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THIS, THAT, THESE & THOSE – Determiners and demonstrative pronouns

8th October 2017 by Andrew 3 Comments

We use "this", "that", "these" and "those" to specify which person or thing we are talking about. We distinguish if the person(s) or thing(s) is near or far: Near"this" - singular"these" - plural Far"that" - singular"those" - plural This, that, these and those can be used as: 1)  Determiners with nouns (Example:  This book is good.)2) Demonstrative … [Read more...]

MUCH and MANY – Determiners

7th October 2017 by Andrew 2 Comments

MUCH and MANY are determiners.They indicate the quantity or amount of a noun. In the affirmative, "much" and "many" mean "a large amount" or "a large quantity".   What is the difference between "much" and "many"? We use MANY only with countable nouns.We use MUCH only with uncountable nouns. Let's look at this in more detail. MANY - countable nouns We use … [Read more...]

SOME and ANY – determiners

6th October 2017 by Andrew 4 Comments

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SOME and ANY are determiners. We use them before a noun. They express the amount or quantity of a noun. SOME and ANY are used differently for countable and uncountable nouns  so it is important to understand the difference. SOME The meaning of SOME is an unknown (or unstated) amount or quantity of something (a noun). We use SOME in three types of sentence / … [Read more...]

Countable and uncountable nouns | English grammar

5th October 2017 by Andrew 14 Comments

Apples

What is a noun? Look around you. Everything you see is a noun! (desk, computer, phone, car). Nouns are therefore objects and things. But they can also be non-physical things like ideas. A noun is a word that names: Things  - Examples: table, chair, water.People  - Examples: Mark, Jane, pilot, driver.Animals  - Examples: dog, cat.Places   - … [Read more...]

Future simple tense – will and shall

2nd October 2017 by Andrew Leave a Comment

The future simple is a future verb tense. It is generally used to describe information about the future and to make predictions. In this lesson, you will find: The form (affirmative, negative, question and contracted forms).The difference between "will" and "shall".The uses and meaning of the future simple (with examples).The difference between "going to" and the future … [Read more...]

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