English grammar drills part 34 potx

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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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... problem with mouses and rats. 3. She and her husband run the farm by themselfes, so it is a lot of work for them. (i-viiiB,001 -32 8B) whl bk.indd 11 3/ 16/09 12 :33 :54 PM Nouns 7 Singular Plural fl ... form /s/ /z/ fl ame fl ames 1. three 2. trick 3. stool 4. history 5. wall 6. rake 7. play (i-viiiB,001 -32 8B) whl bk.indd 7 3/ 16/09 12 :33 :54 PM 6 Noun Phrases /k/ back-ba...

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... wives wives’ 1. dog 2. horse 3. tree 4. lady 5. fox 6. tooth 7. play 8. worker 9. shelf 10. man 11. studio 12. place 13. fl y 14. child 15. woman The pronunciation ... possessive: boys’ Remember, the y is part of the spelling of the vowel and therefore nothing happens to it. (i-viiiB,001-328B) whl bk.indd 15 3/16/09 12:33:55 PM 14 Noun Phrases Of course the...

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... hit of the party. cupcakes were the hit of the party. Predicate adjective: The cupcakes were . The cupcakes were . True adjective: . (i-viiiB,001-328B) whl bk.indd 20 3/16/09 12:33 :56 PM Adjectives ... (the base form), but (i-viiiB,001-328B) whl bk.indd 21 3/16/09 12:33 :56 PM Adjectives 25 13. physical 14. strange 15. probable 16. recent 17. available 18. developed 19. sha...

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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, ... for the offi ce. 6. We need to pick topic that everyone will identify with. 7. engineer employed by a subcontractor fi led a complaint. (i-viiiB,001-328B) whl bk.indd 31 3/ 16/ 09 12:33:57...

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... result, traffi c is just awful. They were renting apartment in Santa Monica, really nice town on beach about twenty miles from center of city. apartment building they lived in even had swimming ... about all birds, not any particular group of birds. The presence of the indefi nite article some in the second sentence signals that the speaker is talking only about one particular group of bird...

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... 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 43 3/16/09 12:33:59 PM Articles 41 Dogs ... required. 15. When I travel overseas, sleep becomes big problem for me. (i-viiiB,001-328B) whl bk.indd 41 3/16/09 12:33: 58 PM ... friends before next weekend Preposition Pronoun object with...

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... new coat at the mall. (i-viiiB,001-328B) whl bk.indd 49 3/16/ 09 12:33: 59 PM Post-Noun Modifi ers 51 We interviewed the parents whose children participated in the study. We interviewed them. Did ... with friends is always a great pleasure. (i-viiiB,001-328B) whl bk.indd 48 3/16/ 09 12:33: 59 PM Post-Noun Modifi ers 49 As you can see, the third-person pronoun substitution test shows tha...

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... is a city dreams seldom come true. 10. Do you remember the year Donna graduated from college? 11. The meals you get at camp leave a lot to be desired. 12. English is especially diffi cult for ... of. 9. The committee arranged meetings with all the candidates that they wanted to interview. 10. I phoned all the people that were on my list. 11. The members that wanted to renew had to fi...

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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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... 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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... 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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