English with Insaf

09/09/2024

Grammar Tips 🧑‍🏫

Confusing "Your" and "You’re":

Mistake: “Your welcome.” (Incorrect use of "your").
Correction: “You’re welcome.” ("You’re" means "you are").

Explanation: "Your" shows possession (e.g., "Your book"). "You’re" is a contraction of "you are."

09/09/2024

Grammar Tips 🧑‍🏫

Misusing Apostrophes:

Mistake: “Its a sunny day.” (Incorrect use of "its").
Correction: “It’s a sunny day.” ("It’s" means "it is").

Explanation: Use “it’s” for "it is" and "its" to show possession (e.g., "The cat chased its tail").

04/09/2024

Future Tense 👨🏻‍🏫🌟

1. Future Simple ⏳
- Will happen.
- "I will eat breakfast tomorrow."

2. Future Continuous 📅
- Will be happening.
- "I will be eating breakfast at 8 AM."

3. Future Perfect ✅
- Will be completed before a specific time.
- "I will have eaten breakfast before work."

4. Future Perfect Continuous 🏃
- Will be ongoing before a specific time.
- "I will have been eating for 30 minutes by the time you arrive."

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03/09/2024

Past Tense 👨🏻‍🏫🌟

1. Past Simple ⏳
- Completed actions in the past.
- Example: "I ate breakfast yesterday."

2. Past Continuous 📅
- Actions happening at a specific time in the past.
- Example: "I was eating breakfast at 8 AM."

3. Past Perfect ✅
- Actions completed before another action in the past.
- Example: "I had eaten breakfast before I left for work."

4. Past Perfect Continuous 🏃
- Actions that were happening over time before another action.
- Example: "I had been eating breakfast for 30 minutes when the phone rang."

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03/09/2024

Present Tense 👨🏻‍🏫🌟

1. Present Simple 🕒
- Regular actions, facts.
- Example: "I eat breakfast every day."

2. Present Continuous 📅
- Actions happening now.
- Example: "I am eating breakfast now."

3. Present Perfect ✅
- Actions with a connection to the present.
- Example: "I have eaten breakfast."

4. Present Perfect Continuous 🏃
- Actions that started in the past and are still happening.
- Example: "I have been eating breakfast for 30 minutes."

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03/09/2024

Lesson 5: Common Prepositions

At ➡️ specific times and places:

Example: "at 5 PM 🕔," "at the park 🌳"

In ➡️ months, years, and long periods; inside places:

Example: "in July 📅," "in 2024 📅," "in the room 🛋️"

On ➡️ days and dates:

Example: "on Monday 📅," "on June 12th 📅"

08/08/2024

Lesson 4: Adjective Order

When using multiple adjectives, the order typically follows this pattern:

1. Quantity
2. Quality
3. Size
4. Age
5. Shape
6. Color
7. Origin
8. Material
9. Purpose

Example: "Three small old round green Italian leather bags"

08/08/2024

Lesson 3: Simple Past vs. Present Perfect

Simple Past ➡️ actions completed at a specific time in the past:

Example: "She visited Paris 🗼 last year."

Present Perfect ➡️ actions that have an impact on the present or occurred at an unspecified time:

Example: "She has visited Paris 🗼."

08/08/2024

Lesson 2: Use of Articles (a, an, the)

"A" is used before words that begin with a consonant sound:

Example: "a book 📖"

"An" is used before words that begin with a vowel sound:

Example: "an apple 🍎"

"The" is used when referring to something specific or known:

Example: "the sun ☀️"

08/08/2024

👨‍🏫 Lesson 1: Subject-Verb Agreement

➡️ The subject and verb in a sentence must agree in number (singular or plural).

🙋 Singular subject takes a singular verb:

Example: "The cat (runs) fast."

🙋 Plural subject takes a plural verb:

Example: "The cats (run) fast."

03/06/2024