2nd of January, 2010 - The Time of The Month + Study

Yesh it's finally the time of the month
It's surprising actually to be having it
right after 1.1.11 XD hahahhaa
no wonder I was sick

It's a Sunday today
and I was suppose to go to church
but I couldn't because my body
was too weak to do so since
I'm still currently sick.
Plus I have to study
for tomorrow's English exams.

So this is what's on
tomorrow's paper.
[based on Miss Freda's blog]
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Section A:
- Reading Comprehension
- Multiple Choice Questions

Section B:
1) Adjectives & Adverbs - Part of Speech
2) Present Continuous /Progressive Tense
3) Conditional Sentences with Verbs

Section C:

~ If I am the Chief Minister of my state, I will…

~ We were lost in the middle of the rainforest. Our guide...

~ Going green.

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I don't really have to
explain about Section A
since it's all based on the text content

However, on Section B
Adjectives & Adverbs
Adjectives modifies nouns
while Adverbs (normally) modifies
verbs, adjectives and other adverbs

Examples for Adjectives:
Vivian is a generous person - Single
Vivian is a person of great generosity - Pharse
Vivian is a person who is generous - Clause

Examples for Adverbs:
Vivian is a very generous person
Brenda sings beautifully
Brenda sings really beautifully

Present Continuous Tense
Basically
Subject + Auxiliary Verb + Verb-ing

Examples:
I am eating
She is sleeping
You are working

For More Information
Click Here

Conditional Sentences with Verbs
I solely studied on Miss Freda's post
on this topic and it's basically
all the 'If's a.k.a. strong predictions
Link Reference

Examples:
Conditional Clause: Present Perfect
Result Clause: will
=If countries do not conserve their resources,
they will regret it later.

Conditional Clause: Present Continuous
Result Clause: will
=If Andreas is telephoning me right now,
he will get a busy signal.

Conditional Clause:
It can be in
Present & Past Tense

Result Clause can vary:
will, can, should, could, may, might,
must, would, 'go to see', etc.

As for Section C
I would pick the last choice
which is 'Going Green' Essay
because it's easy
and it saves you a lot of time
from thinking of what to write
and plus you can get great marks
if you do the essay well (n_n)

Going Green
Miss Freda posted up a lot
of points for this essay
and I know that she actually
just copy and paste it from a website
because I happen to see the same thing
in a particular website XD hahahaha
Just Click Here

My points will be:
1.Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) Bulbs
If every Americans were to replace
just one of their light bulb to CFL bulb in their house,
we would have saved enough energy to light
3 million homes for a year, save about 600 million
dollars in annual energy cost, and prevent
9 billion pounds of greenhouse gas emission per year,
equivalent to those from about
800,000 cars.

This is because CFL:
-can save more than 40 dollars
in electricity costs over its lifetime
-uses about 75% less energy than standard
incandescent bulbs and lasts up to
10 times longer
-produces about 75% less heat,
so it's safer to operate and
can cut energy costs
associated with home cooling

2.Reusable Water Bottle
A lot of people are mentioning about reusable
water bottles recently.
In the last several years,
it becomes extremely common to drink
bottled water but bottled water
comes with it's own share of problems.
After all, a lot of bottles are used to
contain it, and only two out of ten are
ever recycled, the rest end up in landfills
or on the side of the road.

-If everyone in the US switched to
using reusable bottles, it's been
estimated that consumers would save
7 billion dollars a year.
-does not leak carcinogens like
other disposable water bottles does
-easy to clean/can be rinsed out
after each use or soaked in hot, soapy water.
They can also be thoroughly cleaned
by simply using baking soda.
-To keep bacteria from building up
the bottle, store it in the freezer.

3.Turn Off The Lights When Not In Use
Turning off lights in unoccupied rooms is a simple
and effective energy saving strategy.
It can be done manually, requiring no
financial investment or equipment
or it can be managed with sensors
and timers to make sure no one forgets.
The savings can be significant, especially
if you're lighting areas that are
only in use for brief periods each day
such as the storeroom.

-manually turning off lights is free,
requires only a little time and energy
-reduces bill payments (electricity bills)
-reduces lamp replacement cost

4.Pay Bills Online
Paying bills online not only saves
you time, but also helps you save the planet.
With just a few clicks of your mouse,
you can fulfill your monthly
requirements, set up automatic
payments, and help mother earth
by reducing the amount of paper
being used for monthly statements
if you opt to have your bills delivered
to your email inbox, instead of your mailbox

-saves time
-saves trees
-reduces CO2 emission
-reduces the usage of petroleum fuel
saves money
saves energy

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So there you are
my elaboration and expectation
for tomorrow's exams.
All of these are my personal notes
and heck yeah why not share it?
Since some of our points
are going to be the same anyway
(>w>)

Aside from all these,
I personally don't feel the New Year
like I always do on every
New Year D:
Maybe it's because
It's not the holidays yet for me
and I still have work to do
and a whole lot of stuff
to do even after the exams
like going out with friends
and read all the mangas
and watch all the animes
that I've missed (>w>)
Hell yeah I'm still me
who loves anime XD hahahaha

But my holiday
will only be a week I heard
(=w=)

I don't really wanna complain
since it's still consider holiday
because I get to taste freedom
for a week XD hahahahahha
1 month would be
probably a bit too long
because if it would have been 1 month
I would have forgotten all my notes
and would have to revise everything again
from start.
and besides, I'm well aware that
the course that I'm taking is a bit short
which is 2 years and a half
Normally, diploma courses
will go up to 3-5 years.
but I guess the other half
is the holidays which they cut
and now we don't have much holiday
muahahahahahahha
...sigh...

That's All For Now!
Thank You For Reading!
*bows*

Today's English - Types of Adjectives

If you've been reading my blog
since early this month,
you'll notice that I've shared
something about Adjectives
from the Part of Speech

:Link:
Today's English - Adjectives
Today's English - Part of Speech & English Tenses

So today I'll be talking about
the types of Adjectives.
It's just to freshen up my memory
regarding Adjectives.

There are few types of Adjectives:

1. Descriptive Adjective
- adds detail or description to the noun
Example: The man is tall
Example: The doctor said it was a difficult surgery

2. Limiting Adjective
- to specify the noun
Example: That is the captain's table
Example: The two bags were sold out

3. Predicate Adjective (special type)
- follows a linking verb and
modifies (directly refers to) the subject
Example: People are interested in this game
Example: She is very careful

4. Verbals as Adjectives
There are two types:
1) Participles (end with EN, ED or ING)
2)Infinitives (TO+VERB)
Example: He is sure playing it tough
Example: It is an interesting movie to watch

5. Degrees of Adjectives
- used to indicate levels,
degrees of intensity or comparison
Example:
Funny = base
Funnier = comparative
Funniest = superlative

:Click To Go To Source:

Although my information is based
on the source above,
I simplified it to make it
easier to understand.

I hope I've been of help :D

Thank You For Reading!
*bows*

Today's English - Adjectives

So here I am
writing a post about adjectives.
Before I start, I would like to say
thank you for staying loyal with my blog :D
Or is it just me who thinks it that way (x__x)
By viewing the stats I could see
there's about 40-50 viewers everyday
and sometimes it could reach up to
100 viewers a day
At least it better than nothing eh?
Not bad...not bad indeed :3

So we're back to square one!
Or maybe not
Learning about grammar
No matter what
as long as it is an English Class
We will always learn about grammar.

So today I'll discuss about Adjectives
Adjectives is used to modify a noun or a pronoun.

For example: Farah is an intelligent girl.

'Farah' is a noun and 'intelligent' is an adjective
The word 'intelligent' describes Farah's personality.
However, adjective can be
a single word, a phrase, or a clause.
This is very important to remember.
'Farah is an intelligent girl'
is an example of a single word adjective
where 'intelligent' is only a single word.
What about a phrase of adjective?
Always remember that a phrase
is a group of words.
A phrase of adjectives is a group of adjectives.
Simple eh?

For example: Farah is a girl of great intelligence
(I hope I get it right)

When I read it again
it is as if I'm a guy who is in love with Farah (=_=)
Oh well...hahahaha..it's just an example.
So 'Farah' is still a noun and 'of great intelligence' is the adjective
Here, 'of great intelligence' is a phrase of adjectives.
To make it simpler, it is a technique
to make your adjective longer
and to write it in a more....poetic way
I guess :P

So what about a clause of adjective?
A clause of adjective is
Subject + Verb + Adjective

For example: Farah is a girl who is intelligent

'who is intelligent' is a clause of adjective
who = subject
is = verb
intelligent = adjective

Adjectives answer these questions:
What kind?
Which one(s)?
How many (or how much)?
Whose?

You can see other example here:
A Phrase of Adjective
A Clause of Adjective

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My mum was an English tuition teacher once
and I would always attend her class
because she force me to
because she said my English was very poor.
That was like when I was around
8-10 years old?
I remember doing some puzzles
and learning grammar,
tenses, and more.
But at that time
I wasn't really paying attention XD
hahahahhahaha
I score a 'B' for English in UPSR
But then as I got into secondary school
I tried to maintain an 'A' :D Yay!
And somehow I became
the President of the English Club in 2009
and I was active in English activities since
2007 - 2009
wow (O_O)

hahahahhahaha
Enough about me XD
I hope my help with be of use to you
and break a leg to those who's sitting for exams!

Oh! Please do leave a feedback :D

Thank You For Reading!
*bows*