****FUN FACTS****
1.Common suffixes that makes noun
-sion
depress - depression
impress - impresion
2.Adjectives ending in ed
used to describe how a person feels
-ed
tired
confused
relaxed
satisfied
shocked
3."I" before "E"... except when you run a feisty heist on a weird beige foreign neighbour.
4.Common errors
Incorrect :- i think you should go to abroad find a job make your life a little bit changed
Correct:- I think you should go abroad to find a job and makes your life a little bit different for a changes.
5.The "Y" does not change for the suffix-ing
examples:
cry- crying
The baby has been crying for almost an hour.
dry- drying
examples:
raisins are made by drying grapes in the sun .
6.Everyone and everybody
everyone and everybody refers to more than one person,but as words,they are grammatically singular.
Examples:
a.everyone has to arrive by 8a.m. at the latest so we can leave on time.
b.everybody heree today goes to the same school.
7.English words do not end in 'i','u','v',or 'j'.
8. Past ,present and future all walk into a room.
it was tense.
9.a "loaf" of bread
a "piece" of paper
a"slice" of pizza
a "bunch" of grapes
10.Active & Passive voice
for sentence in the asctive voice, the subject performs the action;for those in the passive voice ,the subject recieves the action.
Active voice
a.The man caught several fish
b.The planning committe discovered that the room wasn't available.
Passive voice
a.several fish were caught by the man
b. It was discovered by the planning committee that the room wasn't available.[13]
11.contradictory provebs
do it well ,or not at all.
but
half a loaf is better than none .
don't cross your bridge before you come to them.
but
forewarned is forearmed.
absence makes the heart grow fonder.
but
out sight, out of mind
12. I VS ME
the easiest way to figure out which one is correct is to simply take away all other people in the sentence.
EXAMPLES:
Alka , Ravi and I/Me want to go to mall .
Alka ,Ravi and i want to go to the mall.
My mom gave Madhu, my brother and i/me candy.
My mom gave Madhu, my brother and me candy.
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