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.



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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. 


 
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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.


 

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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:


 

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