Part 3 word of the day

  📌 Quick Grammar Tip

❓ “a university” or “an university”?

✅ Correct: a university

❌ Wrong: an university

🧠 Why?

Because “university” starts with a consonant sound — “you-niversity”, not “oo-niversity”.

👉 Always use “a” before consonant sounds, even if the word starts with a vowel letter.

✅ Examples:

• a university 🎓

• a unique idea 💡

• a useful tool 🧰

📣 Sound matters more than spelling!

Collocations with —> PUT

1. Put on clothes 👕

 2. Put on shoes 👟

 3. Put the book on the table 📚

 4. Put your phone away 📱

 5. Put your hands up ✋

 6. Put water in the bottle 💧

 7. Put salt in the food 🧂

 8. Put your bag down 🎒

 9. Put the lights on 💡

 10. Put your name here ✍️

 ✅ Uses of “Would”

1. Polite requests/offers:

 👉 Would you like some tea?

 2. Imagined or hypothetical situations:

 👉 If I were you, I would wait.

 3. Future in the past:

 👉 She said she would call.

 4. Repeated actions in the past:

 👉 Every summer, we would go to the beach.

 5. Wishes or preferences:

 👉 I would rather stay home.

 👉 I wish it would stop raining.

*🤔 Did You Know?*

Advice has no plural! ❌ Advices is incorrect.

✅ *Say*:

• some advice

• a piece of advice

❌ Not: many advices

💡 *Other uncountable nouns*: news, furniture, information

 📌 Knowledge Boost: One Thing, Many Names!

💬 Water has different names depending on its form or use:

✅ In rivers, it’s flow

✅ In clouds, it’s vapor

✅ In glaciers, it’s ice

✅ In the sky, it’s rain ☔

✅ In the air, it’s humidity

✅ In science labs, it’s H₂O

✅ In agriculture, it’s irrigation 💧

✅ In your body, it’s hydration 🧬

✅ In cooking, it’s boiling/steaming

✅ In oceans, it’s saline water 🌊

✅ In homes, it’s tap water 🚰

✅ In bottles, it’s mineral water

✅ In prayers, it’s holy water 🙏

 Common English Mistakes & Their Corrections

🔴 Wrong: She don’t like coffee.

✅ Correct: She doesn’t like coffee.

📝 “She” takes “doesn’t,” not “don’t.”

🔴 Wrong: I am agree with you.

✅ Correct: I agree with you.

📝 “Agree” is a verb; “am” is not needed.

🔴 Wrong: He go to office every day.

✅ Correct: He goes to office every day.

📝 In simple present, use “goes” with “he.”

🔴 Wrong: She is more taller than me.

✅ Correct: She is taller than me.

📝 “More taller” is incorrect – don’t use both “more” and “-er” together.

🔴 Wrong: I didn’t knew about it.

✅ Correct: I didn’t know about it.

📝 After “did,” always use the base form of the verb.

  5 Commonly Mispronounced English Words

 1. ❌ Pronunciation – /pro-noun-ciation/

✅ Pronunciation – /pruh-nuhn-see-ay-shun/

🗣 Not “pronoun” but “pruh-nuhn”!

 2. ❌ Wednesday – /wed-nes-day/

✅ Wednesday – /wenz-day/

🙈 The “d” is silent!

 3. ❌ Coupon – /coo-pawn/

✅ Coupon – /koo-pawn/

🧾 It starts with “koo”, not “coo”!

 4. ❌ Develop – /dee-vel-ope/

✅ Develop – /di-vel-uhp/

🛠 Stress is on the second syllable.

 5. ❌ Often – /off-ten/

✅ Often – /aw-fen/ ✅ (The “t” is usually silent in standard English)

✨ Basic 🆚 Advanced English

💡 Sound smarter & more fluent!

1️⃣ I’m very tired → I’m exhausted 😴

2️⃣ It’s very cold → It’s freezing ❄️

3️⃣ I’m very happy → I’m elated 😍

4️⃣ It’s very clean → It’s spotless 🧽

5️⃣ I’m very sad → I’m heartbroken 💔

6️⃣ It’s very hot → It’s scorching 🔥

7️⃣ I’m very angry → I’m furious 😡

8️⃣ It’s very big → It’s enormous 🗻

9️⃣ I’m very scared → I’m petrified 😱

🔟 It’s very good → It’s excellent 🌟

 5 Commonly Mispronounced English Words

1️⃣ ❌ Breakfast – /break-fast/

✅ Breakfast – /brek-fuhst/

🍳 It’s “brek”, not “break”!

2️⃣ ❌ Clothes – /clo-thes/

✅ Clothes – /kloʊðz/

👔 Just one syllable, not two!

3️⃣ ❌ Hierarchy – /hi-er-ar-kee/

✅ Hierarchy – /hai-rahr-kee/

🏛️ Skip the extra “ar”!

4️⃣ ❌ Comfortable – /com-for-ta-ble/

✅ Comfortable – /kumf-tuh-buhl/

🛋️ Sounds like just three syllables!

5️⃣ ❌ Et cetera – /ek-set-ra/

✅ Et cetera – /et-set-ra/

📚 No “x” sound — it’s “et”, not “ek”!

 🌟 Collective Nouns

✅ *People*

* A *crowd* of people

* A *class* of students

* A *staff* of employees

* A *board* of directors

* A *team* of players

* A *band* of musicians

* An *army* of soldiers

🌟 Collective Nouns

✅ Animals

 • A pride of lions 🦁

 • A school of fish 🐟

 • A herd of elephants 🐘

 • A flock of birds 🐦

 • A pack of wolves 🐺

 • A colony of ants 🐜

 • A swarm of bees 🐝

Irregular Plurals in English 🇬🇧

1. Child → Children

2. Man → Men

3. Woman → Women

4. Tooth → Teeth

5. Foot → Feet

6. Mouse → Mice

7. Goose → Geese

8. Person → People

9. Cactus → Cacti

10. Ox → Oxen

11. Fish → Fish

12. Sheep → Sheep

13. Deer → Deer

14. Louse → Lice

15. Leaf → Leaves

16. Life → Lives

17. Knife → Knives

18. Wolf → Wolves

19. Elf → Elves

20. Shelf → Shelves

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