Friday, March 9, 2018

State Verbs ! We don't use Present Continuous with these verbs.


  1. Agree
  2. Disagree
  3. Understand
  4. Hate
  5. Sound
  6. Like
  7. Dislike
  8. Believe
  9. Consist
  10. Belong
  11. Hear
  12. Need
  13. Contain
  14. Depend
  15. Wish
  16. Suppose
  17. Mean
  18. Own
  19. Prefer
  20. Cost
  21. Know
  22. Seem
  23. Realize
  24. Want
  25. Lack

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.)

Thursday, January 17, 2013

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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.



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.

  1. Honest,respected,all
  2. Student life,stage,preparation,future
  3. Human,collection,moments,life
  4. Impossible,accomplish,task,strong,sincere,determination
  5. Player,disciplined,mind
  6. Art,message,carry,artist
  7. Drug addiction,problem,society,major
  8. Illiteracy,ignorance,superstition,root,backwardness
  9. Student,test,rigorous
  10. 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.