... examinee groups are often dissimilar in skills. Therefore,
use of the TOEFL test as an anchor to equate the TWE tests
does not appear appropriate.
◆Scalar Analysis of the Test of Written English. Grant
Henning. ... (TWE) is the essay component
of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) , the
multiple-choice test used by more than 2,400 institut...
... with the use
of a noun. However, in the following sentences, we can replace the word
for with the phrase to get, and the meaning does not change. The implica-
tion in each of these sentences then ... relaxing.
He uses it for e
xercising.
T
HE
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RE
N
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THE
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It is possible...
... note.
7. The herb was safe.
8. The safety of the men was the issue.
9. Along the way, we went to the statue of liberty.
10. The Midwest was rainy on Thursday.
11. The money earmarked for the interstate ... family
members.
26. Some say that the horse became expendable with the advent
of the modern car.
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... in
which the subject does the action). In the past perfect, the same method is
THE
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RE
N
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used as in the simple ... the form by the end of the day.
3. I will have______ (see) you by the time I leave.
4. _____(had, have, has) you eaten before you came?
5. I saw you when yo...
... get to the top
of the mountain.
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Adjectives
Adjectives describe or modify nouns. These usually come before the
noun, ... superlative.
They are (1) the word
the before the superlative phrase; (2) the use of pres-
ent perfect after the superlative phrase; (3) the use of a prepositional...
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For the first class, and we are generalizing, place the adverb in the ini-
tial position, at the beginning of the sentence, offset by a comma, or at the
final ... her, the
other girls, and the remainder of the class (presumably
boys); therefore, she is not the best. The comparison is, how-
ever, only between her and the other...
... school.
You hurt yourselves by not conforming to the rules.
They themselves cleaned the house.
They answered themselves.
Postposed
I did it myself.
You won the game yourself.
He came here himself.
The ... take the place of a noun in a sentence. The pre-
fix
pro means for or in the place of. There are subject pronouns and object
pronouns. In an active statement, the s...
... the group. The duty, or the syntactic function, of the unit is
to be the subject of the sentence. Let’s make a further distinction.
1.
Camel is the simple subject of the sentence.
2.
The, big, ... Grammar
looking at what comes to the left of the subject and what comes to the
right of the verb. The subject and the verb are the basic units of construc...
... use of
the verb as an adjective. The third form of the verb, the perfect form, is
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Syntax and Grammar
S V DO
I hate (that) tomorro
w is the ... wondered if God placed him her
e for his parents’ joy.
S V DO
The flagman hit the dog w
alking under the bridge.
Tip:
Look for the action verb. The entity receiving the...