What i've learnt for the past few weeks.
-->Cyberwellness
-->Cyber-bullying.
-->Common nou.n
-->Proper noun.
-->Compound noun.
-->Preposition and tense.
Common noun
- A common noun is a noun referring to a person, place, or thing in general sense.
Usually, you should write it within a captial letter only when it begins a sentence.
Proper Noun
- You always write a proper noun with a captial latter , since the noun represents the name of a specific person, place or a thing.
Compound noun
- A seperate section on word combinations that become compound nouns - the hyphenated form and the open form.
Preposition and tense.
- A preposition links nouns, prnouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase tht hte preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition.
- A preposition usually indicates the location, state, direction or duration of something.
E.g The book is on the table.
Preposition can also show location in time.
- at midnight, Jill craves mashed potatoes with grape jelly.
Simple present - Used to expose habitual actions or actions which takes place regulary
E.g : she often eats sushi
Simple past - Used to express past actions. a definite time such as 'yesterday', 'last week', 'ago'.
Eg : I had a toothache yesterday
Simple future - Used to express an action that will take place in future, it is formed with the helping verb 'shall', 'will', and the infinitve
Eg : We shall help Tim clean the garage.
Present continuos tense - It is used to express an action which is taking place at the time of speaking. It is formed with verbs 'is', 'am', 'are' and the present participle.
Used in conversationg/dialogues in your composition writing : Direct speech
Eg : I am going to school today.
Past continous tense - Used to express an action that is progress at a specific time or period of time in the past.
Eg : The girl was studying the whole of yesterday afternoon
Present perfect - Used to express an action that has already taken place but no definite point of time is mentioned. A verb in the point present perfect tense is formed with the helping verb 'has' or 'have' and the past participle.
Such verbs are used with infinite adverbs of time such as 'just', 'already', and 'yet'
Eg : She has already done her chores
Saturday, January 30, 2010
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