...
"Bob'll"
I
Will is often contracted with nouns
in
CONTRA~ONS
'Ronouns
are
NOT
contracTed
with
helping
verbs
in
short
answers.
CORRBCT:
Yas,
I
win.
INCORRBCT: ...
probably:*
(1)
in a statement, as in
@):
helping
verb
+
probably
(2)
with a negative verb, as in (c):
probably
+
helping
verb
May
expresses a future possibility: maybe
something ...
Read the following sentences aloud. Practice contracting
wia
with
nouns
in
speech.
Will
is usually contracted with pronouns
in
both speech and informal writing.
1.
Rob will probably...
...
Giving information about manner: adverbs 245
Adverb forms and meanings related to adjectives 246
Comparative and superlative adverbs 248
Adverbs of manner 249
Adverbs of degree 250
Giving information ... frequency an adverb indicating how often something happens; EG often.
adverb of manner an adverb indicating the way in which something happens or is done; EG
carefully.
adverb of place an adverb which ... EG Move
closer.
adverb of time an adverb which gives more information about when something happens; EG
I saw her yesterday.
adverb particle an adverb used as part of a phrasal verb; EG hide out,...
... PRACTICAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR
EXERCISES 1
CONTENTS
Articles
PEG chapter I
1 Articles: a/an
2 Articles: the
3 Articles: a/an, the
4 Articles and possessive adjectives
5 a/an and one
Auxiliary verbs
... PEG chapters 10-16
6 Auxiliary verbs
7 Auxiliaries conjugated with do/does/did
8 Auxiliary verbs
9 Auxiliary verbs
10 Additions to remarks, using auxiliary verbs
11 Agreements and disagreements ... following remarks, using oh no/but + pronoun + auxiliary. Use a negative auxiliary
if the first verb is affirmative and an affirmative auxiliary if the first verb is negative.
He won't be...
... forms come before a noun.
a drunken riot
300 List of irregular verbs
Base form Past tense Past/passive participle
PAGE 380
38
Irregular noun plurals
295 Summary
Most countable nouns have a regular ... penny
coins.
297 Nouns which do not change in the plural
Some nouns have the same form in the singular and plural.
Singular: One aircraft was shot down.
Plural: Two aircraft were shot down.
These nouns ... curricula
NOTE Some nouns in on and um are regular, e.g. electrons, museums.
5 es
4 ae
formula formulae / formulas
stimulus stimuli cactus cacti /cactuses
nucleus nuclei / nucleuses
NOTE Some nouns in us...
... INDEX
PAGE 438
smile
and give a smile 87(2)
verb of reporting 265(2)
verb and noun 287(1)
smooth (verb) 287(4)
snap: verb of reporting 265(2)
so
overview 43(6)
+ adjective 212(4), 221(3)
so as to 252(1)
so ... infinitive 117(1) Note
split into 234(2)
spoken English 53
sport: countable/uncountable 144(5d)
spread with/without object 8(3)
staff: group noun 156(4)
stand
+ adverbial 9(2)
and be 84(4)
can't stand ... participle 140(2)
state
+ noun clause 262(1c, 1d)
passive pattern 109(1)
verb of reporting 265(2)
state verb 62
passive 104(6b)
statement 16
statistics 154(2)
stay: linking verb 9
steal and rob 243...
... particular. (I'm thinking about nothing in particular.)
8.
A:
B: English grammar.
(I
dreamed about Englishgrammar last night.)
9.
A:
B: The map on the
wall.
(The teacher is pointing ... used in formal English as the
object of
a
verb or
a
preposition.
In
(c):
who,
not
whom,
is usually used
in
everyday English.
In (d):
whom
is used in very formal
English.
Whom ... rarely used in
everyday spoken English.
In (e):
whofm)
is the object of the verb.
Usual question word order
(question
wad
+
helping verb
+
subject
+
main
verb)
is
used.
In
(0,
(g),...