English grammar drills part 13 docx

... phrases Gerunds are the present participle forms of verbs. Present participles are formed by adding -ing to the base (or dictionary) forms of verbs. Present participles are mostly regular. The ... nitives Gerunds and infi nitives are verb forms used as nouns. (Infi nitives can also be used as other parts of speech, but in this chapter we will deal only with infi nitives used as nouns.) Here ar...

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... the letters wh Here are the most common wh- words that begin noun clauses, classifi ed by their parts of speech: NOUNS what whatever which whichever who whoever whom whomever whose ADVERBS when ... of a preposition I know you spoke to whom. ⇒ I know whom you spoke to ∅. In very formal written English, to would move with whom to the beginning of the clause: I know you spoke to whom. ⇒ I know...

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... 9. What song they were singing? 10. How many parts I should order now? 11. What subject you teach? 12. What the problem was with my phone? 13. How they will recognize you? 14. When they ... However, as you know, English also requires that the subject and verb be inverted and that we insert do if there is no other suitable helping verb to be the tense-carrying verb. Thus English...

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... salmons, salmon 10. lifes , lives (i-viiiB,001-328B) whl bk.indd 295 3/16/09 12:34:31 PM 294 English Grammar Drills Exercise 16.35 (Chapter 15: Direct and indirect quotation) Convert the following ... (other) 7. by the English painter Turner (other) 8. about my chances (other) 9. to the crime (other) 10. for lying (other) 11. of the cup (other) 12. for indecision (other) 13. in th...

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... writing out the exercises. English Grammar Drills is organized into three parts: Part 1 covers noun phrases, the fi rst of the two fundamental building blocks of English grammar. Noun phrases function ... achiev- ing a native-like command of English grammar. While the book covers most areas of English grammar, it has a heavy concentration on those aspects of grammar that h...

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... 11. clause 12. clash 13. hedge 14. phone 15. freeze 16. share 17. duty 18. patch 19. allowance 20. sheet For a variety of historical reasons, English has some plurals that ... ring-rings; thing-things; throng-throngs; rung-rungs; song-songs Since all vowels are voiced in English, this rule also governs the plural of all words ending in a vowel sound. For example: s...

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... Nouns 13 cheese (noncount): I love cheese. (food) cheese (count): The store sells a variety of cheeses. ... the phrase John’s book, John is said to own or possess the book. (i-viiiB,001-328B) whl bk.indd 13 3/16/09 12:33:55 PM 18 Adjectives The term adjective can be used broadly for any word that modifi ... lady 5. fox 6. tooth 7. play 8. worker 9. shelf 10. man 11. studio...

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... Comparative Superlative his: sweet: Order of modifi ers: cupcakes were the hit of the party. cupcakes were the hit of the party. Predicate adjective: The cupcakes were . The cupcakes were . True adjective: ... more vicious most vicious The reason why English has two different sets of comparative and superlative forms is his- torical. Adjectives of native English origin usually form th...

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... Sometimes it is surprising what counts in English as normal expectations. Perhaps the odd- est examples are the names of places and things that are expected in particular environments. For example, ... There was big fi ght about the budget. 12. It was occasion that all of us had hoped it would be. 13. I contacted agency that I had seen advertised in a trade journal. 14. It was expense t...

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