Language/English/Vocabulary/Useful-English-Idioms

2022-01-23T10:15:16Z

Anthony303: I have write idioms and how to used them in this article

= Idioms =
Idioms are phrases or expressions that typically presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase; but some phrases become figurative idioms while retaining the literal meaning of the phrase. We all use Idioms in our essays to make our essays look better. In this articles, I will list out some idioms and their definitions and example of using idioms.

{| class="wikitable"
!No.
!Idioms
!Meaning
!Example sentence
|-
|1
|A penny saved is a penny earned
|If you saved a penny, then you earned the penny.
This idiom emphasizes us to save money.
|As a saying goes, A penny saved is a penny earned, you should save the money for later use.
|-
|2.
|How time flies
|The time is gone.
This idiom emphasizes us to use the time to do something useful.
|How time flies, now it's one day before school reopen, and I haven't finish my homework!
|-
|3.
|Crying over spilt milk
|You cannot crying and pleaded for the milk to be back.
This idiom means that what done cannot be undone.
|There's no use crying over spilt milk as your project is already submitted and we can't fixed the error again.
|-
|4.
|Blessing in disguise
|It is a bad situation but turns out give you an advantage.
|My sickness turns out to be blessing in disguise as there is an accident in the school bus I'm supposed to take.
|}

Language/English/Grammar/Present-Tense

2021-12-03T00:44:32Z

Anthony303: This article is about tenses. Learn tenses in this article. Hope you like it!

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<div style="font-size:300%;"> Tenses In English </div>
==Types of Tenses:==
<code>Simple Present Tense, Simple Past Tense, Simple Continuous Tense, Past Continuous Tense, Past Participle etc...</code>

==Simple Present Tense:==

1. For singular, add -s to the end of the verb.

2. For plural, no -s at the end of the verb.

3. For the verb '''to be''', we do not use an auxiliary, even for questions and negatives.

*'''Look at these examples of simple present tense:'''
{| class="wikitable"
|
|'''Subject'''
!'''Verb'''
|-
| rowspan="2" | +
|I, you, we, they
!no -s
|-
|He, she, it
!-s
|-
| rowspan="2" | -
|I, you, we, they
!do
|-
|He, she, it
|do'''es'''
|}

== When we use Present Tense? ==
* The keywords are always, often, sometimes and usually

* For example:
* I always play badminton. ( Although there is the keyword "always", the verb after subject "I" cannot add s. )
* He sometimes goes to library. ( Keyword "sometimes" and the subject "he", so can add s. )

==Simple Past Tense:==
1) add -ed

2) change the verb to the past tense form.

3) Here are the list of past tenses:
{| class="wikitable"
!Verb
!Past Tense
!Verb
!Past tense
|-
|is/am
|was
|buy
|bought
|-
|are
|were
|bring
|brought
|-
|think
|thought
|win
|won
|-
|leave
|left
|sweep
|swept
|-
|rise
|rose
|read
|read ( read as red )
|-
|swim
|swam
|blow
|blew
|-
|tuck
|tucked
|roll
|rolled
|-
|began
|begun
|go
|went
|-
|hang ( hang someone )
|hanged
|hang ( hang a picture )
|hung
|-
|sit
|sat
|eat
|ate
|-
|tie
|tied
|lie
|lied
|-
|sink
|sank
|sleep
|slept
|-
|make
|made
|take
|took
|-
|shake
|shook
|add
|added
|}

== When we use Past Tense? ==
* We use past tense after keyword ago, yesterday, this morning, On year/month/day.
* Example:
* I did the homework yesterday. ( Keyword yesterday and past tense of do is did. )
* I was born on 2012. ( Keyword on and past tense of was is "is" )

== Bombs of Tenses: ==
Never use any tenses after these keywords to, can/could, will/would, shall/should, must, may, do/does/did.

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