Saturday, July 15, 2017

Personal pronouns

This table outlines the use of personal pronouns in subject object and possessive cases.



Personal pronouns


Subject
Object
Possessive pronouns
First person
(person speaking)



singular
I
me
mine
plural
we
us
ours
Second person
(person being spoken to)



Singular or plural
you
you
yours
Third person
(person or thing being spoken about)



masculine (singular)
he
him
his
feminine (singular)
she
her
hers
thing
it
it
its
Masculine or feminine (plural)
they
them
their

Personal pronouns - first/second/third person - Quiz

Engvid.com is a useful site for English language learners. This lesson explains about pronoun use and the quiz checks understanding of  personal pronouns by looking at:-

  • first person - the person speaking, 
  • second person - the person or people being spoken to and 
  • third person the person male or female/singular or plural or thing, being spoken about.



Thursday, March 23, 2017

Functional English:- Accepting and refusing

This video from "ESL Goldgives polite language for accepting and refusing.

Oral presentation skills - Using signpost language

This site "English Club has some excellent language to help you guide you audience through your presentation so they can follow the thread of your talk easily.


IELTS exam preparation materials - IELTS BUDDY

This site "IELTS Buddy" is an excellent site to help you prepare for the exam and steps you through all the practice exercises you will need to succeed when sitting this exam.

Oral presentation skills - Using signposting language



This site "IELTS BUDDY"gives an audio file demonstrating the use of signposting language and gives a range of language items that can be used to enable the listener to be guided through your presentation.  Why not check it out and see what language you can use in your presentation.  Good luck.


Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Modal verbs - could have / should have / would have

This clip helps you to understand the use of modal verbs:-could have, should have, would have.

http://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/everyday-grammar-could-have-should-have-would-have/3391128.html

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Vocabulary - Memrise and The New General Service List


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This site   - Memrise .com gives exercises designed to help you learn the most frequently used words in English

To try this for yourself and earn your own points you will have to sign up to the site yourself at memrise.com
It is free so why not give it a go. It can also be used on tablet or iPad

Vocabulary development - Dictionary .com





This site-Dictionary .com is useful for learning:-


  • the pronunciation of a word
  • the words meaning
  • syllabification of the word
  • synonyms and 
  • the word used in a sentence



Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Vocabulary

Vocabulary
This site "English Vocabulary Exercises" has a variety of exercises to help you develop both academic and general vocabulary. check out the weekly challenge exercises and visit this site often to increase your skills.

http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com/index.html