Monday, March 29, 2010

Verbs followed by -ing-

1. admit: I admitted stealing the money.
2. advise: She advised leaving the child alone.
3. anticipate: We anticipate sending the money tomorrow.
4. appreciate: They appreciated receiving the gift.
5. avoid: I avoid eating Sushi.

Now, make new examples with those verbs and post them to me.
Regards
Michael

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Nouns in English

Dear all,
I'd like you to read the text below first and then post me an example of each different kind of nouns.

What is a noun?
Noun is a word to define a person, animal or living object, place, thing or quality.
There are many different kinds of nouns in English.
1. Common Nouns - general nouns such as cat, bowl, hand, tree clock etc.
2.
Countable Nouns - nouns that can be counted, such as car-cars, child-children etc.
3.
Uncountable Nouns - nouns that can't be counted, such as water, fire, air etc.
4.
Collective Nouns - nouns that refer to a group of things or people such as family, police, worker's union etc.
5.
Proper Nouns - nouns that refer to a specific name of a person, corporation, company, product, such as IBM, Microsoft, Mr. David Green, Dr. Mary Jones.
6.
Concrete Nouns - a noun that is a physical object, something that can be touched, seen, such as an animal, window, table, computer etc.
7.
Abstract Nouns - is a noun is not a physical object, it can't be touched physically. They are ideas and feelings such as intelligence, love, hate, bravery etc.