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  Learn ENNglish   Wishes and hypotheses   Wishes We use past tense forms to talk  about wishes: We use past tense modals would and could to talk about wishes for the future : I don’t like my work. I wish I could get a better job. That’s a dreadful noise. I wish it would stop. I always have to get home early. I wish my parents would let me stay out later.    We use past tense forms to talk about wishes for the present : I don’t like this place. I wish I lived in somewhere more interesting. These seats are very uncomfortable. I wish we were travelling first class. Everyone wishes they had more free time. John wishes he wasn’t so busy. I wish it wasn’t so cold.   We use the past perfect to talk about wishes for the past : I wish I had worked harder when I was at school. Mary wishes she had listened to what her mother told her. I wish I hadn’t spent so much money last month.     Hypotheses (things that we imagi

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Exclamatory Words Emotion Exclamatory Words Joy Hurrah! Sorrow Oh! Alas! Ah! Oh dear! Amusement Ha! Ha! Reproof Fie! Fie! Surprise My goodness! Good gracious! Annoyance Bother! Bother it! Approval Bravo! Contempt of Ridicule Stuff! Bosh! Tut! Tut! Tush! To Call Someone Hi! Holloa! Doubt Hum! Hem! Humph! Anger Confound you! Disgust Ugh! Anger For goodness sake! Horror Good heavens! Praise or Applause Well done! Surprise My God! Contempt You mischief monger! Greet

It and There   English clauses always have a subject: His father has just retired. Was a teacher . > He was a teacher. I’m waiting for my wife. Is late . > She is late. Look at the time! Is half past two .> It’s half past two.   except for the imperative. Go away. Play it again please.   If we have no other subject we use  there or it . there We use there as a dummy subject with part of the verb be followed by a noun phrase . • to introduce a new topic : There is a meeting this evening. It will start at seven. There has been an accident. I hope no one is hurt. • with numbers or quantities : There was a lot of rain last night. There must have been more than five hundred in the audience.   • to say where something is: There used to be a playground at the end of the street. There are fairies at the bottom of the garden. I wonder if there will be anyone at home. • with an indefinite pronoun  or expressions of quantity and the to

WHAT IS A BROAD-BASED EDUCATION? Some animals in a forest decided to start a school.  The students included a bird, a squirrel, a fish, a dog, a rabbit and a mentally retarded eel.  A board was formed to determine the curriculum and it was decided that flying, tree climbing, swimming, and burrowing would give a broad-based education.  All animals were required to take all subjects. The bird was excellent at flying and was getting A's but when it came to burrowing, it kept breaking its beak and wings and started failing. Pretty soon, it started making C's in flying and, of course, in tree climbing and swimming it was getting F's.  The squirrel was great at tree climbing but was failing in swimming. The fish was the best swimmer but couldn't get out of the water and thus got F's in everything else.  The dog didn't join the school, stopped paying taxes and kept fighting with the administration to include barking as part of the curriculum. (you can under

By + means of transport. ❎By a land. ❎By a sea. ❎By a bus. ❎By a taxi. ❎By a plane. ❎By the land. ❎By the sea. ❎By the bus. ❎By the taxi. ✅By  land  ✅By  sea  ✅By  bus  ✅By  taxi  ✅By  plane  He goes to Pune by air. ----------------- But ,  When Means of transport is used as a countable noun.. - A/an is used. He has to buy a car. ---------------- 🧠 The + means of transport . Phrases   ✅Ride on the bicycle. ✅Sit on the bicycle. ✅Sit in the car. ✅Catch the train. ---------------- ❎ Ride on a bicycle. ❎ Sit in a car. But , ✅Take a train.

The number 40 is spelled  forty  despite the fact that  four  contains a  u .   Even though it is often misspelled  fourty , the only widely accepted spelling of the number is  f orty .   Hello, everyone. We have an announcement. We are pleased/sorry to report that there is never a  u  in  forty .   That's right: the word for the number 4 is  four , but ten times that is 40, which is spelled  forty . This is true in all of the vast English language, despite rumours that users of British English like the word to resemble  colour  (they don't), and despite the frequent appearances of the misspelling out and about.   In related facts, the number 14 keeps the  u : it's written as  Fourteen But  fortieth  correlates to  forty , so it too goes without a  u .   *Ref. Dictionary.*

To develop a previous statement, you usually use in fact or as a matter of fact: The winter of 1940 was very bad. In fact, most people say it was the worst winter they had ever experienced. Sachin doesn't like his new job. As a matter of fact, he's thinking of leaving.  Do not use in fact or as a matter of fact in general or introductory statements:  In the last two decades advances in technology have changed the face of industry. (NOT 'have in fact changed')  To correct what someone thinks or supposes, use in fact, as a matter of fact or actually :  'He's a friend of yours, isn't he?' 'No, he isn't. As a matter of fact, I've just met him. 'People think they've got lots of money, but in fact they're quite poor.'  'I'm sorry to have kept you waiting.' 'Well actually I've only just arrived.'  Use the fact is (that) to introduce your main point, especially when this explains the real truth about a par

Share on WhatsApp • Day, month, minute, mile, kilo, etc. are always SINGULAR when used (with a number) immediately before a noun: A six-minute wait. A ten-second silence. A five-mile race. My travel agent had arranged a 6-day coach tour. The company provides a three-month training course.   Compare: 'We waited for thirty minutes.' 'We had a thirty-minute wait.' • When you say 100, 1000, etc. or write these numbers in words, Use… A hundred, A thousand (WITH a) The palace was built a thousand years ago.   Compare: 'The palace was built 1000 years ago.' For emphasis or to be exact, it is possible to use one instead of a : I am one hundred percent against the idea.   • After a/one/five/twelve etc. the words hundred, thousand, etc. are always SINGULAR and are not followed by of :   Five hundred children are born in the city every day. More than three thousand people were there. Similarly, of is NOT used after 100, 250, 3000 etc.  If yo

इंग्रजी शिकतांना पाठांतर आणि समजणे यातील फरक जे समजत नाही ते आपणास पाठ करावे लागते, आणि जे समजते ते लक्षात ठेवण्याची गरजच नसते पाठांतर केलेली कोणतीही गोष्ट फक्त पाठांतरा पुरतीच मर्यादित राहते; पण समजलेल्या गोष्टींची अप्लिकेशन तुम्ही तुमच्या मनाने विविध स्तरावर आणि तुमच्या पद्धतीने अचूक करू शकता. मुलीला 'ती' म्हणायचे, हे तुम्ही पाठांतर केलेले नाही; ते तुम्हाला समजलेले आहे. •तत्व म्हणजे काय? ज्यांना शून्य ते नऊ पर्यंतचे आकडे माहिती नाहीत; त्यांची स्थानिक किंमतच माहिती नाही; त्यांना 12,740 म्हणजे काय कधीच समजू शकत नाही. पुढील प्रश्नांची उत्तरे तुम्ही तोंडी सांगू शकता: पाच अधिक पाच दहा अधिक दहा चार अधिक तीन सहा अधिक सहा वीस अधिक वीस पन्नास अधिक पन्नास परंतु 1265389743 + 2468753146 _______________ परंतु वरील संख्यांची बेरीज तुम्ही सहज तोंडाने सांगू शकत नाही. पण या दोन्ही संख्या एकाखाली एक लिहिल्या बेरजेचे चिन्ह दिले, तुमच्याकडे एक पेन दिला, तर तुम्ही चुटकीसरशी बेरीज करू शकता. काय कारण? कारण हेच आहे की तुम्हाला बेरीज करण्याचं तत्त्वच समजलेले आहे. मग जगातल्या कोणत्याही संख

Blog Post •द्वितीय भाषा म्हणून इंग्रजी बोलणे अवघड आहे का? ••हो अवघड आहे. महाराष्ट्राचा विचार केला तर द्वितीय भाषा म्हणून इंग्रजी अवगत करणे कठीण आहे हे मी खात्रीपूर्वक सांगू शकतो. या सर्वांची मुळे शिक्षणपद्धतीत रुजलेली आहेत. एक साधी आणि अनुभवतील समस्या आपण समजून घेऊ. एखादा माणूस एक इंग्रजी वाक्य बोलला आणि ते आपण ऐकले तर आपल्या मेंदूत पुढील प्रक्रिया घडतात. 1. एखादा माणूस इंग्रजी वाक्य बोलतो. 2. ते इंग्रजी वाक्य तुमच्या कानात जाते 3. कानातील इयरड्रम मधून मेंदूकडे पाठवले जाते. 4. मेंदुमद्धे मिळालेल्या इंग्रजी वाक्याचे, अगोदरच्या मिळवलेल्या इंग्रजी ज्ञानानुसार समजून घेण्याचे प्रयत्न सुरू होतात. 5. जे ही तोडके-मोडके समजून घेतले जाते त्याला आपला मेंदू मातृभाषेत भाषांतरित करण्याचा प्रयत्न करतो 6. मातृभाषेत समजल्यानंतर मेंदू मातृभाषेतून विचार सुरू करतो 7. मातृभाषेत प्रतिसाद तयार करतो. 8. मातृभाषेत जो प्रतिसाद तयार केला आहे त्याचे इंग्रजीत भाषांतर करतो. 9. आणि हे इंग्रजीचे भाषांतर बोलण्यासाठी ओठांना आज्ञा केली जाते. 10. आणि ही प्रक