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Test Yourself 137
PART 4 A WRITER’S TOOLS 145
Chapter 10 Punctuation 147
Apostrophes 148
Brackets 149
Colons 150
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What is Diction? 198
Levels of Diction 198
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English is a very flexible language. A word’s meaning is derived not ... did she finally invite to the dinner party?”
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3. Let’s sit outside and laugh at you as you work in the blazing...
... adjectival or verbal:
The bomb was detonated ~*The bomb was very detonated
This document is hand-written ~*This document is very hand-written
My house was built in only twelve
weeks
~*My house ... is
feminine, then it will take a different form of the same adjective - its feminine form.
In English, however, nouns are not in themselves masculine or feminine. They do not have
grammatical ... Auxiliary Verb Types
In this section we will give a brief account of of each type of auxiliary verb in English. There are
five types in total:
Passive be This is used to form passive constructions,...
... it will help
you to understand better how the English language
works.
If you speak French and have some difficulties
understanding this all -English version, you can find
more explanations ... anglais-
facile.com
www.anglais-facile.com was created to help French
speakers learn English for free. You will find explanations
of the grammar presented in this book in French as well as
lots of good advice ... good advice on how to learn a foreign language.
About Jonathan Lewis
Jonathan Lewis has taught English in France for six years,
and has worked for the French ministry of education
(Education...
... Yvonne, who is going to English classes): How long you (learn) English?
Yvonne: I (learn) off and on for about five and a half years. (Use the continuous form.)
20 I (begin) English at secondary ... you change your mind?
Paul: I (find) that I (need) English for my work and this (seem) the quickest way of
learning it.
18 Peter: You (know) any English when you first (arrive) here?
Paul: No, ... American party
(come).
26 Englishmen very seldom (talk) on the Underground. They (prefer) to read their
newspapers. ~
Those two men in the corner (talk). ~
But they (not talk) English.
27 Jones and...
...
decision, future facts, certainty
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... OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR
TEST 25 Conditionals and wish (Units 143-148)
Test 25A
Complete the news report about a protest against a new road. Put in the
correct ...
Yesterday protesters managed to hold up work on the Oldbury bypass.
Protest leader Alison Compton
defended the action by members of the Green World group. 'If we don't
protest, soon ... the protest is making the new road even more expensive. 'If this goes
on,
(11) …………………… (there / not / be) enough money left to finish
the road,' says the Transport
Minister.
Test...
... prefer houses to flats.
d With some words, the noun has the suffix man
He's English. /He's an Englishman.
Englishmen are reserved.
Also: Welsh/a Welshman, Irish/an Irishman, French/a Frenchman, ... adjective with the or people.
The English are /English people are reserved.
NOTE
a It is less usual to use woman as a suffix, but we can use an adjective + woman.
The English woman works at the university.
b ... Chinese
Czech Republic Czech a Czech (the) Czechs
Denmark Danish a Dane (the) Danes
England - English an Englishman the English
Europe European a European Europeans
Finland Finnish a Finn (the) Finns
France...