... perspective away from
grammar as a list of arbitrary problems, and towards grammar as a means of free expression.
We have tried to produce a grammar of real English the English that people speak ... usage.
Some great grammars of English for example Otto Jespersen's A Modern EnglishGrammar
support each statement with citations from published books, just as the major dictionaries of
English ... compilers. It is the first
grammar of its kind, and it is deferent in many respects from other kinds of grammar.
This grammar attempts to make accurate statements about English, as seen in the huge...
...
exactly alike.
15 Come on, children! time to get up! nearly breakfast time.
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A PRACTICAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR
EXERCISES 1
CONTENTS
Articles
PEG chapter I
1 Articles: a/an
2 Articles: the
3 Articles: ... usually have time (habit) to study.
In the past, did is used for habit; otherwise either form is possible:
Did you have/Had you an umbrella when you left the house?
In other English- speaking countries, ... you (go) to Milan.
13 My wife and I (talk) about you the other day.
14 When I first met him he (study) painting.
15 There was a strong smell and the sound of frying. Obviously Mrs Jones (cook)...
... word ends in a consonant + y, the y changes to ie before s.
study studies lorry lorries
Before most other endings, the y changes to i.
study studied silly sillier lucky luckily
happy happiness
We...
...
9.
read the newspaper every morning
5.
study grammar every evening
10.
pay all of my bills every month
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SIMPLE ... 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 ...
3.
study English
9.
have
a
cup of coffee
4.
walk to class
10.
watch
TV
5,
talkto(
)
11.
listent~theradio~
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6.
see
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12.
read a newspaper
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