Here are 4 little hints that I think will help your English. Check with T if you don't understand what I am saying:
1. S is an important letter in English. Many plurals are formed with s: apple, apples, girl, girls, car, cars etc. Some words are made into plurals in a different way: woman - women| man - men| church - chuches| child - children | person - people | foot - feet | mouse - mice | tooth - teeth. Check all nouns in your dictionary to see how the plural is formed.
2. Only use an apostrophe (') in possessives: i.e. words that indicate that something belongs to the person or thing: Example, The cat's claws were sharp. This is ONE cat. If it were two cats you would say The cats' claws were sharp. Do you see the difference?
3. Compound sentences: When you have two complete thoughts joined by and, but, or, nor, for or other words that are conjunctions, separate them with a comma beforethe conjunction. Example: Jack and Jill ran up the hill, and Jack fell down. I like to write, but it makes me tired.
4. Always check spelling in your dictionary.
Take care, Sue
1 comment:
Thanks very much, Sue for these very helpful lessons. The notes are clear and understandable enough, but I'll be at hand if any of our friends have any questions. We'll do our best to observe your lessons in our future letters.
T
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