Figures of Speech

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Why would we want to use Figure of Speech? Simple! it beautifies our language and makes catchy yet effective the message delivery to the listener.

We will going to discuss on the most popular FOS (Figure of Speech) which are "Similes" & "Metaphor"

 Simile      
The comparison is done directly
                                Eg: He is as brave as a lion
                                

These are the links of lists of similes that you can refer to;

englishclub.com

myuniversalfacts.com

saidwhat.co.uk


 Metaphor
The comparison is done indirectly and in implied form. The word that is used to indicate something different from its literal meaning.
                                   Eg: He is an ass (stupid)
                                   

Below are the links of lists of metaphors:
http://www.metaphorlist.net/

http://www.inspired-personal-development.com/metaphor-examples.html

Have a clear idea already? Now, let's try the worksheet, shall we? I have found a very good link to test our knowledge of FOS. Beat me if you can!   I'll post my marks later. Don't forget to post your marks:)
 
FOS quiz

Good luck sunshine :)

Adjective

What is Adjective??

Adjective is a word that describes something about a noun, whether a thing or a person. 

Here is the worksheet that you can try on : 

Adjective worksheet

Good luck! :)

Simple Past Tense

The past simple verb tense is used when: 

-The action happened in the past. 
-The action/event is completed /finished at the time of speaking. 
-The time or/and place is stated or understood. 

Note: In English, following phrases are often used with the Past Simple Tense to define time: 
-yesterday
-last year
-last night 
-two years
-last month 
-ago
-many years ago
-a long time ago


Exercise: Match column A with column B.

Please complete the exercise below.

Go to this page for more exercise and for more stars to your A! :D

ADVERB

•An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or  another adverb

Adverbs answer the following questions:

Where?  How often? or how long?

When?         To What extent?

How?          or how much?

Examples:

1.1. The sprinter ran swiftly. [The adverb swiftly modifies the verb ran and hells how.]

2.2. I read the funny pages early on Sunday morning. [The adverb early modifies the adjective small and tells to what extent.]

3. Jolene was comforting a very small child. [The adverb very modifies the adjective small and tells to what extent.]

4. The fire blazed too wildly for anyone to enter. [The adverb too modifies the adverb wildly and tells to what extent. The adverb wildly modifies the verb modifies the verb blazed and tells how.]

5. Dad will sometimes quote from Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s speech. [The adverb sometimes modifies the verb will quote and tells how often.]

6. Put the apples there, and we will eat them later. [The adverb there modifies the verb put and tells where. The adverb later modifies the verb will eat and tells when.]

Words Often Used as Adverbs:

1. Where?

Away

Here

Inside

There

Up

2. When?

Later

Now

Soon

Then

Tomorrow

3. How?

Clearly

Easily

Quietly

Slowly

4. How often? or how long?

Always

Usually

Continuously

Never

Forever

Briefly

5. To what extent? or How much?

Almost

So

Too

More

Least

Extremely

Quite

Very

Not 

Take Note

The word not is nearly always used as an adverb modifying a verb. When not is part of a contraction, as in hadn’t, aren’t, and didn’t, the –n’t is still an adverb and is not part of the verb.

Please click here for an exercise on Adverbs

Don't forget to complete this word list too! Good luck!

Collective Nouns

LESSON #1            Collective Nouns


                                     


First thing first, let's make a guess! What is Collective Nouns?

(Do you know Tips:  Intelligent Guesses are important in learning   process? it actually help to stimulate idea from your own schemata. So, start making guesses people! )

Collective Nouns? 

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Basically, Collective Nouns is a term of a specific collected nouns. 

                  = Collective nouns is a group of  things, people or animals, that is thought as one entity.

                             For example: 1) An army of ants
                                                        

                                                  2) A company of soldiers

If I am to list down every of the collective nouns, it will be a loooooooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnng post my dearies. So I've listed some trustful links that you can refer to.

Wikipedia.org

myenglishgrammar.com

rinkworks.com

So that's the list. Read on guys!

Most students have the difficulty in memorizing the collective nouns as there are lists of them. So, I am going to share tips that I have encountered with.

TIPS FOR MEMORIZING COLLECTIVE NOUNS

      1) Read the Collective Nouns lists. (There's no short-cut for this, dearies) 
      2) Do visual association inside your mind.
      3) Try to utilize the collective nouns in your daily speech. This could help you to practice the     
           knowledge that you've learned.

So, the key points are:
                Read ----> Visualize -----> Use

The visual association that I meant is like the examples below.

 1) A chain of islands

A  of 
  



2)A party of friends

A   of


Easy, isn't it? By doing so, you could apply more effective way of memorization  :)

Another tip of applying collective nouns is to do exercises on collective nouns. Below I listed the link for the worksheet.

Collective Nouns worksheet
Collective Nouns worksheet

There you go. Hopefully you'll learn something. :)