SENTENCES

I. Definition: The sentence is the largest grammatical unit which expresses a complete thought or ideas has a definite grammatical form (one finite verb, one subject) and a certain intonation .

It could be said in another way that the sentence is a unit of speech which expresses a more or less complete thought and has a definite grammatical form and a certain intonation.

Every sentence shows the relation of the statement to reality from the point of view of the speaker (or writer).

Eg: This lesson is very interesting. Do you understand it?

One-word or abbreviated utterances can also be complete units of meaning, particularly in speech or written dialogue.

Eg: What! All right! Want any help?

Noise. People. Light. The city was awake.

The basic word order:

S (group) + V (group) + O (group) + Complement (group) + Adverbial (group)

Eg: The taxi driver shouted at me angrily in a loud voice.

They made him the chairman of the meeting every year.

Variations in word order:

Colour idioms

Colour Idioms

black and white thinking of everything or judging everything in a simple way and seeing it as either good or bad
♪ The situation isn't as black and white as it seems; it's much more complicated.

black out to darken by putting out the electric lights or covering over the windows
♪ Londoners had to black out their windows during the war so that the enemy aircraft could not see the city.

Yours faithfully or Yours sincerely?

You already know how important it is to speak good English in an international working environment. If you work for a company which does business abroad, you probably read and write a lot of English, too. Writing, just like speaking, is communication. In our letters and emails we need to express many things: authority, gratitude, dissatisfaction, etc. Expressing ourselves well and with the correct level of formality is a skill.

Do you have that skill? Ask yourself these questions:
Do you present yourself in a professional manner when you write? What image do you give to the people who read your letters and emails?

In short, you want to give a professional image when you write to your customers and business partners. To get you started, we've prepared some lists of standard phrases. Take a look at:
1/ Opening Lines
2/ Closing Lines
3/ Dear Sir and Yours Faithfully

Discover the secret of your name

Discover the secret of your name:

Everybody has got a name. I would like to tell you what secret your name is. Let's start with my name: LUCAS
L = Love is something I deeply believe in.
U = I feel like I have to equal up to people's standards.
C = I definitely have a partier side in mine, an advice for me is that don't be shy to show it.
A = I can be very quiet when I have something on my mind.
S = I am very broad-minded.

Now, try yourself with your name or your friend name. Use the index below:

A = You can be very quiet when you have something on your mind.
B = You are always cautious when it comes to meeting newpeople.
C = You definitely have a partier side in you, don't be shy to show it.
D = You have trouble trusting people.
E = You are a very exciting person.
F = Everyone loves you.
G = You have excellent ways of viewing people.
H = You are not judgmental.
I = You are always smiling and making others smile.
J = Jealously
K = You like to try new things.
L = Love is something you deeply believe in.
M = Success comes easily to you.
N = You like to work, but you always want a break.
O = You are very open-minded.
P = You are very friendly and understanding.
Q = You are a hypocrite.
R = You are a social butterfly.
S = You are very broad-minded.
T = You have an attitude, a big one.
U = You feel like you have to equal up to people's standards.
V = You have a very good physique and looks.
W = You like your privacy.
X = You never let people tell you what to do.
Y = You cause a lot of trouble.
Z = You're always fighting with someone.

Hope you have a nice day!

Compound Nouns

A compound noun is a noun that is made up of two or more words. Most compound nouns in English are formed by nouns modified by other nouns or adjectives.

For example:

The words tooth and paste are each nouns in their own right, but if you join them together they form a new word - toothpaste.

The word black is an adjective and board is a noun, but if you join them together they form a new word - blackboard.

In both these example the first word modifies or describes the second word, telling us what kind of object or person it is, or what its purpose is. And the second part identifies the object or person in question.

Compound nouns can also be formed using the following combinations of words:

Noun + Noun toothpaste, bedroom, water tank, motorcycle, printercartridge, policeman, boyfriend, post office, fruit juice

Noun + Verb haircut, rainfall, train-spotting, car park

Noun + Preposition hanger-on, passer-by, full moon

Adjective + Noun bluebird, greenhouse, software, redhead

Verb + Noun swimming pool, washing machine, driving license, dining room

Verb + Preposition look-out, take-off, drawback, breakdown, cutback, drive-in, drop out, feedback, hangover, flyover, hold-up, make-up, set-back, stand-in, take-away, work-over, check-in

Adjective + Verb dry-cleaning, public speaking

Preposition + Verb input, output, overthrow, upturn, outbreak, outcome, outlay, outlet, inlet

Preposition + Noun underground, onlooker, by-stander