...
What other tenses are used in scientific and technical writing?
PresentContinuous
* This
can be found in reports on studies or research, mainly in the introduction. You
use it when ...
namely (naming something you
have just referred to
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Words
6.2 Prefixes
A common way of making new words inEnglish is by adding standard combinations of
letters to existing words, ... in This does not always have a negative meaning – often it gives the idea of
inside or into,e.g.
internal, insert, income
.
Verb prefixes:
un-
and
dis
These prefixes have two meanings....
... you think about these things? Write a sentence about each one. Begin with In my
opinion /I think /I don’t think /I don’t agree with /I’m against /I’m in favour of
1 (terrorism)
2 (smoking) ... sentence.
1 I’m playing tennis tomorrow unless/providing it’s raining.
2 We’re going to start painting the house tomorrow unless/provided it’s not raining.
3 You can’t smoke in here unless/as long ... Spain in our holidays ans swam in Mediterranean.
Ton has visited most countries in western Europe.
A friend of mine used to work as a reporter in Middle East.
Next year we are going skiing in...
... sentence.
1 I’m playing tennis tomorrow unless/providing it’s raining.
2 We’re going to start painting the house tomorrow unless/provided it’s not raining.
3 You can’t smoke in here unless/as long ... all her shopping. Then she went for a cup of coffee.
67.3 Make sentences beginning -ing or not-ing.
1 I thought they might be hungry. So I offered them something to eat.
Thinking
2 She is ... Charlie told you a lot of things. Here are some of
the things he said to you:
1 I’m thinking of going to live in Canada.
2 My father is in hospital.
3 Nora and Jim are getting married next month.
4...
... were rare in Ancient Rome.
But their occupations are in the feminine gender in Latin, the mother of all the Romance
languages. A spoon is masculine in German (der Loffel); a fork is feminine (die ... soon plunge the "gifted" man into financial ruin. Can you
explain the meaning of red herring"? The original red herrings were strong-smelling fish that the
fox hunters of Old ... were behind it. 11. The staff are going to buy a leaving present for their boss. 12.
His staff is very efficient. 13. This team plays for Spain. 14. The team are training hard for
the coming match....
... travelling.
Fred
7 I hate this weather. It started raining 12 hours ago and it's still raining.
It
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I do 11 am doing and I did / I was doing
(present and past, simple and continuous) ... models for writing or speaking practice.
To the teacher
Essential Grammarin Use Supplementary Exercises offers extra practice of most of the
grammar covered in Essential Grammarin Use: Third ... speak English?
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To the student
This book is for elementary (and lower intermediate) students who want extra practice
in grammar. It covers most of the grammar areas in Essential Grammar in...