Kazi Shahid Shawkat It is really hope-inspiring that with the increased demand of English as a language of communication both in academic and employment environment in our country, the percentage of people using this language efficiently is also rising dramatically. It is no more surprising as well [...]
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April 1st, 2010 - 12:00 am § in Vocabulary
Building Vocabulary
Sadruddin Ahmed Lesson 14 More about Transitive Verbs In lesson 13 we explained and illustrated the use of transitive verbs. Since most verbs in English are transitive, we have classified these verbs into a number of groups. In this lesson we illustrate transitive verbs which require adjuncts after [...]
January 1st, 2010 - 12:01 am § in Vocabulary
Building Vocabulary: 11
Sadruddin Ahmed Lesson 11 Still More about Adjectives Here is a list of adjectives which are usually or always used predicatively and which can be followed by the prepositions indicated: answerable to dependant on incumbent on parallel to [...]
December 5th, 2009 - 5:45 am § in Vocabulary
Building Vocabulary – 10
Sadruddin Ahmed More about Adjectives Here is a list of adjectives which are usually or always used predicatively (after the linking verbs) and are followed by the preposition ‘to’: Accustomed close prone resistant adjacent conducive proportional similar[...]
November 1st, 2009 - 6:32 am § in Vocabulary
Building Vocabulary – 9
Sadruddin Ahmed Lesson 9 Linking Verbs and Adjective-Complements In the previous lessons we have explained and illustrated the use of intransitive verbs and the adverbials that go with them. In this lesson and the following ones we take up another kind of verbs and the adjectives that follow them. T[...]
October 1st, 2009 - 6:27 am § in Vocabulary
Building Vocabulary – 8
Lesson 8 Adverbials of degree Adverbials of degree broadly answer the question ‘To what extent?’ They can modify adjectives, verbs and adverbs. In this lesson we will explain and illustrate the use of adverbs of degree which modify intransitive verbs and adverbs. [...]