Gerunds

A gerund is a verbal that ends in -ing and functions as a noun. The term verbal indicates that a gerund, like the other two kinds of verbals, is based on a verb and therefore expresses action or a state of being. However, since a gerund functions as a noun, it occupies some positions in a sentence that a noun ordinarily would, for example: subject, direct object, subject complement, and object of preposition.

Transition Words

Definition of transition words

Transitions are words, phrases, sentences or even paragraphs that relate ideas and help guide the reader from one idea to another. In moving from one topic to the next, a writer has to bring the reader along by showing how the ideas are developing. Transition words and phrases help make clear connections between ideas and see that sentences and paragraphs flow together smoothly, making them easier to read.

Granting Request

Definition

Granting requests is to express a wish or ask for to grant a request in a polite or formal way often followed by an infinitive or by a clause beginning with that.

WEATHER REPORTS AND TABLES/GRAPHS

WEATHER REPORTS

Definition :  

Weather Report or weather forecast is a prediction of weather, often for a specific locality, in a newspaper, on the radio or television. The weather is predicted through application of principles of physics and mateorogy.

SO, TOO, EITHER, NEITHER

 

1‘So’ and ‘Too’

·    The words ‘so’ and ‘too’ are used to combine two positive statements with identical    predicates to form a compound sentences.

·         The predicate is not repeated completely in the second part of the compound sentence.

Warning

Definition of Warning

Warning means giving information of the danger or unexpected situation that can happen if a person does something. A warning is usually in the form of imperative, but it may occur with the modal "must"and "should".