Common Mistakes with English Comparatives and Superlatives

Common Mistakes with English Comparatives and Superlatives

Prepositions in Place Expressions

Prepositions in Place Expressions

Common mistakes in the use of nouns

In this lesson, we will take a look at some common mistakes in the use of nouns.

Incorrect: There is no place on this bus.

Correct: There is no room on this bus.

Incorrect: I am learning a new poetry.

Correct: I am learning a new poem.

Poetry means poems collectively.

Incorrect: He is leaving his service.

Correct: He is leaving his job.

Incorrect: All of my relations are poor.

Correct: All of my relatives are poor.

Incorrect: The clock has struck five hours.

Correct: The clock has struck five.

Incorrect: The boarding is full.

Correct: The boarding house is full.

Incorrect: I saw two females in the store.

Correct: I saw two women in the store.

Incorrect: He enquired about your state of health.

Correct: He enquired about the state of your health.

Incorrect: My English is very weak.

Correct: I am very weak in English.

Incorrect: The weather of Chennai does not suit me.

Correct: The climate of Chennai does not suit me.

Incorrect: Why are you standing in the center of the street?

Correct: Why are you standing in the middle of the street?

Incorrect: I visit them once in a week.

Correct: I visit them once a week.

Incorrect: Her hairs are grey.

Correct: Her hair is grey.

Incorrect: I bought two dozens pencils.

Correct: I bought two dozen pencils.

Incorrect: He took insult at this.

Correct: He took offence at this.

Incorrect: He put your sign here.

Correct: He put your signature here.

Expressing Time in English

Expressing Time in English

Adjectives - Synonyms

What is a synonym?

Synonyms are words or phrases which have the same or nearly the same meaning as other words or phrases in the same language:
The words 'small' and 'little' are synonyms.
Here is a list of synonyms you can use to describe things, feelings or people:

Adjectives	Synonyms
big	large
blank	empty
broad	wide
center	middle
cunning	clever
dangerous	risky
eatable	edible
false	untrue
fertile	fruitful
gay	cheerful
glad	happy
hard	difficult
high	tall
huge	enormous
intelligent	clever
lazy	indolent
little	small
loving	fond
loyal	faithful
mad	crazy
new	modern
nice	kind
noisy	rowdy
old	ancient
oral	verbal
polite	courteous
poor	destitute
quick	rapid/fast
rare	scarce
ready	alert
real	genuine
rich	wealthy
rude	impolite
sad	unhappy
safe	secure
sleepy	drowsy
slim	slender
thin	lean
usual	normal
vacant	empty
weak	feeble
well-known	famous

Count Nouns vs. Non-Count Nouns

Count nouns Can be counted as one or more. pen, computer, bottle, spoon, desk, cup, television, chair, shoe, finger, flower, camera, stick, balloon, book, table, comb, etc. Take an s to form the plural. pens, computers, bottles, spoons, desks, cups, televisions, chairs, shoes, fingers, flowers, cameras, sticks, balloons, books, tables, combs, etc. Work with expressions such as (a few, few, many, some, every, each, these, and the number of). a few pens, a few computers, many bottles, some spoons, every desk, each cup, these televisions, the number of chairs, a few shoes, a few fingers, many flowers, some cameras, every stick, each balloon, these books, the number of tables, many combs, etc. Work with appropriate articles (a, an, or the). a pen, the computer, a bottle, the spoon, a desk, the cup, a television, the chair, a shoe, the finger, a flower, the camera, a stick, the balloon, a book, the table, a comb, etc. Do NOT work with much (for example, you would never say much pens or much computers). Non-count nouns Cannot be counted. They usually express a group or a type. water, wood, ice, air, oxygen, English, Spanish, traffic, furniture, milk, wine, sugar, rice, meat, flour, soccer, sunshine, etc. Generally cannot be pluralized. Work both with and without an article (a, an, or the), depending on the context of the sentence. Sugar is sweet. The sunshine is beautiful. I drink milk. He eats rice. We watch soccer together. The wood is burning. Work with expressions such as (some, any, enough, this, that, and much). We ate some rice and milk. I hope to see some sunshine today. This meat is good. She does not speak much Spanish. Do you see any traffic on the road? That wine is very old. Do NOT work with expressions such as (these, those, every, each, either, or neither). [Quiz 2.1] Choose all of the non-count nouns in the following list: wine, student, pen, water, wind, milk, computer, furniture, cup, rice, box, watch, potato, wood

Improve your English Pronunciation!

Improve your English Pronunciation!