Wednesday, 14 August 2013

POSSESSIVES:Beginner Grammar Lesson To Learn Possessives In Spoken English

Posted by Nash Biani              



                    ABSOLUTE BEGINNER COURSE

                             SPOKEN ENGLISH


                                    Lesson 6
                                                               (Page 2)

                    English Grammar: Possessives 

                  my-our-your-their-his-her-its-their

                                     Section II

            Vocabulary & Collocations





How these words and collocations will help us speak English fluently and confidently

As I'm writing this post, it's raining here in Mumbai. Yes, it's the rainy season in Mumbai. It's called the monsoons too. We wait for the monsoons throughout the hot season of summer which starts with the colourful festival of Holi. No one can deny the atmosphere of love that this beautiful festival brings with it. Family and friends and neighbours all get together to play with colours. But there are some for whom Holi brings even greater joy. Can you guess who they are? Yes, that's right. People in love! Sweethearts who love to play Holi because on this day, restrictions are relaxed. The bold among them will even go to the homes of their sweethearts for their passion gives them courage and they are almost fearless because on this day no one can refuse them a bit of fun. Of course, all this is done with proper behaviour and within the limits of respect and decency.

Houses everywhere are covered with splashes of colour-yellow,blue,red,orange and many more. Of course some of the colours are such that it's slightly difficult to wash them off. One does accept that it's a bit of a problem to get the colours off one's skin but the enthusiasm with which Holi is played more than makes up for this.  

For most people in India, the festival of Holi signals the start of summer which can be very hot in many parts of the country. The long wait for the monsoon begins. The brick walls of the houses are small protection against the heat. In those parts of the country which are away from the coast, only those who are truly fearless and bold have the courage to venture out in the afternoon when the sun is at its most fearsome.


As you can see in the passage above, I have used so many words and collocations from the lists below. These lists are taken from what I have spoken in the English Aam Spoken English Mehfil Number 6. A few related words and collocations have been added to these lists. 

In the passage above, I have also used other words and collocations which are not from these lists. The colour code is :

from the lists below  : these are to be written in the respective books, that is, the
                                  words are to be written in the vocabulary book and the
                                  collocations in the collocations book.
words not found in
the lists below          : these are to be written in the vocabulary book.

collocations not 
found in the lists
below                       : these are to be written in the collocations book.


ENGLISH AAM SPOKEN ENGLISH VOCABULARY BOOK

Write these words in your book

    1.     season
2.     colourful
3.     atmosphere
    4.     wait
5.     little
6.     while
    7.     sweetheart
8.     love
9.     shy
    10.refuse
11.deny
12.story
    13.home
14.house
15.sight
    16.scent
17.perfume
18.fragrance
    19.dream
20.desire
21.enthusiasm
    22.passion
23.restriction
24.rust
    25.brick
26.stone
27.longing
    28.beautiful
29.desirable
30.courage
    31.bold
32.fearless
33.medley
    34.guess
35.topic
36.subject
    37.sing
38.own
39.ownership
    40.saying
41.fences
42.good
    43.wall
44.neighbour
45.proper
    46.properly
47.peace
48.misunderstanding
    49.beyond
50.side
51.respect
    52.property
53.right
54.accept
    55.car
56.some
57.blue
    58.yellow
59.golden
60.memories
    61.red
62.member
63.family
    64.pure
65.orange
66.colourless
    67.group
68.organization
69. use



ENGLISH AAM SPOKEN ENGLISH COLLOCATIONS BOOK

                                             Write these collocations in your book


    1.                         for a while          
    2.                         wait for a while
3.                          feel shy
    4.                Can you guess?
    5.                          what did you
    6.                          Take a guess.
    7.             Good fences make
                good neighbours.
    8.                             talk about
    9.                             we have
    10.         we have with us
    11.                         that’s right
    12.                         on this side
    13.                on the other side
    14.        golden memories
    15.                         this is my
    16.                         that’s my
    17.                         this is our
    18.                         that’s our
    19.                         this is your
    20.                         that’s your


   21.                        this is her…
   22.                         that’s her 
   23.                         that’s his…
   24.                         this is its
   25.                         that’s its
   26.                         this is their
   27.                         that’s their
   28.                         a member of
                   the family
   29.                         a family 
                   member
   30.                         a part of the
                   family
   31.                         it’s called
   32.                         it’s slightly
   33.                         it’s a bit
   34.                         it’s slightly
                   difficult
   35.                         it’s a bit
                   difficult
   36.                         let’s see
   37.                         it’s possible
   38.                         can use
   39.                         we can use
   40.                         we can’t use



LESSONS IN ABSOLUTE

BEGINNER COURSE

CHAPTER 1

  


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