“Advice” or “Advise”? Advice is a noun and means a suggestion about what someone should do. It is uncountable: Correct: She gave good advice. Incorrect: Let me give you an advice If we want to use advice in a countable way, then we use the phrase a piece of advice: Example: I have two pieces…
Verbs Followed by Gerunds admit discuss keep anticipate dislike keep on avoid don’t mind mention can’t help enjoy mind complete finish miss consider get through pospone delay give up practice deny imagine quit recall resent stop recollect resist suggest recommend risk tolerate understand
Gerunds and Infinitives Gerunds and Infinitives can be either the subject or object of the sentence. In this case they act as nouns in the sentence. GERUND INFINITIVE VERB + ING Example: Read = Reading TO + VERB Example: Read = To Read Subjects Gerund Running is fun. Infinitive To run is fun.…
“Ought to” or “Should”? Ought to and should are similar in meaning. Should is more common than ought to. Ought to is more formal than should: Example: There ought to be more street lights here. (means the same as There should be more street lights here.) Example: I really ought to walk my dog more.…
Ought to: Uses Ought to is a semi-modal verb because it is in some ways like a modal verb and in some ways like a main verb. For example, unlike modal verbs, it is followed by to, but like modal verbs, it does not change form for person:Example: I ought to phone my parents.Use 1:…
Words For Uncountable Nouns There isExample: There is salt on my pasta.Example: There is water on the table. MuchExample: There is much sugar in this coffee.Example: There is not much pollution in Toronto.
How Much and How Many Use how much and how many to ask questions about countable and uncountable nouns. Example: How many books are on the table? Example: How much sugar would you like? As you can see, how much is for uncountable nouns and how many is for countable nouns. So remember: “There are”…
Open and Closed Questions In English you will find two main types of questions: open and closed. Closed questions have simple answers with few options. Open questions have many options. WH Questions are similar to YES/NO questions, but they have WH words at the start. Let’s look at an example of a yes/no question: Example:…
WH Questions Structure WH questions in the simple present use “do” or “be”. Take a look at the structure for each of these verbs. Do WH + DO/DOES + SUBJECT + VERB Take a look at some examples: Example: Where do you work? Example: When does she wake up? Be WH +…
WH Questions WH questions ask for information. Here are the six questions and their answers: Question Answer Example What Thing What is your name? When Time When is the party? Who Person Who is your brother? Where Place Where is the bank? Why Reason Why do you like pizza? How Directions How do you spell…