English grammar drills part 18 potx

... make up the tense system of English. The six basic verb forms are the base, the present tense, the past tense, the infi nitive, the present participle, and the past participle. The next chapter ... irregular verb run: VERB FORMS Base Present Past Infi nitive Present Past form tense tense participle participle walk walk/walks walked to walk walking walked run run/runs ran to run running run W...

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... 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 from you? 20. Bad ... 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. (i-viiiB,001-328B) whl bk.indd

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... 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...

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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 ... We use indefi nite articles to signal that the hearer is not expected to know in advance which particular noun we are talking about. In this sense, common nouns with indefi nite...

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... I know whom we should ask. (i-viiiB,001-328B) whl bk.indd 105 3/16/09 12:34:06 PM Verb Phrases PART 2 (i-viiiB,001-328B) whl bk.indd 109 3/16/09 12:34:07 PM This page intentionally left blank ... How well will he succeed remains to be seen. 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

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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...

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... 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...

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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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... 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: s...

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