Verbs

The verbs which express a state of being are the ones which take a little
practice to spot, but, actually, they are the most common. The most common
verb is the verb to be. That's the one which goes:
Subject

Verb to be in the Verb to be in the Verb to be in the

past tense
present tense
future tense

was

am

will be

You

were

are

will be

He / She / It

was

is

will be

We

were

are

will be

You

were

are

will be

They

were

are

will be

1. Fishermen are asked to helpsight any signs of wreckage.

2. Buddhist monk, muslim, christians, sikhs and others pray for their loved
one.
3. Students centredness is about focusing on the needs and interests of
students.
4. The public gets to know that there are over 40 million lost pasports.
5. When japan volunteers to send its plane to search, there is concern
that China, whose 153 citizens are in the plane, may not accept the
offer because of the present tensions between the two countries.
6. Issues of race, religion, language, and economics cannot be used, as
the current situation is not likely to create an emotional political party
following,

Prepositions

Prepositions are words which begin prepositional phrases.

A prepositional phrase is a group of words containing a preposition,
a noun or pronoun object of the preposition, and any modifiers of the object.
A preposition sits in front of (is pre-positioned before) its object.
The following words are the most commonly used prepositions:
about
above
across
after
against
along
among
around
at
because of
before
behind

below
beneath
beside(s)
between
beyond
but
by
concerning
despite
down
during
except

excepting
for
from
in
in front of
inside
in spite of
instead of
into
like
near
of

off
on
onto
out
outside
over
past
regarding
since
through
throughout
to

toward
under
underneath
until
up
upon
up to
with
within
without
with regard to
with respect to

1. to do so would be to ignore immediate realities and miss the

opportunity of realting academic knowledge to real world happenings.
2. As the day go by, the energies of anger, fear, blame and denial are
spent. And as tears are dry and wet again, there is general
psychological acceptence and preparedness for whatever eventualities
after the finding of the aircraft.
3. As it best, it is about developing encyclopedia knowledge, an
educational objective of the past lost to the digital capacities of
immediate retrieval of information without the encyclopedic brain at
work.
4. The competence of journalist in asking provocative, investigate
questions or trivial ones is exposed to the world.
5. The speed of information, connectivity and transparency are matters of
concern.
6. In times like these, it is not about ego or personalities but about group
and collective cooperation.

Conjunctions
Conjunctions are used to join words or groups of words together. The most
common ones are and, or and but.
Conjunctions can be categorized into one of three groupings:
Coordinating Conjunctions
Coordinating conjunctions are the ones which tend to spring to mind when
people think about conjunctions. They
include and, but, or, nor, for, so and yet. They are used to join individual
words, phrases and independent clauses.

1. To do so would be ignore immediate realities and miss the opportunity

of relating academic knwledge to real world happenings.
2. In times like these, it is not about ego or personalities but about group
and collective cooperation.
3. It is about marshalling various kinds of facts and searching for answers
in real time, of one missing aircraft from over 1,100 Boeing 777 with
Roll Royce Engines in flight.