Tài liệu Grammar for everyone part 7 docx
Tài liệu Grammar for everyone part 7 docx
... word for ‘the’) in these examples
has a feminine and a masculine form. We are fortunate then that
the English gender generally speaks for itself and we have few
alternative forms. Many former ...
respects this is a pity as a ‘unisex’ term provides less information.
1.6 Activities: number and gender
These exercises are particularly useful for young children and ESL
students and prov...
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... commonly).
Before studying phrases, students should be able to:
• recognise and understand the function of all eight parts of
speech
• understand the formation of the present and past participles
(participles, ... can also be objects,
subjects or complements. For this reason, unlike adjectival and
adverbial phrases, they form a necessary part of the sentence.
For example:
Fishing in...
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...
presented as a form of puzzle.
There are several ways to format the analysis of sentences. The
simplest way is that shown for various kinds of clauses (see pages
162–3, 165, 168– 173 ). Other methods ... using a
structure and format
Noun clause
Noun clauses are not difficult to recognise once they are seen as a
unit performing the same function as a noun. As such, they form
the subjec...
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... purpose 171
Adverbial clause of concession 172
Adverbial clause of comparison 172
Noun clause 174
27 Clause analysis 177
Format 1 – clause analysis chart 178
Format 2 – clause analysis table 179
Format ... and intransitive verbs 111
Active and passive voice 113
17 Participles 116
Present participles 116
Past participles 1 17
Adjectival participles and gerunds 118
18 Perfect tense...
Tài liệu Grammar for everyone part 6 docx
... Some exercises should always be done
in the Grammar Exercise Book to serve for reference and for revision.
Collective nouns
Definition: These are names for groups of things, animals or
people, ... apply to, for
example:
library – books for borrowing
pack fleet pride union
troop train council formation
lineage compendium
6. Students choose a group word and act or mime it in th...
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... must have a doer (i.e. a subject)
for it to make sense.
Finite and non-finite verbs
A verb needs a noun (or a pronoun) in front of it for it to make
sense.
3
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For example:
John waves.
The load ... be done in teams with each person
calling out a verb for their counterpart in the other team to act. The
latter then calls out their verb for the next in the first team, until all
ha...
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... as several parts of
speech, such as water, whip, string. This is a really useful exercise for
reinforcing understanding of the functions of words.
3. Form adjectives from nouns, for example: ... is just a matter of ease on the ear.
For example:
Comfortable: This chair is comfortable; that chair is more comfortable
but Grandad’s chair is most comfortable.
Some of the words that we find...
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... pause) between two
balanced parts of a sentence, in which the second part explains
or furthers the information given in the first part.
For example:
I got our tickets for the final: they had nearly ... adjective
For example:
He was so pleased.
adv adj
Adverbs formed from adjectives
For example:
My shoelace is loose. [adj]
I tied it too loosely. [adv]
19.2 Activity: adjectives and...
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... take different forms according to
the part they play in the sentence.
For example:
As the subject:
Who – Who are you?
As the object:
(For a person) whom – Whom did you see?
(For a thing) what ... contracted malaria.
• For dramatic effect.
For example:
The glass shattered on the floor and a form appeared in the
window …
‘It’s … It’s … a g…ghost,’ she whispered.
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M or e p u n...
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... expressed.
Before studying mood, students should know about:
• the different kinds of sentences
• verb tenses for all kinds of statement apart from the
conditional
• auxiliary verb forms
Many ... misunderstood and therefore
confused, though in reality, it is straightforward and lends clarity
and subtlety to our language.
The subjunctive mood causes confusion for several reasons, the .....