Grammar
Key examples:
Is the milk hot or cold? It is hot.
Where is the house? It is over there.
Bring me the book. It is on the shelf.
Usage: the personal it is used instead of name of things and animals mentioned.
For study:
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Grammar
It (pronoun)
Personal It
Is the milk hot or cold? It is hot.
Where is the house? It is over there.
Bring me the book. It is on the shelf.
Usage: the personal it is used instead of name of things and animals mentioned.
For study:
- Have a glass of milk, please. It is good.
- Help yourself to the cake. It is delicious.
- Would you like some coffee? It is good.
- Would you pass me the sugar? It is near your plate.
- Let’s have tea at once. It is on the table.
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The Continuous Tenses: grammar rules, usage and examples. present continuous past continuous future continuous The Present Continuous The Formation of the Present Continuousauxiliary verb to be (is/are) + Participle I (the present tense of the...
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There is, There are Key examples: There is a piano in the room. There are no people there. Usage: the construction there is, there are is used when we state the presence or absence of something at some place. For study: There is (are) There is (are)...
- Me, Myself And I
Which sentence from the following three is correct? Me and her likes watching movies. Me and her like watching movies. Myself and her like watching movies. If you chose any of the three, this means you still have a lot to learn about personal pronouns....
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For the last couple of years we have been becoming more and more sensitive so as not to offend women, poor people and various minority groups. Nowadays we feel so easily insulted that we speak cautiously in a politically correct manner.You wouldn't...
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Some words can be both pronouns and determiners, and in some other cases pronouns and determiners are closely related, so it seems to make sense to look at them together. Determiners can be divided into two groups, usually called groups A...