Either..or  and Neither...nor

Today I am going to write some examples related to the topic above. 

1. Either James or Mark is going to the house.

2. Either Jack or I am to get the gift.

3. Either you or Jack is to get the prize.

4. Either of these pencils is well worth buying.

5. Either he or his friends are to be invited. 

6. Neither Tina nor Luke is going to the shop.

7. Neither he nor his friends are here.

8.Neither the dog nor the puppies are in the big room.

9.Neither the puppies nor the dog is in the room.

10.Neither he nor his friend was in the classroom.

11.Neither Sally nor I have the books.

12. Neither of the two girls is tall.

13. Has neither of the girls done her work?


                                                                      

                                                

Phonics

Oxford Dictionaries online defines phonics as a method of teaching people to read by correlating sounds with symbols in an alphabetic writing system.

In this blog I am going to share some of the videos which I come across in Youtube which will be very useful in teaching young children. I will continuously update with new videos. 

Before that enjoy this video on Phonics Song

Song on phonics

A digraph is a single sound, or phoneme, which is represented by two letters. 

A trigraph is a phoneme which consists of three letters.

http://jollylearning.co.uk/gallery/audio-2/

Many of us face problems when writing sentences using  the words affect and effect.  Below you could see the definitions for both words.

Source: Oxford Dictionaries

              Language matters

COMPOUND ADJECTIVES

Today while surfing the internet I came across an article titled Compound Adjectives. As you can see from the picture above a hyphen changes the meaning of a sentence.

An adjective describes a noun, 

She likes to eat apples every day.
She likes to eat red apples every day.

(red is an adjective because it describes the apples)

A compound adjectives are adjectives that are made of two or more words. Hyphens (-) are used between the words.

Examples :

• Our office is in a twenty-storey building.
• I have just finished reading a 300-page book.
• He is a well-known writer.
• An English-speaking country.
• A time-saving gadget.
• A thirty-floor building.

Common types of compound adjectives.

Adverb+past participle / noun + ed

a well-known singer
deeply-rooted traditions
a well-mannered man

Adjective+present participle (verb + ing) 

a good-looking boy

a free-standing tower 

Noun+past participle 

a tongue-tied girl
a sun-dried fruit

Adjective+past participle / noun + ed

a short-sighted boy
a long-haired woman

Noun+ adjective

a world-famous writer

Adjective+noun
a last minute decision
deep-sea diving

Noun+noun 
a part-time job

Proper nouns

We don't use a hyphen between two names. For an example :

Simon bought the Charles Dickens books for them.

When do you use the hyphen?

Let's look at the sentences.

Daisy has a big red car. 

If you can add the word  "and" between the two adjectives (Daisy has a big and red car), then you don't have to insert the hyphen.

Daisy is a world famous writer.

Daisy is a world and famous singer. The sentence does not sound correct so you need to use a hyphen.

To practice, just click on this link   Compound Adjectives

Until next time..

Cheers.....

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