Plural Nouns

The plural form of most nouns is created simply by adding the letter s. 

But as you know there’s not only one type of plural noun, let’s take a look at the chart bellow.  

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let’s practice and see how they work within a sentence.

  1. These (person) people are protesting against air pollution.
  2. The (woman) women over there want to meet the Mayor.
  3. My (child) children like eating spaghettis.
  4. I am ill. My (foot) feet hurt.
  5. Muslims kill (sheep) sheep in a religious celebration.
  6. I clean my (tooth) teeth three times a day.
  7. The (student) students are doing the exercise right now.
  8. The (fish) fish I bought is in the fridge.
  9. They are sending some (man) men to fix the roof.
  10. Most (houswife) housewives work more than ten hours a day at home.
  11. Where did you put the (knife) knives?
  12. On the (shelf) shelves .
  13. (Goose) Geese like water.
  14. (Piano) Pianos are expensive.
  15. Some (policeman) policemen came to arrest him.
  16. Where is my (luggage) luggage? In the car!

As you can see the words in bold fit exactly in the sentences. I hope you found this information helful.

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Gerund or Infinitive

Some students struggle to solve exercises related with Gerunds and Infinitives because it implies to remember a list of verbs.
But as you know it’s all about practice, and as possible as you use these verbs, you will feel comfortable using them.
I made a summary about Gerunds and Infinitives from different sources. Here you won’t only find the list of verbs followed either by a gerund or an infinitive but many examples on how to use each verb.
I hope you find this information useful and get you out from doubts.

Verbs followed by the gerund

1. A gerund is a noun made from a verb by adding «-ing.» The gerund form of the verb «recycle» is «recycling

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Verbs followed by the infinitive

2. Infinitives are the «to» form of the verb. The infinitive form of «learn» is «to learn

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    Verb followed by a gerund OR an    infinitive with little difference in meaning

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Verb followed by a gerund OR an infinitive with a difference in meaning

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English Idioms «Time»

An idiom is an expression, word, or phrase that has a figurative meaning conventionally understood by native speakers. In other words, idioms don’t mean exactly what the words say. They have, however, hidden meaning.

Look at the pictures. On top of each image we have The Idiom and at the bottom we have the meaning respectively.

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Let’s Practice!!

Remember that the meaning of these expressions is different from the literal meaning or definition of the words of which they are made.

  1. «Peter beat the clock and booked an apartment before prices increased»
  2. “Stephany had to turn back the hands of time and wear her tracksuit from the 1990s for a fancy dress party.”
  3. “Mary arrived to the party early so she had to kill time waiting outside the venue.”
  4. “Joseph reads the newspaper once in a blue moon.”
  5. “Claudia is behind the times because she just listens to Simon & Garfunkel all day.
  6. Time flies at a party because you’re having so much fun!”
  7. “Warren was just wasting time at the bus stop playing on her phone.”
  8. “John made the big time when he was promoted the boss of the company.”

Pharmacy & Health care

When we get sick because of bad weather or by doing something else at home or outside.We usually go to the doctor. Here we have some important expressions and words that will help you express (how you feel)  when it comes to Pharmacy and Personal hygiene.

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Keep up the hard work!!

Build up a large store of words!!

Vocabulary is the key to your understanding; and to communicating successfully with other people. Research studies have shown the strong links between having an extensive vocabulary and achieving professional success.

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A wide working vocabulary, gives you the ability to make finer and finer distinctions between things so that you can say exactly what you mean, and be explicit instead of vague when sharing your ideas and opinions or simply making conversation.

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Adverbs & Adjectives

Sometimes these two words are a bit confusing. However there are some facts that will help you clear up some doubts.

An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, adjective,  and even other adverb. As we will see, adverbs often tell when, where, why, or under what conditions something happens or happened. Adverbs frequently end in -ly. There are also irregular adverbs such as «well» and «fast.»

An -ly ending is not a guarantee that a word is an adverb. The words lovely, lonely, motherly, friendly, neighborly, for instance, are adjectives.

Examples:

  • He drives slowly.  (Verb)
  • Mike drove a very fast car.  (Adjective)
  • The tiger ran incredibly quickly (Adverb)
  • That lovely woman lives in a friendly town. (Adjectives)

Prepositions At – In – On

When we are having a conversation, at certain moment we use different prepositions for talking about time. Let’s take a look at these prepositions!

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How can we remember new vocabulary?

One point to keep in mind as is mentioned, Read a lot and listen!