english grammar learning in urdu pdf

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... quiet. Our dinner is ready. The verb be is by far the most common linking verb. The predicate adjective in linking verb sentences is used to give information about the subject. In the three ... (food) chicken (count): There were a dozen chickens in the yard. (living animals) Exercise 1.5 All of the underlined nouns in the following sentences are in the plural. Some plurals are cor- rectly used ... adjectives in the broad sense because they both modify nouns. For example, they modify the noun cars in the fol- lowing sentences: Slow cars should stay in the right lane. The cars in the left...

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 09:20

... reporter in China broke the story about the peace talks. 5. The door in the dining room really needs a new coat of paint. 6. They had a big victory despite all the odds. 7. A new painting by the English ... don’t think you have met before. 7. We need to replace the window (the window’s) glass was broken in the storm. (i-viiiB,001-328B) whl bk.indd 53 3/16/09 12:34:00 PM 52 Noun Phrases 17. Berlin, ... clauses in the following sentences have been underlined. Replace the word(s) in parentheses with the appropriate relative pronoun. whom The actor (the actor) I met last year is now starring in a...

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 09:20

... about where she had left her/hers in the classroom. We need to be careful when we use the masculine and feminine singular pronouns he and she. There is no problem using he to refer to males and ... were called to a special meeting. 4. My brother intends to continue to run the farm that we inherited from our parents. 5. The screenwriter for that movie has been nominated for an Academy Award. ... The pronominal forms (mine, ours, yours, his, hers, its, theirs) act as true pronouns in the sense that they can play the standard noun roles of subject, object, and complement of linking verbs....

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 09:20

... believing. One of the hardest things about identifying gerunds is telling apart a verb in a progressive tense from a gerund that follows a linking verb. For example, compare the following sentences: Progressive ... working as an intern for six months. it Before doing anything, you have to strip all the old paint off the wall. it We fi nally quit around seven after finishing the proposal. it My main concern ... do everything. 10. We barely avoided sliding into the ditch. 11. Arriving at the airport a couple of hours early turned out to be a really good thing. 12. We all voted for ordering in pizza. ...

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 09:20

... stative verbs incorrectly used in the present progressive: X I am hating spinach. X They are doubting the truth of what you say. X He was having a laptop at the time. X We were liking your proposal. X ... or period in time. For example: By 9 a.m. I was working at my desk. At noon we were fi xing lunch. During the afternoon, we were having drinks on the terrace. (i-viiiB,001-328B) whl bk.indd 145 ... in any of the progressive tenses. Here is an example in the present tense: Action verb: John is driving a car. Stative verb: X John is owning a car. The meanings of stative verbs make them incompatible...

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 09:20

... yes-no questions and negatives in modern English. ) This intermediate sentence now contains an auxiliary verb that can be inverted in the nor- mal way to produce an ordinary yes-no question: John ... it. Did he return it? It rained. It did rain. Did it rain? I care. I do care. Do I care? Exercise 13.3 Turn the following statements into yes-no questions using the do insertion rule to form an ... they be home late? You are leaving tonight. Are you leaving tonight? He has lost his mind. Has he lost his mind? Only a handful of verbs can be used in forming inverted yes-no questions. The...

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 09:20

... verbs: Not insertion rule: Most people today do not smoke. Here are some more examples: Underlying positive statement: I like living in New York. Do insertion rule: I do like living in New York. Not insertion: ... leaving that verb in the uninfl ected, base form. Again, we will call this the do insertion rule. The do insertion rule creates an emphatic version of the sentence. Here is an example: Underlying ... rain today. It might not rain today. Helping He is writing a book now. He is not writing a book now. I have seen that movie. I have not seen that movie. They were talking. They were not talking. Be...

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 09:20

... strike. (i-viiiB,001-328B) whl bk.indd 275 3/16/09 12:34:28 PM 278 English Grammar Drills 1. Building a snowman is a fun winter pastime. 2. She found running a large company to be a challenge. 3. Singing in the shower ... dog, (dog’s) leg was injured, to the veterinarian. 8. The catering company, (catering company’s) chefs studied in France, will be handling the reception. 9. He complained to his boss, (boss) ... discovered that fi nishing the exam took all afternoon. 5. Completing the project by Friday is their goal. 6. Seeing three movies in one day was tiring. 7. Flying south for the winter is what most...

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... birds in the disappearing b I trouble with that car the whole of the time I owned it. 2 a As a historian, I'm interested in how people in the past. b During that hard winter, people by selling ... considering taking early retirement. (This is something I'm thinking about now) • The children love having Jean stay with us. (They love it when Jean stays) and • The children are loving having ... She's carrying (or was carrying) a bag full of shopping We can also use the present simple and present continuous like this in commentaries (for example, on sports events) and in giving instructions: •...

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