English grammar drills part 17 potx
English grammar drills part 17 potx
... I know
whom we should ask.
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Verb Phrases
PART 2
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7. We couldn’t decide what should we wear to the party.
8. I was surprised at what did she say.
9. What were they serving for lunch was fi ne
English grammar drills part 8 potx
... Whenever we go to movies, we always get big bag of popcorn.
16. Everyone has to have insurance.
17. I’ve just had idea.
18. There was fi re at old Brown place last night.
19. Can I get information ... newspapers all across country are losing readers.
24. I never get clear answer from personnel department.
25. We got real shock when contractor gave us fi nal bill.
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English grammar drills part 10 potx
... meals you get at camp leave a lot to be desired.
12. English is especially diffi cult for nonnative speakers school systems never used
English as a language of instruction.
13. The stove they ... whom the press identifi ed as taking payoffs.
6. I didn’t know any of the girls who were at the party.
7. They listed the names of those students that had passed their fi nal exams.
8. The repo...
English grammar drills part 11 potx
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overemphasized.
It is helpful to think of the restrictive modifi er as part of the meaning of the antecedent noun.
Since the restrictive modifi er is part of the meaning of the noun, the restrictive modifi er ... italics:
Restrictive: The house that is on the corner of Elm and 17th Street is for sale.
Nonrestrictive: Our house, which is on the corner of Elm and 17th Street, is
for sale....
English grammar drills part 18 potx
... has
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Basic Verb Forms
This chapter deals with the six basic verb forms that are used as the raw material to make up the
tense system of English. The six ... forms are the base, the present tense, the past tense,
the infi nitive, the present participle, and the past participle. The next chapter covers the forma-
tion and meaning o...
English grammar drills part 34 potx
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English that it was a few generations ago.
Exercise 13.5
Change the following statements containing have into both British and American English.
We have a problem.
British English American English
Have ... ready.
There are not many differences in grammar between British and American English, but the
use of have as a main verb is one of them. In American English, have as a main...
English grammar drills part 40 potx
... into English that way of
forming indirect questions. Here is an example of such an error with a yes-no question:
Direct: He asked, “Are you fi nished?”
Indirect: X He asked are you fi nished?
English ... the book to the library for me?”
15. I asked my brother, “Did Mom give you a call about the party?”
The formation of indirect information questions is much like the formation of ind...
English grammar drills part 2 pps
... 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...
English grammar drills part 3 doc
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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 are formed in an irregular ... 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:...