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Tuesday: Articles and Determines

Articles
A     - not specific
AN  - not specific
THE - specific/references to something

examples: A
used before singular countable nouns in consonant

• university,union,uniform,unimart,car,chair,shirt

examples: An

used before singular countable nouns in vowel

• apple,owl(hour,honest,heir)produce vowel sound     

examples: The

definite,used before singular countable nouns, and before both (countable and uncountable nouns)

"THE" is used..........

1. before a 'superlative'

• the easiest, the most, the least

2. before a little/a position

• the king, the Prime Minister

3. before a noun

• the sun, the sky, the moon

4. before an ordinal number

• the first, the second

5. certain expression of time

• in the morning, in the afternoon

6. to refer the particular noun

7. to refer to nouns mentioned earlier in sentences

• I used a pencil. The pencil was provided by the hotel.

note:
this is link that can you refer to
 http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar_list/artikel.htm




Determines.

1.Somebody and someone mean the same to anybody and anyone 

example: Has anybody seen my keys?

2.Much and many

• we use much with singular(uncountable)nouns and many with plural

• much and many are used with plural(countable)nouns 

3.A lot of and alots of

• a lot of and a lots of are common in informal style. They mean the same thing. 

4.A little and a few 

•  we used a little with singular(uncountable)nouns. And a few plural.

• in conversation, we used only a little/ a few 

 5.Every child, all children

•  we can use all and every with similar meanings, but the grammar is different.

6.Both, either and neither

• we use both, either and neither to talk about two people or things

• both    = (one or the other) has a plural noun

• either   = (one or the other) has a singular noun 

• neither = (not one, not either) 

note:

this is link that can you refer to:
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/adjectives-determiners.htm

Verbs:

• verbs are involved some action
• The verbs is  the heart of sentence
• one is the most important about verbs in their relationship to time(present tense,past tense and past participle)

note:

this is link that can you refer to:

http://www.esldesk.com/vocabulary/irregular-verbs

Wednesday

In the paragraph must have the main idea;

     - implied main idea

the activity for today is determine the main idea in each of the videos.

here is one of the videos: