They, them, their, theirs exercise

January 8, 2012

Fill in the blanks with appropriate forms of the personal pronoun they. 1. It took …………………….. an hour to finish the work. a) they b) them c) their 2. You solve our problems and I will solve ……………………… a) their b) theirs c) them 3. I was upset with both of ………………………… a) they b) [...]

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Gerunds after prepositions

January 7, 2012

Do not use the infinitive with certain words which require a preposition followed by a gerund or an –ing form. Examples of such words and the preposition that usually go with them are given below: Bent on He is bent on attending the meeting. (NOT He is bent on to attend the meeting.) (NOT He [...]

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Sentence connectors showing cause and effect

January 6, 2012

Sentence connectors improve your writing. They add variety and sophistication to your style of writing. In this lesson we will learn about words and expressions used to show cause and effect. In English, we use several different words to show cause and effect. Examples are: for, because, as, since, therefore, hence, as a result, consequently, [...]

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Sentence connectors showing contrast

January 5, 2012

As their name itself suggests sentence connectors are used to combine sentences. They also express the relationship between ideas. We can add variety and sophistication to our writing by using appropriate sentence connectors. In this lesson we will learn about sentence connectors that join two contrasting ideas. To show the contrast between two ideas we [...]

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