expressing duration Presposition of time Since and For
We use since and for
with the present perfect continuous tense.
i)
FOR
Is the preposition
which used to talk about the length of time (duration).
We use preposition
present perfect tense with For + A period of time.
Thus
For + A period of time
Examples
For a week
For six months
For two hours
For a year
ii)
SINCE
Is...
Saturday, September 23, 2017
The use of Tag Questions and example questions
Use of Tag questions.
A tag question is used to seek or ask for the
confirmation of what we already known. It requires a person to confirm for the
statement he/she has given. We form tag question by using some of the auxiliary
verbs. Auxiliary verbs are helping verbs. A verb is a doing word. It explain
what someone is doing.
These auxiliary verbs help the verb to tell what
someone is doing. For the affirmative form we use tag questions. If the statement
is not having a word “NOT” is called a POSITIVE STATEMENT.
Likewise if the statement is...
Conjunctions in English language and their sample questions
USING THE WORD “BEING”
If the sentence uses the word “being” on joining
sentence using despite or inspite of the sentence carries no changes.
Examples
1. Juma
is a child. He can run fast.
Despite being child, Juma can run
fast.
In spite of being child, Juma can
run fast.
2. Potatoes
are sweet. I don’t like them.
Despite potatoes being sweet, I
don’t like them.
In spite of potatoes being sweet, I
don’t like them.
FORMING ABSTRACTIVE NOUNS
Adjective
Abstractive
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