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Contrasting On the other hand, However, Yes, but . . . You may be right, but . . . I may be wrong, but . . . Correct me if I'm wrong, but . . . On the contrary, Classifying There are five kinds of . . . There are two types of . . . There are three categories of . . . We can divide (this) into three parts: 1) 2) 3) This can be broken down into four sections. They are: A) B) C) D)

How to express ability To express that someone has the power or skill to do something,  can  and  be able  are used. Examples : I can't help you.I am busy. I'm unable to help you. When I was young I was able to earn my living pretty well; I could work hard. Now I can't. I'm too old. I can stand on my head for five minutes. Can you speak Arabic? Yes, I can. Expressing ability In the present: Express ability in the present as follows: I can speak good English. I can't stand on my head. In the past Express ability in the past as follows I was unable to visit him. I couldn't eat at all when I was ill. In the future Express ability in the future as follows I will be able to buy a house when I get a good job. The teacher can assist you after class if you have any questions. Things to remember: Can   is always followed by an infinitive without "to." Examples:  I can ride my bike and I can drive a car, but I can't drive a lorry.  Can   in the past is ...

There is a range of ways to introduce yourself and people. Introducing yourself: Here are expressions to introduce yourself: My name is ... I'm .... Nice to meet you; I'm ... Pleased to meet you; I'm ... Let me introduce myself; I'm ... I'd like to introduce myself; I'm ... Introducing others: Here are expressions to introduce others: Jack, please meet Nicolas. Jack, have you met Nicolas? I'd like you to meet Liza. I'd like to introduce you to Betty. Leila, this is Barbara. Barbara this is Leila. Useful responses when introducing yourself or other people: Nice to meet you. Pleased to meet you. Happy to meet you. How do you do? Dialogue: Alex is talking to the new manager and his assistant. Notice how they introduce themselves: Alex : Hi! My name is Alex Litterman, the new manager. William : Hi! I'm William O'Brian. Nice to meet you, Mr Alex Litterman. John : William, please meet Mr Steve Lynch, my assistant Jack : How do you do? Nicolas : How do ...

There are different ways to greet people: Greeting means welcoming someone with particular words or a particular action. When meeting people formally for the first time, we greet by shaking hands and saying "How do you do?" or "Pleased to meet you." "How do you do?" isn't really a question, it just means "Hello". When young people meet informally they sometimes greet and say "Give me five!" and slap their hands together (high five). Generally we do not greet by shaking hands with people we know well. We greet by just saying 'hi' or 'hello' Here are some expressions you can use to greet people. Greeting Hi, hello. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening. How are you? How are you doing? How do you do? Responding to greeting Hi, hello. Good morning/Good afternoon/Good evening. I'm fine thank you (thanks)/Okey! Thank you (thanks)/Can't complain/Not bad. How about you?/And you? How do you do? Things to remember...

Explanations Present Simple Action that is repeated every Friday. Habitual action. I visit my uncle  every Friday Facts that are believed to be true. Generalizations Cats hate mice. The sun rises in the morning. Scheduled events in the near future The plane takes off at 10 o'clock tonight Explanations Present Progressive Action that takes place now / at the moment I am working on my computer Near future I am leaving tomorrow Explanations Present Perfect To talk about experiences I have been to Italy. Past action that has the result in the present. She has read that book. Action which started in the past and continued up to now. I have lived in this town for 12 years. Explanations Present Perfect Progressive To show that something started in the past and has continued up until now. He has been sleeping for the last 3 hours To talk about an  action  that started in the past and stopped recently. The grass is wet because it has been raining all day long. To talk about an...

Conditional Simple Affirmative We would relax. Negative We would not relax. Interrogative Would we relax ? Form would + verb Uses action that might take place Conditional Progressive Affirmative He would be writing. Negative He would not be writing. Interrogative Would he be writing? Form would + be + verb + ing Uses action that might take place putting emphasis on the course / duration of the action Conditional Perfect Affirmative He would have written. Negative He would not have written. Interrogative Would he have written? Form would + have + past participle (past participle of regular verbs: verb + ed | Past participle of irregular verbs: forms differ and should be learned by heart This is a list of  irregular verbs) Uses action that might have taken place in the past Conditional Perfect Progressive Affirmative She would have been sleeping. Negative She would not have sleeping speaking. Interrogative Would she have been sleeping? Form would + have + been + verb + ing Uses actio...

Past Perfect Simple Affirmative She had won. Negative She had not won. Interrogative Had she won? Form had + past participle (past participle of regular verbs: verb + ed | Past participle of irregular verbs: forms differ and should be learned by heart. This is a list of  irregular verbs) Uses action taking place before a certain time in the past sometimes interchangeable with past perfect progressive putting emphasis only on the fact (not the duration) Past Perfect Progressive Affirmative He had been waiting. Negative He had not been waiting. Interrogative Had he been waiting? Form had + been + verb + ing Uses action taking place before a certain time in the past sometimes interchangeable with past perfect simple putting emphasis on the duration or course of an action Future Simple Affirmative I will open the door. Negative I will not open the door. Interrogative Will you open the door? Form will + verb Uses We use the simple future for instant decisions. We use the simple future w...

Used especially to identify the subject of a finite verb. A noun or pronoun is in the subjective when it is used as the subject of the sentence or as a predicate noun. In the following examples, nouns and pronouns in the subjective case are italicized. A noun in the subjective case is often the subject of a verb. For example: " The tree  fell on my car", "the tree" is in the nominative case because it's the subject of the verb "fell". Pronouns are inflected to show the subjective case PERSONAL PRONOUN Subjective/Nominative Referring to the subject in a sentence. I You He She It We They Who For example: Lynne  owns this web site. I  hope to finish my homework tomorrow. She  enjoyed her English lessons. He  is an  idiot . (The word idiot is a predicate noun because it follows  is;  a form of the verb "be") .

The superlative is used to say what thing, person, or idea has the most of a particular quality within a group or of its kind. Superlative adjectives normally come before any other adjectives. Snowdon is not  the highest  mountain in Britain.  Ben Nevis is  the highest  mountain in Britain. Mount Snowdon is 3,559 feet high. Ben Nevis is 4,408 feet high.   FORMING THE SUPERLATIVE Form Rule For example Words of one syllable ending in 'e'. Add -st to the end of the word. wide - widest The Amazon River is  the widest  river in the world. Words of one syllable, with one vowel and one consonant at the end. Double the consonant and add -est to the end of the word. big - biggest In 2010 a dog called Giant George was given the title of  the   biggest  dog in the world. Words of one syllable, with more than one vowel or more than one consonant at the end. Add - est to the end of the word. high - highest Mount Everest is  the highest ...

I gotta' is grammatically incorrect.  It is more of a spoken form.  If you want to say this with proper grammar, the equivalent would be, 'I have got to' or 'I've got to'.  In the spoken form, 'got to' is shortened to 'gotta' and the word 'have' is dropped. Here are some examples: " I gotta manage my money. " " I gotta obey the laws. " " I gotta move to a bigger house. " " I gotta impress my boss. " " I gotta brush my teeth. " By adding the word 'have' you can change what you are saying to express something that needs to be done in the near future. Here are some examples: " I have got to be on time to work. " " I've gotta try harder at school. " " I've gotta tell my wife I'll be late. " " I've gotta learn more about the laws. " " I've gotta clean my house today. "