Onepoint Lesson

Good/Well　by Chris - 2009/01/08(Thu) 19:46 No.95

Hello to all our dear students! This is Chris at your service. Please find time to read this lesson because this is very useful in your daily conversation.

In here, you’ll learn the learning strategies on how to use GOOD and WELL, BAD and BADLY appropriately.

Learning Strategy 1: Good and well can both be use as adjectives.

Examples: He feels good whenever he gets a high score in the exam. (happy)

He feels well whenever he jogs. (in good health)

Learning Strategy 2: Only well can be used as an adverb.

Example: The teacher gets along well with her students.

Learning Strategy 3: Bad is used only as an

adjective and badly as an adverb.

Examples:Anthony feels bad about his grades.

Susan performed badly on stage.

Used to　by Annabelle - 2009/01/06(Tue) 16:14 No.94

Hi students! This is teacher Annabelle. Today, you will be learning the usage of Used to.

Used to

We use used to + base form of the verb (eat, dance, sing…etc) to talk about past habits or past situations that no longer exist in the present.
Used to always refers to the past. There is no present form.

Example:

1.He used to play in a band. (He played in a band in the past, but he doesn’t play in a band now.)

2.I used to have very long hair, but now my hair is very short.

Figures of Speech　by Celeste - 2009/01/05(Mon) 16:41 No.93

Hi dear students!! Celeste, here! It’s time for us to learn some figures of speech.

Figure of speech is a rhetorical device that achieves a special effect by using words in distinctive ways.

1.Simile: the likening of one thing to another using the English words "like" or "as…as"
Sample sentence.

Your smile is like a ray of sunshine in my heart.

Your voice is as sweet as an angel’s voice.

2.Metaphor: directly compares seemingly unrelated subjects. It is a figure of speech that compares two or more things not using “like” or “as..as”.

Sample sentences:

Your smile is a ray of sunshine in my heart.

The father is the pillar of the house, the mother is the light.

3.Hyperbole: An exaggeration to make or reinforce a point.

Sample sentences:
I’m so hungry, I can eat a whole cow! (eat a lot)

This book weighs a ton! (very heavy)

I did about a trillion things this morning. (very busy)

4.Irony: stating one thing while meaning the exact opposite
Sample sentences:

The water you gave me was as clear as a mud.

Your business proposal was so brilliant! No wonder, they refused to give you the project!

5. Personification: giving human traits (qualities, feelings, action, or characteristics) to non-living objects (things, colors, qualities, or ideas)

Sample sentences:

The stars winked at the moon.
The trees danced to the rhythm of the song of the wind.

Indefinite Adjectives　by Celeste - 2008/12/23(Tue) 20:27 No.92

Hello there! It’s me Celeste. Today, you’ll learn indefinite adjectives.

An indefinite adjective is similar to an indefinite pronoun, except that it modifies a noun
pronoun, or noun phrase.

Study these examples:

Many people believe that corporations are under-taxed.

The indefinite adjective “many” modifies the noun“people” and the noun phase “ many people ” is the subject of the sentence.

I will send you any mail that arrives after you have moved to Sudbury.

The indefinite adjective “any” modifies the noun“mail” and the noun phrase “any mail” is the direct object of the compound verb “will send.”

They found a few goldfish floating belly up in the swan pound.

In this example the indefinite adjective modifies the noun “goldfish” and the noun phrase
is the direct object of the verb “found.”

The title of Kelly’s favorite game is “All dogs go to heaven.”
Here the indefinite pronoun “all” modifies “dogs” and the full title is a subject complement.

Also, too, either　by Claire - 2008/12/22(Mon) 16:07 No.91

Hi, I’m Claire! Let’s learn how to use the words“Also, Too, Either” correctly.

Also- used in positive sentences to add an agreeing thought.

Sample sentences:
1.Glen likes ice cream. John also likes ice cream.
2.I speak English. I also speak French.
3.You can paint the door. You can also paint the window.

Too- used in positive sentences to add an agreeing thought. It has the same meaning as
"also," but its placement within the sentence is different. It is placed at the end of
the clause.

Sample sentences:
1. Glen likes ice cream. John likes ice cream, too.
2. I speak English. I speak French, too.
3. You can paint the door. You can paint the window, too.

Either-used in negative sentences to add an agreeing thought. It is placed at the end of
the clause.
Sample sentences:
1.He doesn’t want to go. She doesn’t want to go, either.
2.My mother can’t dance. My father can’t dance , either.
3.Shelly doesn’t like vegetables. Her brother doesn’t like vegetables, either.

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