آموزش زبان انگلیسی

GOOD VS. WELL

Good is an adjective and well is an adverb. Many people, including many native speakers,

 incorrectly use the adjective form good, rather than the adverb well.

a)     He played the piece very                  1) good           2) well.

b)     In my opinion, he's a                    1) good              2) well              tennis player.

c)     People think he is quite a               1) good              2) well              speaker.

d)     Jane was quite                               1) good             2) well          at the paino.

e)     Our neighbour speaks Italian               1) good         2) well.

IT'S VS. ITS

It's is the contracted form of It is. This form is used in sentences using "they"

as the subject of the sentence with the verb "to be" used as either the helping verb

(e.g. It's going ..., It's raining ...) or the principal verb of the sentence. Its is the possessive

 pronoun form. This form is used to express that "it" has a specific quality, or that something

 belongs to "it".

a) I think          1) it's       2) its    time to go home.

b)        1)It's      2) Its           colour is blue.

c) Mary laid her child in           1)it's   2)its          bed for the night.

d) Could you give this back to Susan? I think                    1)it's          2) its       hers.

e) Sometimes                     1) it's            2) its                best just to give up.