... bored.)
Unit 12 Negative words
Main points
* A negative sentence contains a negative word.
* You do not normally use two negative words in the same clause.
1 Negative statements ... contain a negative word.
notnobodyneither
neverno onenor
nonothing
nonenowhere
See Unit 11 for negative statements using `not'.
2 You use `never' to say that som...
... Unit 21 Indefinite pronouns
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In 19 60, the party won a convincing victory. (count)
Unit 16 Personal ... a determiner.
* Collective nouns can be used with singular or plural verbs.
1 Some nouns are used in particular meanings in the singular with a determiner, like count nouns, but a...
... `couldn't' to say that
they were not allowed to do it.
We could go to any part of the island we wanted.
Both students and staff could use the swimming pool.
We couldn't go into the ... managed to do something in a particular situation.
However, you can use `could not' or `couldn't' to say that someone did not manage to do something in a particular situa...
... descriptive adjectives, you put them in a particular order.
* If you use a noun in front of another noun, you put any adjectives in front of the first noun.
1 You often want to add more information ... intransitive verbs.
See Unit 51 for information on intransitive verbs.
3 Many `-ed' adjectives describe people's feelings. They have the same form as the past parti...
... to say that something continues to happen until a particular time.
* `Yet' is used to say that something has not happened before a particular time.
* `Any longer', `any more', ... seasons:in autumn, in the spring
years and centuries:in 19 85, in the year 2000, in the nineteenth century
months:in July, in December
parts of the day:in the morning, in the evenings...
...
with/from :part
with/to:correspond relate talk
Many countries are competing with each other.
Did you compete against each other in yesterday's race?
Stephen and I parted with ... used to specify a quality or possession.
* Some nouns are always followed by particular prepositions.
1 You can give more information about a noun by adding a prepositional phrase after...
... after a particular time.
* Continuous tenses can also indicate duration and change.
1 You use a continuous tense to indicate that an action continues to happen before and after a particular ... going to', or the past continuous (`I was walking').
1 When you want to talk about an event that occurred at a particular time in the past, you use the past simple.
The Prim...
... that was
said or believed in the past.
1 You use a report structure to report what people say or think. A report structure consists of two parts. One part
is the reporting clause, which contains ... verbs.
It seems silly not to tell him.
There appears to have been a mistake.
See Units 17 and 18 for more information.
You can use `be' with some abstract nouns as the...
... me how he reacted when he saw you.
Unit 10 1 Changing sentence focus
Main points
* You can sometimes change the focus of a sentence by moving part of the sentence to the front.
* You ...
1 In most affirmative clauses, the subject of the verb comes first.
They went to Australia in 19 56.
I've no idea who it was.
However, when you want to emphasize another...
... bored student complained to his teacher.
She had big blue frightened eyes.
Note that the past participles of irregular verbs do not end in `-ed', but can be used as adjectives. See pages 216 - 217 ... Nouns ending in a consonant and `-y' change to `-ies'.
country* countries lady* ladies
party* parties victory* victories
Nouns ending in a vowel and `-y' add an `-s'...