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2023-04-01
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1Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we will answer a question about "as well as."
2Hi VOA Learning English,
3My name is Neethu, and I am from India.
4I have been learning English using your programs for several years.
5My question is: What is the correct meaning of "as well as" and please explain the usage in sentences.
6Thank you,
7Neethu
8This is an interesting question, Neethu!
9That little group of words operates in an unusual way sometimes.
10As an adverb, "as well" means "also," "in addition" or "too."
11We often place "as well" at the end of our sentences.
12Thank you for meeting me today and for helping me with my errands as well.
13We can also add "as" to form the phrase "as well as."
14This means "in addition to" and normally serves as a conjunction.
15She studied business in college as well as art history.
16"And" combines two nouns, expressions, or sentences, usually of the same importance.
17However, a speaker using the phrase might be bringing additional attention to the noun that comes before "as well as."
18On their trip to Europe, they went to Prague as well as smaller cities in Czechia.
19Be careful when using "as well as" with the subject of a sentence.
20In this case, the phrase does not act like a normal conjunction.
21When we use "as well as" to form the subject of a sentence, English usage calls for us to pay attention to subject-verb agreement.
22Normally, if a subject is singular, we use a singular verb.
23If the subject is plural, then we use the plural form of the verb.
24But, in many cases, having "as well as" after the subject does not make the subject plural.
25My cat, as well as my dogs, plays outside in the yard every day.
26If you want to include the noun "my dogs" in the subject, use "and." Then the subject will be plural.
27My cat and my dogs play outside in the yard every day.
28The reason English speakers do this is complex and requires more explanation than we can provide here.
29Just remember that the "as well as..." phrase is not included in the subject.
30Use the normal subject-verb agreement rules for the subject of the sentence.
31Please let us know if these explanations and examples have helped you, Neethu!
32What question do you have about American English? Send us an email at learningenglish@voanews.com
33And that's Ask a Teacher.
34I'm Faith Pirlo.
1Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we will answer a question about "as well as." 2Question: 3Hi VOA Learning English, 4My name is Neethu, and I am from India. I have been learning English using your programs for several years. My question is: What is the correct meaning of "as well as" and please explain the usage in sentences. 5Thank you, 6Neethu 7Answer 8This is an interesting question, Neethu! 9That little group of words operates in an unusual way sometimes. 10As an adverb, "as well" means "also," "in addition" or "too." We often place "as well" at the end of our sentences. 11Thank you for meeting me today and for helping me with my errands as well. 12We can also add "as" to form the phrase "as well as." This means "in addition to" and normally serves as a conjunction. 13She studied business in college as well as art history. 14"And" combines two nouns, expressions, or sentences, usually of the same importance. However, a speaker using the phrase might be bringing additional attention to the noun that comes before "as well as." 15On their trip to Europe, they went to Prague as well as smaller cities in Czechia. 16Be careful when using "as well as" with the subject of a sentence. In this case, the phrase does not act like a normal conjunction. When we use "as well as" to form the subject of a sentence, English usage calls for us to pay attention to subject-verb agreement. 17Normally, if a subject is singular, we use a singular verb. If the subject is plural, then we use the plural form of the verb. But, in many cases, having "as well as" after the subject does not make the subject plural. 18My cat, as well as my dogs, plays outside in the yard every day. 19If you want to include the noun "my dogs" in the subject, use "and." Then the subject will be plural. 20My cat and my dogs play outside in the yard every day. 21The reason English speakers do this is complex and requires more explanation than we can provide here. Just remember that the "as well as..." phrase is not included in the subject. Use the normal subject-verb agreement rules for the subject of the sentence. 22Please let us know if these explanations and examples have helped you, Neethu! 23What question do you have about American English? Send us an email at learningenglish@voanews.com 24And that's Ask a Teacher. 25I'm Faith Pirlo. 26Faith Pirlo wrote this lesson for VOA Learning English. 27_______________________________________________________________ 28Words in This Story 29errands - n. a short journey that you take to do or get something 30_______________________________________________________________ 31Do you have a question for the teacher? We want to hear from you. We have a new comment system. Here is how it works: 32Each time you return to comment on the Learning English site, you can use your account and see your comments and replies to them. Our comment policy is here.