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English Words for Gardening and Agricultural Tools
A common difficulty for ESL learners is the difficulty to get the proper vocabulary related to specific topics. For example, when you start talking about working on the field, you may need words that denote tools used for agriculture and gardening. You know the words in your language, but what are their English equivalents? A dictionary will not be of much use here. So learn such words related to gardening and agricultural tools here. Billhook Hand sickle Spade Shovel 36 Different Types of Shovels and their uses ( External Link ) Ax…
Cohesive Devices or Discourse Markers
In spite of their high sounding names, Cohesive Devices are words or phrases that we use quite often to connect phrases, sentences and paragraphs. They are also called Discourse Markers, Linking Words, Connectors, and Transitional Words. These words are used in both spoken and written English. To show continuity or progress (Sequencing / Structuring) Fist, firstly, secondly, then, next, after that, lastly, first of all, finally, to begin with, to start with, meanwhile, then, subsequently To add information And, therefore, furthermore, mor…
Kerala PSC - Common Preliminary Examination (Plus Two Level) English Previous Exam Questions Part 3 (2021)
1. Many people have died _____ Corona A) Of B) By C) At D) To 2. I _____ a mad man yesterday A) See B) Saw C) Have see D) Have seen 3. Richard is _____ honest person. A) The B) An C) A D) Of 4. Ramu seldom attends the monthly meeting _____ ? A) Don't he? B) Does Ramu? C) Does he? D) Did he? 5. If I were you, I _____ about it. A) Will complain B) Would complain C) Would have complain D) None of these
English Words Coined or Popularised by Famous Authors
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Cohesive Devices - Exercise
Fill in the blanks using the cohesive devices given in brackets. [in addition, otherwise, however, as a result, moreover, firstly, in spite of this, in general, on the contrary, besides] 1. It was raining heavily. _______ the match continued 2. _____ we are happy about the result. 3. He directed the movie brilliantly. _____ he composed all the songs. 4. We were planning to visit Munnar. _____ we were unable to go due to COVID restrictions. 5. Businesses are doing badly. _____ they are finding it difficult to pay back their loans. …