آموزش ساده و رایگان زبان انگلیسی

The Pillow Fairy

A long, long time ago, thousands of children in the world didn’t know how to tell whether they were treating others well or badly. They could hit their brothers and sisters, thinking they were doing good. They could be filled with regret at having helped their mother or having cleaned up their bedroom. The whole day through, the fairies had to explain to the kids whether they had been good or bad. It was a tremendously boring and tiring job.

One of the fairies was called Sparkles, and she was great fun. She thought it would be better to teach the children a few things, and so she invented a talking pillow for her favourite girl, Alicia.

When Alicia went to bed, the pillow would ask her:

-Tell me, my girl, what did you do today?”

Whenever Alicia told her that she had done bad things, the pillow would make annoying noises through the night, and contort itself into all kinds of uncomfortable lumps and bumps. Of course, Alicia could hardly get any sleep.
بقیه در ادامه مطلب.

was :
(گذشته ساده فعل am ; is است)
were :
(گذشته ساده فعل are است)
مثال)
* I am tired . (now)
من خسته ام .
* I was tired last night .
من دیشب خسته بودم .
* Where is Beth? 
بت کجاست؟
* where was Beth yesterday? 
بت دیروز کجا بود؟
* you are late . (now)
شما تاخیر دارید.
* you were late yesterday.
شما دیروز تاخیر داشتید

شکل مثبت افعال to be مربوط به زمان گذشته
مثال)
* when I was a child, I was afraid of dogs.
* Last year Ali was 22, so he's 23 now .

بقیه در ادامه مطلب.

در حالت رسمی یا formal از ضمیر it برای شخص استفاده نمیشه ؛ اما در حالت غیر رسمی یا informal از ضمیر it میشه برای شخص استفاده کرد . 
مثال) 
+ Who's that ? کیه؟
- It's me . منم
* اکثر اوقات برای حیواناتی که شخصیت قائل میشیم مثل حیوانات خانگی یا اهلی از ضمایر he یا she استفاده میکنیم 
البته در شرایطی که جنسیت حیوان مشخص نباشه و یا به آن فقط به عنوان حیوان اشاره بشه از ضمیر it استفاده میکنیم.
* در بعضی مواقع برای نشان دادن احساست بیشتر نسبت به کشور ، ماشین ، کشتی و برخی موارد دیگر از ضمایر شخصی مونث she استفاده میشه .
*وقتی بخواهیم در مورد یک شخص نامشخصی که جنسیتش هم برایمان معلوم نیست حرف بزنیم : 
یا از عبارت he or she استفاده میکنیم 
یا از he استفاده میکنیم 
یا از they در مواقع غیر رسمی استفاده میکنیم .
* ضمیر it برای نشان دادن وضعیت آب و هوایی هم بکار میرود .

نکته:ضمیر (I) همیشه با حرف بزرگ نوشته میشه ؛ چه اول جمله باشه ، چه وسط جمله ، و چه در آخر جمله .