Englishfor English speakers
ask
Verb
—
To ask is to look for an answer to a question by saying it.
She sure does ask a lot of questions!
—
To approach someone to see if they will do something.
Let me ask my mom if I can go.
her
Pronoun
—
You use her instead of the name of a person, to talk about a woman or girl. (used in the object or complement position, never as a subject)
This is Susan's book. Give it to her.
—
If you say something is her thing, you mean it belongs to a particular woman or girl.
It is her book, not mine,
about
Preposition
—
You use about to say what subject something is related to.
Let's not talk about her problems.
—
If something moves about, it moves this way and that way.
He walked about the place, looking everywhere.
—
Having to do with, concerning, regarding.
I will talk about dogs.
about
Adverb
—
You use about before a number or amount, to say that it may be a little more or a little less.
We're here just about every week.
About two years ago, I started skiing.
about
Adjective
—
Something is about to happen, it will happen very soon; almost going to happen.
Please be seated. We're about to begin.
it
Pronoun
—
used to refer to an object without identifying or describing it; the object might have been described earlier in the text.
The house was very big. It had many rooms.
—
used to describe the weather
It is very hot today.
I'm staying in because it is raining
—
used to describe a situation in general
I don't like it when people tell me to do something.
It is hard to find a job.
it
Abbreviation
—
It can be a short way of writing:
—
# Italy or Italian
—
# Information Technology, the use of computers