... and letter.
Proportion of error to length and complexity of response has been considered.
10
Format of a Business Letter
There are three basic business-letter formats. Any of
these formats is ... of student writing from only the English Language Arts
Part A: Writing tests for inclusion in portfolios of the year’s work. Copies can be made for
parents who request them.
The Exemplars of ... address is the name and address
of the person sending the letter. The return
address appears in the top left corner of the
envelope and consists of your name, post
of ce box number (if applicable),...
... diversity of views is a confusion of two distinct things,—what
the definition ofgrammar should be, and what the purpose ofgrammar should be.
The material of grammar.
The province ofEnglishgrammar ... " ;English
Grammar, " Bain's "Higher English Grammar& quot; and "Composition Grammar, " Sweet's
"Primer of Spoken English& quot; and "New English Grammar, " ...
question, What is grammar? may be shown by the following—
Definitions of grammar.
English grammar is a description of the usages of the English language by good
speakers and writers of the present...
...
Everyman's English Pronouncing
Dictionary
English Sentence Structure
Better English Pronunciation
A GrammarofEnglish Words
The Use ofEnglish
English Grammar
A Practical EnglishGrammar ...
Teaching
The Structure of Technical English
A Guide to Correct English
Guide to Patterns and Usage in English
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
of Current English
And English Reader's ...
Wood
Wood
A Book ofEnglish Idioms
English in Tables
An Introduction to the Pronunciation
of English
Build Up Your English
The Complete Plain Words
Fowler's Modern English Usage
The...
... correct form of the verb
''SPEAK."
PART
I:
STATEMENT FORMS
1.
I
(speak)
speak
English.
2.
They
(speak)
English
3.
He
(speak)
English.
4.
You
(speak)
English. ...
(speak, not)
English right now.
3.
He
(speak, not)
English right now.
4.
You
(speak, not)
English right now.
PART
ZZZ:
QUESTION FORMS
1.
(you,
speak)
Are you speaking
English right ... target structures
A
broad syllabus ofEnglish structures for intermediate-level ESUEFL students
Clear, concise, easy-to-understand grammar charts
A
variety of written and oral exercises with...
...
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Longman English Success
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of
English
Grammsr,Third ...
6-1
Pronunciation of final -s/-es
157
6-2
Plural forms of nouns
158
6-3
Subjects. verbs. and objects
159
6-4
Objects of prepositions
161
6-5
Prepositions of time
163
6-6 ...
178
6-14
Singular forms of other: another
vs
.
the other
181
6-15
Plural forms of other: other(s) vs
.
the
other(s)
183
6-16
Summary of forms of other
.
.
186
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CONTENTS...
... with a variety of exercises and activities.
FundammtaLF ofEnglish Gmmmar
is the second in a series of three texts:
Bmic
English
,
Gmmmar
(red cover),
Fundamentak ofEnglish Grammar
(black ...
Fundamentals ofEnglishGrammar
is a developmental skills text for lower-intermediate
and intermediate students ofEnglish as a second or foreign language. It combines clear
and understandable grammar ... self-study exercises. The Wrkbook has a variety of practice
,
approaches for independent study.
A specific change in this edition of Fundamentah ofEnglishGrammar is the two
Appendices, one
with...
...
I am standing in front of an unpainted wall. I'm opening a can of paint. Now
'
I,
I'm picking up
a
paintbrush. I'm dipping the brush in the can of paint. I'm
lifting ... activities in progress. Work in groups or
as a class.
FIRST:
One member of the group pretends to do something, and the rest of the
group tries to guess what the action is and describe it, using ... Now I'm painting the wall.
Suggestions for actions:
painting a wall
drinking a cup of tealcoffee
petting a dog
dialing a telephone
climbing a tree
playing the piano
diving into a...
... meaning
of
frequency adverbs. (Chart
1-3)
Directions: Answer the questions. Discuss the meaning of
the
frequency adverbs.
What
is
something
that.
. .
1.
you
seldom
do?
2.
you often ... contain the most important news of the day.
14. Water freeze at 3 2OF (O•‹C) and boil at 212•‹F (lOO•‹C).
15.
Mrs.
Taylor never cross the street in the middle of a block. She always walk to ... have s~ec~al oositions. as
shown in examples (a) &ougG (e) below.
The adverbs with the symbol
''y
may also occu
at the beginning or end of a sentence.
I
sometimes
get
up...
... want he remember
possess mfe* hate
belong
*COMPARE
(d)
I
think
that grammar is easy.
(e) I
am thinking
about grammar right now.
(f)
Tom
has
a car.
(g)
I'm
having
a good time. ...
.
At least,
I
(think, not/
so.
3.
A:
(your
ftimds,
write)
a lot of e-mails?
B: Yes,
.
I
(get/
lots of e-mails all the time.
4.
A:
(the students, take)
a test in class right ... tan.
:/
i
:
":
ney
to music on a radio. They also
(hear)
the sound of seagulls and the sound of the waves.
6.
A:
What
(you, think)
about right now?
B:
I
(think)
about...
...
Examples of voiceless sounds: IW, /p/, Is/,
I&,
Ishi.
Final
-ed
is pronounced Id after voiced sounds.
You make a voiced sound fiom your throat. Your voice box vibrates.
Examples of ...
-ing
or
-ed
form.'
If the first syllable of
a
two-
syllable verb is stressed, do
not double the consonant.
If the second syllable of a
two-syllable verb is suessed,
double the consonant. ... 4:30 this morning.
,
.
2.
(
.
.
.
)
is standing in the comer of the classroom.
3.
(
.
.
.
)
stands in a comer of the classroom during class each day.
,
4.
(
.
. .
)
stood...
... glasses of water.
6.
Karen had to choose between a blue raincoat and a
tan
one. She finally
the blue one.
7.
My husband gave me a painting for my biiday. I it on a wall
(>din my office. ... -ED forms. (Chart 2-5)
Diremom:
Write the
-ing
and
-ed
forms of the following verbs. (The simple past/past
participle of irregular verbs is given in parentheses.)
-1NG
1.
start
stavi-iczp] ... Most verbs are regular,
but many common verbs have irregular past forms. See the reference List of
irregular verbs that follows in Chart 2-7.
The past participle also ends in
-ed
for regular...
...
,.,.
33.
drink
a cup of tea before class
38.
15
34.
fall down yesterday
39.
35.
hurt yourself when you fell down
40.
lose your grammar book yesterday
find your grammar book
take a ...
pairs of sentences. Discuss their use. What
are
the similarities between the two tenses?
1. A: Where are
Ann
and Rob?
I
haven't seen them for a couple of weeks.
B: They're out of ...
(be)
18
19
L
!
a kid. My family
(be)
too poor. Once
I
(try)
20
to learn on the bike of one of my friends, but the other kids
'id1
:>
'
,
21
all
(laugh)
at me. I never...
...
(weave)
in and out of the heavy tratFc. To Oscar,
35
the bicyclist
(seem)
fearless.
36
Oscar
([earn, never)
how to ride a bike when he
(be)
37
a child, so Toshi
(offer)
to teach him. ... finds happiness,
a poor orphan who succeeds in life with the help of a fairy godmother, a hermit who
rediscovers the joys of human companionship, etc. Discuss possible story ideas in class. ...
"immediately after"
PUNCTUATION:
Put a comma at the end of a time
clause when the time dause comes first in
a
sentence
(comes in front of the main clause):
time clause
+
comma
+
main
clause...