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Ago follows an expression of time I met him six months ago/ a long time ago Tenses An expression with ago refers to a finished time, and is formally used with a past tense, not a present perfect. She left the city two hours ago. not   She has left……. Where is Sohan? He was playing outside ten minutes ago. The difference between ago and for: Ago tells us ‘how long ago before the present something happened’ For with a past tense tells us how long something lasted. He died three years ago. He lived for seventy years. (his life lasted seventy years) He was ill for two years before he died. (his illness lasted seventy years) Note: we use period of time before ‘’ago’ and after ‘for’ Ago and before with time expressions: We use ‘ago’ with a past tense and a time expression to ‘count back’ from the present time. We do so to say how long before now something happened. We can use ‘before’ in the same way (with a past perfect tense) to count back from ...

Use of ‘be’  (a) We often use ‘be’ to talk about people’s age He is forty. She is twenty.  (b) be + number + years old/ of age He is thirty years old. He is thirty years of age (c) While asking about someone’s age, we use: How old are you? What is your age? Be + ………age We also use this structure without any preposition.  When I was your age. I could climb a tree. The boys were the same age. She is the same age as me. Preposition In other structures discussed above, we can use the preposition ‘at’:  He could read at the age of three. At your age, I had lost my mother. इस पाठ का वीडियो देखने के लिए नीचे वीडियो पर क्लिक करें। वीडियो 

Adjectives or adverbs? Confusing cases Noun + ly = adjective Friend    =              friendly Love       =              lovely He gave me a friendly smile. Her singing was lovely. Adjective + ly = adverb Dangerous           =              dangerously Happy                   =              happily Nice                      =              nicely Horrible               =              horribly Safe ...

Adverb clauses answer questions like where, when, why and how •Go wherever you want to go. •I reached the station after the train had left •He hit him because he abused him. •He behaves as if he were a king. •Notice the underlined adverb clauses are not complete sentences. An adverb clause is dependent, so it always needs to be connected with an independent clause to make a full sentence! 1. Adverb clause of time THE UNDERLINED GROUP OF WORDS IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES IS ADVERB CLAUSE OF TIME The bell rang when I reached school. The patient had died before the doctor came. As soon as Krishna saw Sudama , he ran to welcome him. Important conjunctions: When, while, after, before, since, as soon as etc 2. Adverb clause of place THE UNDERLINED GROUP OF WORDS IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES IS ADVERB CLAUSE OF PLACE •I left my car where it broke down. •She makes friends wherever she goes. •He will follow you whither you go. Important conjunctions: •Where,...