english grammar irregular verbs exercises pdf

... is attached to an irregular plural noun, then that noun has becomes a plural possessive noun. This analysis will help you to always use the right form for both regular and irregular nouns. ... the: The clock in the hall is slow. X The clock in the hall is the. Exercise 2.1 Here are three exercises in one. Following are pairs of noun modifi ers; one member of the pair is a true adjective, ... adjective. The term predicate adjective refers to adjectives that function as predicates of linking verbs. (These terms are explained in detail in Chapter 10.) For now, let’s just look at some examples...

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... to fi gure out whether they are adjectival (noun modifi ers) or adverbial (modifi ers of verbs and other adverbs). Adjectival and adverbial prepositional phrases look exactly alike. For example, ... a new coat of paint. 6. They had a big victory despite all the odds. 7. A new painting by the English painter Turner has just been discovered. 8. I had no illusions about my chances. 9. The...

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... sense that they can play the standard noun roles of subject, object, and complement of linking verbs. For example: (i-viiiB,001-328B) whl bk.indd 70 3/16/09 12:34:02 PM Pronouns 73 Of the two...

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... now our goal is finishing the job on time within the budget. Since gerunds are derived from verbs, adverbs that originally modifi ed the verb underlying the gerund can also modify the gerund derived ... complements. Infi nitive phrases can play three of the basic four noun roles: subjects, objects of verbs, and predicate nominatives. Unlike gerund phrases, infi nitive phrases cannot be objects of ... pounce. Gerund: My big concern was getting enough sleep. As you can see, we have exactly the same sequence of verbs, was getting, in both sentences. In more general terms, how can we tell when some form of...

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... practical difference between action and stative verbs is that we can use action verbs in all the progressive tenses, but we cannot use stative verbs in any of the progressive tenses. Here is ... errors of intermediate-level ESL learners is using stative verbs in the progressive tenses. Here are some more examples of stative verbs incorrectly used in the present progressive: X I am hating ... tense: Action verb: John is driving a car. Stative verb: X John is owning a car. The meanings of stative verbs make them incompatible with the progressive tenses, since the progressive tenses always describe...

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... the fi rst verb was: helping verbs and main verbs alike both inverted with the subjects.) There is no standard name in traditional grammar for the verbs in modern English that can be inverted ... have formed yes-no questions from statements that contained verbs that can be inverted: the nine modal auxiliary verbs, the two helping verbs (be and have) and the main verb be (ignoring the British ... be inverted to form yes-no questions. The verbs that can be inverted are made up of just the fol- lowing three groups of verbs: 1. Modal auxiliary verbs: These include can, could, may, might,...

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... process for forming negative statements. Not is inserted immediately after modal auxiliary verbs, helping verbs, and be used as a main verb. For example: Positive Negative Modals John can meet ... usually is stressed.) Here are the contracted forms of the modals and the helping verbs be and have. Note that many verbs do not have contracted forms. Uncontracted Contracted can can’t could couldn’t may ... insert not immediately after the fi rst verb just as we did in sentences with auxiliary and helping verbs: Not insertion rule: Most people today do not smoke. Here are some more examples: Underlying...

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... PRACTICAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR EXERCISES 1 CONTENTS Articles PEG chapter I 1 Articles: a/an 2 Articles: the 3 Articles: a/an, the 4 Articles and possessive adjectives 5 a/an and one Auxiliary verbs ... PEG chapters 10-16 6 Auxiliary verbs 7 Auxiliaries conjugated with do/does/did 8 Auxiliary verbs 9 Auxiliary verbs 10 Additions to remarks, using auxiliary verbs 11 Agreements and disagreements ... You do the exercises. 27 He had difficulty (in) getting a job. 28 He dared to interrupt the president, did he? (Omit final did he?) Auxiliary verbs PEG 106-7 Put the following verbs into the...

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