... when Latin was the language of learning. Thegrammar that was
taught in the early grammar schools in England was Latin grammar, not
English grammar.
The earliest known grammar of English was by ... vary the number of their entries and the quality
of their definitions, so we have many English grammars (or grammar books),
which vary in their coverage and their accuracy. The largest English ... in
the Appendix at the end of the book.
Chapter 1
The English Language
Summary
English throughout the world (1.1-6)
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.7
1.8
English internationally 3
The spread of English in the...
... (listen).
36 Whenever the drummer (begin) practising, the people in the next flat (bang) on
the wall.
The simple past and the past continuous
PEG 175-81
Put the verbs in brackets into the simple past ... continuous
33 The simple past tense
34 The simple past tense
35 The past continuous tense
36 The simple past and the past continuous
37 The simple past and the past continuous
38 The present ... tense
39 The present perfect and the simple past
40 The present perfect and the simple past
41 The present perfect and the simple past
42 The present perfect continuous tense
43 The present...
... outside the building.
10 The talk was very interesting. Judy gave it.
The
talk.……………………………………………………………………………
………………very interesting.
II The house is empty now. I used to live there.
The house ... looking at it.
The map
.………………………………………………………………………out of
date.
6 The King's Theatre is in the centre of town. It dates from 1896.
The
King's …………………………………………………………………
… in the centre ... Write the correct sentence.
► I've found the magazine who was missing.
I've found the magazine that was missing.
1 This isn't the train on that I normally travel.
2 The letter...
... 5 The usual plural of penny is pence, e.g. fifty pence. Pennies are individual penny
coins.
297 Nouns which do not change in the plural
Some nouns have the same form in the singular ... and participle.
Base form: Did you write the letter?
Past tense: I wrote the letter yesterday.
Past participle: I've written the letter.
We also use the irregular forms after a prefix such ... y
294 Consonant + y
When a word ends in a consonant + y, the y changes to ie before s.
study studies lorry lorries
Before most other endings, the y changes to i.
study studied silly sillier lucky...
... inside the White
House, and they were looking forward to (5)…………… dinner with the
President. They thought it was nice
(6)………………him (7)…………. invite them. But there was one
problem. They weren't ... into the White
House, Coolidge invited some
old friends (2)…………… have dinner with him there. They were all
people he (3)…………… to know in
the old days, and they were simple country people. They ... Everyone did the
same. (13)……………….done this, he added a little cream and sugar.
Everyone did the same. Then, horrified,
they watched Coolidge bend down and (14)…………. the saucer on the
carpet...
... Note
+ place name 171
+ superlative 218(3)
their, theirs 174(3)
and his/her 184(5) Note a
them 184(1), 184(3c)
weak form 55(1b)
themselves 186
then 44(5)
and then 244(2)
after if-clause 259(3)
indirect ... 55(2b)
+ to-infinitive 122(2b) Note b,
122(2c) Note d, 122(2d) Note b
therefore 247(1}
these 175
these days 227(2a) Note c
they 184(1a, 3c)
replacing demonstrative 175(4b) Note
people in general ... 8(3)
saleable 292 (3) Note
salmon: plural 297
same
the same as 221(1), 236(4)
the same replacing words 43 (5b)
with the 160(4), 200(1) Note, 221(1) Note
in the same way 216(2)
satisfaction with + gerund...