Collins Cobuild - english grammar

... to use this Grammar The Collins COBUILD English Grammar is designed to be used both for quick reference and for in-depth study. Organization of the main text The main text of the Grammar is divided ... no. wh-word one of a group of words starting with wh-, such as what, when or who, which are used in wh-questions. How is also called a wh-word because it behaves like the other wh-w...

Ngày tải lên: 14/04/2014, 21:04

... verbs: back-comb blow-dry cold-shoulder court-martial cross-check cross-examine cross-question cross-reference double-cross double-glaze dry-clean field-test force-feed frog-march ghost-write ill-treat pooh-pooh proof-read rubber-stamp short-change short-weight soft-soap spin-dry spoon-feed stage-manage tape-record toilet-train wrong-foot 3.125 ... baby-sat for a friend. Here is a list of int...

Ngày tải lên: 18/10/2013, 15:15

... verbs: back-comb blow-dry cold-shoulder court-martial cross-check cross-examine cross-question cross-reference double-cross double-glaze dry-clean field-test force-feed frog-march ghost-write ill-treat pooh-pooh proof-read rubber-stamp short-change short-weight soft-soap spin-dry spoon-feed stage-manage tape-record toilet-train wrong-foot 3.125 ... lip-read. I baby-sat for a friend. Here is a...

Ngày tải lên: 10/12/2013, 13:15

... `Yes/no'-questions begin with an auxiliary or a modal. * `Wh'-questions begin with a `wh'-word. 1 Questions which can be answered `yes' or `no' are called `yes/no'-questions. ... `wh'-question, which begins with a `wh'-word: whatwherewhowhose whenwhichwhomwhyhow Note that `whom' is only used in formal English. 6 When a `wh&a...

Ngày tải lên: 23/12/2013, 14:15

... 2 You add `-s' to form the plural of most nouns. book* booksschool* schools You add `-es' to nouns ending in `-ss', `-ch', `-s', `-sh', or `-x'. ... ending in `-o' add `-s', and some add `-es'. photo* photos piano* pianos hero* heroes potato* potatoes Nouns ending in a consonant and `-y' change to `-ies'. ......

Ngày tải lên: 23/12/2013, 14:15

... `to'-infinitive clauses or `that'-clauses. * Some adjectives are always followed by `to'-infinitive clauses. * You often use `to'-infinitive clauses or `that'-clauses ... adjectives followed by `of' or `for'. Unit 34 `-ing' and `-ed' adjectives Main points * Many adjectives ending in `-ing' describe the effect that somethin...

Ngày tải lên: 23/12/2013, 14:15

... `-le' changes to `-ly':gentle * gently `-y' changes to `-ily':easy * easily `-ic' changes to `-ically':automatic * automatically `-ue' changes to `-uly':true ... 1 You add `-er' for the comparative form and `-est' for the superlative form of one-syllable adjectives and adverbs. If they end in `-e', you add `-r' and `-st&ap...

Ngày tải lên: 23/12/2013, 14:15

... She taught physics and chemistry to pupils at the local school. I made that lamp for a seventy-year-old woman. You often use a preposition when you want to emphasize the indirect object. ... They used to live at 5, Weston Road. She got a job in Oxford Street. Note that American English uses `on': `He lived on Penn Street.' For more material and information, please...

Ngày tải lên: 23/12/2013, 14:15

... Many verbs are followed by an `-ing' clause. The subject of the verb is also the subject of the `-ing' clause. The `-ing' clause begins with an `-ing' form. The most common ... sorry. Unit 69 Verbs with `-ing' clauses Main points * Many verbs are followed by an `-ing' clause. * Some verbs are followed by an object and an `-ing' clause that des...

Ngày tải lên: 23/12/2013, 14:15

... by a `wh'-word and a `to'-infinitive clause. Others are followed by an object, a `wh&apos ;- word, and a `to'-infinitive clause. * Nouns are followed by `to'-infinitive clauses ... be followed by a `to'-infinitive clause. Unit 71 Verb + `to&apos ;- or `-ing' Main points * Some verbs take a `to'-infinitive clause or an `-ing' clau...

Ngày tải lên: 23/12/2013, 14:15