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What is a predicate in English?

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What is a subject in English?

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a year ago

The subject, includes word or group of words that tell what or who the sentence is about. They can be noun or pronoun. 

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a year ago

International students whose first language is not English must meet the University of Worcester English language requirements. The below table includes the University of Worcester IELTS requirements along with other English language tests:

English Language

Test

Undergraduate Admission

requirements

Graduate Admission

requirements

IELTS

6.0

(with no less than 5.5 in each component)

6.5

(with no less than 5.5 in each component)

 

 

TOEFL iBT

76 with no less than:
Listening 17
Reading 18
Speaking 20
Writing 17

86 with no less than:
Listening 17
Reading 18
Speaking 20
Writing 17

PTE

59, with no less than 59 in each component

70 with no less than 51 in each component

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When do we omit articles?

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There are certain cases in which articles are generally omitted. In total, there are about ten such scenarios where we do not use any article in front of certain words. Some of these exceptions are as follows:

  • When talking about abstract nouns (uncountable nouns) used in a generic sense
  • Before plural

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When to use a/ an in English sentences?

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Asked by Bhumika Jain

In a very basic sense, 'a' is used as a prefix to words that start with a consonant, while 'an' is used for vowels.

  • Example: He lives only a mile away from the office.
  • Example: An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind.

This rule also applies when a word starts with a consonant/ vowel sound, su

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What are articles in English grammar?

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Asked by Nishtha Jain
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a year ago

In English grammar, articles are words ("a," "an," and "the") that are prefixes to nouns and are used to indicate whether the noun is specific or general. As these are used before speaking about the noun, articles can also be considered as adjectives to a certain degree. There are two types of artic

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In English grammar, there are two types of articles; Definite and Indefinite. The two types include three articles i.e., A/ AN and The. While 'the' is termed a definite article, 'a' and 'an' are called indefinite articles. Some examples for both cases can be seen below:

  • He is such a sweet baby.
  • She ha

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What are 10 examples of regular verbs?

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a year ago

Here is the list of 10 commonly used regular verbs:

Base Form

Past Simple

Past Participle

help

helped

helped

look

looked

looked

wait

waited

waited

start

started

started

visit

visited

visited

paint

painted

painted

shout

shouted

shouted

arrive

arrived

arrived

repeat

repeated

repeated

love

loved

loved

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This is something you will learn with time and practice. Your version should be different in structure but match in meaning. If you can swap your paraphrase back with the original and nothing changes in meaning then it's apt.

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a year ago

No. Paraphrasing is more than synonym replacement. You need to change sentence structure, grammar, and vocabulary while preserving the meaning.

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