Powerful Exercises on the Rules of Concord

 

Rubric:  Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject.

1. Annie and her brothers (is, are) at school.

2. Either my mother or my father (is, are) coming to the meeting.

3. The dog or the cats (is, are) outside.

4. Either my shoes or your coat (is, are) always on the floor.

5. George and Tamara (doesn't, don't) want to see that movie.

6. Benito (doesn't, don't) know the answer.

7. One of my sisters (is, are) going on a trip to France.

8. The man with all the birds (live, lives) on my street.

Lesson Notes on Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

 

Definition

English verbs are split into two major categories depending on how they function in a sentence: transitive and intransitive. Transitive verbs take one or more objects in a sentence, while intransitive verbs take no objects in a sentence.

Distinguishing between the two Transitive Verbs

Put simply, a transitive verb describes an action that is happening to something or someone, which is known as the verb’s direct object. For instance, in the sentence “I am reading a book,” book is the direct object, which the action reading is happening to.

A Complete Lesson on Diction/Oral English: Vowel and Consonant Sounds

Hello everyone, you're amply welcome to our blog page. Today we shall be examining some momentous lessons under Diction/Speech Work/Oral English.

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First and foremost, there is just one alphabet in English Language due to the fact that the term alphabet refers to a collective name given to all 26 letters.

Lessons on Idioms

 

What is an idiom?

An idiom is an expression where the meaning is different from the meaning of the individual words.

Tambuwal blotted out---This is how I rejected APC bribe not to defect !

     
                             
How I rejected APC bribe not to defect – Tambuwal On January 11, 20199:00 amIn News, Politics178 Comments By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has revealed how he spurned the bribe from the Federal Government to construct a road to his village as a way of holding him in the All Progressives Congress, APC. Tambuwal Speaking at a rally in Silame, Sokoto to flag off the PDP campaigns in Sokoto State, Tambuwal fumed at the hunger in the country and what he described as the incompetence of the Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government in tackling the insecurity problems in the