Thursday, July 10, 2008

Learn English Grammar : Active Voice

Active Voice

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What is Active Voice?
The form of action/ sentence that the subject is a doer

  • I kick John
  • He loves me
Examples of active voice divided by tenses.

  • Present Simple -- I teach him.
  • Present Continuous -- I am teaching him.
  • Present Perfect -- I have taught him.
  • Past Simple -- I taught him.
  • Past Continuous -- I was teaching him.
  • Past Perfect -- I had taught him.
  • Future Simple -- I will teach him.
  • Future Continuous -- I will be teaching him.
  • Future Perfect -- I will have taught him.

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Learn English Grammar : Pronoun

Pronoun

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Pronoun has many forms when it works as subject, object or posessive. Each form of pronoun is shown in below table.



















Subject Form Object Form Posessive Form "Self Form"
Adjective Pronoun
I

we

you

he

she

it

they
me

us

you

him

her

it

them
my

our

your

his

her

its

thier
mine

ours

yours

his

hers

its

theirs
myself

ourselves

yourself

himself

herself

itself

themselves


Example of pronouns in different forms.

  • Her teacher told us not to sleep in the classroom.
  • John is much taller than me .
  • Marry is shorter than us.
  • I hit him at the back yesterday.
  • He was hit by me at the back yesterday.
  • I finished the project by myself.
  • Please don't do it all by yourself again next time.
  • This is my book. Please do not take it.
  • The book is mine. Please do not take it.
  • I really love you from the bottom of my heart. I am all yours.

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