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English grammar drills part 4 pdf

... noncount noun or a count noun with a slightly different meaning. For example, the noncount noun chicken refers to chicken as a food. As such, we can-not use it with number words or in the plural. ... possessive.” The problem with this deﬁ nition arises with the possessive forms of irregular nouns that become plural by changing their vowels rather than by adding a plural -s. For example:SINGULAR ... Most Americans eat pancakes and waffles with syrups. 9. Most people seem to have an inborn fears of snakes. 10. Many breads in the Middle East are made without yeasts.Possessive nounsVirtually...

English grammar drills part 9 pdf

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... look exactly alike. For example, compare the prepositional phrase with friends in the following sentences:We had a nice dinner last night with friends.A nice dinner with friends is always a ... third-person pronoun replacement test applied to the two example sentences given above: itWe had a nice dinner last night with friends. ItA nice dinner with friends is always a great pleasure.(i-viiiB,001-328B) ... dinner with friends is always a great pleasure.In the ﬁ rst sentence, with friends is adverbial, but in the second sentence, with friends is adjectival, modifying the noun dinner. The only way...

English grammar drills part 12 pdf

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... sen-tence revision. The option with he or she often seems clumsy. A second problem is using he and she in a way that stereotypes occupations or tasks. For example:Let’s fi nd a pilot and see ... nearest appropri-ate noun—usually but not always the subject of the sentence. Here are some examples with the refl exive pronouns in italics and their antecedents in bold:The queen smiled at ... these examples, the antecedent of the refl exive pronoun is the subject of the sentence. While this is generally the case, the antecedent can also be the object of the preceding verb. For example,...

English grammar drills part 14 pdf

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... because it does not actually refer to anything outside the sentence. For example, consider the following sentence with an infi nitive phrase in the subject position:To turn down such a good ... in many ways, but in this chapter we are only concerned with infi nitives used as nouns. An infi nitive phrase is an infi nitive together with all of its modifi ers and/or complements. The difference ... to win the game easily. From now on we will use the term infi nitive phrase for infi nitives with or without modi-fi ers and/or complements. Infi nitive phrases can play three of the basic four...

English grammar drills part 22 pdf

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... boxes.Exercise 9.5Replace one of the italicized base-form verbs with the future perfect. Replace the other italicized base-form verb with either the present or present perfect, as appropriate.(i-viiiB,001-328B) ... tenses. Here is an example in the present tense:Action verb: John is driving a car.Stative verb: X John is owning a car.The meanings of stative verbs make them incompatible with the progressive ... have, own, possessNote that some verbs appear twice because they can be used with different meanings.Exercise 9.6Examine each verb in italics in the following sentences. If the verb is not a...

English grammar drills part 33 pdf

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... then inverted with the subject just like any other auxiliary verb. This dummy verb, is, of course, the verb do. Here are some examples using this dummy auxiliary verb. Let’s start with a simple ... Main verbs: In American English, the only main verb that can be used to form yes-no questions is be (am, is, are, was, were). Here are some examples of questions formed with the main verb be:Statement ... the ﬁ rst verb with the subject, no matter what the ﬁ rst verb was: helping verbs and main verbs alike both inverted with the subjects.) There is no standard name in traditional grammar for the...

English grammar drills part 36 pdf

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... auxiliary verbs, helping verbs, and be used as a main verb. For example: Positive NegativeModals John can meet with us. John can not meet with us. They should leave now. They should not leave now. ... answer? ⇒ Do not (Don’t) you know the answer?Information questionsWho is going with us? ⇒ Who is not (isn’t) going with us?What have we done? ⇒ What have not (haven’t) we done?Why did we do that? ... the ﬁ rst verb just as we did in sentences with auxiliary and helping verbs:Not insertion rule: Most people today do not smoke. Here are some more examples:Underlying positive statement: I...

English grammar drills part 41 pdf

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... 274 English Grammar Drills 1. I asked the new worker you hired to come to my offi ce. 2. The car that he ... electrical workers went on strike.(i-viiiB,001-328B) whl bk.indd 275 3/16/09 12:34:28 PM 278 English Grammar Drills 1. Building a snowman is a fun winter pastime. 2. She found running a large ... phrases)Underline the infi nitive phrases in the following sentences. Confi rm your answers by replacing the infi nitive phrase with it. ItTo turn down such a generous offer was a hard decision to make....

English Grammar Course - part 8 pdf

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English book - Oxford Practice Grammar with answers pps

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... relates to. If you have made mistakes in your answers to the exercises, look back at the explanation. Second edition Oxford Practice Grammar with answers John Eastwood Oxford University Press ... for?Oxford Practice Grammar is for students of English at a middle or 'intermediate' level. This means students who are no longer beginners but who are not yet expert in English. The book ... few four-page units, with two pages of explanation and two pages of exercises.The examples used to illustrate theexplanations are mostly in everyday conversational English, except when the...

Oxford practice grammar with answers part 13 pdf

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... the trouble to use one of these request forms in English. We do not normally say Lay the table for me. This can sound very abrupt and impolite without a phrase like Could you ? B The imperative ... we'll be late. We form the negative with don't. Don't be silly. Don't make so much noise. We can use an imperative when we are with friends in an informal situation. But ... morning. Mark has to get the car repaired. There's something wrong with the brakes. When we use the past, or the future with will, we need a form of have to. Emma had to go to the dentist...

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Oxford practice grammar with answers part 15 pdf

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... that It is said that Henry is in love with Claire. (= People say that Henry is in love with Claire.) We can use the structure it + passive verb + clause with verbs of reporting. We use this ... The sentences have the same meaning, but get is more informal than have. Here are some more examples with get. Laura got her shoes repaired. We're getting the carpet cleaned. Where did ... went to live in Canada and then the USA. Bell invented the telephone. Telephone An apparatus with which people can talk to each other over long distances. The telephone was invented by Alexander...