Taking Techniques to Help Your Memorize in English


Taking in English could be an extreme undertaking. Remembering new words, articulation, and sentence structure is a test in itself. Yet for some, it includes taking in a fresh out of the plastic new letters in order.

Your capacity to exchange data from your transient memory to your long haul memory is one of the key elements in shortening the taking in bend of another dialect. Studies indicate that over 80% of data that just gets held in fleeting memory is rapidly overlooked. Then again, when data is more than once taken in over a given time compass and is instilled in what we term our long haul memory, over 95% of this data will be held and effortlessly presented rightly.

Here are my main four tips for enhancing your memory when taking in English, or any possible dialect.

1. Think in English to Develop the Basics

Assuming that you just captivate with the dialect when you are in lessons, or when you are speaking with somebody who talks the dialect, and then the recurrence of rehashing what you know will be low. Expanding this recurrence is key to advancing long haul memory.

Attempting to think in English won't just help you to recap on the dialect that you have taken in recently; it will likewise help you to keep tabs on the dialect that is essential in commonplace life. Most individuals need to take in a dialect to have the ability to impart on an ordinary foundation with regular individuals inside an English-talking nation.

Keeping tabs on day by day errands and generally utilized vocabulary will help you to advance your memory of the most utilized zones of the English dialect. Taking in more particular terms will get to be simpler once you have improved an in-profundity learning of the essentials.

This tip is particularly convenient in the event that you are taking in English in a non-English-talking nation where you won't have the chance to practice your English dialect aptitudes with local speakers.

2. Perusing is Key

One of the most ideal approaches to take in new words is to read. While viewing films with subtitles is an extraordinary approach to take in elocution, the pace of a film makes it challenging to recognize distinctive words that you don't get it. Perusing, then again, permits you to look into the general importance or maybe the subtleties of a given word in any given setting.

When you understand, it is additionally simple to keep a taking in journal, in which new words that you have educated might be recorded and recapped at a later date.

3. Use Memory Triggers

Post-it notes, scraps of paper or saving words inside your cellular telephone are all incredible methods for triggering memos for words that you are battling to recollect. Post-it notes are particularly of service; attempt staying the English word for a house-hold thing to the thing. When you have utilized the thing a handful of times, the reiteration of perusing and discussing the post it note will secure the English rendition of the saying in your long haul memory.

4. Watch Subtitled of Movie or Drama to Master Pronunciation

Despite the fact that viewing sub-titled films is not so much the best answer for taking in particular significances of words, there is a chance to build and reexamine elocution outside of lesson time.

While you are viewing the motion picture, make sure to keep a notepad adjacent and attempt to scribble down any words and maxims that you don't comprehend; you can then scrutinize these later.

Importance of the English Language   ( अंग्रेजी भाषा के महत्व)       


A dialect is an efficient method of correspondence by the utilization of sounds or tried and true images. It is the code we all utilization to communicate and convey to others. It is a correspondence by expressions of mouth. It is the mental workforce or force of vocal correspondence. It is a framework for conveying plans and emotions utilizing sounds, signals, signs or imprints. Any method of imparting plans, particularly, human discourse, the interpretation of thoughts by the voice and sounds explained by the organs of the throat and mouth is a dialect. This is a framework for correspondence. A dialect is the composed and spoken strategies for joining together words to make significance utilized by a specific aggregation of individuals.

Dialect, so far as we know, is something particular to people, that is to say it is the fundamental limit that recognizes people from all other living creatures. Dialect along these lines remains conceivably an open medium fit for communicating thoughts and ideas and additionally states of mind, emotions and demeanor.

A set of etymologists who based their presumptions of dialect on brain science made claims that dialect is only 'propensity creation'. As per them, dialect is learns through utilization, through practice. In their perspective, 'the more one is laid open to the utilization of dialect, the better one takes in'.

Composed dialects use images (characters) to raise words. The whole set of words is the dialect's vocabulary. The courses in which the words might be definitively joined are characterized by the dialect's linguistic use and punctuation. The genuine significance of words and mixes of words is characterized by the dialect's semantics.

The most recent and the most progressed findings and concoctions in science and innovation are constantly made in the colleges spotted in the United States of America where English dialect is the method of logical talk.

The authentic circumstances of India (having been managed by the British for over two centuries) have given the Indians a simple access to mastering English dialect and countless chances for progression in the field of science and engineering. Numerous Indians have gotten to be so gifted in English dialect and have won numerous global honors for innovative and similar written works throughout the most recent few years. At some point back, an Indian Writer, Arundhati Roy, won the prestigious Booker prize for her book "The God of Small Things". Her book sold lakhs (lacs) of duplicates everywhere throughout the globe.

Throughout the years, English dialect has turned into one of our key possessions in getting a worldwide authority for books composed by Indian writers and for movies made by Indians in English dialect. An acclaimed Indian film Producer Shekhar Kapoor's film "Elizabeth" has got a few assignments for Oscar Awards. It doesn't oblige any further contention further bolstering create the good fortune English dialect has carried to us at the universal level.

English dialect goes to our help in our business transactions all around the globe. English is the dialect of the most recent business administration on the planet and Indian capability in English has carried trees to numerous Indian business directors. English is a method not just for universal trade; it has ended up progressively fundamental for between state business and correspondence.

English dialect is one apparatus to create our perspective. We can gain from others encounter. We can check the hypotheses of outsiders against our experience. We can dismiss the untenable and acknowledge the valid. We can additionally proliferate our speculations around the worldwide group of onlookers and bookworms.

We can make utilization of English to push our perspective and otherworldly legacy all around the globe. Swami Vivekananda secured the enormity of Indian perspective of religion at the planet gathering of religions in Chicago in 1893. He tended to the social affair in noteworthy English. Numerous profound masters have since changed over many English individuals to our otherworldly existence by communicating their thought and thoughts in astonishing English. English has hence turned into a successful method of advertising Indian perspective of life, and reinforcing our social personality on the planet.

For the most part, Standard English today does not hinge on upon stress but instead on imparted instructive experience, chiefly of the printed dialect. Present-day English is a tremendously fluctuated dialect, having retained material from numerous different tongues. It is spoken by more than 300 million local speakers, and between 400 and 800 million outside clients. It is the official dialect of air transport and transportation; the heading dialect of science, innovation, machines, and trade; and a real medium of instruction, distributed, and global arrangement. Hence, researchers oftentimes allude to its most recent stage as ‘World English’.
 

Sentence Structure or Grammar is only Pomposity in Cover

Yet an alternate book about the English Dialect:
Possibly this is my whitely suspicion talking, however it appears to me that as the general education of the populace decreases, so more books about dialect are showing up for the fewer and fewer individuals who can really read them.

Notice I said 'fewer and fewer' there. Assuming that I'd said 'less and less', I might now be running in trepidation of my life.

Linguistic use has turned into a hot potato, however, for this very explanation for why. Gossip achieves me that they may formally begin showing it in state schools again one day, yet meanwhile entire eras have adult not so much comprehending what a descriptive word is. It's the eras above who appear to be purchasing antiquated sentence structure books, possibly to remind themselves what a descriptive word is, or perhaps to attempt and nail the contrast between gerunds and gerundives unequivocally. What's more if these books provide for them something else to thump more youthful eras with, so much the better?

Harry Ritchie, however, doesn't like the obsolete linguistic use books. He discovers them excessively prescriptive, and excessively concerned with what's "correct" and what's 'off'. Accordingly everybody considers punctuation 'an odd blend of finicky word utilization and dark social manners, for example knowing how to address a viscount or where to place the sorbet spoons'. However linguistic use shouldn't be characterized by the guidelines of its self-named gatekeepers. It's controlled by us, local English speakers, and the individuals who use it consistently.

So what's the issue with saying "surely" to mean 'it is to be trusted that', which is the way very nearly everybody utilizes it now? Just fifteen years back, the late Kingsley Amis composed that 'when somebody says or composes "Hopefully, the arrangement will be in operation by the closure of the year", we know quickly that we are managing a bonehead under the most favorable conditions'. Anyway the new utilization of the saying is prominent, says Ritchie, 'since it works so flawlessly and successfully'. Numerous sub-editors and old fashioned educators will in any case red-pencil it as off. 'It isn't, obviously, yet good fortunes with letting them know that.'

 What it descends to, says Ritchie, is self importance. Evidently grievous sins against English sentence structure - dropping aitches, saying 'Him and me are setting off to the ocean side' - are sins of class before anything. Ritchie recognizes standard sentence structure - rich white collar class English of a sort what I do talk - and non-standard, which blankets the nearly infinite amount of vernaculars on these islands and somewhere else. Every, he says, is totally good. Much of what we consider "right" sentence structure is what might as well be called oration lessons.

Along Ritchie way he blasts all the little "manages" that aren't administers whatsoever. Yes, you can begin a sentence with a conjunction (as I have done some times in this piece). (This was a fixation of the writer John Dryden. 'Clearly he didn't recognize what he was discussing. On the other hand, as he might have favored, he didn't think about what he was talking.') And there isn't anything off with twofold negatives.

Actually, just on the vexed inquiry of the part infinitive is Ritchie anything not exactly vigorous. Individuals who know nothing about punctuation realize that part infinitives aren't right, and foam from the mouth at whatever point Star Trek goes ahead. ('To strongly go...') But this was the judgment of a solitary 'totally yelping' Victorian grammarian. There was no semantic avocation for it, and grammarians old fashioned and new concur that part infinitives do nobody any mischief whatsoever. Ritchie still infers not utilizing them, essentially to escape contention. Escape contention? Where's the fun in that?

For in spite of the obvious dryness of the subject, this is an immensely amusing read, brimming with disposition and verve and sharp running jokes. Also underneath this falsehoods thorough etymological heaviness, which gives the book true power? Finally I realize that when I ask 'How are you?' and somebody says 'I'm exceptional' rather than 'I'm well', it’s my own particular gaudiness that makes me need to cut them, instead of their syntactic estimation. It's a development of sorts, I assume.

ABBREVIATIONS:

An Abbreviation is a shortened form of a Word or Phrase. Usually, but not always, it consists of a letter or group of letters taken from the Word or Phrase.
Abbreviations have been used as long as phonetic scripts have existed, in some sense actually being more common in early literacy, where spelling out a whole word was often avoided, initial letters commonly being used to represent words in specific application.
Abbreviations can also be used to give a different context to the word or a word itself.

Common Abbreviations on Education:


ACPC     Area Child Protection Committee
ACE       Academic Creative Education
AEST    Agricultural and Environmental Science and Technology
AST      Advanced Skills Teacher
BA         Bachelor of Arts
BEd       Bachelor of Education
BSc       Bachelor of Science
BST      Basic Skills Test
CAB      Citizens Advice Bureau
CAD      Computer Aided Design
CEM     Centre for Education Management
CTF      Common Transfer File
D&T      Design and Technology
DOB      Date of Birth
DTP      Desktop Publishing
EBP      Education Business Partnership
EDU     Education Development Unit
EFL      English as a Foreign Language
EMS     Education Management System
EU        European Union
FSA      Financial Services Authority
GCSE   General Certificate of Secondary Education
H&S     Health and Safety
HEFC   Higher Education Funding Council
ICS       Integrated Children's System
ICT      Information and Communications Technology
ILS       Integrated Learning Systems
ISP       Integrated Service Plan
IT        Information Technology
KS        Key Stage
LA        Local Authority
LAP     Local Achievement Partnership
LMS    Local Management of Schools
LSC     Learning and Skills Council
M.Ed   Master of Education
MA      Master of Arts
MIS     Management Information System
MSc     Master of Science
NAPE  National Association for Primary Education
NCB     National Children's Bureau
NUPE   National Union of Public Employees
PEO     Principal Education Officer
PIN      Parents Information Network
PO        Project Officer
PTA     Parent Teacher Association
QTA     Qualified Teacher Status
SIMS    Schools Information Management System
SLA      Service Level Agreement
SLC       Student Loans Company
TEFL     Teaching English as a Foreign Language


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Uses of ' TO GET '

To get + direct object = to obtain / to receive / to buy 

1. To obtain:

Examples:
He got 'him' air ticket last day.
We got permission to stay in London.

2. To receive:

Examples:
He got 'a letter' from her father in Singapore.
He get 'Rs. 5,500' a month from his father.

3. To buy:

Examples:
She got 'a new mobile phone' from Lahore, Pakistan.
I got 'a latest webcam' for my brother.

To get + place expression = reach / arrive at a place

1. Reach:

Examples:
She got to 'Perth around' 4:30 p.m.
My brother got to 'Karachi around' 7 a.m.

2. Arrive at a place:

Examples:
When did you get 'back from' Dubai?
My brother will get 'back from' Bhopal, India.

To get + adjective = to become / show a change of state

1. To become:

Examples:
I am getting 'tired of' all her nonsense.
It's getting 'cooler than' hottest.

2. Show a change of state:

Examples:
Please don't touch this stove 'until it' gets cool.
It gets dark too 'early in' the winter.

To get + preposition / adverb

1. with Prepositions:

Examples:
I get 'up' at 7 a.m. every morning.
She got 'out' of the washing her mouth every day twice.

2. with Adverb:

Examples:
The children are 'very quiet' today. I wonder, what they're getting up to.
He got 'off' that train just before the bomb blast.


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PAPER OUT (Solved Test)

Simple Past or Present Perfect 

A) Fill in the Verbs in brackets into the gaps:

1) Yesterday we ............. Snooker. (to play)
Ans: played

2) I'm sorry, I .................. my books. (to forget)
Ans: have forgotten

B) Negate the given sentence:

1) The children have cleaned their teeth.
Ans: The children have not cleaned their teeth.

2) She has sent a post card.
Ans: She has not sent a post card.

C) Which answers are correct?
1) What are typical Signal Words for the Simple Past?

ever
in 2004
just
last week
now
two days ago
yesterday

Ans: yesterday, last week, two days ago, in 2004

C) Which answers are correct?
2) Which sentences are in the Present Perfect?

Did you finish your letter this morning?
Have you finished your letter?
He is reading the book.
He's read the book.

Ans: Have you finished your letter?, He's read the book.

D) Which Tense is used with which action?
1) Action finished in the past

Present Perfect
Simple Past

Ans: Simple Past

D) Which Tense is used with which action?
2) Result of an action is important in the present

Present Perfect
Simple Past

Ans: Present Perfect

E) Signal words in sentences:
1) Which sentence is correct?

I have not visited my uncle two weeks ago.
I have not visited my uncle yet.

Ans: I have not visited my uncle yet.

E) Signal words in sentences:
2) Which question is correct?

Have you ever seen a snake?
Have you seen a snake yesterday?

Ans: Have you ever seen a snake?

Tense Changes when using 'Reported Speech'

The Tense in 'Reported Speech' is one Tense to back in time from the Tense in 'Direct Speech'.

The changes are shown below, according to a Tense:

1. Simple Present to Simple Past

She said, "I always drink coffee"
She said that she always drank coffee.

2. Present Continuous to Past Continuous 

She explained, "I am drinking a coffee"
She explained that she was drinking a book.

3. Simple Past to Past Perfect

She said, "Bilil arrived on Saturday evening"
She said that Bilil had arrived on Saturday evening.

4. Present Perfect to Past Perfect

He told me, "I have been to Spain"
He told me that he had been to Spain.

5. Past Perfect to Past Perfect

He explained, "I had just turned out the light" 
He explained that he had just turned out the light.

6. Present Perfect Continuous to Past Perfect Continuous

They complained, "We have been waiting for two hours".
They complained that they had been waiting for two hours.

7. Past Continuous to Past Perfect Continuous

He told me, "I am living in Pakistan"
He told me that he had been living in Pakistan.

8. Simple Future to Present Conditional

He said, "I will be in Dubai on Monday"
He said that he would be in Dubai on Monday.

9. Future Continuous to Conditional Continuous

She said, "I'll be using the cell next Friday".
She said that she would be using the cell next Friday. 

A Job Interview in English

'Important and Popular Basic Questions with Answers in the Job Interview'

1. Tell me a little about yourself ?
"I am a hard worker and I like to take on a variety of challenges. I like pets and watching games, specially Cricket and Snooker, in my spare time.
I like to relax and read the newspaper and articles."

2. What are your strengths? 
"I've always been a great team player. I'm good at keeping a team together and producing quality work in a team environment."

3. What are your weaknesses?
"I feel my English ability is my weakest trait. But this is only a temporary problem. I am sure. I'm definitely studying hard to communicate more effectively."

4. What are your short term goals?
"My goal is to always perform at an exceptional level. But a short term goal I have set for myself is to implement a process that increases work efficiency."

5. What are your long term goals?
"I've always loved to teach. I like to grow newer employees and help co-workers where ever I can. So in the future, I would love to be an instructor."

6. What do you want to be doing five years from now?
"In five years, I want to be a senior analyst. I want my expertise to directly impact the company in a positive way."

7. If you could change one thing about your personality, what would it be and why?
"I have high expectations and I have these expectations on others. I think if I was more understanding, I could help other workers improve instead of being disappointed."

8. What does success mean to you?
"Success means to produce high quality work before the deadline."

9. What does failure mean to you?
"I think, failure means to have a goal and not do anything about it."

10. Are you an organized person?
"I think I'm quite organized. I like my documents and papers in a way where I can retrieve them quickly. I also organize my work in a way where it's easy to see exactly what I'm doing."

11. Do you manage your time well?
"I'm good at managing my time. I stay busy both at home and at work and being able to manage my time is necessary for me to do everything that I want to do."

12. How do you make important decisions?
"I believe all decisions should be made by having all the information. If you are missing an important detail, it's easy to make a bad decision.
So I make important decisions by having all of the information."

13. Do you work well under pressure?
"I work well under pressure because I use the pressure to help me work more efficiently."

14. Why should I hire you?
"There are two reasons I should be hired. 
First, my qualifications match your needs perfectly.
Second, I'm excited and passionate about this industry or company and will always give 100%."

15. Tell me about a time you made a good decision ?
"During my last project, we ran into a difficult problem. This was high priority so everyone was instructed to find a solution. I started looking for more information on the Internet,
I even talked to a different manager on a different team. This helped tremendously and our problem was solved. I made a decision to use every resource I could find, and in the end, it solved the problem."
   
 

Pronouncing the letter 'E'

There are three common sounds using the letter 'E'.
The 'EE' sound is used with the front part of the mouth, the 'EH' sound is used with the middle portion of the mouth, and the 'ER' sound is used with the rear portion of the mouth.

Here are some words that come from the front of the mouth using the sound 'EE'

1. Meat, Week, Beat

Examples:

I would like to eat 'meat', but half cooked.
What will the day of 'week' of her marriage.
He will 'beat' him tonight.

Here are some words that come from the front of the mouth using the sound 'EH'

2. Bet, Bread, Fed

Examples:

I will 'bet' you, he couldn't win to him.
I need to go to the bakery for buy a fresh 'bread'.
I am so 'fed' up with you now.

Here are some words that come from the front of the mouth using the sound 'ER'

3. Earth, Purr, After

Examples:

The 'earth' moves at a constant speed.
The 'purr' of the cat is hearing all the peoples now.
I will go to home 'after' this 'dinner'.

Pronouncing the letter 'O'

There are multiple sounds using the letter 'O'. In most cases, you make this sound with the rear portion of the mouth.
If you combine the "oh" and "oo" sound, you have the sound of the letter 'O'. Along with these sounds, it is common to use 'O' with other vowels such as 'OU' as in Hour.

Let's first take a look at the "OH" sound.

1. Boat, Older

Examples:

Ali's father bought a nice big 'boat' to him.
She was much 'older' in age than I.

Let's take a look at the "OO" sound.

2. True, Blue, Flu

Examples:

In this year, the examination will be in the 'True' Objective Forms.
My favorite color is 'blue'.
I will not go to school today, because I got the 'flu'.

When we combine "O" and "U", it starts with the "ah" sound and ends with the "oo" sound.

3. Hour, Sour, South

Examples:

How many 'hours' are you going to practice for?
The lemon was too 'sour', So I can't eat it.
Birds fly to the 'south' in the winter season.

When we combine the letters 'O', 'Y' or ' I ' in together.

4. Oil, Boy, Troy

Examples:

The 'Oil' tanker spills 'oil' in the road.
The little 'boy' wanted to make a 'cowboy'.
The story of 'Troy' is quite interesting than other.

 
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Pronouncing the sound 'TH'

Here are some words and sentences to help you hear what they should sound like.

There, That, Teeth, Toothpaste, The, Bath

Examples:

'There' was a way before in front of 'that' store.
Brush your 'teeth' with a 'toothpaste' with has fluoride.
My son has come to play in 'the' mud, so I am going to give him a 'bath'.

Pronouncing the sound 'SH'

Here are some words and sentences to help you hear what they should sound like.

Shape, Shoes, Hash brown, Hush, Show

Examples:

The 'shape' of  her 'shoes' are very funny.
'Hash-browns' is my favorite breakfast item.
'Hush'! everyone now, the 'show' is about to start.

Pronouncing the sounds of the letter 'A'

There are multiple sounds using the letter A. The difference is where the sound is created within the mouth.
There are sharp sounds, regular sounds, and hollow sounds.
Although the A sound is not really sharp.

Here are some words and sentences to help you hear what they should sound like.

Batter, Bat, Basic Language, Arabic, Ate, Plate, Great, Man

Examples:

This is a 'batter' cricket 'bat' for playing.
This is a 'basic' 'language' specially, for 'Arabic' peoples.
A little boy 'ate' the whole 'plate' of Nahari (a famous Pakistani food).
He was the 'great' 'man'.




     to be continued . . .

Pronouncing the letters 'M, N, and NG'

These three sounds are mostly made with the nasal pathway.

Here are some words and sentences to help you hear what they should sound like.

1. Maria, Moody, Mid-term, Muffin, Amount, Drum, Morning

Examples:

'Maria' was very 'moody' after the 'mid-term' examination.
He used for the 'muffin' was perfect for the 'amount' of vegetable.
Stop beating the 'drum' at 3:00 a.m. in the 'morning'.

2. Not, Nicer, Nida, Pedestrian

Examples:

He could 'not' be any 'nicer'.
'Nida' was 'not' herself to this morning.
The 'pedestrian' should help the old lady for cross the street.

3. Young, Bring, Dancing, Long

Examples:

Please tell the 'young' maid to 'bring' the soap and cleaning powder with her.
The couples were 'dancing' in all night to 'long'.

Pronouncing the letter W

Pronunciation for the W sound is not too difficult. This sound is very close to vowel sounds.

Here are some words and sentences to help you hear what they should sound like.

When, Homework, Who, Work, Away

Examples:

Hello Carey, 'when' you will do your 'homework'?
'Who' is going to drive to your 'work'?
How far 'away' do you live to her house?

Pronouncing the letter Y

The Y sound is easy to pronounce. Just like the letter W, it is also very close to a vowel sound.

Here are some words and sentences to help you hear what they should sound like.

Yellow, Onions, Canyon

Examples:

You need to get 'yellow' 'onions', if you to find that.
You know, the Grand 'Canyon' is a magnificent place.


to be continued . . .

Pronouncing the letters 'F' and 'V'

Here are some words and sentences to help you hear what they should sound like.

1. Fiction, Afraid, Inflicted, Fix, Laugh, Floor

Examples:

Even though the story was a 'fiction', most of the peoples were 'afraid'.
His car was lot of 'inflicted' and too severe to 'fix'.
His 'laugh' was so loud, and the whole 'floor' was shaking.

2. Vase, Very, Curve-ball, Believe, Victorious

Examples

This 'vase' is over two hundred years old and is 'very' important to the country.
The cell phone battery has a hard time hitting the 'curve-ball'.
Whether you 'believe' it or not, I have 'victorious' over the match.

Pronouncing the letters 'S' and 'Z'

Here are some words and sentences to help you hear what they should sound like.

1. Salad, Lettuce, Massive, Houses, Standing, Small, House, Piece

Examples:

She bought 'some' 'lettuce or salad' to make it to dinner.
The 'massive' Tornado only left a few number of 'houses' to 'standing'.
This 'small' green 'house' is on a large 'piece' of the area.

2. Zebra, Was, Resume, Cozy, Rose

Examples:

The 'zebra' 'was' too quick for the lion.
This program will 'resume' after a brief intermission.
His 'cozy' house had a beautiful 'rose' in the backyard site.

Pronouncing the letter 'L'

Here are some words and sentences to help you hear what they should sound like.

Little, Below, Place, Reflect, All, People, Laugh

Examples:

A 'little' cat was chasing the mouse 'below' the table.
They often come to this quiet 'place' to 'reflect' on his performance.
'All' the 'people' were 'laughing' at his talking.



    to be continued . . .

Pronouncing the letters 'G' and 'K'
This lesson will cover the hard sound for letter 'G' and the soft sound of letter 'K'

Here are some words and sentences to help you hear what they should sound like.

1. Goose, Golf, Guest, Together, Tug, Girl

Examples:

The big 'goose' flew off with my 'golf' ball.
The 'guests' will be mind if we pay 'together'.
The 'tug' of the little 'girl' finally woke up her friend.

2. Kelly, Come, Making, Breakfast, Bake, Potluck,

Examples:

My friend 'Kelly' said to me, he will be 'come' by train now.
I was 'making' the ingredients for 'breakfast'.
I didn't need to 'bake' to anything for the 'potluck'.

Pronouncing the letters 'CH' and 'J'
Every time the letters 'CH' and 'J' are spoken, the tip of your tongue should touch the upper part of your mouth.

Here are some words and sentences to help you hear what they should sound like.

1. Cherry, Catcher, Pitcher, Batch

Examples:

The black 'cherries' are very delicious in taste..
The 'catcher' gave the wrong signal to the 'pitcher'.
The 'batch' of cookies was too perfect.

2. Jam, Jelly, Bridging, Ridge

Examples:

What is the difference between a 'jam' and a 'jelly' spread.
The 'Bridging' gap between the two rivals was so long.
You can see to her house, just beyond the 'ridge'.

Pronouncing the letter 'H'
This letter's sound is made by using the vocal chord in the throat.

Here are some words and sentences to help you hear what they should sound like.

Home, Doghouse, Helium

Examples:

After the long days, he went 'home' to rest only.
The most of little puppy didn't like the big 'doghouse'.
The 'helium' balloons filled the room to his daughter's birthday. 


 
   to be continued . . .

Pronunciation:
'A way of speaking a word, especially a way that is accepted or generally understood'.

Pronunciation is very difficult to correct if you have been speaking English for a long time.
As you know, practice does not make perfect, it makes permanent.
It means if you practice incorrectly, it will become permanent.
You need to correct this problem before moving forward because having bad pronunciation is one of the most difficult aspects of speaking to someone who does not speak English well.

Pronouncing the English letters 'B' and 'P'
The letters 'P' and 'B' are similar. These two letters do not require any nasal sound.

Here are some Words and Sentences to help you hear what they should sound like.
 
1. Border, Best, Baseball, Bat, Abnormal, Being

Examples:

The 'border' patrol was given the 'best' officer award.
The 'baseball' players got hurt when they went to 'bat'.
This 'Abnormal' kid was 'being' carefully examined.

2. Painting, Precious, Piece, Pretty, Appeal, Lapse, Lip

Examples:

The 'painting' that was broken was a 'precious' art of 'piece'.
The 'pretty' lawyer went to 'appeal' their case.
The 'lapse' of time caused her to bite her 'lip'.
 
Pronouncing the English letters 'D' and 'T'
Every time the letters D and T are spoken, the tip of your tongue should touch the upper part of your mouth.

Here are some Words and Sentences to help you hear what they should sound like.

1. Dentist, Did, Down, Ladder, Blood, Indicating

Examples:

The 'dentist' 'did' a great job on the fillings of teeth.
Asad was a little nervous climbing 'down' the 'ladder'.
The 'blood' on his shirt 'indicating' that he got a cut somewhere.


 

   to be continued . . .

Some Useful Information in Urdu

Article:

"An Article is a kind of Adjective which is always used with and gives some information about a Noun"

"An Article is used to introduce a Noun"
 
There are two types of Articles:

1. Definite Article: 'The' is known as the definite article and indicates a specific thing.

Example: He sat on the chair.
In this sentence 'the' refer to a particular or a specific chair, not just any chair.

2. Indefinite Article: 'A' and 'An' is known as the indefinite articles and indicate a specific thing.

Example: He sat on a chair.
In this sentence 'a' refer to just one chair or just any chair, not to a particular or a specific chair.

'An' will use, when the next word (Noun) begins with a Vowels: A, E, I, O, U

Examples:

He asked her mother for an advice.
He lives alone in an apartment.

‘A’ can only use or appear before Nouns that begin with 'A Consonant Sound': a hand, a book, a word, a computer, etc.

‘An’ can only use or appear before Nouns that begin with 'An Vowel Sound': an apartment, an hour, an orange, etc.

General Rules for the Use of Articles (A, An, The) :

1. Use 'a' or 'an' with 'Singular Count Nouns' whose specific identity is not known to the reader either because it is being mentioned for the first time, or because its specific identity is unknown even to the writer.

Akber arrived in a Luxurious Car.
He is looking for an apartment.

2. Use 'the' with most Nouns whose specific identity is known to the reader, when the Noun is made specific by a Superlative.

I bought the fastest computer for my son.

3. Use 'the' with most Nouns whose specific identity is known to the reader, when the Noun describes a unique person, place, or thing.

The sun is bright today.
Rain is falling heavily in the Northern Areas.
Please give this to the branch manager.

4. Do not use 'the' with plural or non-Count Nouns or with most Singular Proper Nouns.

The fountains are an expensive element for landscape design.

5. Do not use articles with other Noun markers or determiners, i.e. Possessive Nouns and some Pronouns.

Like as: his, her, its, ours, their, whose, this, that, these, those, all, any, each, either, every, few, many, more, most, much, neither, several, some.

The David’s book is on the floor. (incorrect)
David’s book is on the floor. (correct)

A this book belongs to the Persian. (incorrect)
This book belongs to the Persian. (correct)


Test: Parts of Speech 
Choose the 'Correct Part of Speech' for each word:

Test # 1
Test # 2
Test # 3

Conjunction:

"A conjunction is a word that joins two or more Words, Phrases, or Clauses".
 
Examples:

1. Silver and gold  (Joined two Words)
2. Over the river and through the woods (Joined two Phrases)
3. Maria planted a flower and she watched it grow. (Joined two Clauses)

Type of Conjunctions:

There are three types of Conjunctions.

1. Coordinating Conjunctions: And, For, Nor, Or, But, Yet, So

2. Subordinating Conjunctions: Unless, Whenever, Since, Once, Though, Until, Whether, Before, etc.

3. Correlative Conjunctions (in pairs' Conjunctions):

Either . . . or
Neither . . . nor
Both . . . and
Not only . . . but also
Just as . . . so
As many . . . as
Rather . . . than

Examples:

Both Rohit and I are allergic to dust.
Either Maria or Ahmed will pick you up.
Neither myself nor he will pick you up.
Just as she loves driving so she enjoys traveling as well.
Not only does he play the lead guitar but he is also the band’s songwriter.
There are as many curtains as there are windows.
He’d rather play the drums than sing.

 
Interjection:

"An Interjection is a word that shows Emotion". 
 
Interjections are usually one to two words that come at the beginning of a sentence.

Interjection does not interact with any other words in the sentence.
An Interjection is sometimes followed by an ' Exclamation Mark (!) ', when written.

Interjections are short exclamations like Oh!, Um or Ah!

Some Important Interjections with examples:

1. Ah
Meaning: Expressing as Pleasure or Realization or Resignation or Surprise
Sentences:
a) Ah, that feels good.
b) Ah, now we understand.
c) Ah, we have won

2. Alas
Meaning: Expressing as Grief or Pity
Sentence: Alas, his father dead now.

3. Eh
Meaning: Expressing as Inquiry or Surprise or Inviting agreement.
Sentences:
a) What do you know of that, eh?
b) Eh! Really?
c) Let's we go, eh?

4. Hello
Meaning: Expressing as Greeting or Surprise
Sentence: Hello Syed, how are you today?

5. Hey
Meaning: Expressing as Surprise or Joy
Sentences:
a) Hey! Look at this.
b) Hey! What is a good idea?

6. Hi
Meaning: Expressing as Greeting
Sentence: Hi! How are you?

7. Well
Meaning:Expressing as Surprise or Introducing as a Remark
Sentences:
a) Well, you are winning the match.
b) Well, I know, what did he say?

Preposition:

"Prepositions are Words that show the relationship between a Noun or Pronoun and some other word or element in the rest of the sentence".

Prepositions are important words. We use individual Prepositions more frequently than other individual words. Many Prepositions have more than one meaning.

Groups of the Prepositions:

There are three groups of the (common) Prepositions:

a) Prepositions of Place, Position and Direction.
b) Prepositions of Time.
c) Prepositions for Other relationships.

Prepositions of Place:

above
across
along
among
at
away from
behind
below
beside
between

Prepositions of Position:

beyond
by
down
from
in
in front of
inside
into
near
off

Prepositions of Direction:

on
opposite
out (of)
outside
over
around
through
to
towards
under
up

Prepositions of Time:

after
before
at
by
for
during
from
in

Prepositions for Other Relationships:

except
as
like
about
with
without
by
for

Some General Rules regarding Prepositions:

It is permissible to end a sentence with a Preposition.
A Preposition is followed by a Noun.
A Preposition is never followed by a Verb.
It is permissible to begin a sentence with a Preposition, or a Prepositional Phrase, but be very careful when you do so.
A Prepositional Phrase always begins with a Preposition and ends with a Noun or Pronoun called the 'Object of the Preposition'.
The subject of the sentence can never be part of a Prepositional Phrase.
A Verb can never be a part of a Prepositional Phrase.
If we follow with a Verb, we must use the "-ing " form which is really a Verb in Noun form.
 
For using this pattern or sequence:  'subject + verb + preposition + noun'

Examples:

1. This copy is ON the table.
2. The food is ON the table.
3. We are looking FOR you.
3. He lives IN Germany.
5. He held the pencil OVER the desk.

Prepositions of Time / Place (will use At , In , On )

'At' will use for a Precise Time
'In' will use for Months, Years, Centuries and Long Periods
'On' will use for Days and Date
Examples: 

at 4:30 a.m, at noon, at the moment, at lunch time
in March, in the summer, in the future, in 2013, in the morning
on Monday, on 6th May, on your birthday, on New Year, on Friday morning

Use some Prepositions in following sentences:

1. for two days, for two hours, for an hour
2. during the war, during my stay, during the movie
3. from Monday to Friday, from 6 to 8
4. between Monday and Friday, between 2012 and 2013
5. till or until Sunday 4 o'clock, till or until Tuesday 7:30 o'clock
6. by next month, by Friday, by tomorrow
7. across the road, across the river, across the street
8. into the car, into the public room
 
Note: You simply have to be careful when 'starting a sentence with a Preposition', that the sentence does not become fragmented as a result.
 
Here is an example with the Preposition UP.

We ran UP the hill. Correct 
UP the hill we ran. Incorrect:

Here is an example with the Preposition OVER.

The rabbit jumped OVER the log. Correct 
OVER the log the rabbit jumped. Incorrect:

Here is an example with the Preposition ABOARD.

We got ABOARD the train to ride down to Delhi. Correct 
ABOARD the train we got to ride down to Delhi. Incorrect:


 

Complete the Exercises with Correct Answers, please click

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Exercise-5

Exercise-6

Adverb:

"Adverbs modify or describe Verbs, Adjectives, or other Adverbs".  

Let's you look at some examples of them describing Verbs, Adjectives, and Adverbs.

1. We will eat there.  [ In this sentence,  'There' is an Adverb, describing the Verb 'Will Eat' ]

2. Your face is extremely reddish. [ In this sentence,  'Extremely' is an Adverb, describing the Adjective 'Reddish' ]

3. Her baby crawled very slowly.  [ In this sentence,  'Very' is an Adverb, describing the Adverb 'Slowly' ]

Some Important words (Adverbs):

Beautifully, Carefully, Cheerfully, Competitively, Eagerly, Gracefully, Happily, Lazily, Quickly, Really, Stylishly, Unevenly, Urgently, Wishfully

Adverbs 'Answer' one of these Adverb 'Questions'.

1. How? will use . . . happily, really, quite, peacefully, etc.

2. When? will use . . . tomorrow, now, yesterday, never, etc.

3. Where? will use . . . here, there, everywhere, etc.

4. Why? will use a sentence  ' . . . because he wanted soup'.

Adverb Clause: A dependent clause that functions as an Adverb.

Example:

 I will eat my lunch now.  [ In this sentence, Adverb (now) is modifying to 'will eat' ]

 I will eat my lunch after I eat two bananas.  [ In this sentence, Adverb Clause (I eat two bananas) is modifying to 'will eat' ]

Types of Adverbs:

Although there are thousands of Adverbs, each Adverb can usually to be categorized in one of the following groups:

1. Adverbs of Time:

Examples:

Press the button now. [ In this sentence, 'now' is used as 'Adverb of Time' ]

I tell him daily. [ In this sentence, 'daily' is used as 'Adverb of Time' ]

2.  Adverbs of Place:
 
Examples:

I did not put it there.  [ In this sentence, 'there' is used as 'Adverb of Place' ]

I did not put it to everywhere.  [ In this sentence, 'everywhere' is used as 'Adverb of Place' ]

3. Adverbs of Manner:

Examples:

He passed the test easily.  [ In this sentence, 'easily' is used as 'Adverb of Manner' ]

The lion crawled heartily.  [ In this sentence, 'heartily' is used as 'Adverb of Manner' ]

4. Adverbs of Degree:

Examples:

She boxed more cleverly.  [ In this sentence, 'cleverly' is used as 'Adverb of Degree' ]

That is the farthest, he has ever jumped.  [ In this sentence, 'farthest' is used as 'Adverb of Degree' ]
 

Adjective:

" Adjectives describe Nouns and Pronouns."

1. Which one? . . . blue sky.
2. What kind? . . . furry monkey.
3. How many? . . . fifteen candles.
4. Whose? . . . Hashim's book shop.

Kinds of Adjective:

1. Proper Adjectives: American books, English grammar, Indonesian food, etc.

2. Comparative Adjectives: Use the Comparative Form, when you are comparing two things.

Examples:

Simon is richer than his neighbor.
Simon is more beautiful than his neighbor.

Most Comparative Adjectives end in '-er ' 
Richer, Happier, Taller, etc.

Or begin with ' more ' 
More beautiful, More peaceful, More spontaneous, etc.

3. Superlative Adjectives: Use the Superlative Form, when you are comparing three or more things.

Examples:

Out of Aiman, her neighbor, and her librarian, Aiman is the richest, Aiman is the most beautiful.

Most Superlative Adjectives end in '-est' 
Richest, Happiest, Tallest, etc.

Or begin with 'most' 
Most beautiful, Most peaceful, Most spontaneous, etc.

4. Predicate Adjectives: Predicate Adjectives are a bit tricky because, they involve linking verbs.
    Also, the Predicate Adjectives come after Linking Verbs and describe the Subject of the sentence.

Examples:

1. I feel happy today.
2. This mango is ripe.

Form of the Adjectives:

1. Regular Form of Comparatives and Superlatives:

Positive: Happy, Beautiful, Rich
Comparative: Happier, More beautiful, Richer
Superlative: Happiest, Most beautiful. Richest

2. Irregular Form of Comparatives and Superlatives:

Positive: Good, Little, Bad
Comparative: Better, Less, Worse
Superlative: Best, Least, Worst
 

The Verb:
"A verb is a word that expresses an action or a state of being. "

According to the definition, there are Three main categories or types of Verbs:

Action Verbs: 

I love Honey. I turned the table. (Action Verbs)

Linking Verbs:

I am a teacher. I turned the table. (Linking Verbs)

Helping Verbs:

I have been playing cards. (Helping Verbs)

Helping verbs are always 'Helping' either an Action Verb or a Linking Verb.

Examples:
I will play the piano. (helping verb and action verb)
I will be a teacher. (helping verb and linking verb)

Remember:
Action and Linking Verbs are called 'Main Verbs'.
Here 'Main' means that the Verb is Strong enough to be the only Verb in the sentence.

Verb Phrase:
 A Main Verb and a Helping Verb  working together are called a 'Verb Phrase'.

Examples:
I will eat fruits and ice cream.    'will eat' is Verb Phrase
I have been feeling better.          'have been feeling' is Verb Phrase

The Types of the Verb:

There are four types of the Verb.

1. Intransitive Complete Verbs:
    Cats drink. Clocks tick. Buses move. etc.

2. Transitive Active Verbs:
    Cats drink milk. Clocks make noise. Buses move back the road. etc.

3. Transitive Passive Verbs:
    John Ebrahim was kicked by Khan. The house was demolished by the storm. etc.

4. Intransitive Linking Verbs:
    I turned the page. I turned green. etc.

Regular and irregular Verbs:

A 'Regular Verb' is any verb whose conjugation follows one of the typical pattern, of the language to which it belongs.

An 'Irregular Verb' is any verb whose conjugation follows a different pattern.

Common English Irregular Verb or Forms of Verb: (Base Form, Past Simple & Past Participle)

Examples:

Do,  Eat,  Buy,  Come,  Fall                            Base or 1st form
Did,  Ate,  Bought,  Came,  Fell                    Past Simple or 2nd form
Done,  Eaten,  Bought,  Come,  Fallen      Past Participle or 3rd form

List of Verbs and its Forms & Forms

Pronoun:
"A Pronoun is a Word that takes the place of a Noun."

Pronouns can do all of the things that Nouns can do.
They can be subjects, direct or indirect objects, object of the prepositions etc.

Examples:  He,  She,  It,  They,  We,  You,  Someone,  Who 

Types of Pronouns:

1. Personal Pronouns: I,  Me,  We,  Us,  You,  She,  Her,  He,  Him,  It,  They,  Them

2. Relative Pronouns: These Pronouns are words that introduce Adjective Clauses.

   As like: Who,  Whom,  Whose,  Which,  That

3. Demonstrative Pronouns: This,  That,  These,  Those

    Remember: You can use 'Demonstrative Pronouns' to point out the particular People or Things.

4. Indefinite Pronouns: Each,  Everything,  One,  Everyone,  Someone,  Anything,  Both,  Many,
                                 Several,  Few,  All,  Most,  None,  Some,  Much
  
   Remember: Indefinite Pronouns do not refer to a Definite or Specific Person or Thing.

5. Reflexive Pronouns & Intensive Pronouns: Reflexive Pronouns and Intensive Pronouns are kind of like   identical twins. They look the same, but they are actually different.

   'Reflexive Pronoun' is used to refer to the subject of the sentence.
   'Intensive Pronoun' is used to emphasize another noun.

   These two types of pronouns end in 'self' or 'selves'.

   Himself,  Herself,  Myself,  Itself,  Yourself,  Ourselves,  Yourselves,  Themselves

6. Interrogative Pronouns: What,  Whom,  Whose,  Who,  Which
  
   Remember: Interrogative Pronouns are often begin Interrogative Sentences.
  
   Example: Who stole the film from her Camera?

7. Possessive Pronouns: Show ownership.

   As like: His,  My,  Hers,  Your,  Theirs,  Mine,  Ours,  Its

   Remember: Possessive Pronouns are used before the nouns.
   They are actually being used as Adjectives, not Pronouns.

   Example: Our family has vacation next week. (used as adjective)

              That car is ours. (used as pronoun)

" A category to which a word is assigned in accordance with its syntactic functions  or  Every single word belongs to one of Eight Word Groups is called Parts of Speech "

In English Language, the main Parts of Speech are:

Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction, and Interjection. 

Noun:
A Nouns is word that name people, places, things, or ideas.
Nouns have the ability to perform different functions, or jobs, 
in the sentences.  

List of Nouns or Type of Nouns

1. Common Nouns: Name people, places or things that are not specific.

Examples:
Man or Woman, Mountain, State, Ocean, Country, Building, Cat, Airline

2. Proper Nouns: Name specific people, places, or things.

Examples:
Walt Disney, Mounts, Atlantic Ocean, Australia or New Zealand, Empire State Building, Sun Country

3. Abstract Nouns: Name Nouns that you can't perceive with your five sense. 

Examples:
History, Communication, Love, Wealth, Happiness, Pride, Religion, Belief

4. Concrete Nouns: Name Nouns that you can perceive with your five senses.

Examples: House, Ocean, Uncle Henry, Bird, Photograph, Banana, Eyes, Light, Sun, Dog, Suitcase, Flowers

5. Countable Nouns: Name Nouns that you can count.

Examples:
Bed, Cat, Movie, Train, Country, Book, cell Phone, Speaker, Clock, Pen, Imran Khan

6. Uncountable Nouns: Name Nouns that you can't count.

Examples:
Milk, Rice, Snow, Rain, Water, Food, Music

7. Compound Nouns: There are made up of two or more words.

Examples:
Table cloth, Eye Glasses, New York, Photograph, Son-in-law, Sunlight, Snow Flake

8. Collective Nouns: Refer to things or people as a unit.

Examples:
Audience, Bunch, Flock, Team, Group, Family, Village

9. Singular Nouns: Name one person or place or thing or idea.

Examples:
Cat, Ship, Hero, Monkey, Baby, Match, South Africa

10. Plural Nouns: Name more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

Examples:
Cats, Ships, Heroes, Monkeys, Babies, Matches, South Africans

11. Possessive Nouns: show ownership.

Examples:
Brother's Car, Mary's cat, The Student's book, Our Country.

The Most Commonly-used Phrasal Verbs in English:  (Last Part)

 
Set off
Meaning: Start a journey
Sentence: We set off for Ice places areas,in next week of January.

Set up
Meaning: Start a business
Sentence: She set up her own company on 10 years ago.

Shop around
Meaning: Compare prices to
Sentence: We should check always the shop around before buying anything.

Sign away
Meaning: Give up one's rights or ownership
Sentence: He signed away father's properties and joined a religious organization.

Sign in
Meaning: Register at a hotel or company etc.
Sentence: Let's go and eat as soon as you've signed in.

Sign up or with
Meaning: Sign an agreement to work for somebody
Sentence: He has signed up with a news agency.

Sit down
Meaning: Take a seat
Sentence: Please come in and sit down with her brother.

Take away
Meaning: Buy food at a restaurant and carry it elsewhere to eat it.
Sentence: Two beef curries or plates to take away please.

Take care of
Meaning: Look after
Sentence: We'll take care of your plants while you're away.

Take off
Meaning: Leave the ground
Sentence: The plane took off at 7:30 a.m.

Take out
Meaning: Remove or extract
Sentence: She took out a pen to note the my home address.

Test out
Meaning: Carry out an experiment
Sentence: The theory of light hasn't been tested out yet.

Track down
Meaning: Find by searching
Sentence: The City Police finally tracked down the main criminals.

Turn away
Meaning: Refuse entrance to someone
Sentence: Hundreds of fans were turned away from the Cricket Stadium.

Use up
Meaning: Finish a product or thing
Sentence: The kids have used up all the color pencils.

Warm up
Meaning: Make more lively or more relaxed
Sentence: He told some interesting jokes to warm up the atmosphere.

Watch out
Meaning: Be careful
Sentence: Watch out! There's a hole in track.

PHRASAL VERBS (All lessons)

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Part 6

Part 7

The Most Commonly-used Phrasal Verbs in English: (Part 6)

Own up
Meaning: Admit or confess something
Sentence: The boy owned up because, he kicked the ball through the window.

Pass away
Meaning: Die
Sentence: He has passed away. My prayers are with him.

Pick up
Meaning: Learn
Sentence: Children are easily to pick up this new language.

Pick up
Meaning: Collect, give someone a lift
Sentence: Shehzad is coming to pick me up at 8 o'clock.

Play down
Meaning: Minimize or make something appear less to important
Sentence: Indian's government played down the gravity of the situation.

Pop in
Meaning: Make a brief visit
Sentence: You sometimes pop in for a cup of Coffee or Green tea.

Put away
Meaning: Return something to its normal place after using it.
Sentence: Please put away my dictionary, when you've finished using it.

Put on
Meaning: Turn on or switch on
Sentence: Could you put on the light please?

Pick up
Meaning: To collect somebody
Sentence: I'll pick you up at the airport directly.

Rely on
Meaning: Count on or depend on
Sentence: Don't worry, You can rely on me. I can keep a secret.

Rule out
Meaning: Eliminate
Sentence: The police ruled out to the political situations.

Run away
Meaning: Escape from a place or suddenly leave
Sentence: He has run away from his home at the age of fourteen.

Run into
Meaning: Meet by accident or unexpectedly
Sentence: We ran into Bill Gates at the shopping center.




    to be continued . . .

For information only . . .

The Most Commonly-used Phrasal Verbs in English: (Part 5)

 
Lay off
Meaning: Fire, dismiss, let go
Sentence: Many factories have had to lay off workers.

Leak out
Meaning: Become known 
Sentence: News of the planned merger leaked out.

Let down
Meaning: Disappoint
Sentence: You promised to come to the party, so don't let me down!

Line up
Meaning: Stand in a row
Sentence: All the books were lined up neatly on the shelves.

Look after
Meaning: Take care of
Sentence: This baby sitter will look after the children when their parents go out.

Look ahead
Meaning: Think of the future
Sentence: It's time to forget the past and look ahead.

Look into
Meaning: Examine or investigate
Sentence: We'll look into the matter and call you back.

Make fun of
Meaning: Laugh at or make jokes about
Sentence: The old lady's dress was so strangely that the children make fun of her.

Make up
Meaning: End a quarrel
Sentence: It's time to shake hands and make up to them.

Mark down
Meaning: Reduce the price
Sentence: The Coat was marked down by 40% to 50% a real bargain!

Move out
Meaning: Leave your home or office for another one
Sentence: My neighbor is leaving this house and will move out next Saturday.

Narrow down
Meaning: Reduce a list or a number of options
Sentence: The list of suspects has been narrowed down to two brothers.

Note down
Meaning: Write something to down
Sentence: I'll call the railway station and note down the departure times.



to be continued . . .