GRAMMAR SMART (4)

Making Comparisons Female: Now we know that the English language is 1) set up for maximum 2) clarity. We also know that it’s important to make sure that all the units you’re talking about agree. M

Grammar Smart 1

Parts of Speech Female: Parts of speech are what we call the basic building blocks of language. They are all words or at least made up of words, but they all play different roles in the sentence. The

高中英语牛津版高一下学期BCHAPTER ONE

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英语语法：226 Capitalizing Proper Nouns

Today's topic is capitalizing tricky nouns like Ground Zero, Internet, and Earth. The podcast edition of this article is sponsored by SleepPhones--pajamas for your ears. Get $5 off your order with the code grammar at http://www.sleepphones.com/gg . P

初中英语山东版六年级下--Unit 10-A

Unit 10 I'd like some noodles. [00:08.79]Section A [00:11.21]1a Match the words with the foods. [00:16.89]Language Goal:Order food [00:20.59]Hello,I'd like some noodles. [00:24.17]What kind of noodles would you like? [00:26.94]Beef and tomato noodles

北师大版高中英语模块7--Unit 25(3)-4

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英语入门对话：44 Count and Non-count Nouns

Non-count Nouns I'd like to buy some ____________. How much do you need? Let's see. Five ____s* should be enough. All right. Five____s of ________. Anything else? No, that will be all for today. *Use measure words with non-count nouns. For example: T

美式英语正音训练第29期:Exercise 1-35 Contrast of Compound Nouns

Intonation can indicate completely different meanings for otherwise similar words or phrases. For example, an English teacher teaches English, but an English teacher is from England; French class is where you study French, but French class is Gallic

英语语法：78 Pronouns and Antecedents

Pronouns and Their Antecedents Today were going to talk about pronouns that don't clearly match up with the nouns they are supposed to replace. Readers become unhappy when they have to guess what noun a writer is talking about, or readers may even ch

英语语法：217 When to Use Female Nouns

Todays topic is the use of feminine nouns such as actress and comedienne. These days, people often see such terms as sexist, but it's also common to hear at least some of them. So what exactly are the modern rules for using such terms? Actually, this

英语语法：108 When to Use Articles Before Nouns

Several listeners have written with questions on when to use the definite article the, the indefinite article a, or neither. For example, Tracy W. wrote, Which is correct: Thank you for taking time to review my application, or Thank you for taking th

英语语法：38 Collective Nouns

Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is collective nouns, nouns that describe a group, such as family, orchestra, and board. Guest-writer Bonnie Trenga writes, There are around 200 collective nouns in the English language (1). Sometimes they take a singul

英文笑话：Nouns 名词

Teacher: A noun is the name of a person or thing. Now, who can give me a noun? First boy: A cow. Teacher: Very good. Another noun? Second boy: Another cow. 教师：名词就是一个人或一种物的名称。现在谁能给我举出一个名词？ 第一个男孩：一头奶牛。 教师：

UNIT 2 On the Train Lesson 16

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英语语法：37 Capitalizing Proper Nouns

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is capitalizing tricky nouns like Ground Zero, Internet, and Earth. Quite a few people have asked me whether they should capitalize the words Internet, Web, and website, including Chris from Olney, Maryland; Matt from

Using the Right Article

Using the Right Article What word appears most often in English? It's the, also known as the definite article. Its partner, the indefinite article a, is also among the top 10 most frequent words in English. According to Professor Elka Todeva of the S

标准美语发音的13个秘诀 CD 4 Track 45

Exercise 11-8: Your Own Compound Nouns CD 4 Track 45 Pause the CD and build up your own compound nouns, both subject and object. 图片1

Compound Nouns: Putting Words Together

What do these five words have in common: hotdog, fireworks, well-being, waistline, sunset and ice cream? They could all describe a fun holiday celebration. For example: My holiday was wonderful! I went to a friends party and we laughed, ate and had a

【英语趣味课堂】反义词-Opposites

Todd: OK. Ramon, we're going to talk about opposites. Jamon: OK. Todd: What is big? Jamon: The earth is big. Todd: Yeah, I agree. What is small? Jamon: I'm small on the earth. Todd: That's true. How much do you weigh? Jamon: I weigh 65. Todd: Wow! 65

French Class

A French class was struggling with the problem that nouns in that languagehave gender. Was it 'le' computer or 'la' computer? The teacher dividedthe class by gender and told them to come up with suggestions. The women believed computers should be mas