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chicken rooster hen
cattle bull ... niece
prince princess
son daughter
steward stewardess
uncle aunt
wizard witch
Feminine
Masculine nouns belong to the
masculine gender.
Feminine nouns belong to the
feminine gender.
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English Grammar
Understanding the Basics
Looking for an easy-to-use guide to English grammar? This handy introduction
covers all the basics of the subject, using ... 253
Glossary 261
Index 270
Contents
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Introduction
Our goalin thisbook isto helpyou learn about English g rammar in as simple and straight-
forward a way as possible. The book was inspired by our ... country must obtain v isas.
10. His cousin fought in a brutal battle to free
nine t y ho st a g es.
Regular and irregular plurals
Usually,we pluralize anounby adding an‘‘s’’to it, as in books; these...
... morning I got up and looked out of the window. The sun was shining but the ground was very wet.
It had been raining.
It was not raining when I looked out of the window; the sun was shining. ... I/he/she/it was playing/doing/working etc.
we/you/they were playing/doing/working etc.
B. We use the past continuous to say that somebody was in the middle of doing something at a certain
time. The ... breath. He had been running.
D. Compare had been doing and was doing (past continuous):
* It wasn't raining when we went out. The sun was shining. But it had been raining, so the ground was...
... negative infinitive
zero infinitive
Keywords: zero infinitive
other forms of infinitive
Keywords: perfect infinitive, continuous
infinitive, passive infinitive, perfect continuous infinitive
... Hughes
infinitive after adjectives, infinitive with too/enough
other forms of infinitive
Keywords: perfect infinitive, continuous
infinitive, passive infinitive, perfect continuous infinitive
... help
gerund or infinitive?
Keywords: gerund/infinitive-, no difference in
meaning
gerund/infinitive - difference in meaning
Keywords:
gerund/infinitive, difference in meaning
as present...