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How to Place Clauses and Phrases Properly

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Sometimes, we do not place clauses and phrases properly. So, in this post, I will explain you all about How-to Place Clauses and Phrases correctly. We can place Phrases and clauses in such a way that they relate to the words they modify.
I will give you some a task. Please move a phrase or clause in each of these sentences so that they will make sense.
1. They saw many kinds of birds flying in the blue sky.
2. They gave all the left-over food to a cat that was ready to throw away.
3. Diana took the meatball back to the seller that was too small to cook.
4. I bought a watch from a dealer with crooked hands.
5. We shall meet again God willing.
6. I read that the terrorist had been killed in the paper.
7. I could see the mountain clearly flying at a thousand feet.

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Possessive Determiners

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Possessive determiners are a part of speech that used in front of a noun to express possession or belonging (as in "my phone").


The possessive determiners in English are my, your, his, her, its, our, and their.


Possessive adjectives/determiners can eliminate repetition in a sentence by replacing a determiner phrase. They allow us, for example, to say the girl took off her glasses instead of the girl took off the girl's glasses.
Possessive determiners are sometimes called possessive adjectives, weak possessive pronouns, or simply possessives.

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Conjunctions and Their Usage

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Some Conjunctions and Their Usage
 There are many conjunctions in English. Now I will explain it one by one.

Than
The function of THAN is to follow an adjective or adverb in the comparative degree.
Example:
  • Wisdom is better than riches.
  • He is wiser than I am.
  • I am smarter than you are.
Lest
Although it is rarely used, it can be categorized to conjunction. Lest can be used as a subordinating conjunction expressing a negative purpose. Lest has a similar meaning to ‘for fear that’. As I mentioned previously, lest is rarely used in English, even in modern English. It is important to know that the only auxiliary that can follow lest is should.
EXAMPLE
  • He fled lest he should be killed.
While
While is also one of conjunction. While has some meaning. While used to mean:
a) During the time that; as long as; as
  • While the sun is still rise, there is a hope.
  • While I was sleeping, my mother came in.

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Attributive Adjectives After Nouns

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Attributive adjectives after nouns

Hola! Today, Mr. Enjoy wants to talk about Attributive adjectives afternouns. In English, many adjectives can go in two main places in a sentence. They are in attributive position and predicative position. I will explain both of them.
1.     
In attributive position

An adjective comes before the noun it modifies. Look at examples below:
  • Nolan is a nice girl.
  • Jean married a rich businessman.
2.      In predicative position

An adjective goes after the verb. Look at examples below:
  • Nolan is nice.
  • He looked upset.
While attributive adjectives usually go before the nouns, a few can be used after nouns. This happens in some fixed phrases. Look at examples below:
  • Secretary General
  • Poet Laureate
  • Attorney General
  • Court martial
Some adjectives ending in -able/-ible can also be used after nouns.
  • It is the only solution possible.
  • Book all the tickets available.
After something, everything etc.
Adjectives come after words like something, everything, anything, nothing, somebody, anywhere etc.
  • I would like to go somewhere quiet. (NOT I would like to go quiet somewhere.)
  • I heard something interesting today. (NOT I heard interesting something today.)
In most expressions of measurement adjectives come after the measurement noun.
  • ten years older (NOT Older ten years) (NOT ten older years)
  • six feet deep
  • two miles long

Here is the formula:

VERB + OBJECT + ADJECTIVE

Adjectives can be placed after the object.
  • You make me happy.
  • Can you get the children ready for school?

Adjective Phrase

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Hola! Mr. Enjoy feels so sorry because in few days ago, Mr. Enjoy did not post any article. It was because Mr. Enjoy have to do the mid term examination. But don’t worry. Today Mr. Enjoy back to you again and we will discuss about Adjective Phrases.

In an adjective phrases sentence, sometimes a group of words does the work of an adjective.
Study two examples below:
  • The minister was a wealthy man.
  • The minister was a man of great wealth.
In the first example, the adjective wealthy says what sort of man the mayor was. In the second example, the group of words ‘of great wealth’ also says the same thing. It qualifies the noun man as an adjective does. Therefore, it does the work of an adjective. It is called an adjective phrase.

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USING PASSIVE VOICE CORRECTLY

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USING THE CORRECT FORM OF THE PASSIVE VOICE CORRECTLY

As I mentioned in the previous post, passive voice can be tested in the English Language Testing. Te passive voice can be tested in some ways. One of them is the passive can be tested on the TOEFL test with an incorrect form of the passive. I will give you example. The following sentences are examples of passive errors that sometimes tested in English Language Testing, especially TEFL test:

  • ·         The portrait was painting* by Jonathan.
  • ·         The project will finished* by John.
Look at the first example. We can found that there is the passive formed incorrectly because the past participle painted should be used rather than the present participle painting.
Now look at the second example. We can found that there is the verb be that has not been included, and some form of be is necessary for a passive verb. The verb in the second sentence should be will be finished. The following chart outlines the way to form the passive correctly:



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Converting Active Voice into Passive Voice

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(Changing active sentence into passive sentence)

PROBLEMS WITH PASSIVE VERBS

In the English language testing, in this case TOEFL test, there are sometimes sentences which have the error in an incorrect passive. So, you should be able to recognize the correct form of the passive. You should also be able to determine when a passive verb rather than an active verb is needed in a sentence.

There is a significance difference between passive and active sentence. The difference between an active and a passive verb is in its subject. The subject in an active sentence does the action of the verb. In contrast, the subject in a passive sentence receives the action of the verb. Active sentence can be converted into passive sentence, but you should make two changes. They are:
1.      The subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive sentence. In contrast, the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence.

2.      The verb in the passive sentence is formed by putting the helping verb be in the same form as the verb in the active sentence and then adding the past participle of this verb.

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USING THE IRREGULAR -ER, -ER STRUCTURE CORRECTLY

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USING THE IRREGULAR -ER, -ER STRUCTURE CORRECTLY

This post is the next part of the previous post. We will continue to study Superlative and Comparative.

An irregular comparative structure consists of two parallel comparatives that introduced by the.

  • ·         The harder he tried, the further he fell behind.
  • ·         The older the children are, the more their parents expect from them.


In the first example, it contains the two parallel comparatives the harder and the further.
In the second example, it contains the two parallel comparatives the older and the more.
In this type of sentence, the and its comparison can be followed by a number of different structures. Take a look at these examples:
  • ·         The more children you have, the bigger the house you need.
  • ·         The harder you work, the more you accomplish.
  • ·         The greater the experience, the higher the salary will produced.

In the first example, the more is followed by the noun children and the subject and verb you have, while the bigger is followed by the noun the house and the subject and verb you need.
In the second example, the harder is followed by the subject and verb you work. Then, the more is followed by the subject and verb you accomplish.
In the third example, the greater is followed only by the noun the experience. Then, the higher is followed only by the noun the salary. You should consider that this last example does not even contain a verb, yet it is a correct structure in English.

The following chart outlines this irregular -er, -er structure:


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The Parts of Speech

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Parts of Speech : Mastering in Few Minutes

Hola! How’s there? Hope you all are fine. With me again, Mr. Enjoy, and now we will discuss about Parts of Speech. In English, sentences may ca be divided in some kinds according to the function of each word has in the subject-predicate relationship. Each of these functions is classified as a different part of speech.

The words that form the central core of the sentence are the parts of speech that known as nouns (or pronouns) and verbs. There also words that classified into adjectives and adverbs. Adjectives and adverbs are the words that modify the central core words. Beside that, there are also words that show a particular kind of connecting relationship between these four parts of speech. These words are called prepositions and conjunctions.

Traditional grammar classifies words based on eight parts of speech. There are:

·         Verb
·         Noun
·         Pronoun
·         Adjective
·         Adverb
·         Preposition
·         Conjunction
·         Interjection.

Every part of speech above explains not what the word is, but how the word is used. The same word can be a noun in one sentence and a verb or adjective in the next. Now, look at the examples below. The examples below show how a part of the word of speech can change from one sentence to the next. Each of them is a series of sections on the individual parts of speech.

1. Tables are made of wood, nails, and paint.
In this sentence, "tables" is a noun, the subject of the sentence.

2. Ashley walks slowly while Fiona needs her help.
Here "needs" is a verb, and its subject is "Fiona."

3. They walk down the street.
In this sentence, "walk" is a verb, and its subject is the pronoun "they."

4. The mail carrier stood on the walk.
In this example, "walk" is a noun, which is part of a prepositional phrase describing where the mail carrier stood.

5. Mr. Enjoy wants to build a new home.
Here "home" is a noun, which is the object of the infinitive phrase "to build."

6. The police told the stranger that if they did not leave the city immediately he would jail us.
Here "jail" is part of the compound verb "would jail."

7. They heard high pitched cries in the middle of the night.
In this sentence, "cries" is a noun acting as the direct object of the verb "heard."

8. Diana cries all night long and all day long.
But here "cries" is a verb that describes the actions of the subject of the sentence, the baby.

Hmm… I think it is enough to describe the meaning of the Parts of Speech. Now, Mr. Enjoy wants to look for some coffee first. There is so much unresolved problem in my head. :D
So, I need to refresh my mind first. But don’t worry. We will meet again in the next post!

 In the next post, Mr. Enjoy will explain you further about each of the parts of speech, except pronoun and interjection. So, KEEP STAY TUNE on www.enjoy2learn-english.blogspot.com

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