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ESL - Teaching English Overseas

If you are looking for an interesting, fulfilling career where you can help people and experience diverse cultures, perhaps ESL teaching is the career for you. This article takes a brief look at the things you will need to know to get started as an ESL teacher.

Published by Sonal Panse (12176 pts) on Sep 22, 2009 to
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Parallel Structure of Sentences

Parallelism is a simple rule of English grammar. Used correctly it makes reading a pleasurable experience. It lends a grace to what is being read and written. Questions on parallelism are common in exams like GRE, GMAT, TOEFL, CAT and SAT.

Published by Meetu (6587 pts) on Sep 21, 2009 to
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ESL Questions Lesson Plan: Time Questions

Questions are a great way to encourage English discussions among ESL students. Asking the right questions can keeps students’ interest high. This lesson plan on ESL time questions will do just that.

Published by Keren Perles (13472 pts) on Sep 21, 2009 to
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The Internal Structure of Verb Phrases in English

The following article identifies the five grammatical forms—auxiliary verbs, prepositions, prepositional phrases, adverb phrases, and determiners—that function within verb phrases in English and includes examples of English verb phrases.

Published by Heather Marie Kosur (10330 pts) on Sep 21, 2009 to
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Adjectives in English that Function Only Predicatively

Most adjectives in English can describe nouns by functioning as noun phrase modifiers, subject complements, and object complements. Some English adjectives, however, can only appear in the predicates of sentences as subject or object complements.

Published by Heather Marie Kosur (10330 pts) on Sep 14, 2009 to
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The Functions of Adjectives and Adjective Phrases in English

Adjectives and adjective phrases perform four main grammatical functions in the English language. The following article lists the four functions of nouns and noun phrases and provides examples to illustrate usage. Also included is a printable study sheet of the grammatical functions.

Published by Heather Marie Kosur (10330 pts) on Sep 11, 2009 to
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The Internal Structure of Adjective Phrases in English

The following article identifies the four grammatical forms—adverb phrases, prepositional phrases, verb phrases, and noun clauses—that function within adjective phrases in English and includes examples of English adjective phrases.

Published by Heather Marie Kosur (10330 pts) on Sep 10, 2009 to
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The Internal Structure of Noun Phrases in English

The following article identifies the seven grammatical forms—determiners, adjective phrases, prepositional phrases, verb phrases, adjective clauses, noun clauses, and noun phrases—that function within noun phrases in English and includes examples of English noun phrases.

Published by Heather Marie Kosur (10330 pts) on Sep 7, 2009 to
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The Four Types of Sentences in English

The following article defines the four types of sentence constructions in English—simple sentences, compound sentences, complex sentences, and compound-complex sentences—and includes examples to illustrate the sentence structures.

Published by Heather Marie Kosur (10330 pts) on Sep 3, 2009 to
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Nouns and Adjectives

It is not uncommon in the English language to use a noun as an adjective and vice versa. It becomes a little difficult for ESL students to understand this interplay. While studying grammar, it should be remembered that a word is always to be understood for the work it is does.

Published by Meetu (6587 pts) on Sep 2, 2009 to
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