... (find) that I (need) English for my work and this (seem) the quickest way of learning it.18 Peter: You (know) any English when you first (arrive) here?Paul: No, I (not know) a word. 19 Ann (to ... Yvonne, who is going to English classes): How long you (learn) English? Yvonne: I (learn) off and on for about five and a half years. (Use the continuous form.)20 I (begin) English at secondary ... American party (come).26 Englishmen very seldom (talk) on the Underground. They (prefer) to read their newspapers. ~Those two men in the corner (talk). ~But they (not talk) English. 27 Jones and...
... OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR TEST 25 Conditionals and wish (Units 143-148) Test 25A Complete the news report about a protest against a new road. Put in the correct ... Yesterday protesters managed to hold up work on the Oldbury bypass. Protest leader Alison Compton defended the action by members of the Green World group. 'If we don't protest, soon ... the protest is making the new road even more expensive. 'If this goes on, (11) …………………… (there / not / be) enough money left to finish the road,' says the Transport Minister. Test...
... British.The British prefer houses to flats.d With some words, the noun has the suffix manHe's English. /He's an Englishman.Englishmen are reserved.Also: Welsh/a Welshman, Irish/an ... adjective with the or people.The English are /English people are reserved.NOTEa It is less usual to use woman as a suffix, but we can use an adjective + woman.The English woman works at the university.b ... keeping broad broader Some words of this kind are conflict, contest, contrast, decrease, discount, export,import, increase, insult, permit, produce, progress, protest, rebel, record, refund,suspect,...
... 40American English 302 SummaryThe grammar of British English and American English is very similar. There are afew differences but not very ... main differences between British and American English are in pronunciationand in some items of vocabulary. A good dictionary such as the Oxford WordpowerDictionary or the Oxford Advanced Learner's ... pronunciation and usage. The Hutchinson British-American Dictionaryby Norman Moss explains the meanings of words which are familiar in onecountry but not in the other.303 Differences with verbs1 Linking...
... the word thedegree An adverb of degree is a word like very, rather, quite. • 212demonstrative This, that, these and those are demonstrative determiners orpronouns. ã 175determiner a word ... Direct speech is reporting someone's words by repeating them: 'Iknow the answer,' Karen said. Indirect speech is giving the meaning in our ownwords: Karen said she knew the answer. ... I saw him, I recognized him.308 American spellingSome words end in our in Britain but in or in America: color, labor, neighbor.Some words end in tre in Britain but in ter in America: center,...
... form Some words can be spoken in a strong form or a weak form. Forexample, the word can has a strong formand a weak form .ã55(1)wh-question a question that begins with a question word, e.g. ... to the end of a statement, e.g. That was nice,wasn't it? ã 34question word These words can be used as question words: who, whom, what,which, whose, where, when, why, how. ã 27reflexive ... by giving moreinformation about it. Other kinds of words can modify: I've got a tennis ball. Westopped suddenly.nationality word e.g. English, French, Japanese, Mexican ã 288negative A...
... how we distinguish between word classes in general. 1.1 Criteria for Word Classes 6 1.1.2 The form or `shape' of a word Some words can be assigned to a word class on the basis of ... for determining the word class of a word: 1. The meaning of the word 2. The form or `shape' of the word 3. The position or `environment' of the word in a sentence 1.1.1 Meaning ... An Introduction to Word classes 4 1.1 Criteria for Word Classes 4 1.1.1 Meaning 5 1.1.2 The form or `shape' of a word 6 1.1.3 The position or `environment' of a word in a sentence...
... OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR TEST 2 PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS (UNITS 8-10) Test 2A Put in the past simple of the verbs in brackets. ► The ... wall? (did) Test 2C Lorna Bright is a long-distance walker. Look at this part of her diary describing a morning's walk along the coast. Write the missing words. Use one word only in ... We've eaten all the eggs. (There aren't any left.) They've learnt the words. (They know the words.) You've broken this watch. (It isn't working.) The spacecraft...