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[...]... use ‘than’ with the comparative degree John is fatter than Mary This dress is more beautiful than that dress The is used with the superlative degree John is the fattest of the three boys Mary is the most beautiful girl in the class This is the fastest car on the running track 16 best worst least most most farthest/furthest : Note ‘MOST’ can be used without the to mean ‘very’ E.g -The movie was most... Complements Both the noun ‘doctor’ and the adjective ‘happy’ are complements of ‘is’ There are many other linking verbs, such as seem, appear, become, grow, turn, prove, look, come, go, feel, get, etc They take a noun or an adjective as their complements, NOT as objects mple: a For Ex n link v adj The weather looks fine The weather looks fine We can understand the sentence in two ways: • The adjective... (plural) The school is open (singular) The children are playing (plural) This house 9 Lesson 1 2 The Possessive (noun in the possessive form used as an adjective) This kind of adjectives shows ownership That is John’s car → shows ownership or possession John’s John’s car = The car that belongs to John The Possessive answers the question, 'Whose?' Whose car? John's Formation of the Possessive: 1 The Possessive... match the nouns like this: Subject Verb A key opens (noun) Object (noun) a door * ‘Key’ and ‘door’ are countable concrete nouns, which need an article ‘a’ Here the noun ‘key’ governs the verb ‘opens’ It is subject (the action doer) of the verb The second noun ‘door’ (the action receiver) is the object governed by the verb ‘opens’ Transitive verb The verb ‘opens’ is a transitive verb because it passes the. .. John's Formation of the Possessive: 1 The Possessive of a noun whether singular or plural is formed by adding ’s to the noun: the boy’s book; the king’s crown; the family’s income; men’s club; children’s school; people’s leader 2 10 When a noun ends in s, the Possessive is formed by adding an apostrophe (’) after the s: the boys’ school; the students’ teacher Lesson 1 3 Adjectives of Quantity some money... -People opposed the bill most strongly Lesson 1 To Learn English (1) Clear and correct English makes people easily understand you, and they would immediately decide that you are well educated As a result, they truly respect you: this brings to your career every chance of success However, to achieve good English, people need some basic tools for the long, steep climb to the goal These are determination,... investigated 5 Tom found his wallet 6 We showed the official our passports 7 I found Tom sleepy B The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs In paragraph 1, please write ‘I’ for ‘intransitive verb’, ‘T’ for ‘transitive verb’ and ‘L’ for ‘linking verb’ The first one has been done for you PARAGRAPH 1 (I) The night fell A farmer came to his goose’s nest He found a heavy, yellow egg there He felt strange, ‘Someone has played... but was very happy because the egg was a lump of gold 22 Lesson 2 In paragraph 2, try to look for a noun/pronoun in the FOUR positions: ( 1 ) before a verb, ( 2 ) after a transitive verb, ( 3 ) after a linking verb, ( 4 ) after a preposition The 1st sentence has been done for you PARAGRAPH 2 (1) (2) (4) (4) The farmer sold the egg for a handsome sum of money Every evening the goose laid an egg of gold,... things Here we must use the adjective form ‘happy’ instead 20 John is happy ( = happy John / a happy man) Lesson 2 Tips A verb in different types suggests different meanings: Play The children are playing n (obj) (intransitive – are having fun) The wife played the violin badly n adj (transitive – performed) The husband played deaf (linking – pretended) The following are the most frequently used... passes the action from the action doer ‘key’ (subject) to the action receiver ‘door’ (object) A transitive verb must take an object 18 Lesson 2 Intransitive verb Subject The world Verb laughs The action verb ‘laughs’ stops with the action doer ‘world’ (subject) There is no action receiver (object) Why is it first and foremost to classify a verb? The answer is easily seen in the following examples: . a plural verb for another meaning. The return of the company’s former CEO was good news to the staff. The returns on the new investment of the company were. luggage is not allowed on the plane.) (The furniture of the home suits the style of the house.) The following nouns are used ONLY in the singular: 1. In winter