Kinds of Sentences

When we speak or write, we generally use words in groups. Such a group of words which makes complete sense is called a sentence. Little Jack Horner sat in a corner. Jack and Jill went up the hill. Two and two make four. It is getting dark. Kinds of sentences There are four kinds of...

Tenses different forms

Now read the following sentences: * I write. * I am writing. * I have written. * I have been writing. The verbs in all of these sentences refer to the present time, and are, therefore, said to be in the present tense. In sentence 1, however, the verb simply talks about the action.

Academic Studies English - Writing Paragraphs & the Writing Process

This book deals with an even larger unit of communication called the paragraph. Single words and single sentences are acceptable in conversations, but if you want to write your ideas, you need to know how to put groups of sentences together into these larger units, called paragraphs. Readers expect written messages to follow certain rules of structure, and, as a result, the success of your communication depends on following these conventions.

The Ice Cream - Oxford Reading Tree

The Stage 1+ Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories, written by Roderick Hunt and illustrated by Alex Brychta, provide a rich story context to help develop language comprehension and decoding skills. First Sentences and More First Sentences A, B and C introduce children to stories told through complete sentences to provide practice of high frequency vocabulary to build confidence and fluency. Patterned Stories and More Patterned Stories A practise vocabulary in the context of a repeated sentence structure to help develop confidence and fluency.

Learning the simple present tense -2013-

This way is perhaps the first form tense ESL students learn. While learning this tense form, it is always a good idea to start with sentences using a form of the verb to be.