English as my language

27/02/2021

Over 11 million people use this 🌎

15/11/2020

Today, it's all about a question tag.
INSTRUCTION:- Choose the correct answer from the options provided.

Q- I am the first person to come here. ______?
(a) isn't it
(b) isn't I
(c) amn't I
(d) am I
(e) aren't I

05/11/2020

QUIZ! QUIZ!! QUIZ!!!

What is the difference between the word 'advice' and 'advise'?

Make a sentence with each.

26/02/2020

HOW TO USE 'BOTH'???

'BOTH' is used to indicate the togetherness of 'TWO THINGS'. It's used to show that two things have something in common.

Examples:-
(1) Aisha love them both.
(2) We are both tired.

It can also be used in form of 'BOTH OF _____". Where, _____ represents a noun.
Examples:-
(1) Both of the boys attended the meeting.
(2) Both of us went to the market.
(3) Both of the two teams played fantastically.

It can also be used in form of "BOTH____AND____". Where, the two gaps represent the two nouns.
Examples:-
(1) I like both fruits and vegetables.
(2) She can speak in both Arabic and Bengali.

NOTE 💡💡💡
"Both" can't be used to join more than two things. 'Tis rather used for two things.

24/02/2020

HOW TO USE "neither____nor___"

We use it to show that "NONE" of the two variables does, is doing, did or will do something.

💡 'tis used for only two persons, animals, places or things.

The noun "MUST" also go with a singular verb. That is, it goes with the likes of is, was, has as well as had.

Examples:-
(1) Neither Ali nor John woks here.
(2) The manager suspended neither Awwal nor Joseph.
(3) I saw neither Tunde nor Aisha.
(4) Neither the cat nor rat escaped.
(5) I wrote neither a note nor letter.

16/12/2019

24/11/2019

Most of them prefer English ....... Mathematics.
(a) to
(b) than
(c) for
(d) instead

20/11/2019

it's highly a time we ......smoking.

(a) stops
(b) stop
(c) stopping
(d) stopped

15/11/2019

TRY IT

Look at the table, and test your English with this quiz:
"I _______ work in a factory when I was younger."
a) used to
b) use to
c) used
We use the phrase ‘used to’ to talk about something we did regularly in the past, but we don’t do now.
Find more on ‘used to’ here: https://bbc.in/2MQaK5M

11/11/2019

The player ....... the field weekly.

(a) attended
(b) attends
(c) attend
(d) is attending

23/10/2019

I saw neither the boy ______ his father.
(a) or
(b) and
(c) no
(d) nor

02/02/2019

I told you that both of them would attend the meeting,...........?
(a)didn't I (b)would they (c)did I (d)wouldn't they