What are Auxiliary Verbs?

What are Auxiliary Verbs? Well, they are used with other verbs to show their mood, tense, aspect, emphasis, voice, etc.

Auxiliary Verbs are also called helping verbs. The following are considered auxiliary verbs: Verbs to Be, Verbs to have, Do and all Modal Verbs. All of them can also be main verbs except for the modals.

Which is correct - than I or than me?

Than I or than me? So far, this has been the most interesting yet mind boggling topic I have ever encountered in my experience as an English tutor.

I found out that it's not  just the pronoun following than that makes this topic debatable, but also than itself!

Well, than can be a conjunction or a preposition. The problem is to what part of speech does than which is being used with comparative degrees of adjectives belong?

She is taller than I.

She is taller than me.

If we classify than here as a conjunction, then sentence number one is correct. We have learned that conjunctions connect parallel terms. Since she is a subject pronoun, I, instead of me, should be used.

But, if than here is considered a preposition, then me is correct. Prepositions are followed by object pronouns, not subject.

I read an article before (I just could not remember the title and the author) that says than in this case is considered by most grammarians as a conjunction, therefore, than I is said to be correct.

Now, how are we going to really determine which of the two terms is correct.

She is taller than I (am).

She is taller than me.

Let's try to twist the sentence. Perhaps this will help.

I am shorter than she (is).

Me is shorter than she (is).

Upon reading the reversed sentences, it comes out that only the first one is correct.

Now, there are also other authors that say both than I and than me are correct. They are interchangeable. 

Well, let's see if they really are. Try to study the following examples.

He loves the dog more than I.

He loves the dog more than me.

Are the two sentences the same? Let us try to dig what does each sentence mean.

Sentence #1: He and I both love the dog, but his love is bigger than my love. He loves the dog more than I do. (do here can be omitted)

Sentence #2: He loves the dog and me, but his love for the dog is bigger than his love for me.

There you go! Than I and than me are not the same. They are not interchangeable, either. 

I do hope this article helps you. If you have suggestions, corrections, additions or comments, please feel free to let me know. There's a space below provided just for you.

What is the difference between WILL and GOING TO

Will vs Going to

When we want to express what we think will happen in the future, both will and going to can be used.

However, we use going to if the situation in the present time makes it clear what will happen in the near future. Will, on the other hand, is used when we are not sure.

Study these sentences.

It's hot! I think it will rain tonight.

A hot temperature is not a clear sign that rain is coming, though it is still a possibility that rain may come.

Look, the sky turns dark! It's going to rain.

We use going to in this situation since there's a clear sign that rain is coming.

Will and going to are also used to express your future plans, but they are used in different ways.

Will is used to express a future plan that is made at the time of speaking or present time.

The phone is ringing. I will answer it.

On the other hand, going to is used to express a plan in the future that is made earlier or before the time of speaking.

I'm going to buy a new car when I get there.

If you have comments, suggestions, additions or corrections, feel free to share them with me. There's a space below provided just for you.

Which is correct-You and I or You and me?

Which is correct-You and I or You and Me?

One of the Korean students whom I tutor asked me last night which of the two terms is correct. 

I answered her that both are correct, but that depends on how you use them. 

You and I is only used as a subject while you and me serves as the object. You and I and You and Me are not interchangeable. 

You and I are asked to report to the school principal tomorrow morning. ( not You and me...)

The boss gave you and me another task to finish by next week. (not you and I...)

Me is the object pronoun of I, while You still has you as its object.

I hope this simple explanation also makes it clear for you. Anyway, if you have a different point of view regarding this topic, please feel free to write it down. There's a space below prepared just for you.

Wanna play Plants vs Zombies Full Version once more?

Wanna play Plants vs Zombies Full Version once more? If you do, here's the link that will lead you directly to what you wanted to have-the Plants vs Zombies Full Version Free Download.

I have just finished playing Plants vs Zombies Full Version, though I don't know if this is really it. I really don't have any idea since this is just my first time. I just started to get hooked to it when my nephews came for a short vacation to my house. They asked me to download a full version of it. I tried several sites, but there really wasn't a free download, until I came across a site from blogger.com. I tried it and after awhile, I already found myself planting and shooting these brain sucking creatures.

Now, if you want to give Plants vs Zombies Full Version  a try once more, click here.

Another Six Days Work is Done Lyrics and Accompaniment

SDA Church Hymnal Philippine Edition hymn #268

How to download? Click here

This song, "Another Six Days Work is Done, is another reminder for us that God has given us one day of rest each week. Exodus 20:9 tells us that in the first six days of the week we have to labor and work, but on the seventh day, we have to rest. Why? God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it. He created the world for six days, and on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, he rested.

Isn't it wonderful to rest for one day each week and just have an undivided time with the Lord our Creator?

I hope you like this simple video with the lyrics and accompaniment of "Another Six Days Work is Done," which is composed by a Baptist pastor, Joseph Stennett.

More SDA Hymnal Songs with Lyrics and Accompaniment?

A Wonderful Savior is Jesus My Lord Lyrics and Accompaniment

How to download? Click here

"A Wonderful Savior is Jesus My Lord," also known with its other title "He Hideth My Soul," is just one of the many wonderful songs of praise and worship written by Fanny J. Crosby. Though being blind since she was six weeks old, Fanny J. Crosby expressed her love to God and God's love for her through songs. 

"A Wonderful Savior is Jesus My Lord" or "He Hideth My Soul," is one of the songs in the SDA Church Hymnal (Hymn #520) and the SDA Church Hymnal Philippine Edition (Hymn #347). This song is also sung by other Christian denominations.

Now you can have a better form of worship even at your homes through this simplevideo of "A Wonderful Savior is Jesus My Lord" with its lyrics and accompaniment. 

All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name Lyrics and Accompaniment

How to download? Click here

"All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name" is composed by Edward Perronet sometime in 1779. This wonderful song is sung by many Christian denominations worldwide.

"All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name" can be found in SDA Church Hymnal hymn # 229 and #127 in SDA Church Hymnal (Philippine Edition).

More SDA Hymnal Songs with Lyrics and Accompaniment?

Abide with Me Lyrics and Accompaniment

How to download? Click here

Here is the song "Abide with Me," which was written by Henry F. Lyte in 1847. In this slide you can see the lyrics with the accompaniment. I hope you like it. I just don't know if it could be downloaded, but I hope you like it.

"Abide with Me" is a song suited for EVENING WORSHIP. This song will once more remind us of God's great love for us. He is always there to abide with us.

Abide with Me

Abide with me; fast falls the eventide;

The darkness deepens; Lord with me abide!

When other helpers fail and comforts flee,

Help of the helpless, O abide with me.

Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day;

Earths joys grow dim; its glories pass away;

Change and decay in all around I see; 

O Thou who changest not, abide with me.

I need Thy presence every passing hour.

 What but Thy grace can foil the tempters power?

Who, like Thyself, my guide and stay can be?

Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me.

I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless;

Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.

Where is deaths sting? Where, grave, thy victory?

I triumph still, if Thou abide with me!

More SDA Hymnal Songs with Lyrics and Accompaniment?

When not to use Articles-Share your own opinion

When are we not to going to use any articles? There are so called rules that could help us with this. But before going any further, may I remind you of this, "In every rule, there is an exception."

1. Do not use an article before general nouns.

Criminals are thrown to jail.

The nouns criminals and jail here both refer to general ideas. Compare this with the next sentence.

The criminals caught last night were thrown to a jail in Manila.

2. Do not use an article before proper nouns.

Tokyo is the capital of Japan. 

I prefer Sony when it comes to appliances.

Sarah likes Nescafe. 

Filipinos are known to be hospitable.

The most common surname in Korea is Lee.

But there are also proper nouns that need articles, especially the. Click here to learn more of them.

3. Do not use an article before names of months and days.

I will buy a new car in June.

Sunday is the first day of the week.

4. Do not use an article before names of sports.

I love playing basketball.

Table tennis is my favorite sport.

5. Do not use an article before names of diseases.

My friend has been suffering from malaria.

Prostate cancer is common to men nowadays.

But we can use articles before names of diseases that are not really serious.

She has a cold.

My baby has a cough. 

6. Do not use an article before names of meals.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

Come, dinner is ready.

but say,

The breakfast we had yesterday was really delicious.

7. Do not use an article before uncountable nouns.

Sugar is not at all bad for your health. 

We really do not need an article before an uncountable noun. Another thing is, sugar here is considered a general noun (Rule # 1). But we can say,

Please get the sugar on the table.

(specific sugar)

Another example

I really like milk, but the milk you gave me tastes bad.

8. Do not use an article before a noun followed by a number or a letter.

Please open your book on page 10.

My little brother belongs to section A.

What makes Ramjeet Raghav, a 96 yo farmer, still active in bed?

What makes Ramjeet Raghav active in bed?  This very question was also asked by his neighbors after he revealed that he still manages to have sex at least three times a night.

Anyway, this 96-year-old farmer from India just broke his previous record which was set in 2010 as the wold's oldest dad after his wife, 52-year-old, Shakuntala Devi, gave birth to their second son Ranjeet.

Now, what is the secret behind Ramjeet Raghav's active performance in bed despite is old age? Well, the formula is simple. Ramjeet Raghav said he has been a strict vegetarian ever since. Not only that, he also said he has been a teetotaler or a person who has never tasted alcoholic drinks.

Well, I guess that makes him that active in bed. Proper lifestyle really produces good benefits.

                     

SDA Church Hymnal List of Songs, Lyrics and Accompaniment

Seventh-Day Adventist Church Hymnal Index of Titles of Songs with their lyrics and accompaniments. May this become of great help to all of you, especially to my fellow Adventist Christians.
                                                                             

A

A Mighty Fortress

A Wonderful Savior is Jesus My Lord

Abide with Me
All Creatures of our God and King

All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name
All My Hope on God is Founded

All the Way

All People That on Earth Dwell

Another Six Days Work is Done

Anywhere with Jesus

As We Come to You in Prayer

Correct Usage of the article THE

The is considered the definite article. Meaning to say, it is only used before specific or definite  nouns. But other than that, it also has special uses.

In this blog, you will learn the correct usage of the article the.

1. The is used before a noun that is mentioned for the second time.   A noun being mentioned for the first time is generally considered indefinite or unspecified. Therefore, the should not be used before it.

I have a cat. It has brown eyes. ... The cat likes to sleep on my bed.

Anywhere with Jesus lyrics and accompaniment

                       

Anywhere with Jesus from emgeedee

Anywhere with Jesus" is composed by Daniel B.Towner in 1915. This wonderful song can be found in the Seventh-Day Adventist Hymnal Hymn # 508.

Anywhere with Jesus

Anywhere with Jesus I can safely go,

Anywhere He leads me in this world below;

Anywhere without Him, dearest joys would fade;

 Anywhere with Jesus I am not afraid.

Anywhere! Anywhere!

Fear I cannot know;

Anywhere with Jesus I can safely go.

Anywhere with Jesus I am not alone;

Other friends may fail me, He is still my own;

Though His hand may lead me over dreary ways,

Anywhere with Jesus is a house of praise.

Anywhere! Anywhere!

Fear I cannot know;

Anywhere with Jesus I can safely go.

Anywhere with Jesus I can go to sleep,

When the gloomy shadows round about me creep,

Knowing I shall waken nevermore to roam;

Anywhere with Jesus will be home sweet home.

Anywhere! Anywhere!

Fear I cannot know;

Anywhere with Jesus I can safely go.

For more SDA Hymns with Lyrics and Accompaniment, click here.

All The Way lyrics and accompaniment

How to download? Click here

"All the Way My Saviour Leads Me" is composed by a Baptist minister, Dr. Robert Lowry, in 1874 and was written by Fanny J. Crosby in 1875. 

All the Way

All the way my Savior leads me;

What have I to ask beside?

Can I doubt His tender mercy,

Who through life has been my guide?

Heavenly peace, divinest comfort,

 Here by faith in Him to dwell;

For I know whate’er befall me,

 Jesus doeth all things well;

 For I know whate’er befall me,

 Jesus doeth all things well.

All the way my Savior leads me;

Cheers each winding path I tread;

 Gives me grace for every trial,

Feeds me with the living bread;

Though my weary steps may falter,

 And my soul athirst may be,

Gushing from the Rock before me,

Lo, a spring of joy I see;

Gushing from the Rock before me,

Lo, a spring of joy I see.

All the way my Savior leads me;

O the fullness of His love!

 Perfect rest to me is promised

 In my Father’s house above;

When I wake to life immortal,

Wing my flight to realms of day,

This my song through endless ages,

 Jesus led me all the way;

This my song through endless ages,

Jesus led me all the way.

More SDA Hymnal Songs with Lyrics and Accompaniment?

A Mind Boggling Numbers Game

Do you love numbers? How about guessing games? Well, if you do, I'm sure you will like this simple yet tricky game that I want to share. 

Anyway, this guessing game involving numbers best suits the teachers. This can be done in class when the students seem bored or tired.  I used this simple, exciting yet mind boggling trick to my Korean students before. But anybody can also enjoy this.

Common Kinds of Adverbs

Adverbs only describe or modify verbs that show actions. There are five commonly considered Kinds of Adverbs.

1. Adverbs of Manner- these adverbs tell us how an action is done in the sentence.

My boss shouted angrily at the lazy workers. 

The adverb angrily is an Adverb of Manner because it tells us how or in what manner the boss shouted at his lazy workers.

Other examples of Adverbs of Manner: hungrily, fast, well, quietly, loudly

Note: Most words that end in -ly are Adverbs of Manner. However, words like lonely, friendly and deadly are adjectives.

2. Adverbs of Time- tell us when an action in the sentence is done.

Sheila and Ruth submitted their Science projects yesterday.

Yesterday in this sentence is an Adverb of Time because it tells us when Sheila and Ruth, submitted their projects.

But, Adverbs of Time can also modify an adjective.

My father was ecstatic yesterday.

Here, the adverb yesterday tells us when my father was ecstatic, which is an adjective.

Other examples of Adverbs of Time: soon, tomorrow, tonight, next week, now

3. Adverbs of Place- tell us where an action happened.

Please put my bag here.

The word here in this sentence tells us where the subject wants the bag to be placed. Therefore, it is an Adverb of Place.

Adverbs of Place can also be used to modify adjectives. Study the sentence below.

James is happy here. He doesn't want to leave.

Other examples of Adverbs of Place: there, inside, outside, upstairs

4. Adverbs of Degree- tell us the degree or to what extent an action happens.

She hardly passed the test.

The adverb hardly in this sentence shows to what extent did she pass the test. 

Note: Adverbs of Degree are also used to modify:

Adjectives

My girlfriend is very beautiful.

The weather is really hot.

and other Adverbs

She drives extremely fast.

Doug left the building very quickly.

Other examples of Adverbs of Degree: too, just, completely

5. Adverbs of Frequency- tell us how often an action takes place.

She always wears a necklace.

Always is an Adverb of Frequency because it answers the question-How often does she wear a necklace?

Adverbs of Frequency also modify adjectives.

Jenna is never tired of supporting her parents.

Other examples of Adverbs of Frequency: seldom, often, never, sometimes

Adverbs can also come in forms of phrases and clauses. They are called Adverbial Phrases and Adverbial Clauses.

Note: Adverbs, just like adjectives, also have comparative and superlative degrees.

Functions of Adverbs

What are the functions of adverbs? Well, an adverb has three main functions in a sentence. Its main use is to modify a verb, but it can also modify an adjective and an adverb.

An adverb modifying a verb

The dog barks loudly.

An adverb modifying an adjective

Tess has a very cute puppy.

An adverb modifying another adverb

My classmates dance really well.

Adverbs only describe verbs that show actions. They answer the questions how, when, where, to what extent and how often an action is done. To know more about the Kinds of Adverbs, click here.

Genesis 21-30 Bible Quiz in Powerpoint free download

                       

Genesis 21 30 bible quiz from Melbert Glenn Dellumes

Sweet By and By lyrics and accompaniment

     

Sweet By and By

There’s a land that is fairer than day,

 And by faith we can see it afar;

For the Father waits over the way

To prepare us a dwelling place there.

In the sweet by and by,

We shall meet on that beautiful shore;

 In the sweet by and by,

We shall meet on that beautiful shore.

We shall sing on that beautiful shore

The melodious songs of the blessed;

And our spirits shall sorrow no more,

 Not a sigh for the blessing of rest.

In the sweet by and by,

We shall meet on that beautiful shore;

In the sweet by and by,

We shall meet on that beautiful shore.

To our bountiful Father above,

We will offer our tribute of praise

 For the glorious gift of His love

And the blessings that hallow our days.

In the sweet by and by,

We shall meet on that beautiful shore;

In the sweet by and by,

We shall meet on that beautiful shore.

For more SDA Hymns with Lyrics and Accompaniment, click here.

Will You Love Jesus More lyrics and accompaniment

                       

Will you love jesus more from Melbert Glenn Dellumes

Why Have You Chosen Me lyrics and accompaniment

                        

Why have you chosen me from Melbert Glenn Dellumes

 Why Have You Chosen Me

Why have You chosen me

Out of millions Your child to be

You know all the wrongs

 That I have done

Oh how could You pardon me,

 Forgive my iniquity

To save me give Jesus Your son

But Lord help me be

What You want me to be

Your words I will strive to obey

My life I now give,

 For You I will live

And walk by Your side all the way

I am amazed to know

That a God so great could love me so

 He’s willing and wanting to bless

His love is so wonderful,

His mercy so bountiful

I can’t understand it I confess

But Lord help me be

What You want me to be

Your words I will strive to obey

My life I now give,

For You I will live

And walk by Your side all the way

And walk by Your side all the way

For more SDA Special Songs with Lyrics and Accompaniment, click here.

Till the Storm Passes By lyrics and accompaniment free download

                       

Till the storm passes by from Melbert Glenn Dellumes

Lumapit Sa Kanya lyrics and MP3 free

                       

Lumapit sa kanya from Melbert Glenn Dellumes

Genesis 11-20 Bible Quiz in Powerpoint free download

                       

Genesis 11 20 Bible Quiz from Melbert Glenn Dellumes

Sinner Saved by Grace lyrics and accompaniment

                             
                    

Sinner saved by grace from Melbert Glenn Dellumes

Sinner Saved by Grace By
Gaither Vocal Band

If you could see what I was once
 If you could go with me 
Back to where I started from
 Then I know you would see
A miracle of love that put me
 in its sweet embrace 
and made me what I am today
just an old sinner saved by grace

I’m just a sinner saved by grace
When I stood condemned to death 
He took my place
Now I grow and breathe in freedom
 With each breath of life I take
loved and forgiven 
backed with a livin’ 
Im just a sinner saved by grace

How could I boast
 on anything Ive ever seen or done
how could I dare
 to claim as mine
 the victories God has won
Where would I be
had God not brought me 
gently to this place 
Im here to say Im nothing but 
a sinner saved by grace

I’m just a sinner 
Saved by grace
when I stood condemned to death 
He took my place
Now I grow and breathe in freedom 
With each breath of life I take
loved and forgiven 
backed with a livin’ 
Im just a sinner saved by grace

Now I grow and breathe in freedom 
With each breath of life I take
loved and forgiven
backed with a livin’
 Im just a sinner saved by grace

Saved by grace.