English grammar drills part 47 pot
English grammar drills part 47 pot
... To avoid the
morning rush, we took a later train. 5. By a rigid quarantine, the public health department was
able to halt the disease. 6. In the mountains to the east of us, there is a report ... program? 8. Whose advice are you
going to follow? 9. What song were they singing? 10. How many parts should I order now?
11. What subject do you teach? 12. What was the problem with my phone?
English grammar drills part 7 pot
... 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...
English grammar drills part 8 potx
... Post-Noun Modifi ers 47
beyond her
between us
Adjectival prepositional phrases often give information about space or ... severe fl ooding over the weekend has increased the risk of infection.
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46 Noun Phrases
1. They have commissioned a new statue of him.
2. You should ... new engine will burn any fuel that can be made into a liquid a...
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
...
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...
English grammar drills part 17 potx
... I know
whom we should ask.
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Verb Phrases
PART 2
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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
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...
English grammar drills part 25 pot
... story was amusing.
It is sometimes very diffi cult to tell predicate adjectives apart from the same word used as
part of the progressive tense. Here is an example:
Predicate adjective: The story ... present participle word
form is being used as predicate adjective following a linking verb and when it is being used as a
main verb in a progressive verb construction.
If the present particip...
English grammar drills part 27 pot
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180 Verb Phrases
One particular pair of verbs that take this complement type causes some nonnative speakers
a problem: bring and take. In English, as in many languages, bring ... addict.
11. The press called her a rising star in the industry.
12. I found us a terrifi c apartment.
13. I found John a bit of a bore.
14. He made himself a cheese sandwich....
English grammar drills part 34 potx
...
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...