/her staff are based
Ministry : A department of state headed by a minister
Constituency : A political area are whose inhabitants are represented by one MP
Candidate : Someone who stands in an election
Policy : The program of action of a particular party or government
Majority : The number of votes by which a person wins an election
Referendum : A direct vote by the population on some important public issue
By ( e )-election : An activity in one constituency in contract to a general election
Marginal Seat : A parliamentary seat held by a very small majority of votes.
The opposition : Members of parliament who do not belong to the party in power.
Stand/ run for parliament : to be a candidate in an election
Vote : to choose in a formal way, e.g by marking a ballot paper
Elect : to chose someone or something by voting.

Those all the vocabulary in politics terms, hope it can help increase your vocabulary.

Motivation :
" It is true that you always know the right thing to do. the difficult one is to do it ".
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf

English Vocabulary in story

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English Vocabulary in story is a part of English grammar education program on this blog. it purposed to increase English Vocabulary of student who wants to learn English carefully. It is a folk tale about a mother and her daughter. It is based on Russian Folk tale, hope it can increase your vocabulary. Please enjoy your read !.

Little Vanya and Her mother
Little Vanya went with her mother to the field. It was a hot day, So Vanya went and lay down under a shady tree, soon she was fast asleep. when she woke up, everyone was gone. she was afraid. she started crying, then she walked and walked until she came to village.
There were many people in this village, but her mother was not there. Vanya began to cry loudly . An old man come to her and asked her , " Why are you crying, Little one ? ". Vanya told him, " I am looking for my mother. I don't know where she is?" then she began to cry again. the man felt very sorry to Vanya. He asked , " What does your mother look like, Little one? "
Vanya did not know how describe her mother. she could only say, " She is the most beautiful woman in the world". The old man called all the beautiful women in the village. Vanya looked at each one of them. then she said " None of them is my mother, my mother is the most beautiful woman in the world".
A lot of people came to look forward to the poor lost girl. Suddenly, a woman ran towards Vanya and hugged her. She was fat and her face was big and broad. she had very small and her nose was really large and broad.
" This is my mother. I told you my mother is the most beautiful woman in the world ! Vanya shouted happily. the people were crowding around Vanya began to laugh. The old man said to them , " Don't laugh. This little child has just shown us something. We don't love people because they are beautiful. People look beautiful to us because we love them".

English Vocabulary in story

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How to learn and practice English in easy way.

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3. Try to listening about English words that were giving by speaker.
After you able to memorize much vocabulary, the next step is try to listening English words through speakers. Speakers are mean the people who give or announce information from many sources. they are mass media ( English News on the radio or television ), native speaker, or someone or a friend that you think have good English and want to speak English with you. Try to listen carefully what he or she said ( the speaker ). try to understood what the words came out from the speaker carefully. If there is " unusual words " for you, please try to write down in your " Pocket Book ".It is small book that you can prepare for daily notebook then you can find out the meaning in the dictionary. It is not easy to hear the word one by one if you don't usually hear them most. although you can take the headlined words to understand what the speaker said and don't necessary hear the all words. Even though you must try to hear all the words to make a clear understanding for you. And I also still keep trying to listening them continues until now in order to practice my " hearing ".

4. Always try to read and write literate in English
Read and write are important components to understand in English. If we always read and want to try write in English we can easy to make any sentence in English. because besides we know much about vocabulary, we can easy to understand the meaning when we are reading the English text book. And we also can get new words that we don't know before then we find out the meaning in the dictionary. writing is a practice for us to make sentences by our self. in writing we can easy to write the right words in English when we want to make sentences in English.

5. Know English Grammar well and try to speak English as improvisation.
Grammar is the most important part in English after we know much about vocabulary, able to make any sentences and easy to read and write a literate in English. it is same when we read the English text book. grammar is a structure of English manner to build good sentences both oral and written. Grammar consist of Tenses , preposition , adverb , clause , adjective , etc. Personal English ability depend on their manner in English, that is grammar. If they have a good grammar in English, absolutly the must have good manner in English. So if you able to write and read in English. you should pay attention to the grammar. and it easy for you to practice it in Orally ( Speaking English ). So just Try and don't be a shame.
Those all 5 ( five ) explaination " How to learn and practice English in easy way ". Hope it can help you to learn and practice English in easy way. Keep always practice !!

How to learn and practice English in easy way.

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Dear friend
This is my first article about English. the topic is about " How To learn and practice English in easy way ". According my experience to learn English. there are 5 ( five ) main subject that we can learn and practice in English.Those are :
1. Gift ( something that you have bring in your life ) or strongest desire to learn English.
2. Knowing or have good memory in Vocabulary,
3. Try to listening about words English that is given by Speaker,
4. Always try to write and read literate in English.
5. Knowing English grammar well and want to try to speak in English as Improvisation.
Those are 5 ( five ) main subject how to learn and practice English in easy way that I have told above, I will explain step by step about those subject.

1. Gift ( something that you have bring in your life ) or Strongest desire to learn.
A gift was some thing that given by God to the human as something that can be useful for human being. Every one has their own gift that was given by God to express their ability about specific ability. With this gift, human can imagine and create something that can be useful for them. with a gift, human can improve their ability and desire about something, and also English ability. A gift in English ability is also supported by strongest desire by the person who wants to able learn and speak in English well. because linguist ability influenced by a gift person ability. but this is not final opinion, because someone linguist ability can appear caused effort to their study English hard. So, don't be hopeless if you don't have a gift in linguist ability field. It all depends on your effort to study hard about English.

2. Knowing or Have good memory in Vocabulary
Vocabulary is the important part in English. we cannot make a good sentence if we do not know the word in English. we must know much word to make sentence. You can increase your vocabulary in many way. there are from dictionary, books or English literate, product material such as food product, beverages product, services, etc. You can also get your vocabulary from your daily activities, your neighbourhood area, or even in your house. First time, I got lot of vocabulary is in my house. I always look around the material in the house which has English words then I look for the meaning in the dictionary and I remember of that words in my memories. Besides that I also read the English text book, understanding the meaning and memorize it in my mind because I also like reading and writing.

Dear Blogger

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Dear Friend,
Hallo Blogger , thank you for visit my blog. Nice to know you have visited my personal blog. this blog has purposed as personal blog in order to provide information, knowledge and grammatical in English language. This site was my Journal and "Diary" which is related to English lesson and grammar. It also including information, tips, story, English grammar, and many more topic that I have written in this blog that you can read. You can also give any comment or opinion about this blog to make a good result as my personal blog. As personal introduction I would like to Introduce myself. My name is Fauzul Faura, I am 26 years old. Now, I am working at Non government fund secure company in Jakarta. I graduated from Hotel or Hospitality Industry academy in Jogjakarta-Indonesia. My knowledge English improved as often as I used since I was 10 years old when I was in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I was live there for 3 years before I came back to Indonesia on 1992. I like English and always improving my English, and I would like improve my English ability in this blog . Like a wise word " Practice makes perfect " . Finaly, I hope this blog can give and share knowledge and information about English. and I realized that no anybody can be perfect. Comment, critic, and develop opinion are very important for my English Improvisation. Please submit your comment & develop opinion in my blog, and thank you for your Participate.