🗣 Question from @ingliztiliuzz member Khalid:
How would the word hunter be spelled in the following sentence?
The sentence might go something like, “The hunter’s steel trap secured my foot to the forest floor.”
Would the correct spelling be hunters, hunter’s, or hunters’?
Thank you for your time,
Khalid
Hi Khalid, your question is asking how we form the possessive in English and I’d put this question in the Top 10 of questions we get asked. I’ll run through it quickly in relation to your specific example and I’ve put several links at the end of this posting to other postings about the possessive and to the section in the www.ingliz-tili.uz Online Grammar on possessives.
☝️Firstly, I’m assuming that there is only one ‘hunter’ in which case we would show that the trap belongs to the hunter by saying the ‘hunter’s trap‘ – that is with the apostrophe s following the ‘r’ of ‘hunter’. So this sentence is correct:
The hunter‘s steel trap secured my foot to the forest floor.
Just as an extra note here: hunters is plural and not possessive and hunters’ or hunters’s is the plural possessive.
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How would the word hunter be spelled in the following sentence?
The sentence might go something like, “The hunter’s steel trap secured my foot to the forest floor.”
Would the correct spelling be hunters, hunter’s, or hunters’?
Thank you for your time,
Khalid
Hi Khalid, your question is asking how we form the possessive in English and I’d put this question in the Top 10 of questions we get asked. I’ll run through it quickly in relation to your specific example and I’ve put several links at the end of this posting to other postings about the possessive and to the section in the www.ingliz-tili.uz Online Grammar on possessives.
☝️Firstly, I’m assuming that there is only one ‘hunter’ in which case we would show that the trap belongs to the hunter by saying the ‘hunter’s trap‘ – that is with the apostrophe s following the ‘r’ of ‘hunter’. So this sentence is correct:
The hunter‘s steel trap secured my foot to the forest floor.
Just as an extra note here: hunters is plural and not possessive and hunters’ or hunters’s is the plural possessive.
™️@ingliztiliuzz
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🗣Question from @ingliztiliuzz member Randall :
In quoting a line from a book, is it correct to use the word “wrote” or “writes” as in;
In his book, Good English, Joe Smith writes, “English is good.”
In his book, Good English, Joe Smith wrote, “English is good.”?
™️Answer:
Hi Randall and thanks for your question.
You’re quite right to be a bit confused about this as you will have been taught that when an action, such as writing a book, is finished, we should use the Simple Past. And you would be quite correct if you wrote:
In his book, Good English, Joe Smith wrote, “English is good.”
The confusion exists because when we are quoting what a writer has written in a book, newspaper or magazine we can use more than one tense despite the fact that the writing is, of course, finished. We can say:
In his book, Good English, Joe Smith has written, “English is good.”
(Present Perfect)
In his book, Good English, Joe Smith writes, “English is good.”
(Simple Present)
All of these are acceptable and don’t really change the meaning or intention of the sentence. Perhaps using the Present Perfect or Simple Present gives the quote a greater sense of immediacy and of being current but it is a fairly fine distinction.
Maybe, Randall, it is enough to know that you would not be wrong if you used any of the above tenses.
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In quoting a line from a book, is it correct to use the word “wrote” or “writes” as in;
In his book, Good English, Joe Smith writes, “English is good.”
In his book, Good English, Joe Smith wrote, “English is good.”?
™️Answer:
Hi Randall and thanks for your question.
You’re quite right to be a bit confused about this as you will have been taught that when an action, such as writing a book, is finished, we should use the Simple Past. And you would be quite correct if you wrote:
In his book, Good English, Joe Smith wrote, “English is good.”
The confusion exists because when we are quoting what a writer has written in a book, newspaper or magazine we can use more than one tense despite the fact that the writing is, of course, finished. We can say:
In his book, Good English, Joe Smith has written, “English is good.”
(Present Perfect)
In his book, Good English, Joe Smith writes, “English is good.”
(Simple Present)
All of these are acceptable and don’t really change the meaning or intention of the sentence. Perhaps using the Present Perfect or Simple Present gives the quote a greater sense of immediacy and of being current but it is a fairly fine distinction.
Maybe, Randall, it is enough to know that you would not be wrong if you used any of the above tenses.
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The answer to the
picture quiz is any of the words below 👇
"Shisha"
"Hooka(h)"
"Narghile"
"Water pipe"
"Hubble-bubble"
❌ Caution: It is more dangerous than cigarette. Its smoke is 30 times more carcinogenic than cigarette smoke.
picture quiz is any of the words below 👇
"Shisha"
"Hooka(h)"
"Narghile"
"Water pipe"
"Hubble-bubble"
❌ Caution: It is more dangerous than cigarette. Its smoke is 30 times more carcinogenic than cigarette smoke.
🗣Question from @ingliztiliuzz member Esel
What is the difference between “may” or “might”? e.g.,
I might have made a mistake or
I may have made a mistake.
™️ Answer
Hi Esel and thanks for the question!
Using ‘may’ or ‘might’ can be a little confusing for an English learner – especially if you look too hard to find any difference in usage between the two!
✴️‘May’ and ‘might’ are almost always interchangeable – that is, you can convey exactly the same meaning using either one. Both express a possibility of some action taking place. For example:
It may rain this afternoon.
It might rain this afternoon.
He may miss the train if he doesn’t hurry.
He might miss the train if he doesn’t hurry.
✴️Most grammar will tell you that ‘might’ suggests a somewhat lower probability or possibility than ‘may‘ but this is a really fine distinction and you won’t be making any grammatical errors nor confusing your meaning if you use either one.
✴️Now, when you are using ‘might‘ as the past tense of the auxiliary ‘may‘ then you stick with ‘might’ in the sentence:
He might have caught his train if he had left work on time.
✴️Don’t forget that ‘may‘ can also be used in interrogative sentences when you are asking permission to do something. It is a common ‘polite’ form. For example:
May I use your telephone?
May I smoke?
✴️When used for asking permission we use ‘may‘ and not ‘might’. However, just to confuse it a little, it is more and more common to use ‘can‘ when asking permission although can doesn’t, in my opinion, yet carry the same sense of polite request that using ‘may’ does :
Can I use your telephone, please?
Can I smoke?
What is the difference between “may” or “might”? e.g.,
I might have made a mistake or
I may have made a mistake.
™️ Answer
Hi Esel and thanks for the question!
Using ‘may’ or ‘might’ can be a little confusing for an English learner – especially if you look too hard to find any difference in usage between the two!
✴️‘May’ and ‘might’ are almost always interchangeable – that is, you can convey exactly the same meaning using either one. Both express a possibility of some action taking place. For example:
It may rain this afternoon.
It might rain this afternoon.
He may miss the train if he doesn’t hurry.
He might miss the train if he doesn’t hurry.
✴️Most grammar will tell you that ‘might’ suggests a somewhat lower probability or possibility than ‘may‘ but this is a really fine distinction and you won’t be making any grammatical errors nor confusing your meaning if you use either one.
✴️Now, when you are using ‘might‘ as the past tense of the auxiliary ‘may‘ then you stick with ‘might’ in the sentence:
He might have caught his train if he had left work on time.
✴️Don’t forget that ‘may‘ can also be used in interrogative sentences when you are asking permission to do something. It is a common ‘polite’ form. For example:
May I use your telephone?
May I smoke?
✴️When used for asking permission we use ‘may‘ and not ‘might’. However, just to confuse it a little, it is more and more common to use ‘can‘ when asking permission although can doesn’t, in my opinion, yet carry the same sense of polite request that using ‘may’ does :
Can I use your telephone, please?
Can I smoke?
What is a Phrase?
❇️ A phrase, in a sentence, is a group of related words that complement the structure ofsentence.
❇️ A phrase is always an important part of a sentence. A phrase cannot stand alone as it does not contain a
subject and a verb. Hence, a phrase (as alone) does not give a complete idea. It is used to complement the
overallstructure of a sentence.
❇️ It usually consists of articles, preposition or noun. e.g. on a table, at the door, in a box, on the roof.
🔸 Examples:
She is standing on the roof.
The cat is sleeping under the table.
She is drawing a map on the wall.
Someone is waiting at the door.
The kid sat beside her mother.
Students are looking at the black-board.
The dog is barking at a stranger.
The girl, in the brown shirt, won the debate.
The students, at the hall, were making a noise.
❇️A phrase is an important part of a sentence. A phrase acts as a noun, an adjective or an adverb in a
sentence. Hence, a phrase can also be defined as a group of related words (lacking a subject and a verb) that
acts a single part ofspeech in a sentence.
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❇️ A phrase, in a sentence, is a group of related words that complement the structure ofsentence.
❇️ A phrase is always an important part of a sentence. A phrase cannot stand alone as it does not contain a
subject and a verb. Hence, a phrase (as alone) does not give a complete idea. It is used to complement the
overallstructure of a sentence.
❇️ It usually consists of articles, preposition or noun. e.g. on a table, at the door, in a box, on the roof.
🔸 Examples:
She is standing on the roof.
The cat is sleeping under the table.
She is drawing a map on the wall.
Someone is waiting at the door.
The kid sat beside her mother.
Students are looking at the black-board.
The dog is barking at a stranger.
The girl, in the brown shirt, won the debate.
The students, at the hall, were making a noise.
❇️A phrase is an important part of a sentence. A phrase acts as a noun, an adjective or an adverb in a
sentence. Hence, a phrase can also be defined as a group of related words (lacking a subject and a verb) that
acts a single part ofspeech in a sentence.
@ingliztiliuzz
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IELTS VOCABULARY
TIME
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👉 AHEAD OF ONE'S TIME
📕Definition: be more talented than others recognize (boshqalardan fikrlashda, aqlda oldinroq bo'lish)
🎈He's ahead of his time. No one knows how important his discoveries are.
🎈She's always felt that she was ahead of her time, so she isn't disappointed.
👉 AHEAD OF TIME
📗Definition: before the agreed upon time (kelishilgan vaqtdan oldinroq)
🎈I think we'll get there ahead of time.
🎈Wow, we're ahead of time today. Let's keep it up!
👉 ALL IN GOOD TIME
📙Definition: within a reasonable amount of time (kerakli fursat ichida)
🎈I'll get to you all in good time. Please be patient.
🎈Her professor kept on saying that she'd be successful, but that it would be all in
good time.
👉 AT A SET TIME
📘Definition: at an agreed upon time(kelishilgan vaqtda)
🎈We'll meet at the set time.
🎈Let's make sure that we meet at a set time.
👉 AT ALL TIMES
📒Definition: always (doim)
🎈Make sure to keep your seat belts on at all times.
🎈Students need to pay attention at all times.
👉 AT THE APPOINTED TIME
📙Definition: at an agreed upon time (kelishilgan vaqtda)
🎈We'll meet at the appointed time and place.
🎈Did you get into the doctor's office at the appointed time?
👉 BEHIND THE TIMES
📔Definition: not fashionable, not up on current fashions (zamonaviy emas)
🎈My Dad is so behind the times!
🎈She dresses like it was the 70s she's behind the times!
👉 TO BIDE ONE'S TIME
📘Definition: to wait (kutmoq)
🎈I'm biding my time until he arrives.
🎈She decided to bide her time in a shop.
👉 FROM TIME TO TIME
📗Definition: occasionally (vaqti vaqti bilan)
🎈I like playing golf from time to time.
🎈Petra speaks with Tom from time to time.
👉 HAVE THE TIME OF ONE'S LIFE
📕Definition: have a fantastic experience (ajoyib tajribaga ega)
🎈My daughter had the time of her life in Disneyland.
🎈Believe me. You're going to have the time of your life.
👉 KEEP TIME
📓Definition: keep the beat in music (musiqada ritmni ushlash)
🎈Can you keep time while we practice this piece?
🎈He kept time with his foot.
👉 LIVE ON BORROWED TIME
📒Definition: live dangerously (xavfli yashash)
🎈He's living on borrowed time if he keeps that up!
🎈She felt she was living on borrowed time because she smoked.
👉 MAKE TIME FOR SOMETHING OR SOMEONE
📘Definition: create a period of time especially for a thing or person (kishi yoki narsa uchun vaqt topish)
🎈I need to make some extra time for reading.
I'll make time for you on Saturday.
👉 OUT OF TIME
📙Definition: not have any more time available (vaqti yo'q)
I'm afraid we're out of time for today.
🎈You're out of time for that competition.
👉 PRESSED FOR TIME
📔Definition: not have a lot of time to do something
🎈I'm pressed for time today. Hurry up!
🎈She couldn't see me because she was pressed for time.
👉 TIME IS MONEY
📗Definition: Expression meaning that someone's time is important.(vaqt bu pul)
🎈Remember that time is money, let's hurry up.
🎈Time is money Tim. If you want to talk, it's going to cost you.
👉 WHEN THE TIME IS RIPE
📕Definition: when it is the proper time(aniq mo'ljallangan vaqtda)
We'll get there when the time is ripe!
🎈Don't worry you'll be successful when the time is ripe.
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IELTS VOCABULARY
TIME
⏰⏰⏰⏰⏰
👉 AHEAD OF ONE'S TIME
📕Definition: be more talented than others recognize (boshqalardan fikrlashda, aqlda oldinroq bo'lish)
🎈He's ahead of his time. No one knows how important his discoveries are.
🎈She's always felt that she was ahead of her time, so she isn't disappointed.
👉 AHEAD OF TIME
📗Definition: before the agreed upon time (kelishilgan vaqtdan oldinroq)
🎈I think we'll get there ahead of time.
🎈Wow, we're ahead of time today. Let's keep it up!
👉 ALL IN GOOD TIME
📙Definition: within a reasonable amount of time (kerakli fursat ichida)
🎈I'll get to you all in good time. Please be patient.
🎈Her professor kept on saying that she'd be successful, but that it would be all in
good time.
👉 AT A SET TIME
📘Definition: at an agreed upon time(kelishilgan vaqtda)
🎈We'll meet at the set time.
🎈Let's make sure that we meet at a set time.
👉 AT ALL TIMES
📒Definition: always (doim)
🎈Make sure to keep your seat belts on at all times.
🎈Students need to pay attention at all times.
👉 AT THE APPOINTED TIME
📙Definition: at an agreed upon time (kelishilgan vaqtda)
🎈We'll meet at the appointed time and place.
🎈Did you get into the doctor's office at the appointed time?
👉 BEHIND THE TIMES
📔Definition: not fashionable, not up on current fashions (zamonaviy emas)
🎈My Dad is so behind the times!
🎈She dresses like it was the 70s she's behind the times!
👉 TO BIDE ONE'S TIME
📘Definition: to wait (kutmoq)
🎈I'm biding my time until he arrives.
🎈She decided to bide her time in a shop.
👉 FROM TIME TO TIME
📗Definition: occasionally (vaqti vaqti bilan)
🎈I like playing golf from time to time.
🎈Petra speaks with Tom from time to time.
👉 HAVE THE TIME OF ONE'S LIFE
📕Definition: have a fantastic experience (ajoyib tajribaga ega)
🎈My daughter had the time of her life in Disneyland.
🎈Believe me. You're going to have the time of your life.
👉 KEEP TIME
📓Definition: keep the beat in music (musiqada ritmni ushlash)
🎈Can you keep time while we practice this piece?
🎈He kept time with his foot.
👉 LIVE ON BORROWED TIME
📒Definition: live dangerously (xavfli yashash)
🎈He's living on borrowed time if he keeps that up!
🎈She felt she was living on borrowed time because she smoked.
👉 MAKE TIME FOR SOMETHING OR SOMEONE
📘Definition: create a period of time especially for a thing or person (kishi yoki narsa uchun vaqt topish)
🎈I need to make some extra time for reading.
I'll make time for you on Saturday.
👉 OUT OF TIME
📙Definition: not have any more time available (vaqti yo'q)
I'm afraid we're out of time for today.
🎈You're out of time for that competition.
👉 PRESSED FOR TIME
📔Definition: not have a lot of time to do something
🎈I'm pressed for time today. Hurry up!
🎈She couldn't see me because she was pressed for time.
👉 TIME IS MONEY
📗Definition: Expression meaning that someone's time is important.(vaqt bu pul)
🎈Remember that time is money, let's hurry up.
🎈Time is money Tim. If you want to talk, it's going to cost you.
👉 WHEN THE TIME IS RIPE
📕Definition: when it is the proper time(aniq mo'ljallangan vaqtda)
We'll get there when the time is ripe!
🎈Don't worry you'll be successful when the time is ripe.
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🗣 Real English Phrases
Ways to Avoid Answering a Question
1️⃣ No comment.
2️⃣ I’m not at liberty to say.
3️⃣ Wait and see.
4️⃣ Let me get back to you.
5️⃣ I’m sorry, that’s confidential.
6️⃣ I’m sorry, that’s personal.
7️⃣ I’d rather not talk about it.
8️⃣ It’s none of your business.
9️⃣ Mind your own business.
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Ways to Avoid Answering a Question
1️⃣ No comment.
2️⃣ I’m not at liberty to say.
3️⃣ Wait and see.
4️⃣ Let me get back to you.
5️⃣ I’m sorry, that’s confidential.
6️⃣ I’m sorry, that’s personal.
7️⃣ I’d rather not talk about it.
8️⃣ It’s none of your business.
9️⃣ Mind your own business.
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🤔 Answer
The answer to this controversy is : option 1!
But why❓
Use present perfect tense in setences constructed with
this/it/that is the first /second/ third/ only/ best/ worst etc.
👉Source : Practical English Usage : section 591
Example:
This is the second time I've gone to England. (NOT this is the second time I will travel to England)
But why❓
Use present perfect tense in setences constructed with
this/it/that is the first /second/ third/ only/ best/ worst etc.
👉Source : Practical English Usage : section 591
Example:
This is the second time I've gone to England. (NOT this is the second time I will travel to England)
#Listening level beginner
Listen to the radio interview and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening skills.
Are the sentences true or false?
1. The guest in the studio is a teacher.
2. Some people can sleep well with a television on.
3. It is bad to think a lot before going to bed.
4. It is good to play video games before bed.
5. It is good to turn your mobile off when you go to bed.
6. It is bad to play loud music while you sleep
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Transcript
Listen to the radio interview and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening skills.
Are the sentences true or false?
1. The guest in the studio is a teacher.
2. Some people can sleep well with a television on.
3. It is bad to think a lot before going to bed.
4. It is good to play video games before bed.
5. It is good to turn your mobile off when you go to bed.
6. It is bad to play loud music while you sleep
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7 Informal Contractions
WANNA know what GONNA means? LEMME show you.
Have you seen words like "gonna" or "wanna" and wondered what they mean? Perhaps you have looked in a dictionary and been unable to find them. That's because these words are "informal contractions" or short forms of other words that people use when speaking informally. They are not exactly slang, but they are a little like slang. In fact, if you look in a good (big) dictionary, you will usually find them.
Here are the 7 most common informal contractions, with example sentences:
1. GIMME = give me
Gimme your money.
Don't gimme that rubbish.
Can you gimme a hand?
2. GONNA = going to
Nothing's gonna change my love for you.
I'm not gonna tell you.
What are you gonna do?
3a. GOTTA = (have) got a
I've gotta gun.
I gotta gun.
She hasn't gotta penny
Have you gotta car?
3b. GOTTA = (have) got to
I've gotta go now.
I gotta go now.
We haven't gotta do that.
Have they gotta work?
4. INIT = isn't it
That's smart, init?
Init strange?
5. KINDA = kind of
She's kinda cute.
Are you kinda mad at me?
6. LEMME = let me
Lemme go!
He didn't lemme see it.
7a. WANNA = want to
I wanna go home.
I don't wanna go.
Do you wanna watch TV?
7b. WANNA = want a
I wanna coffee.
I don't wanna thing from you.
Do you wanna beer?
Please remember that these are *informal* contractions. That means that we do not use them in "correct" speech, and we almost never use them in writing. We use them only when speaking fast and informally, for example with friends. Also, the sentences above may be a little artificial because when we use a contraction like "wanna", we probably also use other contractions in the same sentence, as follows:
WANNA know what GONNA means? LEMME show you.
Have you seen words like "gonna" or "wanna" and wondered what they mean? Perhaps you have looked in a dictionary and been unable to find them. That's because these words are "informal contractions" or short forms of other words that people use when speaking informally. They are not exactly slang, but they are a little like slang. In fact, if you look in a good (big) dictionary, you will usually find them.
Here are the 7 most common informal contractions, with example sentences:
1. GIMME = give me
Gimme your money.
Don't gimme that rubbish.
Can you gimme a hand?
2. GONNA = going to
Nothing's gonna change my love for you.
I'm not gonna tell you.
What are you gonna do?
3a. GOTTA = (have) got a
I've gotta gun.
I gotta gun.
She hasn't gotta penny
Have you gotta car?
3b. GOTTA = (have) got to
I've gotta go now.
I gotta go now.
We haven't gotta do that.
Have they gotta work?
4. INIT = isn't it
That's smart, init?
Init strange?
5. KINDA = kind of
She's kinda cute.
Are you kinda mad at me?
6. LEMME = let me
Lemme go!
He didn't lemme see it.
7a. WANNA = want to
I wanna go home.
I don't wanna go.
Do you wanna watch TV?
7b. WANNA = want a
I wanna coffee.
I don't wanna thing from you.
Do you wanna beer?
Please remember that these are *informal* contractions. That means that we do not use them in "correct" speech, and we almost never use them in writing. We use them only when speaking fast and informally, for example with friends. Also, the sentences above may be a little artificial because when we use a contraction like "wanna", we probably also use other contractions in the same sentence, as follows: