INVITATION (WRITTEN)

An invitation letter is always more personal than a printed card. An invitation letter can be used for both business as well as personal use. It could be a job invitation letter or an invitation letter for a business event. An example of a personal invitation letter would be an invitation for a Christmas party or an invitation for a wedding. It is important to give the time, date and venue of the event or party for which you are inviting. It is also preferable to give a RSVP contact, so that you can be informed of the confirmation or regret in relation to the attendance.

VOCABULARY AROUND THE HOUSE

 I believe all of us ever seen furniture and things around the house. But, do you know the term in English ? . Come on learn together.

ASKING IF SOMEONE REMEMBER OR NOT

Sometimes if we forgotten something and we reminded by someone, they are mentions a sentence form like these :

• I wonder if you remember..... 
• You remember...., don’t you? 
• You haven’t forgotten...., have you? 
• Don’t you remember.....? 
• Do you happen to remember it now? 
• Remember that?

The sentences above called asking if someone remember or not. How about the way to response it ?

PREPOSITION "IN, ON, AT"

The prepositions in, on, and at can be used to indicate time and place

PASSIVE VOICE

The passive voice is used when focusing on the person or thing affected by an action. The passive voice is less usual than the active voice. The active voice is the "normal" voice. But sometimes we need the passive voice. In this lesson we look at how to construct the passive voice, when to use it and how to conjugate it.

SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE

We use the simple future tense to talk about things that will happen at a time later than now.

Simple Future has two different forms in English: "will" and "be going to." Although the two forms can sometimes be used interchangeably, they often express two very different meanings. These different meanings might seem too abstract at first, but with time and practice, the differences will become clear. Both "will" and "be going to" refer to a specific time in the future. In some situations, like when you're making a prediction about the future, you can use either be going to or will. But to talk about something that's already planned or decided, it's best to use be going to.

Examples :

I'm going to play cards with my buddies.
I'm gonna eat dinner at a fancy restaurant.

I will finish my homework in an hour.

OFFERING

Offering Something

It's common to use both 'Would you like' and modal forms such as 'Can I ...', 'May I ...' to offer something. Here are some of the most important phrases used to offer something :

• Can I get you some ...?
• Would you like some ...?
• May I offer you some ...?
• Would you like me to get you some ....?

NOUN PHRASE

A beautiful girl ( modifier = a beautiful; head = girl)

From the sentence above we called it a noun phrase which means a phrase consisting of nouns or pronouns (as head ) and modifiers .

FINITE VERB

A finite verb is a verb that is inflected for person and for tense according to the rules and categories of the languages in which it occurs. Finite verbs can form independent clauses, which can stand by their own as complete sentences.

Read the sentences given below :

• We go to the library.
• He goes to the library.
• They go to the library.
• She goes to the library.
• I go to the library.

(The finite verb is "go")

NEWS ITEM

Town Contaminated

Newsworthy events: 

Moscow – A Russian journalist has uncovered evidence of another Soviet nuclear catastrophe, which killed 10 sailors and contaminated an entire town.

Background Events: 

Yelena Vazrshavskya is the first journalist to speak to people who witnessed the explosion of a nuclear submarine at the naval base of shkotovo – 22 near Vladivostock.
The accident, which occurred 13 months before the Chernobyl disaster, spread radioactive fall-out over the base and nearby town, but was covered up by officials of the Soviet Union. Residents were told the explosion in the reactor of the Victor-class submarine during a refit had been a ‘thermal’ and not a nuclear explosion. And those involved in the clean up operation to remove more than 600 tones of contaminated material were sworn to secrecy.

Source

Sources A board of investigators was later to describe it as the worst accident in the history of the Soviet Navy.

INTRODUCTORY "IT"

First, let's see the comparing two sentences below:

“I liked the book and bought it”
- I : subject
- Liked : predicate/verb
- The book : object
- And : conjunction
- Bought : predicate/verb
- It : pronoun, replacing “the book”
It in the first sentence replace the book

“ It is nice to be important but it is more important to be nice”
It in the second sentence refers to nothing or meaningless. It is used to complete the structure of a sentence which is Subject + Predicate + Object/Complement. we called “it” as introductory it or Impersonal it.
Impersonal “it” can be used to introduce time, weather, distance, condition etc.

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

A descriptive text is a text which lists the characteristics of something. The purpose of this text is to describe a particular person, place or thing. Descriptive text consists of two parts as the generic structure :

• Identification : identifying the phenomenon to be described.
• Description : describing the phenomenon in parts, qualities, or/and characteristics. 

The Language Feature of Descriptive Text :

Focus on specific participants

Using attributive and identifying process
Using adjective and classifiers in nominal group
Using simple present tense

DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH

We often have to give information about what people say or think. In order to do we may report the words of a speaker in two ways :

• by repeating the words spoken (direct speech)
• by reporting the words spoken (indirect speech) 

Let's check it more in here

MODALS IN THE PAST FORM

 Modal verbs are special verbs which behave very differently from normal verbs.

Past modals come in two forms. The first type is the easiest and usually requires only a simple word change:

I can drive.I could drive when I was 16. I have to go to California. I had to go to California. Lenny will pay tomorrow. Lenny said he would pay tomorrow.

(present ability)(past ability) (present obligation) (past obligation) (future intention) (future reported from the past

ASKING FOR INFORMATION

Sometimes we need a help from other people to find, get or know something. Especially if we don't know the information about it. There are a number of formulas used when asking for information in English. Here are some of the most common :

• Could you tell me...?
• Do you know...?
• Do you happen to know...?
• I'd like to know...
• Could you find out...?
• I'm interested in...
• I'm looking for..  
• (Excuse me) can could you tell me (the way to the station/...) 
• Do you know (if they are here / when they leave /...) 
• Could you give me some information about ... 
• Is it true that (they have moved /...) 
• Have you got an idea of (when they leave / ...) 
• I'd like to know (what he does / ...) 

SURPRISES AND DISBELIEFS

The meaning of surprise is an act or instance of surprising  or being surprised. Surprise expressions are fleeting, and difficult to detect or record in real time. They almost always occur in response to events that are unanticipated, and they convey messages about something being unexpected, sudden, novel, or amazing. The brief surprise expression is often followed by other expressions that reveal emotion in response to the surprise feeling or to the object of surprise, emotions such as happiness or fear. For example, most of us have been surprised, perhaps intentionally, by people who appear suddenly or do something unexpected ("to scare you"), and elicit surprise, but if the person is a friend, a typical after-emotion is happiness; but if a stranger, fear. A surprise seems to act like a reset switch that shifts our attention. Surprise expressions occur far less often than people are disposed to say "that surprises me," etc., because in most cases, such phrases indicate a simile, not an emotion. Nevertheless, intellectual insights can elicit actual felt surprise and may spur scholarly achievements. Surprise is to be distinguished from startle, and their expressions are quite different.

GRATITUDE, COMPLIMENT AND CONGRATULATION

Gratitude is a state or feeling of appreciation for anything. It could be a relationship, abundance, state of health, personal or public blessings, there is no limit to what gratitude could be applied to. Many feel that gratitude itself has a power to it. That as we appreciate something in this way it expand. Here is How to Express Gratitude