English language Article 1a Exercises

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There are only three articles used in the English language: "a, an & the".

There are two types of articles: indefinite 'a' & 'an' and definite 'the'.

For these exercises we are not including: Partitive, Negative or Zero articles.

Example:

The fill-in-the-blanks grammar exercises also improve vocabulary comprehension.

Select the correct article from the Articles card to complete the sentence.

1. ___ Articles Card 1 contains three English articles.

2. ___ children knew ___ fastest way home.

3. English grammar has rules and ___ set of exemptions.

4. __ English sentence contains ___ idea or ___ complete thought.

5. ___ indefinite article indicates that its noun is not yet __ particular one. 

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English language Verb 2 Exercises

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Example:

We make  a diary entry every evening.

Select a verb from Verb card 2 to complete the sentence.

!. I watched the cooking show to ____ the procedures.

2. After watching the show I _____ how to prepare the dish.

3. later today I will ____ the ingredients for the dish.

4. I hope to _____ the dish this afternoon.

5. I want to ____ the dish to show my mother.

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English language Verb 1 Exercises

English language Verb 1 Exercises

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Example:

We do our English diary summary every evening.

Select a verb from Verb card 1 to complete the sentence.

I ____ the game codes that you are looking for.

I will __ fine after a short rest.

We will ___ the video edits tomorrow.

We ___ to the gym every day for cardio.

Experts ___ Tik Tok will continue to grow.

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Present English Tenses

PRESENT TENSE

The simple present is used:

1. to express habits, general truths, repeated actions or unchanging situations, emotions and wishes:

I smoke (habit); I work in London (unchanging situation); London is a large city (general truth)

2. to give instructions or directions:

You walk for two hundred meters, then you turn left.

3. to express fixed arrangements, present or future:

Your exam starts at 09.00

4. to express future time, after some conjunctions: after, when, before, as soon as, until:

He'll give it to you when you come next Saturday. 

Writing Resources

There are many resources online to help you with your writing. The following list is only a sampling, but we will keep adding to it.

Reference Works

• Oxford English Dictionary OED Online at the University of Ottawa
• Merriam-Webster's Dictionary Online language center 
• Roget's Thesaurus at the University of Chicago.
• Strunk's Elements of Style at Columbia University.
• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations at Columbia University.
• List your electronic sources in MLA style
• MLA Citation Style 7th Edition , RDC library
• APA Citation Style 6th Edition, RDC library 

Textbooks and Workbooks

• The HyperGrammar at the University of Ottawa.
• The Hypertext Writer's Guide at the University of Victoria.
• An Online English Grammar Reference from EduFind.
• The Writers' Workshop On-Line Handbook at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (gopher interface).
• Handouts on writing from the the Online Writing Lab at Purdue University .
• Grammar and Style Notes from Jack Lynch at the University of Pennsylvania.

Writing Centres

• The Writing Centre at the University of Ottawa.
• The Writing Centre at Wilfred Laurier University (text file).
• The Online Writing Lab at Purdue University.
• The Trinity College Writing Center Online at Trinity College (Connecticut).
• The Online Writing Lab at Dakota State University.
• The Center for Talented Youth at The John Hopkins University.
• The Writing Center at the University of Delaware (gopher display).
• The Writing Labs at Iowa State University.
• The OnLine Writery at the University of Missouri.
• The RPI Writing Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
• The Sweetland Writing Center University of Michigan.

Scholarly Resources

• University of Ottawa Databases (A-Z)

Literary Resources

• Arts:Humanities:Literature at Yahoo!
• The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

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How to Write English Sentences - Introduction

Before you write an English sentence you have to get organized.

The first stage of organization is choosing the single or complete thought that you are stating, describing, explaining or asking. The thought should include 1. a subject, and 2. an action or state of being.

The second stage of organization is choosing 2. an action or state of being.

Let's describe the different available actions or states of being that can be used in our sentences.

We can use visible, invisible or intangible actions in our sentence. We can use real or unreal actions in our sentence.

We can use visible, invisible or intangible states of being in our sentence. We can use real or unreal states of being in our sentence.

The very simple aspect about writing English sentences is that if you can think about "it" then "it" can probably be used as an action or state of being and even a subject in an English sentence.

The next "How to write Sentences" will discuss sentence types and sentence constructions.

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Canada Job lists

Canada Job lists

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the 4955 available employment opportunities in the United States, Canada and
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10 Most Important English Grammar Points

10 Most Important English Grammar Points

1. The concept of the simple sentence.

The simple sentence basics: subjects, verbs, objects,

2. The four basic English sentence types which includes the three main-verb BE patterns, basic questions, commands and negative forms.

3. Verb forms.

Verbs are the heavy lifters of English. You have to know tenses, passive verbs, gerunds, infinitives and modal auxiliaries.

4. Singular and plural

This includes subject-verb agreement, pronoun agreement, and the concepts of count and noncount nouns.

5. The concept of articles.

Students should understand the concepts underlying article use in English.

6. Pronoun reference.

Students have to be able to find the noun a pronoun was referring to.

7. Prepositions.

Relationships are properly indicated with prepositions and prepositional phrases. Again the concepts behind the proper use of prepositions are important.

8. The concept of modification as the process of slightly changeing the meaning.

How adjectives modify nouns, adverbs can modify adjectives, verbs or whole sentences, nouns can modify other nouns, one clause can modify another, phrases can modify nouns etc ...

9. The concept of subordination and it's use in clauses.

The three types of dependent clauses: adverb, adjective and noun. Adverb clauses show relationships between the idea in one part of a sentence and the idea in the other part of the sentence. Adjective clauses modify nouns. Noun clauses function as nouns.

10. The concept of coordination.

The concept of Parallel structures is a very important for brevity and conciseness in English.

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English Subjects for Sentences

Before you write an English sentence you have to get organized.

The first stage of organization is choosing the single or complete thought that you are stating, describing, explaining or asking.

The thought should include 1. a subject, and 2. an action or state of being.

Lets describe the different available English subjects to be used in our example sentence.

You can use yourself as the subject of your sentence. You can use your brothers or sisters or any or all of your family members as the subject of your sentence. You can use neighbors, friends, people you know, even people you do not know as the subject of your sentence. In fact you can use anybody (living or dead) as the subject of your sentence.

Maybe you want to use your pet dog or goldfish as the subject of your sentence. You can use any (living or dead) insect, bird, mammal, reptile, fish, bacteria or any creature as the subject of your sentence.

Maybe you want to use your new toy, Sentence Master Game, computer software, hybrid car, house, office or space pen as the subject of your sentence. You can use any naturally constructed or man made items or objects as the subject of your sentence.

Maybe you want to use another person's new car, laptop computer, motorcycle or funny tie as the subject of your sentence. You can use any other person's naturally constructed or man made items or objects as the subject of your sentence.

Maybe you want to use your pet dog's possessions as the subject of your sentence. You can use any (living or dead) insect, bird, mammal, reptile, fish, bacteria or any creature's possessions or objects as the subject of your sentence.

You may want to use your actions as your subject of your sentence. You can use swimming or running as subjects for your sentence. Almost all visible actions can be sentence subjects.

You may want to use another person's actions as the subject of your sentence. You can use their swimming or running as subjects for your sentence. Almost all visible actions performed by another can be sentence subjects.

You may want to use a natural process or an animal's or machines' actions as the subject of your sentence. Almost all visible actions performed by mother nature, all creatures and machines can be used as sentence subjects.

You may want to use invisible actions as your subject of your sentence. These invisible actions are also described as intangible actions. You can use your thinking or dreaming or wondering as intangible actions as subject of your sentence.

You may want to use another person's invisible or intangible actions as the subject of your sentence. You can use another person's daydreaming or fantasizing as intangible actions as subject of your sentence.

You may use your state of being as the subject of your sentence. The state of being is also considered an intangible item. You can use your feeling happy or sad as the intangible subject of your sentence.

You may also use another person's state of being as the subject of your sentence. You can use their feeling happy or sad as the intangible subject of your sentence.

You may want to use an un-real item or action or state of being as the subject or your sentence. You can use imaginary people, animals, objects, planets, actions, thoughts, and other intangibles as the subject of your sentence. In fact you can use imaginary characteristics of your imaginary friend's pet "axelyrty" as the subject of your sentence.

You may want to use a small amount of imagination and only use imaginary thoughts or feelings or actions to a real person, animal, object or machine.

As a writer of English sentences you have an extremely wide choice of available subjects. you can use English sentences to write about anything both real and unreal.

The second stage of organization is choosing 2. an action or state of being.

Let's describe the different available actions or states of being that can be used in our sentences.

We can use visible, invisible or intangible actions in our sentence. We can use real or unreal actions in our sentence.

We can use visible, invisible or intangible states of being in our sentence. We can use real or unreal states of being in our sentence.

The very simple aspect about writing English sentences is that if you can think about "it" then "it" can probably be used as an action or state of being and even a subject in an English sentence.

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