Grammar and Usage for Better Wirting 4 ppsx

... name: Mr. Wolf The Wolfs Rule 4. For three nouns ending in fe—knife, life, and wife: Change f to v and add s to form the plural. knife knives life lives wife wives EXERCISE 4. Write the plural of the ... neighbor. Plural Nouns Nouns have a singular form and a plural form. The singular is the form that means only one: boy, girl, soda, hamburger, etc. The plural is the form that means...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:21

... cover. 3. Fools and their money are soon parted. 4. An apple never falls far from the tree. 5. Birds of a feather flock together. 6. A house divided against itself cannot stand. 7. Better late than ... been children restless grew 74 PARTS OF SPEECH 9. possible 10. comfortable EXERCISE 2. Change the following adverbs to adjectives. Samples: ADVERB ADJECTIVE definitely ably 1. gradually...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:21

... name: Mr. Wolf The Wolfs Rule 4. For three nouns ending in fe—knife, life, and wife: Change f to v and add s to form the plural. knife knives life lives wife wives EXERCISE 4. Write the plural of the ... neighbor. Plural Nouns Nouns have a singular form and a plural form. The singular is the form that means only one: boy, girl, soda, hamburger, etc. The plural is the form that mean...

Ngày tải lên: 18/03/2013, 01:45

... MODIFIED 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 90 PARTS OF SPEECH Lesson 13 Review of Adjectives and Adverbs REVIEW OF ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS 89 Read ... gently toward his chin. Curious, Gulliver bent his eyes downward and saw that it was a six-inch human, armed with bow and arrow, and followed by about forty similar creatures...

Ngày tải lên: 23/10/2013, 13:20

... para- graph that the things for which we stand in line are not too important, and it suggests that there are better uses for the time wasted standing in line. Choice 4, building on a hint in S7, stresses ... paragraph and should be removed. UNITY IN THE PARAGRAPH 235 Lesson 29 Unity in the Paragraph Choices 2 and 4 are better. Choice 2 builds on the hints in the para- graph t...

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... surprised V. and amused the audience. S. D.O. 2. Have some yogurt and fruit. V. S. D.O. 3. Are the snow and ice melting? V. S. D.O. 4. The World Wide Web and television V. provide information and entertainment. S. D.O. 5. ... booked to capacity. ANTECED . Declaration of Independence It Sandra she PRONOUNS AND ANTECEDENTS 53 SUBJECT VERB 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 44 PARTS OF SPEE...

Ngày tải lên: 23/10/2013, 13:20

... name: Mr. Wolf The Wolfs Rule 4. For three nouns ending in fe—knife, life, and wife: Change f to v and add s to form the plural. knife knives life lives wife wives EXERCISE 4. Write the plural of the ... neighbor. Plural Nouns Nouns have a singular form and a plural form. The singular is the form that means only one: boy, girl, soda, hamburger, etc. The plural is the form that mean...

Ngày tải lên: 23/10/2013, 13:20

... win and lose.) 4. A conjunction connects pronouns, or a noun and a pronoun: You and she are always on time. PRON. CONJ. PRON. (The conjunction and connects the pronouns You and she.) Alex and ... connects the and . 1. We were warm and comfortable. The conjunction connects the and . 2. The meal was delicious but cheap. The conjunction connects the and . 3. Jim called at no...

Ngày tải lên: 23/10/2013, 13:20

... king 3. english and history 8. grandma and aunt louise 4. the planet saturn 9. in the southwest near phoenix 5. fourth of july holiday 10. fire island national seashore 218 COMMON USAGE ERRORS ... lucrezia; bear with me for once: sit down and all shall happen as you wish. you turn your face, but does it bring your heart? —Robert Browning, “Andrea del Sarto” 220 COMMON USAGE ERRO...

Ngày tải lên: 23/10/2013, 13:20

... both. Plurals of Nouns Rules for forming plural nouns were given in Lessons 4 (pages 28– 34) and 10 (page 63) in Part One. You may wish to review these before trying your hand at Exercises 1 through ... adjectives (Lessons 11 and 13) and adverbs (Lessons 12 and 13)—how they function, how they differ, and how some adverbs are formed from adjectives. In this lesson, we touch on a...

Ngày tải lên: 23/10/2013, 13:20