- Agree
- Disagree
- Understand
- Hate
- Sound
- Like
- Dislike
- Believe
- Consist
- Belong
- Hear
- Need
- Contain
- Depend
- Wish
- Suppose
- Mean
- Own
- Prefer
- Cost
- Know
- Seem
- Realize
- Want
- Lack
Learning English
Friday, March 9, 2018
State Verbs ! We don't use Present Continuous with these verbs.
Saturday, July 5, 2014
COMMONLY MISUSED WORDS !!!
The following words are generally misused by native or non-native English speakers because the spellings are almost similar that is why they are unable to distinguish between the words.For your easy understanding I have given a sentence made by those words.
ANGEL : a spiritual or heavenly being. (The girl looks like an angel.)
ANGLE : a figure formed by two lines meeting at a common point. ( The carpenter keeps the woods at right angle.)
COSTUME : clothing/style of dress. (The Bangladeshi wear traditional costume at Pohela Baishakh( first day of bengali year)).
CUSTOM : a practice that is followed traditionally. (It is a custom of Bangladesh for the people to take rice with Hilsha fish as breakfast on the first day of Bengali year.)
DECENT : respectable/suitable. (When one person appears before court, must wear decent clothing.)
DESCENT : downward motion. (The mountain climbers found their descent more hazardous.)
PRINCIPAL : head of the educational institutions. ( The principal has called a emergency meeting with faculty members.)
PRINCIPLE : fundamental rule. (Mr. Haque believes that Truthfulness is the best principle to shine in life.)
QUIET : silent. (The night was so quiet that anyone could hear the breeze blowing)
QUITE : completely, somewhat or rather. (Mr. Khan is quite capable to solve the issue.)
QUIT : stop. (Mr. James quit smoking on his doctor's advice.)
ANGEL : a spiritual or heavenly being. (The girl looks like an angel.)
ANGLE : a figure formed by two lines meeting at a common point. ( The carpenter keeps the woods at right angle.)
COSTUME : clothing/style of dress. (The Bangladeshi wear traditional costume at Pohela Baishakh( first day of bengali year)).
CUSTOM : a practice that is followed traditionally. (It is a custom of Bangladesh for the people to take rice with Hilsha fish as breakfast on the first day of Bengali year.)
DECENT : respectable/suitable. (When one person appears before court, must wear decent clothing.)
DESCENT : downward motion. (The mountain climbers found their descent more hazardous.)
PRINCIPAL : head of the educational institutions. ( The principal has called a emergency meeting with faculty members.)
PRINCIPLE : fundamental rule. (Mr. Haque believes that Truthfulness is the best principle to shine in life.)
QUIET : silent. (The night was so quiet that anyone could hear the breeze blowing)
QUITE : completely, somewhat or rather. (Mr. Khan is quite capable to solve the issue.)
QUIT : stop. (Mr. James quit smoking on his doctor's advice.)
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Confusingly Related Words !
There are words that cause problems when the speaker is not able to distinguish between them. They are similar in meaning or pronunciation but can not be used interchangeably. Learn the definition of each and its use before employing it in conversation.
ACCEPT (verb) - to take what is given
EXCEPT (prepositon) - excluding
ADVICE (noun) - opinion given to someone
ADVISE (verb) - act of giving an opinion
AFFECT (verb) - to produce a change in
EFFECT (noun) - end result or consequence
EMIGRANT (noun) - one who leaves one's own country
IMMIGRANT (noun) - one who comes to a new country
PRECEDE (verb) - to come before
PROCEED (verb) - continue an action after a rest period or interruption
PERSECUTE (verb) - torture
PROSECUTE (verb) - in legal terms
Hope that it will help you to speak or write correctly.
ACCEPT (verb) - to take what is given
EXCEPT (prepositon) - excluding
ADVICE (noun) - opinion given to someone
ADVISE (verb) - act of giving an opinion
AFFECT (verb) - to produce a change in
EFFECT (noun) - end result or consequence
EMIGRANT (noun) - one who leaves one's own country
IMMIGRANT (noun) - one who comes to a new country
PRECEDE (verb) - to come before
PROCEED (verb) - continue an action after a rest period or interruption
PERSECUTE (verb) - torture
PROSECUTE (verb) - in legal terms
Hope that it will help you to speak or write correctly.
Making sentence with the group of words or phrases
Patriot,sacrifice,life,good,country
Formed Sentence: A patriot sacrifices his life for the good of a country.
- Honest,respected,all
- Student life,stage,preparation,future
- Human,collection,moments,life
- Impossible,accomplish,task,strong,sincere,determination
- Player,disciplined,mind
- Art,message,carry,artist
- Drug addiction,problem,society,major
- Illiteracy,ignorance,superstition,root,backwardness
- Student,test,rigorous
- Grades,students,confidence,failure
Hopefully this will help you to write English sentences fluently.
Special 3 prepositions !
Learning Special 3 Prepositions for the communication which are as follow:
Parts of the day in the morning
Month in September
In
Seasons in Winter
Years in 2012
Days of the weak on Sunday
On Dates on 16th September
Specific days on my birth day and etc.
clock time at 2pm
at 4 o'clock
At
night at night
holidays at Christmas
Hope that this post will enable you to communicate with appropriate prepositions in the different situations.
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