Saturday, October 23, 2010

Superlative Form

And catching up with students' asks, here you have a little bit more about Superlative form.
It is used when you are saying that something is the top, there's no other. It is formed by the + adjective + er as in the examples bellow:
- Singapore is one of the hottest places in the world!
- This is the dirtiest city I've ever seen!
- The cheetah is the fastest animal in the world, it speed up to 120 km per hour!
- That was the easiest text that teacher gave me, a piece of cake really.

And for the longer adjectives, we must add the most + adjective. Examples:
- This is the most interesting book I've ever read.
- That was the most boring party I've ever been.
- She is one of the most beautiful women in the world.
- This hotel is the most expensive in this city.

This review will you help you a lot, for sure. Here, more links: ESL, Easy English, Englisch-Hilfen  and Ego4U. Any doubts or suggestions, leave your comments, ok?

Comparative Form

I've already posted about Comparative forms before, but due to students asking for more, here you are:
When you want to compare one thing (or person, place, whatever) to another, you must use this form, but for short adjectives you just add -er + than. Examples:
 - Sheila is taller than Samantha.
- Bill Gates is older than Mark Zuckemberg.
- Usually, a dog is bigger than a cat.
- This room is cleaner than that one.

When you have longer adjectives, you add more + adjective + than. Examples:
- A smartphone is more modern than the majority of the cell phones.
- Buying brand name clothes is more expensive than buying popular ones.
- Travelling by plane is more comfortable than traveling by bus.
- That test was more difficult than the first one that I did last semester.

So, if you click on Ego4U , Better English Lessons and Englisch-Hilfen, there are more activities. Hope to have helped you! Remember that, before everything, English is self-study, so work on it!

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Future Perfect Tense

After having explained about the Future Continuous tense, it's about time to explain the Future Perfect tense, which is used when we want to talk about an event that will be fullfilled in a certain time in the future. It is formed by:
will (auxiliary in the future) + have + verb in the past particle




Examples:
- By 2011, he will have finished his studies.
- She will have bought her car when she finishes the college. 
- On next Christmas, I will have paid all my bills.


Again, some links to practice, such as Englisch-Hilfen, Verb Tense act. 25 / 26 / 27 and 28 (mixed with Future Continuous tense). There are also the links to Future Perfect Multiple choice 1 and 2. So, work on them!

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Future Continuous Tense

The Future Continuous tense is used when we will be doing something in a near future. It's a future action in progress. The structure of the future continuous tense is:

subject+auxiliary verb WILL+auxiliary verb BE+main verb

invariable
invariable
present participle
willbebase + ing

 Examples:
 - Along the next days, she will be studying for the test. 
- I will be correcting some pieces of homework by the end of the year.
- He will not (won't) be waiting for his girlfriend if she arrives late again for their next appointment.
- We will be working in the project next month. 

There is also the future continuous tense with "be going to". This form is far less used than the first form. The Future Continuous tense "Be Going to" is formed by:
am/is/are + going to be + present continuous.

Examples:
- You are going to be playing guitar in that band, aren't you?
- She is going to be working tomorrow night. 

Click on English Page for more explanations and exercises 1 e exercises 2 (English tenses).