Tài liệu Grammar for everyone part 8 docx

... 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 41 A 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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... 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, 1 68 173). Other ... demonstrated all three ways, they may prefer to choose their own method for analysis. Analysis formats are shown on pages 1 78 183 . Students can draw up their own charts or be supplied with...

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... 77 Exclamations 77 11 The apostrophe 80 Contractions 80 Possession 81 Avoiding confusion 82 12 Commas 84 The comma separates 85 A comma before the word ‘and’ 86 13 Inverted commas 89 14 Subject and predicate ... clause 174 27 Clause analysis 177 Format 1 – clause analysis chart 1 78 Format 2 – clause analysis table 179 Format 3 – clause analysis tree 182 28 Word build...

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... 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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... 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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... 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 ... usage for all forms of punctuation • punctuate a sentence of average length and moderate complexity • demonstrate the use of a variety of punctuation marks in their own composition 1 38...

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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 .....

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