... example of such a group: ask for appeal for hope for long for yearn for However, some verbs with similar meanings have different prepositions: accuse someone of blame someone for i Fill these gaps with ... paths seem to (1) , where the land (2) and the sea (3).The beach (4)for miles on either side stood there last night (5)sea and al1 those memories came (6) back For a moment saw her (7) The ... generally used intransitively in English: He got up, washed and shaved We may use these verbs reflexively for emphasis: He got up and washed himselfand got dressed Other verbs we use in this way include:
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... It looks, for example, at verb and noun structures, adverb and adjective structures, and ways of linking complex sentences and texts It also provides information on style and register, for example ... William, Sally and Claire for their untold patience John Eckersley for his generosity and support Clive, Judith and the staff and students at BEET Language Centre, Bournemouth The staff and students ... covered in the Overview, look at Grammar and Vocabularyfor First Certificate by Luke Prodromou (Longrnan) THE GRAMMAR SECTIONS Each Unit has between two and five Grammar Sections which deal with...
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Longman-Grammar and Vocabulary for Cambridge Advanced and Proficiency
... It looks, for example, at verb and noun structures, adverb and adjective structures, and ways of linking complex sentences and texts It also provides information on style and register, for example ... William, Sally and Claire for their untold patience John Eckersley for his generosity and support Clive, Judith and the staff and students at BEET Language Centre, Bournemouth The staff and students ... covered in the Overview, look at Grammar and Vocabularyfor First Certificate by Luke Prodromou (Longrnan) THE GRAMMAR SECTIONS Each Unit has between two and five Grammar Sections which deal with...
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R Side G Wellman (Longman) Grammar and Vocabulary for Cambridge Advanced and Proficiency
... It looks, for example, at verb and noun structures, adverb and adjective structures, and ways of linking complex sentences and texts It also provides information on style and register, for example ... William, Sally and Claire for their untold patience John Eckersley for his generosity and support Clive, Judith and the staff and students at BEET Language Centre, Bournemouth The staff and students ... covered in the Overview, look at Grammar and Vocabularyfor First Certificate by Luke Prodromou (Longrnan) THE GRAMMAR SECTIONS Each Unit has between two and five Grammar Sections which deal with...
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Grammar and Vocabulary for Cambridge Advanced and Proficiency - Adjectives and adverbs
... plane swooped low Some adjectives end in -ly, like monthly and early, and have the same form as adjective and adverb Others can't be transformed into adverbs Instead we have to use a phrase: He ... truly fiil fuii~ We can also form some adverbs from nouns by adding -1y: hour hourly part partly Adjectives and adverbs with the same form Some adjectives have the same form when they are adverbs: ... yetfinished We use only and even in two main positions: before the subject they focus on: I think onlyJohn really understands this point Even Simon is a bit confised before the verb: I only like...
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Grammar and Vocabulary for Cambridge Advanced and Proficiency - Determaners and pronouns
... c that life was rnuch easier and more cornfortable when (18)of thern could utter anything more than 'goo-goo' and 'da-da' and (19) rny wife and ould settle down for a rneal without feeling ... coastal (8) and inland on bogs and lakes In winter practically (9) British fishing ports and harbours are home to the gulls while inland they either feed off farmland (1 0) find ... always stick out their left hand anyway and surprise al1 us (6) once in a while? I've seen some lefties writing like crabs and producing handwriting from (7) planet and I've seen (8)who produce...
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Grammar and Vocabulary for Cambridge Advanced and Proficiency - Emphasis
... have a subject When there is no obvious subject for the sentence, we generally use There before nouns or noun phrases and It before adjectives and noun clauses: > Xfs-eekt;tsttm2 J It's cola, ... introductory it and there (see Section 2) cleft sentences (see Section 3) nominalisation (see Section 4) (For inversion after negative adverbs, see Unit 7, Section 2.) GRAMMAR We may move information ... prematurely single-handedly conclusively consecutively interminably concurrently scrupulously arbitrarily SUBSTITUTING ONE PHRASE FOR ANOTHER a The leader's speech went on for hours and hours until...
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Grammar and Vocabulary for Cambridge Advanced and Proficiency - Linking clauses
... bear Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, friends - If we can stand (1) and not give (2) to pressure, if we can keep standing up (3) what we believe in and not cave ... notice Expressing purpose and efect RESULT, CAUSE AND EFFECT Apart from linking clauses, we can express purpose and result in other ways PURPOSE AND INTENTION We can use vocabulary items with meanings ... purpose include: We use for in front of nouns to express purpose: They did itfor a laugh We often usefor + -ing with a similar meaning to a to-infinitive: We use this Allen keyfor tightening the snews...
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Grammar and Vocabulary for Cambridge Advanced and Proficiency - Modal verbs 1
... know beforehand that you couldn't come GRAMMAR SECTION Necessity, duty and advice NECESSITY We use must and mustn't when we decide for ourselves what's necessary: You mustn't keep asking for my ... use when forming questions or negatives To form negatives we use not after the modal and before the verb: Will you come? You mustn't worry so much We can use modals with the Continuous form of ... shall and will: We shan't / won't arrive much before midnight, 1'm afiaid (= predicting) shall / will succeed, just you wait and see (= determination) But we use only will, not shall, to ask for...
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Grammar and Vocabulary for Cambridge Advanced and Proficiency - Modal verbs 2
... MODAL VERBS OVERVIEW For basic grammar information for modals, see Unit 3, Overview MAlN USES OF MODALS Here is a list of uses dealt with in this Unit with examples For other uses, see Unit ... intention (I and we) offers (I and we) official orders asking for advice I think we shall get back early next week W e shall g v e ourfinal decision tornorrow Shall I g v e you a hand? Al1 the candidates ... tentative) Would you mind giving me a hand? You couldn't give me a hand, could you? Do you think you could give me a hand? Can you give me a hand? Give me a hand, would you? (= more direct) Note...
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Grammar and Vocabulary for Cambridge Advanced and Proficiency - Noun clauses
... (3) working for you and I have (4) being part of the team I know we have had our ups and downs and at times I must confess I (5) being called a liar and being (6) t o apologise for mistakes ... regret (inform) you that already regret (enrol) for this course g Fortunately remembered (bolt) the door, but to be honest, don't remember (do) so h She stopped (shout) for a moment and he decided ... clause, we normally add for: For him to complain about being ovmorked is ridiculow We also usefor after some adjectives, such as easy, keen, desperate: He's very keen for us to go and visit him in Canada...
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Grammar and Vocabulary for Cambridge Advanced and Proficiency - Nouns and articles
... hand A bird in hand is worth two in bush They lived from hand to mouth He gained upper hand They walked along hand in hand On other hand, perhaps he was right @ CRAMMAR SECTION Adjectives and ... a scavenger; it sometimes follows the ship for offal thrown into the sea, and inland it searches ubbish tip for anything edible @ Here are key words for ten quiz questions Write out the questions ... and al1 night, month in month out, for severa1 years And it was so silly: 'How many times must man look up before he can see sky?' mean, question like that can't be taken seriously, can it? And...
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Grammar and Vocabulary for Cambridge Advanced and Proficiency - Passives
... eyesight.) PASSIVE -1NG FORMS We use passive -ing forms (being + -ed) and Perfect passive -ing forms (having been + -ea): afier verbs that are normally followed by -ing forms (see Unit 15): I ... highest standard b The murderer should for life c The floor had with newspapers and old magazines d i completely and had no idea what had ha~~ened e The building has for demolition ... usually add a preposition before the personal object The preposition is usually to, but we sometimes use for: A note was handed to the minister A slice of rake was cut for him However, some verbs,...
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Grammar and Vocabulary for Cambridge Advanced and Proficiency - Problem tenses
... things for people like her who (1 3) going to Glastonbury for the first time She suspected the forrner would be ' (1 4) like rnad for rniddle-aged has-beens' and ignore up -and- corning ... surely twinkling nick immemorial kill long-standing time Let's leave it at that for the being and continue tomorrow Slowly but the band is becoming more and more popular In the of an eye the ... emotions and feelings: I'm sorry to have kept you waiting She wasfelt not to have met the standards required PERFECT -1NG FORMS When talking about results and time, we can use a Perfect -ing form...
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Grammar and Vocabulary for Cambridge Advanced and Proficiency - Relative clauses
... beach, was enormow PEOPLE OR THINGS? We use who and whom for people, and that or which for things, or for groups of people (a team etc.) We use whose for both (see below): ItS usually the mother ... the spot / there and then Perhaps w e should take the bu11 by the hmns, say 'The buck stops here', stand up and be counted, shoulder the responsibility and sort i t out once and for all SOLUTIONS ... Alcatraz and Diablo, are offenng Some employees, or to be more specific, those i n Section A are ARRANGING DATA We use a number of words and common phrases to express how information is arranged For...
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