Grammar and vocabulary for cambridge advanced and proficiency

Ngày tải lên: 05/10/2012, 08:23

... fuii~ We can also form some adverbs from nouns by adding -1 y: hour hourly part partly Adjectives and adverbs with the same form Some adjectives have the same form when they are adverbs: Adjective ... fine The plane swooped low Some adjectives end in -ly, like monthly and early, and have the same form as adjective and adverb Others can't be transformed into adverbs Ins...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 18:20

... c that life was rnuch easier and more cornfortable when (18)of thern could utter anything more than 'goo-goo' and 'da-da' and (19) rny wife and ould settle down for a rneal without feeling ... others, or other's Left-handedness is a fascinating phenomenon unless you are trying to undo a knot that a left-handed person has tied the (1) way round It is surprising that left-handers have...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 18:20

... was will-power that enabled me to win sheer full utter c This is the thing was dreading one very sheer INTENSIFYING AND EMPHASISING d Deliberate handball is cheating outright out -and- out comprehensive ... subject When there is no obvious subject for the sentence, we generally use There before nouns or noun phrases and It before adjectives and noun clauses: > Xfs-eekt;tsttm2 J It's c...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 18:20

... closed down -1 NG CLAUSES We can use an -ing form after (ever) since, after, before, while, when, whenever: Since reading that artide, Colin's refused to eat red meat AJter waitingfor agesfor a table, ... notice Expressing purpose and efect RESULT, CAUSE AND EFFECT Apart from linking clauses, we can express purpose and result in other ways PURPOSE AND INTENTION We can use voc...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 18:20

... Modals come before the infinitive form of a verb without to (except ought to): rnay meet her tomorrow (see Watch out! opposite) Modals never change form They not have -ed, -S, or -ing endings: ... rnay join us Modals never use when forming questions or negatives To form negatives we use not after the modal and before the verb: Will you come? You mustn't worry so much We can use modals wit...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 18:20

... MODAL VERBS OVERVIEW For basic grammar information for modals, see Unit 3, Overview MAlN USES OF MODALS Here is a list of uses dealt with in this Unit with examples For other uses, ... timefor dinner (For an alphabetical list of modals with their meanings, see pages 6 4-6 7.) me h i d be late MEANINGS O F MODAL VERBS Here is a quick reference to the meanings of moda1 verb...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 18:20

... colloquialisms: hang-up send-up fry-up sha ke-up cover-up wind-up Some phrasal verbs have forms that we use as adjectives: a stand-up comedian a put-up job a get-out ciause give-away prices throwaway ... to decide once and for al1 what is to with juvenile offenders SECTION To-infinitive and -ing cliuses POSlTlONS IN A SENTENCE We can use to-infinitive clauses and -ing clauses in...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 18:20

... absent-minded big-headed good-looking short-lived These may collocate with particular nouns: cold-blooded murder clear-cut case run-down area shop-soiled goods flat-footed al1 -around athlete keep-fit fanatic ... hand A bird in hand is worth two in bush They lived from hand to mouth He gained upper hand They walked along hand in hand On other hand, perhaps he was right @ CRAMMAR SECTION Adj...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 18:20

... improve eyesight.) PASSIVE -1 NG FORMS We use passive -ing forms (being + -ed) and Perfect passive -ing forms (having been + -ea): afier verbs that are normally followed by -ing forms (see Unit 15): ... imposed on the people to pay for these supposed improvements went back to the hotel, still (12 ) followed by the two policemen, and felt SECTION Infinitives and -ing form passives...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 18:20

... the forrner would be ' (1 4) like rnad for rniddle-aged has-beens' and ignore up -and- corning young bands who had (1 5) to break into the big time On the other hand, reforrned ... next time-consuming matter surely twinkling nick immemorial kill long-standing time Let's leave it at that for the being and continue tomorrow Slowly but the band is becoming more and more ... emotions a...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 18:20

... in the country @ GRAMMAR SECTION Nominal rela tive clauses WHAT ARE NOMINAL RELATIVE CLAUSES? In nominal relative clauses, the relative pronoun acts like a noun and a linking relative pronoun ... was that the law had recently changed REPLACING RELATIVE CLAUSES -ing forms We can use -ing forms after nouns and pronouns in a 'reduced' defining relative clause: The people...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 18:20