... pause) between two
balanced parts of a sentence, in which the second part explains
or furthers the information given in the first part.
For example:
I got our tickets for the final: they had nearly ... adjective
For example:
He was so pleased.
adv adj
Adverbs formed from adjectives
For example:
My shoelace is loose. [adj]
I tied it too loosely. [adv]
19.2 Activity: adjectives and...
... commonly).
Before studying phrases, students should be able to:
• recognise and understand the function of all eight parts of
speech
• understand the formation of the present and past participles
(participles, ... can also be objects,
subjects or complements. For this reason, unlike adjectival and
adverbial phrases, they form a necessary part of the sentence.
For example:
Fishing in...
... following a preposition, we
use the objective form (in 2 above) of the relative pronoun, such
as for whom (or which), by whom, to whom etc., for example:
To whom did you give those tickets?
5. ... each of the following sentences, for example:
Tomorrow I will ride my new BMX [that] I got for my birthday.
a. This competition, which is held twice a year, is for Under 12’s.
b. The tr...
... using a
structure and format
Noun clause
Noun clauses are not difficult to recognise once they are seen as a
unit performing the same function as a noun. As such, they form
the subject, object ... logical thinking. It may be
presented as a form of puzzle.
There are several ways to format the analysis of sentences. The
simplest way is that shown for various kinds of clauses (see pages...
... tense
is required:
He did it.
Other verb forms similary misused:
We brang our books for we brought.
I aren’t going for I am not or I’m not.
I could have went for I could have gone.
Double negatives
In ... appear to
offend the propriety of grammar. These are commonplace to native
English speakers, but raise problems for foreign learners. Yet, it
would be a big mistake for us to...
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... and intransitive verbs 111
Active and passive voice 113
17 Participles 116
Present participles 116
Past participles 117
Adjectival participles and gerunds 118
18 Perfect tenses 122
The present ... modifying other parts of speech 130
Adverbs formed from adjectives 131
20 More punctuation 132
Colons 132
Semicolons 134
Hyphens 135
Parentheses – brackets and dashes 136
Ellipsis 137
21 More...
... Some exercises should always be done
in the Grammar Exercise Book to serve for reference and for revision.
Collective nouns
Definition: These are names for groups of things, animals or
people, ... apply to, for
example:
library – books for borrowing
pack fleet pride union
troop train council formation
lineage compendium
6. Students choose a group word and act or mime it in th...
... word for ‘the’) in these examples
has a feminine and a masculine form. We are fortunate then that
the English gender generally speaks for itself and we have few
alternative forms. Many former ...
respects this is a pity as a ‘unisex’ term provides less information.
1.6 Activities: number and gender
These exercises are particularly useful for young children and ESL
students and prov...
... must have a doer (i.e. a subject)
for it to make sense.
Finite and non-finite verbs
A verb needs a noun (or a pronoun) in front of it for it to make
sense.
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For example:
John waves.
The load ... be done in teams with each person
calling out a verb for their counterpart in the other team to act. The
latter then calls out their verb for the next in the first team, until all
ha...