Tài liệu Grammar for everyone part 21 doc

... pause) between two balanced parts of a sentence, in which the second part explains or furthers the information given in the first part. For example: I got our tickets for the final: they had nearly ... adjective For example: He was so pleased. adv adj Adverbs formed from adjectives For example: My shoelace is loose. [adj] I tied it too loosely. [adv] 19.2 Activity: adjectives and...

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... commonly). Before studying phrases, students should be able to: • recognise and understand the function of all eight parts of speech • understand the formation of the present and past participles (participles, ... can also be objects, subjects or complements. For this reason, unlike adjectival and adverbial phrases, they form a necessary part of the sentence. For example: Fishing in...

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... following a preposition, we use the objective form (in 2 above) of the relative pronoun, such as for whom (or which), by whom, to whom etc., for example: To whom did you give those tickets? 5. ... each of the following sentences, for example: Tomorrow I will ride my new BMX [that] I got for my birthday. a. This competition, which is held twice a year, is for Under 12’s. b. The tr...

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... using a structure and format Noun clause Noun clauses are not difficult to recognise once they are seen as a unit performing the same function as a noun. As such, they form the subject, object ... logical thinking. It may be presented as a form of puzzle. There are several ways to format the analysis of sentences. The simplest way is that shown for various kinds of clauses (see pages...

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... tense is required: He did it. Other verb forms similary misused: We brang our books for we brought. I aren’t going for I am not or I’m not. I could have went for I could have gone. Double negatives In ... appear to offend the propriety of grammar. These are commonplace to native English speakers, but raise problems for foreign learners. Yet, it would be a big mistake for us to...

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... commended for the outstanding job she has done with this excellent publication. As its name suggests, Grammar for Everyone seeks to provide practical tools for learning and teaching grammar – for everyone. Grammar ... h0" alt="" Barbara Dykes Practical tools for learning and teaching grammar ACER Press Grammar for Everyone Practical tools for learning and teach...

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... and intransitive verbs 111 Active and passive voice 113 17 Participles 116 Present participles 116 Past participles 117 Adjectival participles and gerunds 118 18 Perfect tenses 122 The present ... modifying other parts of speech 130 Adverbs formed from adjectives 131 20 More punctuation 132 Colons 132 Semicolons 134 Hyphens 135 Parentheses – brackets and dashes 136 Ellipsis 137 21 More...

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 19:20

... Some exercises should always be done in the Grammar Exercise Book to serve for reference and for revision. Collective nouns Definition: These are names for groups of things, animals or people, ... apply to, for example: library – books for borrowing pack fleet pride union troop train council formation lineage compendium 6. Students choose a group word and act or mime it in th...

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... word for ‘the’) in these examples has a feminine and a masculine form. We are fortunate then that the English gender generally speaks for itself and we have few alternative forms. Many former ... respects this is a pity as a ‘unisex’ term provides less information. 1.6 Activities: number and gender These exercises are particularly useful for young children and ESL students and prov...

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... must have a doer (i.e. a subject) for it to make sense. Finite and non-finite verbs A verb needs a noun (or a pronoun) in front of it for it to make sense. 3 41 A For example: John waves. The load ... be done in teams with each person calling out a verb for their counterpart in the other team to act. The latter then calls out their verb for the next in the first team, until all ha...

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