Emre Kuru: January 2016

Affirmative, Negative and Questions!

Pronouns!

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of one or more nouns.

Types of pronouns: personal, relative, demonstrative, indefinite, reflexive, intensive, interrogative, possessive, subject and object.

Linking words!

Linking words are very important for written and spoken English. Linking words or phrases help you to build a logical argument in your assignment by linking one statement to another.

The weather!

Questions about the weather:

What's it like out (side)?
How's the weather?
What's the weather like?
What's the temperature?
What's the weather forecast? (What is the weather expected to be like?)
Is it hot or cold?
Is it sunny?
Is it raining?
Beautiful day, isn’t it?

Some answers to describe weather:

Today it is warm and sunny out.
It’s so cold out there!
The sun is very bright today, you might want to take sunglasses.
It’s not raining, but it is cloudy.
It is! I’m so happy the sun is shining.
They’re saying blue skies and hot!
It's freezing outside!
It's a bit chilly. Wrap up warm.
It's Arctic out there.
It's quite fresh - take a jumper.
You can see your breath in the air.
It's below zero.
It must be minus five or more.
It's pretty frosty today.

In English, we usually use it is when we talk about the weather.

Difference between Do and Make!

MAKE is associated with creation (producing, constructing, creating or building something new, plans and decisions). We use Make with food, drink, meals.

Examples:

I've just made a cake.
Can you tell me how much ten and ten make?
The dress you are wearing seems to be made for you.

DO is associated with completion (about work, jobs, tasks, activities in general without being specific). They do not produce any physical object. We sometimes use DO to replace a verb when the meaning is clear or obvious. This is more common in informal spoken English.

Examples:

I must do the shopping.
You must do your exercise again.
My boss is fond of doing business.

List of standard expressions that take the verb 'do' and 'make'

Present	Past	Past Participle
be	was/were	been
beat	beat	beaten
become	became	become
begin	began	begun
bend	bent	bent
bet	bet	bet
bite	bit	bitten
blow	blew	blown
break	broke	broken
bring	brought	brought
build	built	built
burst	burst	burst
buy	bought	bought
catch	caught	caught
choose	chose	chosen
come	came	come
cost	cost	cost
cut	cut	cut
deal	dealt	dealt
dig	dug	dug
do	did	done
draw	drew	drawn
drink	drank	drunk
drive	drove	driven
eat	ate	eaten
fall	fell	fallen
feed	fed	fed
feel	felt	felt
fight	fought	fought
find	found	found
fly	flew	flown
forbid	forbade	forbidden
forget	forgot	forgotten
freeze	froze	frozen
get	got	got
give	gave	given
go	went	gone
grow	grew	grown
hang	hung	hung
have	had	had
hear	heard	heard
hide	hid	hidden
hit	hit	hit
hold	held	held
hurt	hurt	hurt
keep	kept	kept
know	knew	known
lay	laid	laid
lead	led	led
leave	left	left
lend	lent	lent
let	let	let
lie	lay	lain
light	lit	lit
lose	lost	lost
make	made	made
mean	meant	meant
meet	met	met
pay	paid	paid
put	put	put
read	read	read
ride	rode	ridden
ring	rang	rung
rise	rose	risen
run	ran	run
say	said	said
see	saw	seen
seek	sought	sought
sell	sold	sold
send	sent	sent
set	set	set
sew	sewed	sewn/sewed
shake	shook	shaken
shine	shone	shone
shoot	shot	shot
show	showed	shown
shrink	shrank	shrunk
shut	shut	shut
sing	sang	sung
sink	sank	sunk
sit	sat	sat
sleep	slept	slept
speak	spoke	spoken
spend	spent	spent
split	split	split
spread	spread	spread
spring	sprang	sprung
stand	stood	stood
steal	stole	stolen
stick	stuck	stuck
sting	stung	stung
stink	stank	stunk
strike	struck	struck
swear	swore	sworn
sweep	swept	swept
swim	swam	swum
swing	swung	swung
take	took	taken
teach	taught	taught
tear	tore	torn
tell	told	told
think	thought	thought
throw	threw	thrown
understand	understood	understood
wake	woke	woken
wear	wore	worn
win	won	won
write	wrote	written

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