‘hire’ vs ‘rent’
The difference between ‘hire’ and ‘ride’ The difference between ‘hire’ and ‘rent’ is sometimes confusing. Here is a quick and easy way to understand the difference in meaning between the…
Monthly Archives: July 2013
More information and Practice Exercises- The Passive Voice
Extra Information and Practice The following websites give further explanations, examples and exercises to help solidify your understand of the passive tenses. _______________________________________ StudyandExam.com- Passive Voice for All Tenses…
Quick Reminder about Determiners
Determiner As a reminder: o Determiners come at the beginning of nouns, noun clauses and noun phrases o They are not adjectives o Determiners can fall into 3 categories: articles…
Quick Tip on how to use ‘this’ and ‘that’
Phone calls: When we call people, we often identify ourselves, using that and this to help us identify who is speaking and who we would like to speak to. For…
Extra information and practice exercises- ‘will’ vs ‘be going to’
Extra Information and Practice The following sites provide additional explanations and examples of ‘be going to’ and ‘will’. In addition, sites are provided where you can practice what you know…
Nouns Continued…
Countable and uncountable nouns What are countable and uncountable nouns? Countable nouns are people, places, or things that we can count, like 1,2,3,4, etc For example: 5 apples, 2 cities,…
The Passive Voice
Passives What is the passive and when do we use it? To understand what the passive is and when we you have to use it, means we have to start…
The Future: ‘will’ vs ‘be going to’
What is the difference between will and ‘be going to? There are various ways to talk about the future. The most commons grammatical structures used to refer to the future…
Further Explanations and Practice of ‘This/That/These/Those’
Further Explanations + Practice The following links will take you to sites where there are more explanations and examples on ‘this, that, these and those’ as well as sites…
Determiners: This/That/These/Those
Meaning of ‘This/That/These/Those’ This, that, these and those are what we call demonstrative pronouns. They can also be called determiners. This, that, these and those indicate or point to people…