Pop culture is your secret trick to learning proper grammar Now my watch is ended, your watch is ended, his/her/its watch is ended. For everybody who thinks that grammar is boring, Pop Chart Lab has a new infographic to make learning fun. The data visualization company's latest print 'A Pop Culture Primer on Parts of Speech' uses your favorite pop culture characters to illustrate the basics of proper grammar. After all, memorizing verb forms is a lot easier when you have The Lord of the Rings to walk you through it. Check out the chart below. Have something to add to this story?
The Wonderful World of the Apostrophe - [INFOGRAPHIC] But don’t take the use of the apostrophe too seriously as Stephen Fry ‘hates this level of pedantry’. (via theoatmeal) Comma -- The Punctuation Guide This is where things get tricky. Mastering the proper use of the comma in these situations is impossible without at least some understanding of grammar. The rules are easiest to learn and deploy if you first understand four common sentence types: compound, simple, complex, and compound-complex. Compound sentences A compound sentence contains two or more independent clauses linked by a coordinating conjunction. Rule: Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction that joins two independent clauses. She purchased the car, but she declined the extended warranty. The prime minister’s plan seemed quickly and sloppily put together, and the opposition party immediately attacked it. Are you traveling in first class, or does your employer limit you to business class on international flights? I lost my job, so I can’t afford to go to Europe this summer. Exception to the rule: When the independent clauses are closely connected and short, you may omit the comma. Simple sentences Complex sentences
Friends in the classroom! | A new ELT activity in this virtual Central Perk every Sunday! How to Use Apostrophes The author of this sign should have heeded his own advice, and used apostrophes correctly. The apostrophe may be the most abused punctuation mark in the English language. Proper apostrophe use The apostrophe has two, and only two, uses: to show possession and to indicate the omission of letters or numbers. Common rules for apostrophe use Possessive common nouns are common nouns or pronouns that own other nouns. If the noun does not end in -s (in most cases this means it is singular), add -'s. Here are two examples: The bike's handlebars were bent in the crash. If the noun is singular and ends in -s, add -'s, as in the following examples: My boss's job at the bank was eliminated due to budget cuts. If the noun is plural and ends in -s, add only an apostrophe. The clowns' shoes protruded from the window of the Volkswagen.Both bananas' peels had turned brown. If the noun is plural and does not end in -s, add -'s. The man and woman's car was badly damaged. Proper nouns and apostrophes
Learn the collocations with have Jason R. Levine produces some of the best videos for teaching and learning English online. You probably know his super famous rap on irregular verbs. In the post you can find the following activities: a video with the song (by Jason), the lyrics worksheet, an infographic with all the collocations, an interactive quiz and a game. Have collocations – video Watch the video and complete the following worksheet with the lyrics. This post covers only the first two verses of the song so stop the video after the two verses.Have collocations song Have collocations – infographic Go through the following infographic. Then ask the students to work in pairs or small groups and to ask and answer the questions in the outer circles. Have collocations – interactive quizzes Both of the following games are created in HTML5, so they will play on all mobile devices.The first game is called Quiz Goose Science, and your task is to click on the dice in the upper right hand corner.
Take this apostrophe quiz! If there is one thing that English speakers can all agree on, it's our dislike of apostrophes. We often find them confusing even though the rules that govern them are fixed. The English city of Birmingham has banned the use of apostrophes from all of its street signs because people found them "too confusing"! Let's see how well you can use apostrophes with this completely fantastic quiz! Link: Lesson: It's vs it The news said that ___ going to rain tomorrow.He always carries ___ of his family.Simon, Johnny, Paul and Peter were playing. Movie Segments to Assess Grammar Goals: Casino Royale: Simple Past x Past Perfect In my opinion, this is one of the best 007 movie. I used this scene to have students practice the use of the past perfect x simple past tenses. Watch the video segment and write ( 1 ) in the parentheses of the action that took place first and ( 2 ) in the parentheses of the action that happened later. Ex:( 1 ) James Bond took a plane to the Bahamas. ( 2 ) He drove across the island to the hotel. a) ( ) He crouched to tie his shoe string. ( ) He gave his car keys to the bellboy. b) ( ) Two guys gave Bond their car keys by mistake. ( ) Bond crashed their car in the parking lot. c) ( ) He threw the car keys away. ( ) He entered the hotel lobby. d) ( ) He made a reservation at the hotel ( ) He saw the images of the parking lot in the surveillance room. Now fill in the blanks of the exercise below with the simple past or the past perfect forms of the verbs in parentheses. a) When he _____________ (drive) across the island to the hotel, James Bond ___________ (take) a plane to the Bahamas.
Apostrophe Summary: This handout provides rules and examples for apostrophe usage. Contributors:Purdue OWLLast Edited: 2013-02-22 07:53:18 The apostrophe has three uses: To form possessives of nouns To show the omission of letters To indicate certain plurals of lowercase letters Forming Possessives of Nouns To see if you need to make a possessive, turn the phrase around and make it an "of the..." phrase. the boy's hat = the hat of the boy three days' journey = journey of three days If the noun after "of" is a building, an object, or a piece of furniture, then no apostrophe is needed! room of the hotel = hotel room door of the car = car door leg of the table = table leg Once you've determined whether you need to make a possessive, follow these rules to create one. add 's to the singular form of the word (even if it ends in -s): the owner's car James's hat (James' hat is also acceptable. Showing omission of letters Apostrophes are used in contractions. Forming plurals of lowercase letters
Prepositions AT IN ON for time Many students have problems with the prepositions AT, IN, ON. Prepositions are such small words with nearly the same meaning that it seems that you can use any of them. But that is not true. If you want to sound well, you have to be careful with the prepositions. And believe me, it is not so difficult to use the prepositions AT, IN, ON for time expressions correctly. Prepositions AT IN ON for time – mind map Go through the mind map. At the end of the mind map you will see that if you use the words NEXT, LAST, EVERY or THIS, there is no preposition in front of these words. Prepositions AT, IN, ON for time – games If you want to really learn the prepositions correctly, you should practise them as often as and as much possible. The first game is called Teacher invaders. Prepositions AT IN ON – Teacher invaders game. The second game, HOOP SHOOT, is slightly easier as you have to pick the correct option and then stop the sliders in the center of the basket. Prepositions AT IN ON – Cloze test.
enkku.kaappi Confusing Sentences That Actually Make Sense | Grammarly Blog Let’s face it: Sometimes the English language can be downright bizarre. The plural of ox is oxen while the plural of box is boxes, ‘rough’ rhymes with ‘gruff’ even though the two words only have two letters in common, and there are actually more than nine hundred exceptions to the infamous “i before e except after c” rule. If you’re still not convinced that the English language is full of oddities and conundrums, take a look at these five wacky sentences that are actually grammatically correct. 1All the faith he had had had had no effect on the outcome of his life. Well, talk about lexical ambiguity. 2One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. This famous Groucho Marx joke takes advantage of the fact that the same sentence can often be interpreted in more than one way. 3The complex houses married and single soldiers and their families. This is what we call a garden path sentence. Here, “complex” may be interpreted as an adjective and “houses” may be interpreted as a noun.
Free ESL worksheets, ESL printables, English grammar handouts, free printable tests Welcome to our downloadable ESL worksheets section. Whether you're an ESL student looking to practice English, or an ESL teacher looking for printables/ handouts for the classroom, check out our list of topics below. The topics covered include verb tenses, phrasal verbs, articles, prepositions, pronouns, countable and non-countable nouns, and many others. Click if you want to save time by downloading an exercise package in one zip file: IMPORTANT: The worksheets are for classroom/home use only. WRITING SKILLS (for advanced/native speakers): A or AN? SIMPLE PRESENT tense 1SIMPLE PRESENT tense 2Present tense of the verb TO BE 1TO BE? Prepositions after adjectives 1Prepositions after adjectives 2Prepositions after adjectives 3Prepositions (Mixed) 1Prepositions (Mixed) 2Prepositions (Mixed) 3Prepositions (Mixed) 4Prepositions (On, At, In) 1Prepositions (On, At, In) 2Prepositions (On, At, In) 3Prepositions (On, At, In) 4PREPOSITION or NO PREPOSITION?
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