Monday, April 26, 2010

Demonstrative Pronouns

this, that, these, those refer to things. 'this' and 'these' refer to something that is near.
'that' and 'those' refer to things that are farther away.

This is my house.
That is our car over there.
These are my colleagues in this room.
Those are beautiful flowers in the next field.

Do you remember the other types of pronouns that I taught you before? Name them please.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Re: A View of 21st Century Learners

Dependent Clauses

A dependent clause is not a complete sentence.
It must be used together with an independent clause to make sense.
Example Sentences:
Liudmila enjoyed the museum which we visited last week.
She made a hat which won a prize.

Please post me your own example now.

Possessive Pronouns

A possessive pronoun is a part of speech that substitutes for a possessive adjective and a noun.
There are seven possessive pronouns in modern English: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, and theirs.
This book is mine means this is my book.

Now you have a go to make some more examples.

Monday, April 19, 2010

3 meanings of "I'm stuffed"

Meaning 1
“I’m tired”
Example:

“How was work, (are) you tired?”“Yeah I’m stuffed

Meaning 2
I’m in trouble “(prediction of trouble, problems)
Example:

“Did you study for the test today?”“No! I forgot all about it! Oh man, I’m stuffed!”

Meaning 3
I’m full”, (can’t eat anymore food)
Example:

“(Do) you want anymore dinner?”“No thanks, I’m stuffed”

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Tip of the day (subject and object pronouns)

Pronouns come in to keep nouns from getting repetitive or when nouns are not clearly known.

Subject and object pronouns are used in everyday language. The subject always takes action. The object is part of the activity, but it does not do any acting.

Here is an example:
Mila likes talking to Normie. Mila is the subject; she is liking and talking. Normie is the object; all the liking and talking is done to Normie but not by Normie.


Subject pronouns include:
I, you, he, she, it, they, we.

Object pronouns include:
me, you, him, her, it, us, them.

See the following examples:
Subject
I might see you later.
You have to come now.
She lives in Nebraska.
He makes me angryIt just might work.
They caught the last train.

Object:
Sarah hit me on the arm.
I need to tell you something.
Larry took him aside.

Now, you post me some sentences using subject and object pronouns.

Monday, April 12, 2010

Tip of the day (Mustn't compare to don't have to)

While mustn't expresses prohibition, Don't have to expresses something that is not required.

Example Sentences Children mustn't play with fire.
I don't have to work next Saturday.

Now, bring your own examples of each and post it to me.