Archive for January, 2012
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Posted by Gabriele on Jan 16, 2012
Today, January 16th in the United States, is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This is a federal* holiday commemorating the life of Reverend Martin Luther King. This holiday takes place each year on the third Monday of January. This is a day to remember the life and work of Reverend King. Martin Luther King was…
Getting to Grips with Homographs Posted by heather on Jan 14, 2012
Last week we had a look at homophones. As a quick reminder, a homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning and sometimes a different spelling. Today we are going to take a look at homographs. A homograph is a word that has the same spelling as…
Parts of Speech in English – Conjunctions and Interjections Posted by Gabriele on Jan 13, 2012
The last two parts of speech that we have to cover in our review of parts of speech in English are conjunctions and interjections. Here we go! . Conjunctions A conjunction is a word that “joins”. It joins two parts of a sentence together. There are two important ways to categorize conjunctions by their relationship…
Parts of Speech in English – Pronouns and Prepositions Posted by Gabriele on Jan 12, 2012
Today we continue with our review of the different parts of speech in the English language. The two parts of speech that I will review today are pronouns and prepositions. Pronouns Pronouns are words that take the place of nouns. You use a pronoun instead of a noun, that is, the pronoun replaces the noun…
Happy Birthday!! Posted by heather on Jan 11, 2012
Tomorrow is my birthday. I am quite excited because I will be turning 32, which sounds much better than 31 did. I think it might be the fact that 32 is an even number that makes it sound enticing. So what will I be doing for my birthday? On the day itself I will be…
Parts of Speech in English – Adjectives and Adverbs Posted by Gabriele on Jan 10, 2012
Now that we have reviewed verbs and nouns (see my previous posts), it makes the most sense that the next two parts of speech we look at should be adjectives and adverbs. Adverbs and adjectives are the words that we used to describe verbs and nouns. Adjectives An adjective is a word that tells us…
Parts of Speech in English – Nouns Posted by Gabriele on Jan 9, 2012
In my last post about parts of speech in English we looked at verbs. I mentioned how verbs are perhaps the most important part of speech in English. After all, it is only with verbs that you can have a complete sentence with just one word, for example: “Run!” This is a command and a…